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Kevan Staples of ‘High School Confidential’ band Rough Trade has died at 75

Kevan Staples of ‘High School Confidential’ band Rough Trade has died at 75

TORONTO — Kevan Staples, the co-founder of the groundbreaking avant-garde Toronto rock band Rough Trade, has died at 75 years old. His bandmate Carole Pope and two friends confirmed Staples died on Sunday, though his cause of death was not immediately available. Staples co-wrote Rough Trade's songs, including their sexually charged 1980 breakout "High School […]

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