Great musicians that died too young.
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Andrew Wood.
Shannon Hoon.
Layne Staley.
Jimi Hendrix.
John Lennon.
Joey Ramone. (He was 49 but that's still pretty young)
Chuck Schuldiner.
Kurt Cobain. (Douchebag, but still a important person in rock music history)
Quorthon.
Shannon Hoon.
Layne Staley.
Jimi Hendrix.
John Lennon.
Joey Ramone. (He was 49 but that's still pretty young)
Chuck Schuldiner.
Kurt Cobain. (Douchebag, but still a important person in rock music history)
Quorthon.
Oh okay then. I could just easily understand if one wouldn't like the Mescaleros. I personally love them, but it really is very far from the Clash! And very different music, overall.pigeon_of_doom said:Never heard any of the Mescaleros, never really had them down as successful. Maybe I'm being unfair towards them as they weren't anything near the Clash. I heard some of Strummers 80's stuff and thought it was terrible, so I just assumed he was on something of a decline and never bothered to listen to his newer stuff, and nobody told me it was worth listening too.Nicolefranklin said:[
Wait, what? The Mescaleros got pretty succesful, and for a good reason, all three albums were great. But each to their own, I guess.
I'll have a look into a couple of their songs. Thanks for pointing that out.
I do agree on the solo material though, while he did release some gems, they weren't common. With Mescaleros he really got back in the game, you can hear he enjoyed it, and was proud of it, and just that alone makes it worth a listen. Their version of Redemption Song can bring tears to my eyes when I'm in the right mood, same for Silver and Gold, both from the Streetcore album, which probably would be the best album to start with. It's a new Strummer, but it's wonderful. 
It seems like people here think that it was all because of Kurt that grunge became popular. It was MTV and its trend following douchebag fans that did that. MTV knew grunge was slowly becoming the "cool" thing and decided to go with one of the more promenant bands, Nirvana. They then replayed the shit out of "Smells like teen spirit" so that the average braindead MTV fan would get it through their thick skull that this was what was popular now. So they galdly hopped on the band wagon and acted like hardcore fans so people would think they were cool. Also, I would recommed to the person who doesn't like Kurt to hope that no hardcore Nirvana fan comes across this and absolutly flames you for it. I am a hardcore Nirvana fan but I beleive that I have some form of restraint and I tend to listen to critisizms as opinions and not insults.Jonathan Hexley said:
Only been mentioned 4 times thus far, but Layne Staley.
Awesome vocalist, and I think that there is so much more that the band could have done for the rock genre under his guidance.
And Alice in Chains just aren't the same without him.
This is still one of my favourite tracks of all time:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lfFtyOpwQkQ&feature=related
How many of our great rising stars have been lost because of drugs?
Truly, the Needle and the Damage Done.
Awesome vocalist, and I think that there is so much more that the band could have done for the rock genre under his guidance.
And Alice in Chains just aren't the same without him.
This is still one of my favourite tracks of all time:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lfFtyOpwQkQ&feature=related
How many of our great rising stars have been lost because of drugs?
Truly, the Needle and the Damage Done.
