Guitarist for the hard rockers of the 80s, Cinderella was 58 years old – deadline

Guitarist Jeff Labar, who was a key part of the hard rock band Cinderella when it rose to fame during the heyday of the ‘hair bands’ of the 1980s, has passed away. No cause of death was immediately available, but her son confirmed the death in an Instagram post.

Labar’s first wife, Gaile Labar-Bernhardt, told TMZ he was found dead Wednesday in his Nashville apartment.

Cinderella was formed in the suburbs of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, and was one of the long-haired hard rock groups that emerged in a wave in the mid-1980s. The group had several multi-platinum albums and was a sensation. MTV.

Labar joined the group in 1985, replacing original guitarist Michael Schermick. He played on all four of the group’s studio albums. The group the first two albums, the years 1986 Night songs and the years 1988 Long cold winter have both been certified triple platinum with sales of over 3 million copies each.

But at the end of this era of festive hard rock, Cinderella’s fortune declined. They continued to work, but went their separate ways in the early 1990s. They reunited in 1996 and continued to perform, but stopped recording after the 1994 album. Still climbing.

The group was last seen on the 2014 “Monsters of Rock Cruise”, but took a hiatus again.

Labar’s son Sebastian, whom he shares with Gaile, posted on Instagram and offered some photos of his father.

In addition to his work with Cinderella, Labar had a solo album, One for the road. “