The Larimer County coroner’s office still isn’t sure why Tickle Me Pink bass player and songwriter Johnny Schou is dead at 22.
A spokesman for the coroner’s office could not be reached Wednesday evening. An autopsy Tuesday was inconclusive. Earlier Wednesday, Diane Fairman, Larimer County’s chief deputy coroner, told The Associated Press that results of toxicology and other tests would take weeks.
A founding member of the up-and-coming band, Schou was found dead Tuesday morning in a home the indie rockers share in Fort Collins.
Schou formed Tickle Me Pink in 2005 with lead singer Sean Kennedy, drummer Stefan Runstrom and guitarist and singer Steven Beck.
The band has played hundreds of dates across the country, releasing two previous albums — 2005’s “If Only We Were Twenty One” and “Half Seas Over” in 2006 — before the release this week of “Madeline,” which the band describes as “a cautionary tale of substance abuse.”
Joey Bunch: 303-954-1174 or jbunch@denverpost.com
