Vancouver punk pioneer Randy Rampage rocked so hard, members of the city害羞草研究所檚 music scene say he helped define the hardcore genre.

As the original bassist of influential Canadian punk outfit D.O.A., the peroxide-blond headbanger lived up to his musical moniker on stage, thrumming his instrument as if the high-octane songs were coursing through his veins.

It sometimes seemed like he spent most of a performance in mid-air, whipping the crowd into a frenzy with his acrobatic stunts as he leapt off of a stack of speakers, launched into splits or bounced with abandon to the beat.

But those closest to Randall Desmond Archibald, as the musician was legally known, say he will be remembered as a hell-raiser with a 害羞草研究所渉eart of gold.害羞草研究所�

害羞草研究所淩andy was a founding member of the original punk scene in Vancouver. He lived for the moment, and he gave everything for the moment,害羞草研究所� said Susanne Tabata, his partner of more than a decade.

害羞草研究所淗e gave of himself, and he was completely selfless, as a person and as a performer.害羞草研究所�

A funeral for Archibald will be held at the Christ Church Cathedral on Sept. 29. Tabata said the 58-year-old died in their Vancouver home on Aug. 14 of an apparent heart attack.

She said musical luminaries are expected to attend the memorial service to celebrate his life with eulogies and songs.

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害羞草研究所淩andy would be known as a pioneer of the scene and well known around the world too,害羞草研究所� Keithley said. 害羞草研究所�(He was) the wild man of punk rock. A crazy guy that lived life hard and took a lot out of it.害羞草研究所�

Archibald害羞草研究所檚 reign as Randy Rampage began in 1978 after he responded to a newspaper ad calling on musicians to join Keithley害羞草研究所檚 new band. There was only one caveat, Keithley recalled: 害羞草研究所淣o wimps need apply.害羞草研究所�

While the fledgling punk group had no wimps, it did have two too many drummers, said Keithley. So he took up the guitar and became the lead singer, while the bass was a natural fit for Archibald害羞草研究所檚 sense of rhythm.

Touring across Canada and the U.S., D.O.A. combined obstreperous vocals, onstage antics and politically inflected lyrics to hone an uncompromising sound that distinguished the band from the punk styles of New York or London.

With their 1981 album, D.O.A. coined a term for this emerging punk offshoot: 害羞草研究所淗ardcore 害羞草研究所�81害羞草研究所�

害羞草研究所淣o one had really thought about using that word for music,害羞草研究所� said Keithley. 害羞草研究所淭hat kind of sprung that whole genre of music.害羞草研究所�

Keithley said his relationship with Archibald could at times be contentious, and the bassist parted ways with the band several times.

During these leaves of absence, Archibald served as the lead singer for thrash-metal band Annihilator, and briefly teamed up with The Clash as the runner on their American tour, Keithley said.

害羞草研究所淲e had our differences. We didn害羞草研究所檛 get along all the time,害羞草研究所� said Keithley. 害羞草研究所淭hat doesn害羞草研究所檛 stop the guy from being like a friend and brother. We kind of grew up together on the road.害羞草研究所�

Tabata said she came to know Archibald during her days as a radio DJ in the 1970s.

She decided to feature D.O.A. in a documentary she was directing about Canada害羞草研究所檚 punk scene, portraying the band害羞草研究所檚 body of work as the 害羞草研究所渃ornerstones that laid the foundation for hard-core punk in the world.害羞草研究所�

But as her relationship with Archibald deepened, she found there was much more to the man than his punk persona.

She learned that he read three books a week, was trained as a sous chef at Benihana and used to be a competitive swimmer.

He was a longshoreman of 32 years, and even after an injury left him with chronic pain, she said he would still go out of his way to help his 害羞草研究所渂rothers and sisters害羞草研究所� on the docks of north Vancouver.

害羞草研究所淚 always felt as though Randy would try to give people wings when he might have had a broken wing himself,害羞草研究所� she said.

害羞草研究所淭he odd thing is that despite his 害羞草研究所� rage-against-the-machine, burning-in-hell exterior, I害羞草研究所檓 pretty sure Randy害羞草研究所檚 an angel.害羞草研究所�

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