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December 21, 2023 6:30 AM

Craig Stewart, Emperor Jones Founder and SXSW Alum, Has Died at 53 Stewart ran the influential Trance Syndicate label with his husband, Butthole Surfers drummer King Coffey, before starting the offshoot Emperor Jones in 1995. He also spent much of his career working for SXSW.
posted by mcdoublewide (10 comments total)

Trance Syndicate bands were a major part of the soundtrack of 1990s Austin for me. Loud, heavy, trippy, chaotic. I hadn't been aware of Stewart's illness, which sounds brutal. What a huge figure.

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