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1/9/2006 5:14:14 PM

townes van zandt drugs/alcohol

1/9/2006 5:14:57 PM

oh, good call. i'll add him the next time i update the list.

1/9/2006 5:15:43 PM

Eric "Stumpy Joe" Childs of Spinal Tap died by chocking on an unknown offender's vomit

1/9/2006 5:39:46 PM

princess diana

1/9/2006 6:14:17 PM

^^haha, Spinal Tap doesn't count

^musicians only

1/9/2006 6:49:44 PM

^she sang candle in the wind

1/9/2006 9:25:16 PM

i've probably sang it, too, at playmakers or something, but that doesn't qualify me for this list. hell, i play 2 instruments pretty well, have decent skills on a third, and a working knowledge of a 4th, but I've never made a dollar at it.


did she seriously ever sing that song, or are you just confused about Elton John singing it at her funeral?

1/9/2006 10:23:39 PM

hahaha at playmakers

1/10/2006 1:28:38 AM

JACO PASTORIUS, GODDAMNIT!!!

1/10/2006 1:45:47 AM

Falco did "Der Komissar" and the original "Rock Me Amadeus", plus other stuff you might recognize. He was German, but had those two hits over here. Died in a car accident in Austria in the (early?) 90's.

Didn't the member of the Beach Boys who drowned do it after falling off a boat? Does that count?

1/10/2006 4:41:50 PM

41. Lisa "Left Eye" Lopez (TLC) - car crash fyi

1/10/2006 5:56:17 PM

Judy Garland (drug overdose)
Marilyn Monroe (pseudo-musician, alleged drug overdose)

1/10/2006 6:02:24 PM

hank williams - officially ruled as a heart attack but he had a fair bit of drugs and alcohol in his system at the time of his death.
glen miller - plane crash
dottie west - car crash
sid vicious (sex pistols) - drugs
tommy caldwell (marshall tucker band - car crash
douglas hopkins - gin blossoms - suicide
patsy cline - air plane crash
jim croce - plane crash
rick nelson - plane crash
duane allman and berry oakley (allman brothers) - motorcycle

1/10/2006 6:24:03 PM

Sam Cooke--plane crash
Marc Bolan (T.Rex)--auto accident
Harry Chapin (the guy who sung "Cats in the Cradle")--auto accident
Kirsty MacColl (UK singer/songwriter, worked with the Smiths, etc)--killed by a speedboat

1/10/2006 6:37:24 PM

1. Layne Staley (Alice In Chains)
2. Andrew Wood (Mother Love Bone)
3. Kurt Cobain (Nirvana)
4. John Bonham (Led Zeppelin)
5. Keith Moon (the Who)
6. Ronny Van Zant (Lynyrd Skynyrd)
7. Steve Gaines (Lynyrd Skynyrd)
8. Allen Collins (sort of...got all fucked up in a car crash, died several years later-Lynyrd Skynyrd)
9. Duane Allman (Allman Brothers Band)
10. Berry Oakley (Allman Brothers Band)
11. Jim Morrison (most likely drugs/alcohol. don't think many would argue against it-the Doors)
12. Cliff Burton (Metallica)
13. Keith Whitley
14. Hillel Slovak (Red Hot Chili Peppers)
15. Jimi Hendrix
16. Janis Joplin
17. Lynn Strait (Snot)
18. Shannon Hoon (Blind Melon)
19. Pigpen (Grateful Dead)
20. Keith Godcheaux (Grateful Dead)
21. Brent Mydland (Grateful Dead)
22. Elliot Smith
23. Michael Hutchence (INXS)
24. Bon Scott (AC/DC)
25. Tommy Bolin (Deep Purple)
26. Roy Buchanan (don't know who he is)
27. Stevie Ray Vaughan (Stevie Ray Vaughan and Double Trouble)
28. Buddy Holly
29. Big Bopper
31. Ritchie Valens
32. Bradley Nowell (Sublime)
33. Randy Rhoads (Quiet Riot, Ozzy Osbourne)
34. Elvis Presley
35. Jonathan Melvoin (Smashing Pumpkins)
36. Ol' Dirty Bastard (Wu-Tang Clan)
37. Kristen Pfaff (Hole)
38. Dwayne Goettel (Skinny Puppy)
39. Sid Vicious (Sex Pistols)
40. Dee Dee Ramone (Ramones)
41. Lisa "Left Eye" Lopez (TLC)
42. Aaliyah
43. John Denver
44. Townes Van Zandt
45. Falco
46. Judy Garland
47. Glenn Miller (Glenn Miller Orchestra)
48. Tommy Caldwell (Marshall Tucker Band)
49. Douglas Hopkins (Gin Blossoms)
50. Patsy Cline (fell to pieces...sorry, had to.)
51. Jim Croce
52. Rick Nelson
53. Marc Bolan (T. Rex)
54. Harry Chapin



I don't know who these people are, or how they died (if you didn't specify):

Falco
Gram Parsons (drug overdose)
Tim Buckley (Heroin)
Roy Buchanan (suicide)
Jeff Buckley (Drowning/ Suicide?)
Nick Drake (suicide)
Ian Curtis (Joy Division) (suicide)
JACO PASTORIUS
Dottie West
Kirsty MacColl-was she an actual recording artist, or just a songwriter?


