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l'ignorante · Jun 6, 2002, 03:44 PM

The Rock star I miss most of all...
Frank Zappa for me.
You?

mitchell_pgh · Jun 6, 2002, 03:48 PM

Elvis?

l'ignorante · Jun 6, 2002, 03:51 PM

<blockquote>quote:<hr />Originally posted by mitchell_pgh:
Elvis?<hr /></blockquote>OMG, forgot Elvis... :o
can't edit the poll, else I would

WildZero · Jun 6, 2002, 03:55 PM

Other...Janice Joplin

OldManMac · Jun 6, 2002, 04:06 PM

James Marshal Hendrix: The greatest rock guitarist ever! Stevie Ray Vaughan: the second greatest ever!

mitchell_pgh · Jun 6, 2002, 04:15 PM

Lucky for you he isn't dead!

BRussell · Jun 6, 2002, 04:27 PM

<blockquote>quote:<hr />Originally posted by mitchell_pgh:
Lucky for you he isn't dead!

<hr /></blockquote>And here I thought it was Elvis that faked his death.

boots · Jun 6, 2002, 04:33 PM

Not that it would change my vote, but shouldn't Jim Morrison be on the list too? Not that he's really dead, mind you. But for as much as he's done for us lately, he might as well be.

[ 06-06-2002, 04:36 PM: Message edited by: boots ]

boots · Jun 6, 2002, 04:34 PM

DDP

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chris v · Jun 6, 2002, 04:50 PM

there's so many to choose from, thanks to our popular drug culture, and the odd plane crash or two.

I'd have to list 'em in this order:

Kevin Gilbert
John Bonham
SRV (goddam fine human being)
Bonn Scott
Lowell George

And yes,
John Lennon
Gerry Garcia
Janis Joplin
Jimi Hendrix
Joey Ramone
Karen Carpenter
Marvin Gaye
Dusty Springfield
George Harrison
Keith Moon
Brian Jones
Ronnie Lane
Buddy Holly
Richie Valens
Patsy Cline
Rick Danko
Roy Orbison...

Need I go on?

CV

Nonsuch · Jun 6, 2002, 04:54 PM

Write in: Jim Ellison. Long live the <a href="http://www.geocities.com/SunsetStrip/Hotel/7599/material.html" target="_blank">Ish</a>!

chris v · Jun 6, 2002, 05:57 PM

Just to round the list...

<a href="http://www.cnn.com/2002/SHOWBIZ/Music/06/06/deedee.ramone/index.html" target="_blank">Dee Dee Ramone</a>

Damn.

Ironic it came up while this thread was on my mind.

Smack up, everybody!

CV

daimoni · 09:07 AM

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Worst. Episode. Ever. · Jun 6, 2002, 09:42 PM

Curt Cobain
Jeff Buckley
Sid Vicious

curmi · Jun 6, 2002, 10:16 PM

Freddy Mercury?

curmi · Jun 6, 2002, 10:18 PM

Freddy Mercury?

Mr. Blur · Jun 6, 2002, 10:49 PM

<a href="http://www.gawl.de/Dingerland/" target="_blank">Thomas Dinger</a>
<a href="http://www.spoonrecords.com/michael.html" target="_blank">Michael Karoli</a>
<a href="http://utenti.lycos.it/popol_vuh/" target="_blank">Florian Fricke</a>

...it's not been a very good year for obscure German musicians.....

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KaptainKaya · Jun 6, 2002, 10:54 PM

Tiffany?

chris v · Jun 6, 2002, 11:20 PM

I forgot a couple of whoppers earlier

Duane Almann
Barry Oakley

Same band, both motorcycle accidents, 1 year to the day apart.

and one of the most tragic:

Bob Marley.

need I go on?

CV

l'ignorante · Jun 7, 2002, 02:19 AM

<blockquote>quote:<hr />Originally posted by chris v:
Just to round the list...

<a href="http://www.cnn.com/2002/SHOWBIZ/Music/06/06/deedee.ramone/index.html" target="_blank">Dee Dee Ramone</a>

Damn.

Ironic it came up while this thread was on my mind.

Smack up, everybody!

