Charlie Ondras was an American drummer from New York and a founding member of the
noise rock
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band
Unsane
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, formerly Lawn-Chair-Blisters.
[Unsane Biography on Matador Records website]
, cited March 31, 2011 He also collaborated with
Jon Spencer
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History
Jon Spencer was born ...
and
Cristina Martinez under the name
Boss Hog
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The band achieved some notorie ...
and appeared on the band's first two releases. Ondras died of a heroin overdose while attending the 1992
New Music Seminar
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in New York.
[Jones, Brad]
"Unsane in the Brain"
Unsane Biography. October 1994, cited March 31, 2011.
Discography
;Boss Hog
;Unsane
References
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1966 births
1992 deaths
American rock drummers
Boss Hog members
American noise musicians
Unsane members
Deaths by heroin overdose in New York (state)
20th-century American drummers
American male drummers
20th-century American male musicians
Drug-related deaths in New York City