I never knew that Hank Sr was hopped up when he died. Is it pretty well established that it was caused by drugs?

I also didn't know that the dude from Marshall Tucker Band who died was Toy Caldwell's brother or that anyone from Gin Blossoms committed suicide.

Rick Nelson's sons or nephews or something have a band now...can't think of the name. saw them open for someone at Walnut Creek one time. closed their set with Garden Party.

Sam Cooke didn't die in a place crash. He got shot.

1/11/2006 12:32:13 AM

still waiting on Iggy Pop, Keith Richards, and Scott Weiland.

1/11/2006 12:34:48 AM

john entwistle, the who's bassist, died recently of a drug overdose.


gram parsons was a solo artist and was also in the Flying Burrito Brothers and the Byrds. He (along with people like Dylan) is basically the starting point for "country rock", "alternative country," or whatever you want to call the jayhawks, uncle tupelo, whiskeytown, drive-by truckers, steve earle, old 97s, waco brothers, gillian welch, etc etc... tremendously influential to a huge music following. he died in his twenties of a drug overdose, and i think his grave was robbed, which is kinda cool in a rock star way.

and, growing up with a dad, uncles, and grandfather that listened to country, i was always told that Hank Williams "drank himself to death"

[Edited on January 11, 2006 at 12:48 AM. Reason : typing problems]

1/11/2006 12:46:23 AM

also johnny thunders from the new york dolls

[Edited on January 11, 2006 at 12:51 AM. Reason : johnny thumders]

1/11/2006 12:47:21 AM

phil lynott from thin lizzy also died of a drug overdose

1/11/2006 12:51:43 AM

^i didn't know that, and i also didn't know that Entwistle's death was drug related

Whiskeytown and Steve Earle are the shit, by the way.

man, the Who have had it rough...Moon and Entwistle dead from substance abuse, Townsend is deaf from Moon blowing up his kit and the crazy volumes they've played at over the years, plus he got in trouble for kiddie porn, and he fucks dudes.

It's scary to think that Roger Daltrey is the safe bet of the bunch.

although I BELIEVE that all of them are banned from Holiday Inns to this day after Moon chainsawed a wall out of their room back in the day.

[Edited on January 11, 2006 at 1:03 AM. Reason : aasdfasd]

1/11/2006 1:00:10 AM

dottie west was a pretty famous country music singer... circa patsy cline era

ya hank williams had serious drug (pain killers i think) and alcohol problems. in fact he missed several concerts cause he was too drunk to perform. he died in a limo after he had been injected with morphine and i believe they found a bottle of whiskey or scotch on him too.

1/11/2006 9:38:33 AM

oh, i knew he had major drug and alcohol problems, but i didn't know he was hopped up when he died.

1/11/2006 9:56:17 AM

Quote :

"Kirsty MacColl-was she an actual recording artist, or just a songwriter? "

Both. Mildly successful during the 80's college music/altnerative scene.

Quote :

"Sam Cooke didn't die in a place crash. He got shot. "

My bad...i meant Otis Redding (Sittin' on the Dock of the Bay)

Also, Donnie Hathaway (70's soul singer)--suicide

[Edited on January 11, 2006 at 6:48 PM. Reason : as]

1/11/2006 6:46:12 PM

Jeff Buckley:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jeff_Buckley
drowned. I especially enjoyed his stuff w/ Patti Smyth

Ian Curtis:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ian_Curtis
suicide. come on now, dont tell me you havent heard of Joy Division

Gram Parsons:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gram_Parsons
played with the Byrds, died of an overdose

1/11/2006 6:57:57 PM

another thread reminded me of this

Def Leppard guitarist Steve Clark died from a drug/alchohol overdose

rock n roll has never been the same since

1/21/2006 1:54:26 AM

I definitely think hendrix should be higher up there

1/21/2006 2:27:31 AM

the list isn't in any order

1/21/2006 2:44:07 AM

Michael Hutchence does not belong on this list

Elvis is debatable.

Add Michael Jackson

[Edited on October 26, 2013 at 2:51 PM. Reason : .]

10/26/2013 2:24:39 PM

can we include Dennis Wilson?

also, I'm fairly shocked you aren't familiar with Gram Parsons

10/26/2013 4:04:10 PM

yeah, i probably should be.

^^ Yeah, Michael Hutchence was accidental hanging due to autoerotic asphyxiation gone wrong. I knew he died by hanging himself, but I guess I didn't know the circumstances when I made the list way back when.

10/26/2013 6:26:03 PM

I was looking from the OP down, thinking this was a new thread, then I saw a chickenhead post, checked the date, and was like

And how has everyone missed Stevie Ray Vaughn

[Edited on October 26, 2013 at 7:55 PM. Reason : asdfs]

10/26/2013 7:53:12 PM

Got him about 1/3 to 1/2 way down page 1.

10/26/2013 9:04:29 PM