Tears for Diers: Remembering Seattle’s Voice, and Our Friend, Kevin Diers

Hundreds of people—colleagues, friends, fans, and artists—have been sharing an outpouring of love since hearing the news.by Brittne LunnissKevin Diers was the voice of Seattle. Whether he was turning listeners on to new, exhilarating bands as host of 99.9 KISW’s Loud & Local and Metal Shop shows or excitedly announcing DEFY wrestling matches to crowds of hundreds, he spent much of his life behind a microphone. But for someone who talked so much, it was rarely about himself.