Robert “Strängen” Dahlqvist, der var guitarist i The Hellacopters er ifølge et indlæg på The Hellacopters facebookside afgået ved døden. Bandet skriver:
It is difficult to find the words right now but it is with great sadness we have to announce that Robert ‘Strings’ Dahlqvist is dead.
For ten years, we traveled around the world several times together. Shared tour buses and recorded albums. Played at clubs and festivals.
It’s incredibly difficult to describe in words what Strings meant to us and no matter how hard we’d try, we couldn’t explain how much we’ll miss him.
Our thoughts go out to all of the great memories we had together and especially to his family.
Until we meet again.
Dahlqvist kom med i The Hellacopters i 1999 og har således spillet med på samtlige studiealbums fra High Visibility frem til bandets opløsning i 2008.
Herefter spillede Dahlqvist i Thunder Express, der senere blev svensksproget under navnet Dundertåget, og på det seneste satsede Dahlqvist på en solokarriere. I september offentliggjorde Dahlqvist nummeret “Bangatan”, som han havde skrevet med Björn Olsson fra The Soundtrack Of Our Lives. Du kan se og høre nummeret nedenfor.
Robert “Strängen” Dahlqvist blev 40 år.