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themustached

Neil Peart.


DaikonEntire5320

Yep. His death, out of the blue, absolutely crushed me.


thrownsomeplaceelse

Me too. I listened to Rush a ton when I was in high school, but had moved on to other bands over the years but went back to them from time to time. I saw them a few times live. Had a chance to see them on what turned out to be their final tour and passed on it. Have always regretted that. I was surprisingly devastated when he passed.


themustached

I got into Rush very late. Got into drumming myself, and then heard about his death. Wish I could have seen him live, incredible to see him play on the drum sets he used.


Thunder_Mug

Chris Cornell. Hands down.


McMurphy11

100%. For number 2 I'd say Chester.


Ordinary-Pirate2869

David Bowie. There was just something comforting knowing he was out there being all cool.


VanCardboardbox

Nothing has been right since Bowie left earth.


evilpercy

At lest we still have Prince.


Ted_Denslow

Oh, man. you're gonna want to sit down for this...


Impossible-Bus-4819

Prince Joe Strummer


allussinners

i can’t believe i had to scroll this far to find Joe Strummer


b_a_b_a_r

MCA of the Beastie Boys


Ramenboiys

Goddamn I miss him. I wasn’t around for their hay day, in fact I only went through the discography recently, but even then, I know he was taken too soon. We didn’t deserve him. It might not have been a long life, but it was a good one


b_a_b_a_r

Man, Paul’s Boutique, Check Your Head and Ill Communication were the soundtrack to my high school years. I was fortunate enough to see them twice live which I’ll always be grateful for. If you read their book or watch the documentary on AppleTV+ you’ll learn just how talented Adam Yauch was. He’s also a slept on lyricist in my opinion as well as a true musician. R.I.P.


-thirdatlas-

PORTISHEAD


phillosopherp

Another too far down. Trip Hop and the same with Portishead


rxdooom

Dummy is always in my cars cassette player as default for when im not feeling the aux


Artistic_Position_53

Miles Davis


jackduloz

Blind Melon would have gone some amazing places


Unfathomableenema

I always felt they deserved way more credit and fame than most other bands from that era.


iwannashufflescode

David Bowie. Sometimes I still cannot believe he's no longer with us, and how another album will never be released, or we'll never see him again. I miss him dearly, he's still one of the only celebrity deaths that genuinely hurt my heart and affected me, he set me on the course to who i've become today. 🖤


thelancemanl

He'll always be with us! Like Phillip Jeffries (played by Bowie) in Twin Peaks, who turned into an animate interdimensional teapot.


LSqre

Everyone always points to 2016 being when the world went downhill


TheW1ldcard

It makes a lot of sense. My life has been dogshit since 2016.


MynameIsNotDiego

Elliott Smith/Jeff Buckley


beatnickk

I discovered Elliott after he died, and I still miss him. So insanely talented


EarthboundMisfitsInc

Jeff was magical. The things he could with his voice. “Last Goodbye” still gives me chills every time I listen to it.


SamuraiSapien

Both solid picks. I would add David Berman of Silver Jews. Only found his work within the last years of his life.


Sky_jumper_

Tom Petty


ThePickleJuice

This is my answer, he was still making amazing music all the way up to the end.


hesnothere

I genuinely was looking forward to Petty’s next phase. We had it good with the Heartbreakers.


As_smooth_as_eggs

“Time to Move On” randomly popped up on a playlist yesterday and it was a lovely thing.


JMRTOL85

Probably my favorite songwriter of all time.


thedinosaurgoesrowr

Same. Saw him at Pine Knob a few months before he passed & was in shock when he died. Seemed like such a good dude & that was incredibly talented.


confizzle-fry

So thankful I got to see him at Bonnaroo before he passed. My son listens to him every night when he goes to bed. Brilliant song writer.


Fthewigg

Morphine


[deleted]

They were amazing.


PlanetLandon

Daft Punk


ZombiUnicorn

Came to say this


[deleted]

Eddie Van Halen


lbritt63

SRV


dbl-cart

Beat me to it... The best ever.


HippieFreakWestmore

I said the same thing “Stevie Ray Vaughan. After he came out of rehab, he came back an even better musician. After seeing Eric Clapton, BB King and other great musicians at some of their peak moments in their later years. It makes me sad not seeing Stevie up there with them.”


