Eagles of Death Metal performing at Le Bataclan last night, via Instagram
Several victims of last night's fatal attack on an Eagles of Death Metal concert in Paris have been identified.
Nick Alexander, who was running merch sales for the group, has been confirmed dead by the British Foreign Office, the BBC reports. Best Coast, who worked with Nick Alexander during a recent European tour, tweeted, "RIP Nick Alexander. It was a pleasure to share laughs + tour with you." They also shared a link to a Go Fund Me memorial fund. The Black Keys drummer Patrick Carney told Rolling Stone, "[Alexander] was a really organized, super hard worker, really funny. I remember him always very content with being on tour. It was what seems to make him the happiest ... He was just a sweetheart, that guy." Fall Out Boy guitarist Joe Trohman tweeted, "Just found out Nick Alexander was one of the people murdered last night in Paris. Great guy. I'm horrified."
Guillaume B. Decherf, a 43-year-old French reporter for Les Inrockuptibles, was also killed, according to Les Inrocks' website. He recently reviewed Eagles of Death Metal's Zipper Down for the site.
Mercury Records staff member Thomas Ayad also died, Universal Music Group chairman/CEO Lucian Grainge confirmed in a note to staffers obtained by Billboard. Grainge's statement did not say whether other Universal employees were among the dead, though the BBC reported earlier today (via regional news) that two of Ayad's colleagues had also been killed.
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