Vernon Emmry Aldo Rumsey (January 24, 1973 – August 6, 2020) was an American musician. He rose to prominence as the bassist for the band

Unwound Unwound is an American post-hardcore band. The band was formed in 1988 in Tumwater, Washington, Tumwater and Olympia, Washington by vocalist/guitartist Justin Trosper, bassist Vern Rumsey and drummer Brandt Sandeno, and was largely based in Olym ...

. He generally played a

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bass. He was also a recording engineer who has worked with bands such as

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, Enemymine, Novex and Replicator. Rumsey played bass guitar on the

record ''

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'', and co-ran the label Punk in My Vitamins, with his bandmates

Justin Trosper Justin Trosper is an American musician, songwriter, and record producer, born in Olympia, Washington. He fronted the post-hardcore band Unwound from 1991 to 2002. He has also been a member of bands such as Replikants, The Young Ginns, and Worst ...

and

Sara Lund Sara Lund (born 1973) is a drummer from Washington State best known for drumming for the Olympia, Washington trio Unwound for a decade until their break up in 2002. Lund was playing for Witchypoo when she joined Unwound in 1992 after Brandt Sande ...

. He was also in the bands Long Hind Legs, Oslo,

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, and Witchypoo, and (in 2009) was playing in the band Flora v. Fauna. He has been variously credited as Doombuggy, Red Rumsey, RedRumsey, Rumsey, Vern and Vernon Rumsey. On May 1, 2020, it was revealed that Vern Rumsey was a member of a recording project/band called Household Gods, also consisting of

David Pajo David Pajo (born June 25, 1968) is an American alternative rock musician. He has played a wide variety of music, loosely fitting into several other genres such as hardcore punk, math rock, post-rock, electronica, folk rock and indie pop. Though ...

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, Conan Neutron of Conan Neutron & the Secret Friends and Replicator, and Lauren K. Newman (LKN) of Palo Verde and LKN Band. The record, ''Palace Intrigue'', was recorded at

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, and was produced by

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. The first single, "Rest in Power", was released on the same date. A second song, "Shine Theory", premiered on May 28, 2020 on ''The Big Takeover''. before the whole record was released on June 12, 2020. Rumsey died on August 6, 2020; he was 47. His death sparked an outpouring of support and testimonials amongst many music communities.

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