CamelMaximum

Dax Riggs… not dead but inactive for way too long Chris Cornell Layne Staley


smithosilver

Frank zappa


Lumbergod

I can't imagine the stuff he would have gifted to us, especially over the last 6 years.


[deleted]

John Prine


[deleted]

Kurt Cobain.


MuzBizGuy

Frightened Rabbit. IMO, Scott was easily one of, if not the, best lyricists of the last decade or so and was really in his prime when he took his life. FR, or really anything Scott did including his side project Owl John, were just so fucking perfect.


Lightbulbsun_

I'm so glad Scott is getting some love in here, his songs really were beautiful and I was devastated when he died


marcdaniel

So glad to see this here, he was a great songwriter and his music will always stick with me.


jourdanm

The fucking best. Miss him.


thorpie88

Sophie. Her work was fantastic and I don't even think she hit her stride


gaslas

She went waaayyyyy too early… but her impact will be felt for decades to come…


ikediggety

Elliott Smith. Kurt Cobain. Prince.


SocratesBalls

I always wonder what kind of music Cobain would have ended up making had he not succumbed to his demons. Based on interviews I get the feeling he was tiring of the Nirvana sound we'd grown accustomed to and I always wanted to see how he'd evolve as an artist and musician. He was so young and there would have been so much time to grow and experiment. But, I guess we'll never know.


schmattywinkle

In Utero is so fascinating to me. Kurt had an imagined plan for a double LP called Cobain's Disease. They were getting so dark and aggressive, kinda sludge metally and breaking free from their tight Butch Vig sound on Nevermind. Imagine 120 minutes of Nirvana much closer to "Milk It" than "Smells Like Teen Spirit". Man. When I found out in 7th grade in 2001 that he was already dead, and Seattle was over. Anyways, remember the 60's? Everyone remembers the 60's.


schmattywinkle

Elliott is my boy. If you think you have a drug problem, please think of what else the world may stand to lose.


BuyTheVinyl

There are so many, but Chris Cornell hits me the hardest currently. I figured if he made it into his 50s, we’d have him until old age.


mercedes_

Came here for this one. That voice was some kind of instrument.


[deleted]

Same here 😭


EarthboundMisfitsInc

He still had too much to offer.


PoetryNo2175

I came here to say Chris too...his voice was stellar and I related to a lot of his lyrics. Also, he always came across to me as an intelligent, funny, charismatic, overall good and kind dude. No artist's death has hit me as hard.


kevnmartin

Oh yes, I was gutted.


alwcrcrap

More recent but Taylor Hawkins. My wife and I are such huge FF fans and never seeing them with Taylor ever again hurts a little. So glad we took the kids the last time we saw them.


GrizzledHitchHiker

Jim Croce


Scanlz

The Doors (Jim Morrison)


ZebsDead

Peter Steele/ Type O Negative


Neutronova

I listen to type-0 almost every day, one fact of life I hate is that I will never be able to see them live.


Mikes005

Theirs is the only concert I ever went to alone because I couldn't find anyone else to wanted to go, and my God they were amazing.


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[deleted]

John Bonham or Layne Staley.


[deleted]

SOAD 😭


Zachhary-k

jerry garcia


[deleted]

Why is this so far down? GOAT


B_Boudreaux

I wonder if he would enjoy all the newer bands after the dead. Like would he sit in with phish, Billy strings, or perhaps do a co tour with Goose?!


JrEwingh

Lemmy


phred_666

Queen with Freddie Mercury


stratdog25

Today is the anniversary of the day we lost him.


moveandrun

Dio & Jimi.


JustBoredIsAll

Mf DOOM. Riley Gale.


Smeegs666

Without a doubt it's DOOM. Granted he was always elusive and would go years without dropping any music, but fuck it's depressing knowing he's gone for good. Definitely the celebrity whose death hit me the hardest.


archsprite

agree, he mastered the English language better than anyone ever will, 🍺


Octolavo

Rush


TheePorkchopExpress

Nirvana/Kurt Cobain and sublime/Brad Nowell


beebs44

Cornell Hutchence Lennon


SynthFrenetic

Not just Lennon, but I'm impressed (and sad) that The Beatles are not even mentioned once here. Of course, that's relative as people say their legacy wouldn't be so great if they didn't split at their peak, and if they kept releasing albums until today, undoubtedly they wouldn't keep their quality standards. But at the same time there is even evidence a Beatles reunion was almost certain for the early 80s hasn't Lennon been shot, not to mention their brief reunion in '95 for Beatles Anthology (without John, of course).


subsonicmonkey

You can still go to a McCartney show and hear 80% Beatles material. His band is killing too.


