Rick Froberg, singer for San Diego band Drive Like Jehu, dies at 55

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Froberg, a longtime Encinitas resident, played in several San Diego-based bands including Pitchfork and Hot Snakes.

Froberg was also known by the pseudonyms Rick Fork and Rick Farr and performed on more than 20 albums. His last completed album,"Jericho Sirens" with Hot Snakes, was released in 2018.

His group Obits broke up in 2015 but released the live album"Die At the Zoo" in 2021. It was recorded in 2012 in Brisbane, Australia while the band was on tour. Two weeks ago on Instagram, Froberg posted several new photos of himself and told fans"Hot Snakes, by the way, is working on a new record - very near done - so look out."

The seminal San Diego band Drive Like Jehu’s reunion show at the Spreckels Organ Pavilion may have been the biggest show ever at the site — FM 94/9’s Tim Pyles talked to John Reis, Rick Froberg and San Diego civic organist Carol Williams.

 

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Rick Froberg, singer for influential San Diego indie-rock band Drive Like Jehu, dies at 55Froberg was a member of the bands Pitchfork, Hot Snakes and Obits, but was best known as frontman for the '90s post-hardcore group Drive Like Jehu.
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