Alex Kirst, Drummer for Iggy Pop and The Nymphs, Killed in Hit-And-Run

CATHEDRAL CITY, Calif. (CBS/AP) Alex Kirst, the former drummer for Iggy Pop and the alternative rock band The Nymphs, was killed in a hit-and-run crash in the California desert last Thursday. He was 47.

Cathedral City police told the Palm Spring Desert Sun a white 2000-2006 Chevrolet Tahoe or GMC Yukon struck Kirst, who was on foot, on Jan. 13. Sgt. Paul Herrera says someone spotted Kirst on the side of Date Palm Road at about 11:45 p.m. and called police, thinking the man was intoxicated.

"We have no evidence of any braking," Herrera said at the time. "[The driver]" made no attempt to stop and fled the scene.

The Nymphs had its heyday in the late 1980s and early 1990s and disbanded after one album. Kirst and his brother, Whitey Kirst, joined Pete Marshal to form The Trolls, backing up Iggy Pop on his 2001 album "Beat 'Em Up" and 2003's "Skull Ring."