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Nowhere Man · Joined: 08 Feb 2004

Mark Sandman died on stage.

How rock and roll is that?

This is a challenge:

Name other great talents who died by means other than suicide/murder/choking on vomit/drug overdose before their time (meaning old age doesn't count a la Frank Sinatra.

Morrison and Bobby Darin are the only two I can think of. Morrison is debatable.

Just curious what you can come up with.

merlot · Posted: Fri Apr 07, 2006 10:57 am Post subject:

You forgot to include airplane crashes in your list--Buddy Holly, Stevie Ray Vaughn, Rick whatever his last name was that was on that TV show and they found cocaine in his blood, but his family didn't believe it.

chest rockwell · Joined: 16 May 2005 Location: Sanbon

The lead singer of Morphine died? When? Damn man, Morphine kicked arse

jinglejangle · Joined: 19 Feb 2005 Location: Far far far away.

Oh yes. What could be more rock n roll than dying in a plane crash.

SirFink · Joined: 05 Mar 2006

Suicide is a pretty common cause of death for musicians: Ian Curtis, Nick Drake, Richard Manuel, Michael Hutchence, something like three (!) members of Bad Finger. And of course that tw*t from Nirvana. Like, totally rock n' roll, dudes. Twisted Evil

red headed stranger · Joined: 12 Apr 2005 Location: Seoul

Free World · Joined: 01 Apr 2005 Location: Drake Hotel

Hollywoodaction · Joined: 02 Jul 2004

SPINOZA · Joined: 10 Jun 2005 Location: $eoul

Syd Barrett (Pink Floyd) - didn't die, but went crazy and completely changed. His personality, since 1967, is completely different from what it was before. He lives alone in Cambridge, England, and the royalties from only one full album with Floyd provide him with a 250,000GBP per year income.

Chuck Schuldiner - singer/guitarist/leader of Florida metal band, Death. Died of a rare form of brain cancer in 2001. Death Metal enthusiasts have mixed opinions about Chuck, because later in his life he became a Christian. He was a talented, handsome, very pleasant guy and it's sad that he's gone.

coolsage · Posted: Sat Apr 08, 2006 12:05 am Post subject:

Gene Pitney recently died in his bed at 65. An icon in his time, later eclipsed by the British Wave in the sixties. Known for his 'pop aria' style, along with Roy Orbison. RIP.

animalbirdfish · Joined: 04 Feb 2004

SPINOZA · Joined: 10 Jun 2005 Location: $eoul

I thought this thread was gonna be about narcotics, btw. Never heard of a group called Morphine.

SMKOREA · Joined: 29 Nov 2005

John Bonham died on September 24, 1980 at Jimmy Page's home. He had consumed an uncountable number of drinks and had been taking a drug to keep him off of heroin, and when he was laid down to sleep, his face was up instead of down, which caused him to choke on his own vomit.

SMKOREA · Joined: 29 Nov 2005

i didn't see the vomit part of the OP, but anywace... i was at a bar called led zeppelin last night....

Nowhere Man · Joined: 08 Feb 2004

I also left off Bob Marley. Toe Cancer.

I was hoping for more original and accidental deaths. Patti Smith fell off a stage and broke her neck. Rock and roll!. But she lived...

Morphine: One Sax, One 2-string bass, and a drummer. Sandman on vocals. Amazing what they did with minimalism.

Eponymous album: Cure For Pain ('Good' is also pretty damn good)

One off track: Sharks Patrol These Waters