Kevan Staples, co-founder of alt-rock band Rough Trade, dead at 74

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· Posted: Mar 25, 2025 9:31 AM EDT | Last Updated: 10 minutes ago

Kevan Staples, co-founder of legendary Toronto stone set Rough Trade, had died astatine the property of 74. 

Staples co-wrote the band's risque breakout deed High School Confidential, arsenic good the songs Birds of a Feather and All Touch. 

His decease was announced successful a societal media station by set co-founder Carole Pope, who said helium died connected Sunday. 

"He was a agleam airy that volition pain forever," she wrote connected Instagram. 

The set won 4 Juno awards successful the 1980s and was inducted into Canada's Walk of Fame successful 2023. 

"Their euphony challenged conventions and near a lasting interaction connected Canada's taste landscape," says a station connected the Canada Walk of Fame's Instagram page. 

No different details of his decease person been released.