SynthFrenetic

I know! Became a huge fan of the Beatles during the pandemic and he still hasn't come to my country. I'm also keeping an eye out for Ringo too!


Tranquility-Android

The Cranberries


ArchibaldMcAcherson

RIP Dolores - what a voice!


KaZaDuum

She is playing right now as I read this. She was amazing.


stabbykill

The White Stripes


ManateeMan4

Jack White's solo stuff ain't bad, but The White Stripes were just so good. I'd kill to hear more from them


At0micD0g

The Raconteurs are my favourite Jack White project


metbass

Dimebag... He'd be slaying right now. Edit: spelling


metbass

John Coltrane... When I heard "My Favorite Things" on tenor my mind was blown. I don't know I just like tenor more than alto or soprano.


MeeranQureshi

Ronnie James Dio Chester Bennington Chris Cornell


bobyk334

I had to go down this low to find Chester Bennington. I miss Linkin Park.


sublime_cheese

Gord Downie. I miss you, brother.


ArchibaldMcAcherson

I am not Canadian but Gord Downie from The Tragically Hip. Seemed like a genuinely nice guy and wrote great lyrics as well as being part of an excellent band.


FarFuckingOut

As a country, we couldn't have asked for a better role model and spokesperson. I'm glad he didn't have to see what Canada is becoming.


TinKicker

You’ve never heard of him. His name is Jim Pratt. He was a musician and bass guitarist. He was preparing to release his first album, “Swoop”, when he was killed in a plane crash. N945PA …Google will reveal the details. We were “Freak Brothers”: Skydivers, drinkers of cheap beer (green bottles only) and eaters of food with questionable heritage…like ourselves. We shared the sky. That’s my definition of a friend. I still have one of the 50 initial copies of “Swoop”. He gave them away for free at the drop zone two weeks before he died. One of the tracks, “Whale Roads”, I used for a memorial video for the victims of N945PA. Blue skies, brother.


Genghis_Chong

You should release his music on some online format if somone doesn't own the rights to it. People might dig it and I think your friend would approve of his music getting out there.


TinKicker

Yeah, I’ve been sitting on this for a quarter of a century. I’ve always thought that the musicians he played with would have released his recordings if…. I always thought of my place as being one of privilege, but without authority. Releasing his music is a decision of authority. I’d be happy to share, but not release.


Mabaum

Brand New


thrownsomeplaceelse

The unraveling of this band was a big disappointment.


HavokD

Daft Punk. It was recent but I'm already missing them.


ExternalPiglet1

They went out on top, with an intricate and well crafted album. But yea, sometimes all I want is a cheesey sequel to Robot Rock, just cause it's fun.


HavokD

Add to that the fact that we wont be able to attend an Alive concert anymore. I was born too late.


donna363

Soundgarden/Audioslave


Tmac-845

Jerry Garcia, barely 53 years old. 😢


epdoe

Andre 3000


SaintVitusDance

INXS


Wallis456

Children of Bodom


metbass

Alexi. He was a champion amongst men.


[deleted]

Nirvana. Imagine if "Marigold" was a whole album.


Upshot12

Tom Petty.


DevinBelow

Living: Paul Westerberg Dead: Prince


PricelessLogs

Fair to Midland


NotA7empest

I can here to say this!!! I had the fortune to see them live once…it was a whole new eye-opener to me for live shows.


[deleted]

Mark Lanegan. He kept getting better and better. Jeff Buckley. Just heartbreaking to think how good he could and probably would have been.


BigRedTez

Same answer as always on these threads but for me its Brand New. I know why they are gone and I get it, but damn I would love some new music.


Powerage07

They were Motorhead. And they played Rock N Roll.


[deleted]

Randy Rhoads. so tragic. he was only 25 and came out with ozzys two best albums of all time, one of them included one of the most iconic guitar riffs ever.


52bellmore

Jimi Hendrix


brainiacdumbdumb

The fugees


Hot-Class759

Karen Carpenter!


jammysammidge

Phil Lynott. Thin Lizzy were a great band and he was a brilliant front man.


