The Swansong - Departed Musicians

[Jabba73]

Been a bad year for good muso's.

 

[Kramer1]

Fats Domino. 89 and 100 million or so albums is a fair old knock. Another sound of my early years gone...the old man loved him. Can see why now.

 

[Robbo's my hero]

Fats had friends in high places.

 

[Dramoth]

s**t time for the Young family... Malcolm just passed away from dementia.

RIP George and Malcolm!

 

[Kramer1]

What a guy...hands down the driving force, the most important component of AC/DC, yet he was happy toiling away in the background.

 

[TerryWallet]

What a guy...hands down the driving force, the most important component of AC/DC, yet he was happy toiling away in the background. Too young.

Keep it simple and keep em happy was the Young motto.

How right they were. Their audience kept growing but always stayed loyal.

 

[Stig O'Hara]

Pat DiNizio lead singer of the Smithereens gone.

They made these wonderful hook laden, classic American Rock/Pop albums in the late 80s.

11 is a ripper.

.....and this vid.........a shocker.

 

[BlueGum]

I love that album. Had a real distinctive voice. Vale Pat. Thanks for the music.

 

[Jatz]

RIP Dolores O'Riordan

DOLORES O’Riordan, lead singer of Irish band the Cranberries, has died suddenly at 46.

O’Riordan passed away in London, where she was attending a recording session, according to her publicis

http://www.news.com.au/entertainmen...n/news-story/e8b73a083e194f2c09dbb80688206a5b

 

[The Toad]

RIP Dolores O'Riordan


http://www.news.com.au/entertainmen...n/news-story/e8b73a083e194f2c09dbb80688206a5b

This sucks big time

 

[The Old Dark Navy's]

That one hurts. I was a big fan of her voice.

 

[Jatz]

Absolutely fantastic voice.

I was actually surprised at how young she was. She hit the big time pretty early!

 

[BlueGum]

**** so young. Great voice.

 

[Jabba73]

This about sums up how talented she was

 

[BlueGum]

Vale Mark E Smith from the Fall.



I loved the madness of this band. Never seemed to stop producing music, whereas other punk bands burned bright then died. Maybe because he turned over the band members. RIP

 

[blue gunslinger]

still so shattered about Dolores: she was the thorn on the irish rose that had me hooked from the first note

 

[sosos]

Probably not too many metal heads around here......

This is a way, way late tribute, but a shout out has to go to Jeff Hanneman, guitarist for Slayer - passed away from Cirrhosis related issues a couple of years ago, Dimebag Darrell, guitarist for Pantera - murdered on stage( that happened quite a few years ago), and Mike Scaccia - guitarist for Ministry - collapsed on stage at the age of 47 and passed away that night in 2012.

Slayer arguably invented thrash metal. This is still their best song in my opinion. Slayer never compromised like some of their peers(looking at you Metallica - though if Cliff Burton had survived, you never know)


Dimebag was an unbelievable guitarist. Again, this is my fave.


Ministry brought machine gun rhythms to metal. At the time, me and my mates thought they had to be using machines( synths) for the riffing, it was that metronomic. Nup, it was all them( though the singer did use a famous Roland synth for some of the FX sounds).

 

[blue gunslinger]

Probably not too many metal heads around here......

This is a way, way late tribute, but a shout out has to go to Jeff Hanneman, guitarist for Slayer - passed away from Cirrhosis related issues a couple of years ago, Dimebag Darrell, guitarist for Pantera - murdered on stage( that happened quite a few years ago), and Mike Scaccia - guitarist for Ministry - collapsed on stage at the age of 47 and passed away that night in 2012.

Slayer arguably invented thrash metal. This is still their best song in my opinion. Slayer never compromised like some of their peers(looking at you Metallica - though if Cliff Burton had survived, you never know)


Dimebag was an unbelievable guitarist. Again, this is my fave.


Ministry brought machine gun rhythms to metal. At the time, me and my mates thought they had to be using machines( synths) for the riffing, it was that metronomic. Nup, it was all them( though the singer did use a famous Roland synth for some of the FX sounds).

spinal tap invented thrash didn't they

 

[sherb]

Sad news for anyone who may remember Jeff St John.

http://www.noise11.com/news/r-i-p-jeff-st-john-1946-2018-20180306

 

[Cripps 'n' Blue Bloods]

Slightly off topic and slightly related, but wasn't there a thread for dead celebrities? Just hearing the Stephen Hawking has died.

 

[AndyWalkersGirl]

still so shattered about Dolores: she was the thorn on the irish rose that had me hooked from the first note

Same. I saw the Cranberries a few years ago in Hobart when they supported Lenny Kravitz and her voice was magical live.

 

[Kramer1]

Aretha has left the building, aged 76. Pioneer in so many ways...

 

[Dramoth]

RIP the Queen of Soul!

 

[ESKIE]

Aretha....my sis and I fave

That voice

 

[sosos]

You didn't need me, but I needed you.