John Sekula (January 14, 1969 – October 28, 2010) was the original guitarist for heavy metal band

Mushroomhead Mushroomhead is an American heavy metal band from Cleveland, Ohio. Formed in 1993 in the Cleveland Warehouse District, the band is known for their avant-garde sound and horror film-inspired imagery which features masks and costumes as well as ...

Biography

Also known as J.J. Righteous, Sekula was mostly identified as wearing an

Ace Frehley Paul Daniel "Ace" Frehley (; born April 27, 1951) is an American musician, best known as the original lead guitarist and co-founding member of the hard rock band Kiss. He invented the persona of The Spaceman (a.k.a. Space Ace) and played wit ...

mask, a welding mask, a troll-like monster mask and a Ghostface mask. He was replaced by Marko "Bronson" Vukcevich in 2001 after several issues with drugs. Sekula also played guitar for both

State of Conviction State of Conviction formed in 1996 and is an American hardcore punk band with a funk background. The band was spawned from the Unified Culture song "Convictions". State of Conviction released a split 7-inch vinyl with Schnauzer in November 19 ...

and Unified Culture who are/were fronted by Mushroomhead vocalist

Jason Popson Jason Jonathan Popson (born November 2, 1971) is an American vocalist and rapper for metal band Mushroomhead taking the stage name J Mann. Prior to his initial departure from the band he was identified by his face paint, which was based on the ...

Death

On October 28, 2010, Sekula suffered a massive heart failure and subsequently died. He was 41 years old.

Discography

Mushroomhead

* ''

'' (1995) * ''

Superbuick ''Superbuick'' is the second album from heavy metal band Mushroomhead. The album was released independently in 1996. Most of the songs were later remastered on '' XX'' which was initially released by Eclipse Records, then through Universal Record ...

'' (1996) * '' Remix'' (1997) * '' M3'' (1999) * '' XX'' (2001) * ''

Remix 2000 ''Remix 2000'' is the re-release of the '' Multimedia Remix'' album by Mushroomhead Mushroomhead is an American heavy metal band from Cleveland, Ohio. Formed in 1993 in the Cleveland Warehouse District, the band is known for their avant-ga ...

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