How did Mike Howe of Metal Church die?
Mike Howe died at his home in Eureka, California. He was 55 and would have turned a year old in August. The cause of his death hasn t been made public yet. Howe was a part of Metal Church from 1988 to 1995. The band s founder Kurdt Vanderhoof had revealed that Howe had retired from the band and had been living with his family at their Tennessee home.
In April 30, 2015, he rejoined the band once again in 2015 and appeared on two of their albums titled XI in 2016 and Damned If You Do which released in 2018. He also featured on the band s 2017 live album Classic Live . Other bands that he was associated with include Heretic from 1987 to 1988 and Snair which was earlier known as Hellion in 1988. Heretic disbanded after releasing a single full-length album titled Breaking Point in 1988.