Kevin Carlberg
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| background = solo_singer
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| birth_date = {{birth date|1977|04|28}}
| death_date = {{death date and age|2009|08|29|1977|04|28}}
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| instruments = Vocals, acoustic guitar
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| genre = Rock, funk rock, jazz rock
| occupations = Musician
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| label = Interscope, EFM
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| website = {{URL|www.kevincarlberg.com}}
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Kevin Carlberg (April 28, 1977 – August 29, 2009) was an American vocalist and acoustic guitarist. Carlberg is best known as the vocalist and acoustic guitarist of Pseudopod. He completed a solo CD{{cite web|url=http://www.kevincarlberg.com/|title=Official Kevin Carlberg News|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20081206033303/http://www.kevincarlberg.com/|archivedate=2008-12-06}} with producer Dito Godwin.
Carlberg was diagnosed with brain cancer. He enrolled in an experimental immuno-therapy treatment at UCLA called the dendritic cell vaccine and after 5 years of remission, the tumor had not returned.{{cite web|url=https://abc7.com/archive/6087767/| title= ABC News Story}}
On September 5, 2008 Carlberg was featured on the one-hour "Stand Up 2 Cancer" tele-cast and has been the subject of other notable news casts and articles.{{cite web|url=http://www.kevincarlberg.com/|title=Kevin Carlberg Official Website|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20081206033303/http://www.kevincarlberg.com/|archivedate=2008-12-06}}
On August 29, 2009, Carlberg died from brain cancer.{{cite web|url=http://www.legacy.com/obituaries/hartfordcourant/obituary.aspx?n=kevin-carlberg&pid=132188339|title=Kevin Carlberg Death Notice|work=courant.com|publisher=legacy.com}}
Discography
- 1998: Pseudopod (band), Pod
- 2001: Pseudopod (band), Rest Assured, Bonobo Records
- 2002: Pseudopod (band), Pseudopod, Interscope
- 2003: Kevin Carlberg & Friends, When The Muse Visits, Twinner Records
- 2006: Steps For Living, I'm Too Young for This, Benefit CD Track 5 - Been There
- 2007: Kevin Carlberg, The Man Just Like Me, Unknown
- 2008: Kevin Carlberg, Kevin Carlberg, Independent Release
References
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External links
- [http://www.standup2cancer.org/ Stand Up to Cancer Official Site]
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20081206033303/http://www.kevincarlberg.com/ Kevin Carlberg Official Site]
- [https://www.myspace.com/kevincarlbergmusic/ Kevin Carlberg] at MySpace
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