The biggest loss

[kro]

I was pondering the musos who had fallen early on their intrepid journey through life, and thought that for me, John Bonham from Led Zeppelin would be the person whom I felt genuinely saddened by the death of. The guy was an integral part of an amazingly revolutionary band, and his death was a big impact on the music world, and to mine.

Who would be your greatest loss?.

[Karma]

Freddie Mercury... I would have loved to see Queen in concert.

[kro]

Damn good call, Freddy's in my top 5, the guy was amazing.

[Hitcher]

John Lennon. Mark Chapman should have done the world a favour and shot Paul McCartney instead.

[koba]

Darcy Clay.

True genius and with only the earliest beginnings of a music career before his tragic suicide. New Zealands greatest musican.

[xwhatsit]

Charlie Parker -- but I'm not sure he would've come up with that much that was new. The drugs had already began to blunt his genius, IMHO.

Scott La Faro. Only 18 (or 19?) -- but what a mark he left on the world. Any bassist these days plays like him, whether they know it or not. Such a terrible loss Bill Evans didn't really make any proper music for a year or two.

[Winston001]

Freddy Mercury?? Pah. :argue: Talented yes but he'd done all his best work long before he became ill.

Jimi Hendrix - now Jimi still had lots to offer the world of rock in both technical and performance work. I'm still sad today......

[MD]

Marc Bolan from T-Rex. I reckon he had only given us a small taste of things to come from his talent when he died. Now we will never know what else he had to offer. Piss poor Mini driver though.

I could prepare a long list of contemporary artist welcome to end there careers early ..please

[Karma]

Bobby Darin
Lisa 'Left Eye' Lopes
Kurt Cobain

[Mr Merde]

Eddie Cochrane

Died at the age of 21 in Bristol, England. Result of a car crash in which he was a passenger.

A string of hit such as "Summertime Blues', "20 Flight Rock"

Performed in film scores at the tender age of 16.

Never know what could have been.


Wolfgang Amadeus Motzart.

As avente garde as any musician of our time.

Apparently died of the plague in his mid to late 20's

[Effigy]

Marc Bolan from T-Rex. I reckon he had only given us a small taste of things to come from his talent when he died. Now we will never know what else he had to offer. Piss poor Mini driver though.

I could prepare a long list of contemporary artist welcome to end there careers early ..please
Well, he wasn't only a pisspoor Mini Driver, but a pisspoor driver all round... in fact he didn't have a licence, which was probably why he wasn't driving the mini at the time. But, yes, a loss indeed..

[Mr Merde]

Freddie Mercury... I would have loved to see Queen in concert.

Saw them once long time ago now.

One of the last two concerts I "roadied" at. 1984, Wembley Arena, Live Aid.

They were awesome and Freddy was the ultimate showman on stage. Quiet as a mouse before and after.



The other last concert for me, was Pink Floyd, in Milton Keynes. The "Wall" tour.

[Big Dave]

I lost my wallet once.

[Mr Merde]

I lost my wallet once.

its probably in storage with the 3 million umbrellas lost anually in the UK.

or those masses of single socks that must be in laundremat heaven.

[SlashWylde]

'Dimebag' Darrell Abbott, guitarist for Pantera, Damageplan and Rebel Meets Rebel. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dimebag

He was a wizard on guitar, co-wrote some of the greatest metal songs in history and by many accounts was a pretty cool guy on top of it all.

I was in complete disbelief when I first heard the news that he had been shot and killed. Once I had figured out that the news wasn't a joke in bad taste, I was quite taken aback by how shocked and horrified I was to hear of his untimely passing. I never met the guy, never even got to see him play live, but his death was so pointless and it is a real tragedy that his soul and gift is now lost to this world - though some part of it is preserved in his recordings.

So long brother, we miss you. :(

[xwhatsit]

Wolfgang Amadeus Motzart.

As avente garde as any musician of our time.

Apparently died of the plague in his mid to late 20's

Mozart made it 'til 35 -- not plague, I think it was some kind of fever.

