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Stunned Friends Remember an East Village ‘Torchbearer for Sleaze Rock’

The Cityby Kaitlyn SchwanemannAugust 11, 2026

A New York punk scene legend was killed by a mail truck while walking home after performing at an East Village watering hole on Friday night.  Chester “Chet” Mazur was a “torchbearer for sleaze rock,” one friend said, a staple of an ‘80s and ‘90s underground music scene laden with black leather

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