Eric Gerald Froberg was born on Jan. 19, 1968, in Santa Monica, Calif., to Eric and Sylvia (Phillips) Froberg. His father, a enterprise advisor and entrepreneur, legally modified the Swedish household title from Froberg to Farr in 1979; Mr. Froberg used the ancestral surname professionally, although he generally signed his art work “Rick Farr” or “Rick Fork.”

His dad and mom divorced quickly after his beginning, and he by no means had a relationship together with his beginning mom, who died in 1992. His father married Lynne Wacker, a gross sales coaching supervisor for Hooked on Phonics, in 1973. The household lived in Glendale and Playa del Rey earlier than transferring to Carlsbad when Mr. Froberg was 8. He lived primarily within the North County space of San Diego till he moved to Brooklyn.

He married Amelia Halverson in 2003. They divorced in 2015. Along with Ms. Neubacher, he’s survived by his father, his stepmother and three youthful brothers, Christopher, Justin and Gregory.

In 1999 Mr. Reis fashioned a brand new band, Sizzling Snakes. Dissatisfied together with his personal vocals, he despatched a cassette to Mr. Froberg, who agreed to hitch although they lived on totally different coasts. In distinction to Drive Like Jehu’s distortion, Sizzling Snakes favored a clear guitar sound and brief, environment friendly tunes, Mr. Reis mentioned, “letting Rick’s voice and the assault of the choose carry the ability.”

Mr. Froberg additionally sang and performed guitar from 2006 to 2015 within the Brooklyn band Obits, which launched three albums on Sub Pop. The title was Mr. Froberg’s thought, mentioned Sohrab Habibion, Obits’ different guitarist, a touch upon ageism in music.

Painters, photographers and filmmakers can develop outdated, Mr. Habibion mentioned, “and jazz musicians and classical gamers are allowed to get lengthy within the tooth. However rock ’n’ roll is caught on this youth tradition rut, so we needed to place a stake within the floor and say that middle-aged individuals may make rock music that was related, very important and worthy of being a part of the cultural dialog.”