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Robert Nathan Sheff | |
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| Birth name | Joseph Gantic |
| Also known as | “Blue” Gene Tyranny |
| Born | January 1, 1945 San Antonio |
| Died | December 12, 2020 (aged 75) Long Island City |
Robert Nathan Sheff (January 1, 1945 – December 12, 2020[1]), known professionally as "Blue" Gene Tyranny, was an American avant-garde composer and pianist.
"His memorable pseudonym, coined during his brief stint with Iggy and the Stooges, was derived partly from Jean, his adoptive mother’s middle name," wrote Steve Smith, in his New York Times obituary for Tyranny. "It also referred to what he called 'the tyranny of the genes' — a predisposition to being 'strongly overcome by emotion,' he said in Just for the Record: Conversations With and About ‘Blue’ Gene Tyranny, a documentary film."[2]
- ^ "Steve Smith, "'Blue' Gene Tyranny, Whose Music Melded Genres, Dies at 75"". New York Times. Retrieved 2020-12-22.
- ^ Smith, Steve (23 December 2020). "'Blue' Gene Tyranny, Whose Music Melded Genres, Dies at 75". The New York Times.