New Delhi, July 25 -- NEW YORK - For thirty-seven years, Lou Koller's voice was the sound of Queens fighting back. On Friday, that voice went silent. Koller, the founding vocalist of Sick of It All, died at 59 after a year-long battle with an esophageal cancer that had extended into his stomach - a diagnosis the band disclosed in the summer of 2024, when they cancelled a European tour to support his treatment.

Sick of It All announced his death Friday on Instagram, posting a tribute to the man who had fronted the band since its formation in Queens in the late 1980s. "We have lost a beloved friend and an iconic frontman," the band wrote. "Lou had the power to raise everyone's spirits." No further details about the circumstances of his dea...