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Most Tragic Death?

Alecs	Date: December 21, 2005 @ 12:19 PM Which guitar player's death do you think was the most tragic. My vote goes to Randy Rhoads. That guy was just beginning to tap into his potential and then he was just gone.
BOWILLIE	Date: December 21, 2005 @ 12:23 PM probally bobby fuller.. was murdered and body hid in a well.... john lennon.. you know that story.
IndigoGirl	Date: December 21, 2005 @ 12:35 PM Dimebag Darrel (sp?) Or to second Bowillie, Bobby Fuller.
GreatGooglyM...	Date: December 21, 2005 @ 1:29 PM Dimebag's probably. I hate that motherfucker, who shot him!
GeneHilbert	Date: December 21, 2005 @ 4:17 PM A few of many………. Zappa, Lennon, Marley, Harrison, SRV, Rhoads, Joplin, Hendrix, Holly, Vallens, Bopper, Miller, Coltrane, Montgomery, Dimebag, Monk, Eddie, Carpenter, Tosh, Jones, Gaye, Wells, Parker, Holiday, Allman, Gaines, Cline, Reeves, Shakur, Bonham, Croce, Denver, Van Zant, Oakley, Mercury, Bolin, Redding, Larson, Foster.
GreatGooglyM...	Date: December 21, 2005 @ 4:32 PM BTW How did Zappa die?
Saint	Date: December 21, 2005 @ 4:38 PM Cliff Burton
leflaw	Date: December 21, 2005 @ 5:18 PM Mike Bloomfield, Danny Gatton, Eddie Lang
MinisterofSc...	Date: December 21, 2005 @ 6:02 PM Zappa. His was most tragic because he was not only a guitar player, but an absolute genius in so many ways. Not only do I wish there was more of his playing left, but more of his musical compositions. He had prostate cancer...
Veracohr	Date: December 21, 2005 @ 6:39 PM I'd say Dimebag. This is why: I read that the killer thought Dimebag broke up Pantera, but in reality it was Phil Anselmo. I don't consider any guitarist's suicide, intentional or not (ie. via drugs) too tragic. That's their own fault.
JasonJSmoke	Date: December 21, 2005 @ 6:44 PM Dime.
GeneHilbert	Date: December 21, 2005 @ 7:01 PM Danny Gatton - that one hurts ....... as well as Roy Buchanan.......... both unnecessary and a result of un-fulfillment and perceived shame.
KyleEpps	Date: December 25, 2005 @ 1:05 PM Randy Rhoads and John Lennon are the biggest...probably Randy Rhoads b/c like you said..he was still getting so much better than he was...and he stayed away from politics which was safer : ( ..freddie mercury's death and john denver's deaths are sad too
celtaidd	Date: December 25, 2005 @ 8:42 PM Would be mine; cos I'd definately miss me
Alecs	Date: December 25, 2005 @ 11:23 PM lol speak for yourself celtaidd
sinai	Date: December 26, 2005 @ 9:25 AM Marley
AdNauseam	Date: December 26, 2005 @ 9:35 AM Pete Cetera
Bhairava	Date: December 26, 2005 @ 10:56 PM I guess Dime bag I never even listen to his music much. But I don't know it shocked me to even think that, that might happen... god its so bad.
GeneHilbert	Date: December 27, 2005 @ 12:52 AM Pete Cetera is not dead.... Maybe you are thinking of Terry Kath....
AdNauseam	Date: December 27, 2005 @ 10:42 AM Oh yeah, that's what I meant. I am such a moron. Accidental gunshot wound, right?
GeneHilbert	Date: December 27, 2005 @ 12:33 PM Correct..... while fucking around with a hand gun.
victorsskull	Date: December 27, 2005 @ 12:56 PM cliff burton or rany rhodes
Alecs	Date: December 27, 2005 @ 2:31 PM rany rhodes?
BOWILLIE	Date: December 27, 2005 @ 6:06 PM i think bowillies tragic lightning strike death was pretty tragic..lol...
TameasDust	Date: December 27, 2005 @ 7:41 PM You moved and I missed ... dammit ... Jimi Hendrix
black-dog930	Date: January 8, 2006 @ 1:24 PM Lennon. I just read a full magazine length article on him and his death. If for drummers, (damn i cant remember his name) but that original Rolling Stones drummer died in his pool....
Alecs	Date: January 8, 2006 @ 3:25 PM Any members of the Rolling Stones are not deserving of sympathy.
imemine	Date: January 8, 2006 @ 3:37 PM That Stones “Drummer” you speak of is Brian Jones and he wasn’t a drummer---That would have always been Charlie Watts. Brian Jones was a guitarist…….and F-U DhoomsPic, without the Stones there wouldn’t be any of those dudes that you speak so highly of. Not that I dislike your idols but the Stones have an important role of historical relevance that a teenager has a hard time understanding. Oh the stories those old dudes could tell you and the path they paved!
Alecs	Date: January 8, 2006 @ 4:04 PM I dunno, man. Even when on drugs, I think they're pretty overrated. I admit, though, I was much too harsh. i apologize
imemine	Date: January 8, 2006 @ 4:20 PM Over rated by what standard? They’re the freaking Stones man! Four and a half decades and over 50 albums--- Nonetheless, apology accepted.
