the day the music died

[Helpful Corn]

use this thread to memorialize your favorite musicians who are no longer alive.

use live performances if possible

use spoilers

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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n_NWPY99Q94

 

[sputnix]

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Freddie Mercury nuff said

 

[Foxi4]

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Louis in general...

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Bob and Dean mostly due to the genre rather then a specific adoration

 

[xist]

Undoubtedly a scary nutcase but a fine musician

Spoiler

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8wX42E6Jjp8

 

[Ace]

I came into this thread expecting the next Justin Bieber.
This is however a very pleasant surprise

 

[Vulpes Abnocto]

A long long time ago,
I can still remember how that music used to make me smile.

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[Depravo]

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[KingdomBlade]

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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3yUSGvm4BXA

Unfortunately, I could not find a live performance of his greatest song.

 

[Domination]

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George Harrison
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Kurt Cobain
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John Bonham
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John Entwistle and Keith Moon
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Cliff Burton
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Bon Scott
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Freddie Mercury
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John Lennon
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R.I.P.

 

[Gahars]

Freddie Mercury has already been posted, but it bears repeating. No one has been able to come close to matching him; he's was pretty much irreplaceable (As the rest of the band has found out for themselves, I'm sure).

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SqAZWf15bxQ

Also, great compilation of the news right before and after his death.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9h2il09og40

 

[Fudge]

RIP

Spoiler

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SJLe1UTqKvA

 

[hobo33]

Dimebag Darrell


Jimmy Sullivan

 

[gloweyjoey]

I feel this thread would be incomplete without the 3 young men Don McLean's "American Pie" is about

"And the three men I admire most - the Father, Son, and the Holy Ghost - They caught the last train for the coast. The day the music died"

Spoiler: Buddy Holly

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Spoiler: Ritchie Valens

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Spoiler: The Big Bopper

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[Javacat]

Quorthon of Bathory!

Linked track takes time to build up.

Spoiler: Quorthon

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[Vulpes Abnocto]

Spoiler: Layne Staley

Without him, Alice in Chains ceased to exist.
Don't give a fuck if they're still touring or not.
Just ain't the same.

 

[xerces]

All of this and not a single mention of Jimi Hendrix, Stevie Ray Vaughan or Janis Joplin??

 

[Hyro-Sama]

A true musician.

Spoiler

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xrd3lSn5FqQ

 

[xist]

RIP - 66 seems far too young

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