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Requiem for What's His Name Requiem for What's His Name Requiem for What's His Name is the second album by Marc Ribot & The Rootless Comopolitans. It was released on the Belgian label Les Disques du Crepuscule in 1992. It was recorded in New York City, except "Commit a Crime" which was recorded live at Desi Stadtteilzentrum in Nuremberg, Germany. The Allmusic review by Brian Beatty awarded the album 4 stars, stating, "On his second release as a bandleader, guitarist Marc Ribot is joined by players familiar from his gigs as a hired sideman, including saxophonist Roy Nathanson of the Lounge Lizards and the Jazz