Gregg Foreman, frontman of the garage rock band the Delta 72 and a member of Cat Power’s Dirty Delta Blues band, has died. No cause of death has been reported, although friends and collaborators have shared tributes for the musician: "Like others, he bounced in and out of our lives and changed each one he visited," Cold Cave's Wesley Eisold wrote in an Instagram post. "For better or for worse, he lived a life that others only claim to have lived and he was one of one. His love for music was as genuine as the pain he harbored." Matador Records, which recently released Cat Power and the Delta Blues’ Redux EP, confirmed the news, and Cat Power has reshared condolences on Instagram Stories. Foreman was 53.
Born in Philadelphia in 1972, Foreman founded the Delta 72 in Washington, DC in 1994. The following year, they shared their debut single "On The Rocks" via Kill Rock Stars. The Delta 72 would release three albums — 1996's The R&B Of Membership, 1997's The Soul Of A New Machine, and 2000's OOO — before disbanding in 2001, and were known for putting a blues-rock spin on classic DC post-hardcore.
Besides the Delta 72, Foreman played in Cat Power's band for two decades. He was also a member of Vancouver rock 'n' rollers Pink Mountaintops and the psych-rock band the Meek. In the studio, he worked with Suicide's Alan Vega, Death Valley Girls, Jesse Malin, and more. Foreman also hosted a radio show called the Pharmacy, where he interviewed artists including Genesis P-Orridge, Simon Raymonde, Lydia Lunch, and Sonic Boom.
