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Mar 3, 2010 · Sun at Lola’s Saloon-Sixth, 2736 W 6th St, FW. 817-877-0666. Tommy Wayne Atkins, bassist for the Fort Worth experimental hard-rock trio The Great Tyrant, was found dead at home last Thursday afternoon. His two longtime friends and bandmates, Jon Teague and Daron Beck, worried when he didn't show up for band practice Wednesday night, and ...
Feb 25, 2010 · After mysteriously missing band practice last night, Tommy Atkins, the bass player for Fort Worth's heavy gothic-cabaret trio The Great Tyrant, was found dead in his home at noon today....
Feb 25, 2010 · Tommy Atkins was the brilliant bassist behind the bands Yeti and more recently, The Great Tyrant. He was always kind, gentle, thoughtful, and more so, he turned me on to many great albums that I will always associate with him ( All The Pretty Little Horses for one.).
Feb 25, 2010 · tommy atkins, bassist for the great tyrant and yeti, died at home yesterday. he'd had cardiac problems in the past and suffered a heart attack last spring. i suspect he knew he had a limited amount of time left, because he was back on the boards within a couple of weeks of his heart attack and gigged and recorded relentlessly with the tyrant for...
Feb 17, 2016 · The unexpected death of bassist Tommy Wayne Atkins caused the two remaining members, keyboardist/vocalist Daron Beck and drummer Jon Teague, to retire their band name. The duo continue on today...
Oct 30, 2015 · THE GREAT TYRANT was a three-piece experimental rock band from Denton, TX active in the late '10s that released one full length album and a few singles to cult acclaim. On the eve of the completion of the band's second full length, The Trouble With Being Born, bassist Tommy Wayne Atkins unexpectedly passed away.
In 2005, the members were part of an experimental hard rock trio called The Great Tyrant. After Tommy Atkins, the bassist for The Great Tyrant, committed suicide in 2010, the remaining members continued on as a duo ultimately named Pinkish Black.
