Reported on Rocks Off, his site for over 25 years, that Gazza - Gary - has passed suddenly. No words. Thinking of his family and many friends.

RIP Gary Galbraith (Gazza) 1963 - 2024 (RocksOff)

IN SYMPATHY (Linfield FC)







Edited 4 time(s). Last edit at 2024-06-07 16:31 by bv.

OMG I am in shock! He was just posting pics from a show with Partygirlmeg

Don’t know what to say. How very sad

Wasn't looking too good, but I was feeling real well.

Lost for words.

That's really sad news to hear about Gazza, yea a good fella

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ColonialstoneNZ
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RIP Gazza. A thoughtful, knowledgeable and very generous poster. A true loss.
Condolences to his family and all those at Rocks Off.



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Rip sr

I can’t fathom this. It’s simply unprocessable to me. Gary for f***s sake! What happened???

JumpingKentFlash

I was just thinking about him as he had multiple posts in that old 2011 thread about the 70's Biggest Touring Bands currently on the board.

Gazza was someone who most people here respected as a valued opinion on the Stones and other bands. I remember that he was a big Elvis fan and loved Van Morrison and Bruce Springsteen. I always had fun joking around with him and his quirky opinions. Ireland won't be the same without Gazza in it. He was a long time regular contributor here then suddenly I think he (and a few others) had some kind of falling out and left the site, but would still make an occasional appearance.

I never met him in person, but I feel that I and this board have lost a good friend, outstanding contributor and Stones fan.

RIP Gazza.

RIP. A dedicated Stone's fan and great guy

From the Rockman archives:



Rockman .... Stones Doug...... GAZZA .... Adrian ..... StonesTod

Cabbage Patch Hotel -- Twickenham 2006

Wow very sad news. My thoughts go out to his family

Does anyone have that picture of BV, Gazza, Vilhelm and Doug from IORR, Rocks Off, Nordic Stones Vikings and Shidoobee together? I reposted it back in 2012 but it appears Photo Bucket no longer has it.

mickijaggeroo I believe you have the original photo, could you please post it for us if you don't mind. Thanks.

What? I am in shock. I thought I saw a post from him just the other day. I talked to him on the phone for my book on the fans. Such a sweet, knowledgable, and witty man.

This is a great loss to all of us.
RIP Gazza.

~"Love is Strong"~

Gazza would be the most knowledgeable person I know of on The Rolling Stones and music in general

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Awful news. I’m at a loss. We all are.

Just lost for words.
RIP Gazza.

How absolutely tragic and devastating not just to all of us here but to his family as well!!!! He will be missed in many circles of life.

RIP Gazza

I didn't have the honor of interacting with him, but...

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The Sicilian
... Gazza was someone who most people here respected as a valued opinion on the Stones and other bands. I remember that he was a big Elvis fan and loved Van Morrison and Bruce Springsteen.
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I'm sure I would have liked him. Condolences to his loved ones and IORR family.

Awful news.
RIP Gary, you will be missed.
Condolences to his family.

Shocked. Horrible and sad news.

Rest in peace.

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The Sicilian
I was just thinking about him as he had multiple posts in that old 2011 thread about the 70's Biggest Touring Bands currently on the board.

Gazza was someone who most people here respected as a valued opinion on the Stones and other bands. I remember that he was a big Elvis fan and loved Van Morrison and Bruce Springsteen. I always had fun joking around with him and his quirky opinions. Ireland won't be the same without Gazza in it. He was a long time regular contributor here then suddenly I think he (and a few others) had some kind of falling out and left the site, but would still make an occasional appearance.

I never met him in person, but I feel that I and this board have lost a good friend, outstanding contributor and Stones fan.

RIP Gazza.

Never met him in person too, but I also noticed that his posts here became fewer and fewer in recent years what I always regretted because whenever it showed "Posted by: Gazza" it was always a Trademark Of Quality...

What a sad, sad day.

My condolences to his family.

RIP Gazza.



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Oh, this is hard to process.

I first met Gary in 2001, outside a Bob Dylan concert at the Docklands Arena, in London. I was an active member of the ‘Rocks Off’ message board community for some years, and I always looked forward to meeting-up before the show: Twickenham, 02 Arena, etc. There was a wonderful evening at the Sticky Fingers restaurant, too. He was one of several people who really looked after me when I travelled across the Atlantic, to see the Stones at Giants Stadium in 2002. I’d just turned 19 and hadn’t flown before. I’d have been lost without his companionship.

He was a generous man, too. He sent me a huge box of Stones VHS’ in 2002.

A wonderful man.

Rest in peace, Gary

Alex



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The Sicilian
From the Rockman archives:



Rockman .... Stones Doug...... GAZZA .... Adrian ..... StonesTod

Cabbage Patch Hotel -- Twickenham 2006

My dad and I were there that day. Those gatherings were fantastic. Im featured on the t-shirt Gazza is wearing.

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Big Al
Oh, this is hard to process.

I first met Gary in 2001, outside a Bob Dylan concert at the Docklands Arena, in London. I was an active member of the ‘Rocks Off’ message board community for some years, and I always looked forward to meeting-up before the show: Twickenham, 02 Arena, etc. There was a wonderful evening at the Sticky Fingers restaurant, too. He was one of several people who really looked after me when I travelled across the Atlantic, to see the Stones at Giants Stadium in 2002. I’d just turned 19 and hadn’t flown before. I’d have been lost without his companionship.

He was a generous man, too. He sent me a huge box of Stones VHS’ in 2002.

A wonderful man.

Rest in peace, Gary

Alex

Absolutely Alex, was a roxksoff regular too those days.
The meeting in sticky fingers was wonderfull, such a great night. What a wonderfull guy Gary was. Sweet and genuine. Always happy to help

rip gary

we lost way too many IORRlers lately....
RIP

What a loss for his family, IORR, and all the Stones Fans. He joined Sway Stones.

RIP Gary Galbraith †

Never met him, but here's another goodbye to another good friend.

RIP

Rest In Peace.

Rest in Peace, Gazza

Very sad news. You'll be missed, Gary.