A.R.E. Weapons guitarist Ryan Noel dies of heroin overdose

Ryan Noel, the 29 year old guitarist with electroclash pioneers A.R.E Weapons has been found dead in the band's Manhattan studio after taking a heroin overdose. A.R.E. Weapons frontman Paul Sevigny (the brother of movie star Chloe) told the New York Post they'd been "blindsided" by his death, saying "The real tragedy is as far as anyone knew, he wasn't using drugs; his life was going really well, he was really happy." Along with Fischerspooner, A.R.E. Weapons are one of the prominent bands among the Electroclash movement.