Peter ‘P. Fluid’ Forrest, a founding member of New York funk-rock band 24-7 Spyz vocalist and the Black Rock Coalition, was murdered within the metropolis on Monday, January 13.
Based on information reviews, Forrest, 64, was discovered face down in a pool of face at the back of the ambulette bus he was driving on Monday morning, after being badly crushed. His colleagues on the Lengthy Island-based firm Marquis Ambulette known as 911 after he missed pick-ups and didn’t reply cellphone calls.
The New York Police Division are investigating his demise as a murder: no-one has but been arrested for the killing.
Forrest co-founded 24-7 Spyz with guitarist Jimi Hazel, bassist Rick Skatore and drummer Kindu Phibes in 1986. The group combined exhausting rock with funk, soul, hardcore, jazz and reggae, and have been typically bracketed alongside their pals Residing Color by the media.
Forrest recorded two albums with the band, 1989’s More durable Than You, and 1990’s Gumbo Millennium, however left the group earlier than they signed a serious label cope with East West Information, who launched their third album Power in Numbers in 1992. The quartet’s unique line-up reunited for 1995’s Briefly Disconnected, after which Forrest give up as soon as extra.
Chatting with Rolling Stone, Jimi Hazel has paid tribute to his former bandmate.
“What an fascinating dude,” he says. “I’m grateful to him as a result of if we had not met up on the road in 1986, 24/7 Spyz wouldn’t have occurred. You both cherished him or hated him, however in case you cherished him, you really liked him unconditionally. He was a motherfucker, however he was a good motherfucker.”