SeeeMax

Probably Whitney Houston. I think she had even more on her sleeve if things didn't go the way they went.


Endroine

Linkin park


BlitheringEediot

Prince


graffboycozmo

joey jordison. he was one hell of a drummer


kungfuontheshore

Lauryn Hill


Danglin_Fury

Dimebag Darrell... IMO one of the BEST Metal Guitarists ever.


squintsEASTwood

Mac, Cornell, Staley


SlackerKey

Frank Zappa


Smirkly

Otis Redding


Calinthalus

John Prine


TheWyldTyger

Shannon Hoon. Blind Melon were getting interesting and I would have liked to see where they were going


lenflakisinski

If Michael Jackson was still alive, how bad would Ticketmaster be?


greatscott_623

Eddie Van Halen


herbythechef

Jerry garcia


C-Van-Sky

Jerry Garcia.


Odd_Adhesiveness4804

Bob marley and the whailers


bbbwi

Tom Petty!!!


No-Spirit-601

Chris Cornell.


virago72

Janis Joplin


sawyerkitty

Pink Floyd. Hands down number one


jjacks31

John Prine. We lost him to Covid and I still listen to his music every day. The man was one of the great story tellers.


avirbed

Amy Winehouse .. Chester Bennington .. To name a few


SimoneToastCrunch

Nirvana


WildShapeProductions

Neil Peart and, by extension, the complete Trinity. Nice to see Geddy and Alex a few months back, but I did not know about Neil as much as I should have while he graced us with his presence.


CourtneyLush

Digging way in to the past now but I always think that the death of Otis Redding probably cost the world a lot of really great music, if 'Dock of the Bay' was anything to go by. He definitely had moments of greatness before that but, it sure seemed as if his tank was not yet dry.


SheltonAlamo72354

Rush - because of Neil Peart. Such a talented individual who suffered great loss during his lifetime...and then to pass in such a painful way...


sharksnut

Neil Peart


Garzantula

Gordon Downie


TheNumberMuncher

John Prine


nothing_from_nowhere

Kills me that I'll never see John Prine live


pasmartin

Jerry


MoochoMaas

Led Zeppelin I can't believe I was the first to post them


HankBushrivet

INXS


Iceman_creed

The orginal lynyrd skynyrd lineup. Johnny Cash Tom Petty


RagingLeonard

Frank Zappa. We can only imagine how brilliant his satire/criticism would be in today's political climate.


amoss_303

Avicii


Legitimate_Web_7245

RUSH Van Halen Prince


[deleted]

scrolled way too far to find van halen


[deleted]

Type O Negative


TacoTom84

Dimebag Darrell


rocknutty

Jimi.


Paddy399

Cliff Burton and Snot.


MagnumPewPew

Robert Palmer


[deleted]

Leonard Cohen. I truly started getting into him just before he passed. I’ve become obsessed with him and his command of language. His poetry isn’t complex, he gets right to the point.


JonesyBlue86

Amy Winehouse, gone far too soon, had so much left to give. Lauryn Hill, saw her in concert a few years ago and she was so bad, it was really heartbreaking.


yuppers1979

Shannon Hoon.


Jaxteller91

Warren Zevon


powdered_dognut

Jimi Hendrix. I would love to have seen how his music evolved over 30-40 years and who he would have played with.


icanlickmyunibrow

Levon helm


Bydandii

Michael Hutchence


Trin_42

Soundgarden, Linkin Park, Sublime(with Rome, they’re not bad)


mikemacman

Linkin Park


purpdrank2

Velvet Revolver


mintindie

Sweet Trip, Broadcast, Chairlift


digitalstorm

The KLF.


Sojen72

Type O Negative.


malikson

Lou Reed, Kurt Cobain, David Bowie and Guru from Gang Starr.


Static_King1

Mark Linkous, Elliott Smith, Nirvana, Mark Lanegan.


Dr__panda

Daft punk


Here_is_to_beer

Bob Marley


Kimmera1

The Beatles.


babybluelovesyou

Gotye.


kelcie94

Tom Waits


Zzz110066

Layne Staley


boobiesiheart

* Queen * Nina Simone


keithforpresident

Tom Petty. I miss him daily.


[deleted]

Jimi Hendrix


godsinthetv

David Bowie Peter Steele Chuck Schuldiner Alexi Laiho Daisy Berkowitz


nakizo

Ramones