It's been expected for a while, but it doesn't make it any less sad: Robin Gibb has died from his cancer. Although they allowed themselves to slide towards easy parody, you can't ignore that the Bee Gees were as pivotal to music in the late 70s as The Sex Pistols were. Neither created their genre; neither moved it along creatively, but just as the Pistols created a High Street version of punk that made a saleable product, the Bee Gees Saturday Night Fever soundtrack took the potentially incendiary sound of disco and made it fit into [...]

Last week Disco mourned one of its pioneers in the form of Donna Summer, and now we wake up to find another legendary figure has been taken from us. Bee Gees' singer Robin Gibb died aged 62 after losing a battle with cancer, despite reports (back in February) that he was making a recovery. "The family of Robin Gibb, of the Bee Gees, announce with great sadness that Robin passed away today following his long battle with cancer and intestinal surgery. The family have asked that their privacy is respected at this [...]
Click here to view the video on YouTube. Bee Gees member Robin Gibb lost his battle with cancer Sunday at the age of 62. Yeah I was never a disco dude as a boy, but I later appreciated The Bee Gees and what they did accomplish. Like another recently deceased member of the disco era, Donna Summer, the Bee Gees are often remembered as the leaders of a musical "fad" and not great musicians. Its so not true. They were prolific songwriters with harmonies that rivaled The Beach Boys. Even in my "disco hater" [...]
Robin Gibb, founding member and lead singer of the Bee Gees, has died following a lengthy battle with colorectal cancer. ... Read the full article at http://www.prefixmag.com/news/ rip-robin-gibb/65480/

The Bee-Gees (Robin Gibb left) Robin Gibb , one of three brothers who made up the disco group the Bee Gees behind "Saturday Night Fever" and other now-iconic sounds from the 1970s, died on Sunday, according to a statement on his website. He was 62. Gibb "passed away today following his long battle with cancer and intestinal surgery," said the statement, which was attributed to his family. He died in England at 10:47 a.m. (5:47 a.m. ET), according to a post on [...]

With the unfortunate passing of Bee Gees ' member Robin Gibb , we're inspired to take a look back at the group's classic tunes and historic achievements from their celebrated career. Though Barry Gibb typically took on the role as frontman, all three members of the group performed in immediately recognizable thr ee-part harmonies, and were responsible for writing every one of their impressive amount of hits. Head below as we journey through the group's most memorable moments in music. "I Started A Joke" [...]
Bee Gees co-founder passes away at 62.
Singer/songwriter Robin Gibb passed away today after a long battle with cancer and intestinal surgery. He was 62. As the Bee Gees, Robin and brothers Maurice and Barry were one of the most successful pop groups in history. More from NYTimes : Read More...
Look, I don't care what you want to name your stupid song but there should come a time in the cycle of writing, recording, releasing and video-making where someone says, "Hey, wait, this title is way too iconic and automatically associated with someone else for us to use." Think "Born In The USA","Back In The U.S.S.R","Blue Suede Shoes", etc. Well, apparently absolutely no one in The Rapture 's camp could be bothered to think at all because here's the troupe's new jam improbably titled "How Deep is Your Love?". And it's not a cover of the [...]