Billy Corgan, Scott Ian and more have provided their recollections of working with Lynch, while others have praised his influential works.

Lynch was a onetime artist who broke through in the 1970s with the surreal “Eraserhead” and rarely failed to startle and inspire audiences and peers in the following decades.

David Lynch, surrealist and visionary director of Blue Velvet, Mulholland Drive, and Twin Peaks, has passed away at the age of 78.