Former Forbidden/Nevermore Guitarist Tim Calvert Has Passed Away at Age 52
Guitarist Tim Calvert, who spent time with both Forbidden and Nevermore, has passed away at 52 years old after a long battle with ALS (also known as Lou Gehrig’s Disease). Tim played on Forbidden’s Twisted Into Form, Distortion, and Green and on Nevermore’s Dreaming Neon Black. After his days in metal came to an end, Calvert became a commercial pilot with United Airlines.
Cavert’s death was shared on Facebook by his sister Vicky Calvert-Hawkins. You can read that full post below:
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Tim’s former Forbidden bandmate Craig Locicero (also of Spiralarms and Manmade God) issued some words as well:
“Beyond sorrow. We just found out Tim Calvert has passed. Some have known he was battling an aggressive form of ALS for a while now. It was all very private as per his wishes.
“The greatest songwriter, musician and guitarist I have ever had the pleasure or creating music with has left the building. Tim’s genius will live on forever in the 3 Forbidden records he helped create with us.
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Rest in Power, Tim! On behalf of everyone at MetalSucks, we send all the best to his family, friends and bandmates.
[via Ghost Cult Mag]
