Gerhardt Fuchs, Drummer For Maserati, Dies In Freak Accident

Brooklyn, New York - A celebrated indie drummer died in an absolutely horrifying accident over the weekend. Gerhardt “Jerry” Fuchs, 34, died after attempting to jump out of a stuck elevator. He was attending a formal fundraiser SaturdaySaturday reviews night when he and a friend got stuck between floors in a freight elevator. His friend made the three to four foot leap from the elevator into a fourth floor hallway, but when Fuchs made the jump, a piece of his clothing got caught and he was jerked backwards and down the elevator shaft. Fuchs is well known in the indie community, having played for bands like !!!, Maserati, LCD Soundsystem, MSTRKRFT, The Juan MacLean and Turing Machine. The odd thing? This is Maserati’s second drummer to die. Fuchs had replaced Maserati’s drummer Mikel Gius who died in a 2005 bike accident. Check out a video of Fuchs in action after the jump.
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