ROCKFORD, Ill. (WIFR) – Fuzz from an electric guitar opens one of the last songs released by Aidan McLane. “Daydreem” starts with the musician building up his bass before they dropped into the lyrics “When I die…”
“Music is, I think, a universal language. It says a lot if you listen to it,” contended Jim Thomas, Aiden’s uncle. “Our way as musicians is sometimes the things that are harder to talk about come through.”
On Jan. 19, Aidan died from hypothermia at Aldeen Park in Rockford. Family, friends and fans describe the musician as possessing a heart of punk. They noted Aidan identified as nonbinary but accepted any pronouns…