The music community mourns the sudden loss of Bruce Alan “Rocker” Ciangetti, 75, who passed away peacefully in his Manahawkin home on March 1. Ciangetti was a cherished staple in the community whose legacy as the face of Manahawkin’s Red Rocker Record Store will live on in perpetual orbit in the hearts and on the turntables of rock ’n’ rollers all across New Jersey.
Ciangetti earned his iconic nickname, “Red Rocker,” at Willingboro High School, from which he graduated in 1967.
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