CV<hr /></blockquote>I didn't know when I posted the poll. Damn !! They're dropping like flies .
Ramones ruled.

::maroma:: · Jun 7, 2002, 02:55 AM

What about Lane Staley from Alice in Chains?

Not that he's the one I miss most, but no one's mentioned him yet. And he was pretty cool (in the non-strung out ways).

M�lum · Jun 7, 2002, 05:16 AM

Soeur Sourire (aka the singing nun)

chris v · Jun 7, 2002, 08:04 AM

<blockquote>quote:<hr />Originally posted by KaptainKaya:
Tiffany?

<hr /></blockquote>No, the oft-reported death was just that of her career. Nothing to mourn there.

CV

The Placid Casual · Jun 8, 2002, 05:07 AM

Although he's not dead, just not making music anymore, and I guess not technically a 'Rock Star', I still really miss Cat Stevens...

I heard him on a song a few years back (written about Bosnia) and he can still sing as well as ever...I just wonder what other classics he could have produced in the last 20 odd years...

Peace,

Marc

goatnet · Jun 8, 2002, 06:52 AM

What about Falco??

chris v · Jun 8, 2002, 08:14 AM

<blockquote>quote:<hr />Originally posted by Marc2211:
Although he's not dead, just not making music anymore, and I guess not technically a 'Rock Star', I still really miss Cat Stevens...

I heard him on a song a few years back (written about Bosnia) and he can still sing as well as ever...I just wonder what other classics he could have produced in the last 20 odd years...

Peace,

Marc<hr /></blockquote>Converting to Islam and denouncing western music will get you treated like you're dead by American Radio, that's for sure. Actually, when famous musician's die, the radio tends to go nuts with their stuff. Whenever I wish some particularly horrid "artist" would go away, I don't wish death upon them, but rather that they'd convert to Islam.

Sammy Hagar, Eddie Veder and Axl Rose can convert and move to Egypt whenever they'd like... and may they live to be 100 thereafter. <img border="0" title="" alt="[Wink]" src="wink.gif" />

CV

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Macintosh · Jun 8, 2002, 10:15 AM

<blockquote>quote:<hr />Originally posted by goatnet:
What about Falco??

<hr /></blockquote>I did not know he died, what happened? I love Rock Me Amedeus though. <img border="0" title="" alt="[Frown]" src="frown.gif" />

voodoo · Jun 8, 2002, 10:24 AM

Freddie Mercury
Falco
- jeannie come home
- der kommisar
George Harrison
- got my mind set on you

and many more...

theUpsetter · Jun 8, 2002, 11:30 AM

<blockquote>quote:<hr />Originally posted by chris v:

and one of the most tragic:

Bob Marley.

need I go on?

CV<hr /></blockquote>Could Bob Marley even be called a "rock star"? He was a star, no doubt, and some might say he even rocked, but he didn't play rock.

MacGorilla · Jun 8, 2002, 11:43 AM

Syd Barret. I know he isn't dead, but the Syd Barret of the old Pink Floyd is as good as dead. The man who lives on now is a far different person. Such great talent, gone!

Arty50 · Jun 8, 2002, 11:52 AM

It's a toss up:

Brian Jones
Jimi
Bonzo

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wulf · Jun 8, 2002, 12:23 PM

Plenty who went well before their time (Lennon, Hendix, Joplin, Morrison, etc.), but the one I miss most is definitely Zappa. Apart from his great body of music, he was an arch-satirist, the kind that society sorely needs more of IMO...

The Placid Casual · Jun 8, 2002, 12:53 PM

I guess as well as my earlier comments, I could add Jerry Garcia to the list.

I have listened to the Dead for as long as I can remember, and although not unexpected, Jerrys' death was to me, a real tragedy....I still drink a toast to him every year....

Marc

(Looking at other peoples comments, I have to agree with Elvis and especially Stevie Ray Vaughan, and I guess there are also a good few other Blues guitarists that could be mentioned as well such as Albert Collins, Freddie King, and Rory Gallagher...)

daimoni · 09:11 AM

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crazyjohnson · Jun 9, 2002, 04:39 PM

Kurt! We love you . . . .