We are saddened to report former Annihilator vocalist Coburn Pharr has passed away at the age of 62. Pharr fronted the band’s acclaimed 1990 album Never, Neverland, featuring tracks like “Road to Ruin,” “I Am In Command,” and “Reduced to Ash.”
The news was confirmed yesterday (25th) when Annihilator guitarist and founder Jeff Waters shared the below statement via social media:
“Annihilator’s JEFF WATERS: ” Sad News in the Metal World: ANNIHILATOR’s Never, Neverland vocalist, Coburn Pharr, has passed away. I won’t say anything about the details, as that is the family’s business, but I wanted to post this before any misinformation surfaces on the internet.
Pharr was the singer on our best and biggest record. He had the most unique voice of all our singers, along with Randy Rampage (he also passed, in 2018).
I had very little contact with Coburn over the years, but was able to get him to play a few songs with us on the 70,000 Tons Of Metal cruise, 2014ish.
In 2018, I had Coburn over to our house in the UK for a really amazing visit. He had lost his Mom and sister and was eager to hang out and talk music, life and reconnect.
Attached are 2 pics from that visit in Aug 2018, along with my favorite 2 of he and I, back in the day (1990). Since 2018, we had been discussing him coming back for some festival shows and even a tour… However, he was having struggles with some personal things, demons, etc… and it was clear that he would not be able to do any of it.
I was really glad to have had that time in 2018 with him. He was going through a terrible time and the thought of doing music again brought back some real hope and life in his eyes and being.
Thoughts to his wife and family.
Thank you for the music and memories, Coburn.
Sail away, Coburn: To Never, Neverland. “
Pharr last reunited with Annihilator in January 2015, joining the band on the 70000tons of Metal.
Watch a fan-filmed clip below:
Our thoughts are with Pharr‘s family and friends during this difficult time.
