Rob Laakso net worth at time of death

Rob Laakso’s net worth is unknown because there is no mention of it online. He is an American musician, record producer, and engineer best known as Kurt Vile’s recording partner and multi-instrumentalist in his backing band The Violators.

Laakso collaborated with Kurt Vile on the following tracks:

• God Is Saying This to You… (2009)
• Smoke Ring for My Halo (2011)
• So Outta Reach (2011)
• Wakin on a Pretty Daze (2013)
• It’s a Big World Out There (And I Am Scared) (2013)
• B’lieve I’m goin down… (2015)
• Bottle It In (2018)
• Watch my moves (2022)

Following the departure of guitarist Adam Granduciel, Laakso became a full member of The Violators in 2011, after contributing to Vile’s second and fourth studio albums, God Is Saying This to You… (2009) and Smoke Ring for My Halo (2011).

Laakso’s contributions to Vile’s subsequent studio albums, Wakin on a Pretty Daze (2013), b’lieve I’m goin down… (2015), Bottle It In (2018), and Watch my moves (2022), were significant.

Laakso was also a multi-instrumentalist with the shoegaze band Swirlies, among other things.

Laakso died on May 5, 2023 after a battle with an aggressive cancer called Cholangiocarcinoma.

He is survived by his wife Sarah, and their two children.