Evan Farrell

In addition to Rogue Wave, bassist Evan Farrell played with The Japonize Elephants, Mega Mousse, Amaldecor, Big Mule, Hunted Haunted Bazergahn Klezmorchestra, Grande Rouge, Kentucky Nightmare, and Mama HooHoo. Farrell left Rogue Wave after the recording of Asleep at Heaven's Gate to concentrate on The Japonize Elephants, but remained a friend of the band. He died soon after on December 23, 2007 in Oakland CA, suffering from "massive smoke inhalation" in an apartment fire caused by a dangerously obsolete gas-fired floor furnace. Farrell himself had replaced original bassist Sonya Westcott in 2004. Born: 1975 Died: December 23, 2007