I'm not fussed about him, to be honest. He wrote terrible horn parts that are a complete bore to play (his Horn Concerto no.3 notwithstanding, but one doesn't get to play horn concertos every day). That's not enough to wish him death, of course, but I personally would say that by his late 20s he'd already found his niche or `groove' and was churning out scores with nothing really new. Debussy, on the other hand, kept up the innovation right until his death. He lived much longer.

[Harry33]

O.k here's a few that I wish where still with us.

Kurt Cobain
Jim Morrison, Jimmy Hendrix, Keith Moon

Brandon Lee, Bruce Lee

John Britten

All for selfish reasons of wanting to see what more they could have done if they had more time.

[janno]

Stevie Ray Vaughn.

I was truley sad when I heard the news that he'd been killed in 1990.

And that was when I was attempting to be a goth, and blues WAS NOT COOL . . .

[Indiana_Jones]

Steve McQueen

-Indy

[forkoil]

Definitely Jimi Hendrix..... Totally dominated my impressionable years (still there). Could make his guitar talk, wow, still by far the greatest....

[Devil]

'Dimebag' Darrell Abbott, guitarist for Pantera, Damageplan and Rebel Meets Rebel. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dimebag

He was a wizard on guitar, co-wrote some of the greatest metal songs in history and by many accounts was a pretty cool guy on top of it all.

I was in complete disbelief when I first heard the news that he had been shot and killed. Once I had figured out that the news wasn't a joke in bad taste, I was quite taken aback by how shocked and horrified I was to hear of his untimely passing. I never met the guy, never even got to see him play live, but his death was so pointless and it is a real tragedy that his soul and gift is now lost to this world - though some part of it is preserved in his recordings.

So long brother, we miss you. :(
On a personal side, me too. I met the guy, talked for a while and he was such a genuinely nice dude (as is his brother). Couldn't believe it when I heard the news. That date is always on my calendar for a drink!

[Pillick]

Jeff Buckley (http://www.last.fm/music/Jeff+Buckley?q=jeff+buckley) - just made his debut album, just about to hit it huge, and he decides to go for a swim in steel cap boots >.< d'oh!

[Lias]

'Dimebag' Darrell Abbott, guitarist for Pantera, Damageplan and Rebel Meets Rebel. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dimebag

He was a wizard on guitar, co-wrote some of the greatest metal songs in history and by many accounts was a pretty cool guy on top of it all.

I was in complete disbelief when I first heard the news that he had been shot and killed. Once I had figured out that the news wasn't a joke in bad taste, I was quite taken aback by how shocked and horrified I was to hear of his untimely passing. I never met the guy, never even got to see him play live, but his death was so pointless and it is a real tragedy that his soul and gift is now lost to this world - though some part of it is preserved in his recordings.

So long brother, we miss you. :(

I second that motion.. RIP Dimebag

[Finn]

Stevie Ray Vaughn.

I was truley sad when I heard the news that he'd been killed in 1990.

And that was when I was attempting to be a goth, and blues WAS NOT COOL . . .

2nd that. SRV was a god. Okay, he couldn't sing but he could make a guitar do things they're not designed to do.

[Angusdog]

Jeff Buckley (http://www.last.fm/music/Jeff+Buckley?q=jeff+buckley) - just made his debut album, just about to hit it huge, and he decides to go for a swim in steel cap boots >.< d'oh!

Ditto - too much talent to live, perhaps.

[MisterD]

Cliff Burton - what might Metallica have become without his loss?
Randy Rhoads.
Buddy Holly

and I'll second Jimi and John Lennon

[What?]

John Bonham
Jimi Hendix
Stevie Ray Vaughan
Tommy Bolin
Otis Redding
Rory Gallagher
Paul Kossoff

Where to stop????

Dimebag maybe. Sorry, but I don't rate him at all.
And Freddy showed us why you shouldn't go putting bits of your anatomy in places they weren't meant to go...

[Big Dave]

Now the green guitar pick is missing.

[Maha]

Roy Orbison....that voice will take some beating