Alecs	Date: January 8, 2006 @ 4:35 PM prolificacy does not constitute musicianship
kingo	Date: January 8, 2006 @ 5:23 PM musicianship does not constitute entertaining.
Alecs	Date: January 8, 2006 @ 5:29 PM true...
imemine	Date: January 8, 2006 @ 5:32 PM DhoomsPic my friend from Oz, Perhaps-------however one could also make the argument that sheer technical ability and analytical structuring does not “constitute musicianship” either. I’m of the mind that music is not simply combinations of rhythms and notes but rather something of the spirit and soul. I have great respect for those who possess these “mechanics” but I also respect the ability of a musician who can reach me emotionally. Muddy Waters for example. Open your mind young one, you might learn something. It’s all good IMHO!
Alecs	Date: January 8, 2006 @ 5:34 PM I agree. I listen to Vai not because he's a sick player (though that's part of it) but because he pours SO much emotion into his playing. One COULD use the example of Green Day, however, as a counter-point...
imemine	Date: January 8, 2006 @ 5:38 PM Entertainment! Nothing wrong with that either again---IMHO! This is what makes the world go round. See, if all we had to listen to was Vai---or the Stones----it wouldn’t be a very interesting world now would it? …….and we would have a lot less to talk about!
Alecs	Date: January 8, 2006 @ 5:40 PM Did you just say there's nothing wrong with Green Day? Do the words "eye makeup" mean nothing to you?!
imemine	Date: January 8, 2006 @ 6:11 PM Does the word "KISS" mean anything to you? ......and how 'bout those big hair metal bands of the 80's? They all wore eye makeup. Yep, that’s what I said. There are enough REAL problems in the world that I don’t really concern myself with Green Days cosmetics or Elton John’s lifestyle choices.
K3VIN	Date: January 8, 2006 @ 6:52 PM kiss had like one good song booo green day is catchy in a way i guess... looks like their song writers are geniouses... stones... nothing wrong with them.. no need to debate some artists that are still alive... lol.. not what this threads for
tooles	Date: January 8, 2006 @ 7:22 PM (applauds imemine) I think the biggest single loss of a musician to the world was Marley. Bob Marley was an equally important social, religious, and musical figure, a feat which I can't think of another name to match with. That he died while standing on his religious principles (despite the fact that I myself am not a religious person), that he brought meaningful social and political change to his countrymen, and that he opened the American awareness of the third world both musically and socially, all make his untimely death the more tragic, because he had so much more to give musically and socially.
LChen	Date: January 9, 2006 @ 6:04 AM Elliott Smith.
vladb	Date: January 9, 2006 @ 8:08 AM ^a tragic loss indeed
tooles	Date: January 9, 2006 @ 3:05 PM Ian Curtis should also be on here.
tooles	Date: January 18, 2006 @ 7:35 PM We also forgot Jeff Buckley.
Mojosnake	Date: January 19, 2006 @ 6:02 AM i'm voting hendrix
Alecs	Date: January 19, 2006 @ 10:57 AM I dunno, mongo Hendrix had already put out a TON of material and changed everything. I don't think there would've been an extreme development in his playing in the coming years to the extent that Rhoads would've
GeneHilbert	Date: January 19, 2006 @ 11:11 AM Lennon......
tooles	Date: January 19, 2006 @ 2:40 PM Yeah, Lennon getting offed had no rhyme or reason. Anybody else get chills listening to "The Ballad of John and Yoko"? '...the way things are going, they're gonna crucify me...' By the way, has anyone read The Catcher in the Rye? Is it worth a read?
zedsalt	Date: January 20, 2006 @ 11:33 AM Yeah, don't let one nutjob turn you off from a great piece of literature.
GeneHilbert	Date: January 20, 2006 @ 12:21 PM The Catcher in the Rye...... it's OK..... not a favorite. Is it worth a read?..... The jury is still out....
GreatGooglyM...	Date: January 20, 2006 @ 3:35 PM Damn, how did I miss the musicianship-entertaiment discussion?
tooles	Date: January 20, 2006 @ 5:34 PM Don't worry, I'm sure it'll come up again, dude.
leedsquietman	Date: January 20, 2006 @ 7:33 PM The Stones whilst not especially virtuoso musicians definately have the chops for most occasions - consider that Charlie Watts has always been a highly respected drummer who is respected in both rock and jazz circles, Brian Jones could play just about any instrument under the sun (including woodwinds, bazoukis, mandolins, sitar and various oriental sounds), Keith Richards is considered a good player by eminent people like Jimmy Page, Clapton and Jeff Beck - just because he doesn't play blistering leads, his style is riffmeister and apparently he rocks Chuck Berry leads better than Chuck Berry and Mick Jagger is apparently a great harmonica player. Not to mention former Bluesbreaker Mick Taylor who was regarded in similar virtuoso mould as Clapton, etc. and his partnership with Richards was regarded very highly. The Stones have contributed greatly to rock music and all of them have a wide range of influences from blues/jazz/folk etc. They are definately more than a rock and roll band in spirit if not in application!