Jimi hendrix. By the way Mitch Mitchell the drummer of the Experience just passed away. Noel Redding passed away back in 03-04, so now the whole hendrix experience is dead. For me its kind of sad since they are the ones who made me pick up a guitar :(

Dimebag Darrel, he was an amazing guitarplayer.

Layne Staley from Alice in Chains

2pac

Ian Curtis from Joy Division

And to go the old granny way, Id have to say Chopin. Play Eternal sonata XD

Jeff Porcaro

Milkatron:
Dime-bag Darrell

+1

Honestly didn't like his music, but he was a good guitarist.

Michael Hutchence from INXS.

Snieeke:
Jimi hendrix. By the way Mitch Mitchell the drummer of the Experience just passed away. Noel Redding passed away back in 03-04, so now the whole hendrix experience is dead. For me its kind of sad since they are the ones who made me pick up a guitar :(

Dimebag Darrel, he was an amazing guitarplayer.

Layne Staley from Alice in Chains

2pac

Ian Curtis from Joy Division

And to go the old granny way, Id have to say Chopin. Play Eternal sonata XD

Shit! Didn't realise Mitch Mitchell had died. He was an awesome drummer, really complimented Jimi's playing. Noel Redding seemed like an arse, always seemed jealous/pissed off.

I haven't read through all the posts, but I'll wager I'm the only one whose mentioning

Dwayne Goettel (Skinny Puppy / Download / Lots of other projects)

Amazingly talent musican, peaceful, great person. Heroin OD in 1995

cleverlymadeup:

sirdanrhodes:
The drowning pool singer Dave Williams!

He sure did let his body hit the floor!

no disturbed sucked, they are one of the things that are wrong with the numetal push

Milkatron:

For the record, Kurt Cobain should have been aborted so we didn't have to put up with that shit.

no they were actually good, heck smells like teen spirit is still voted in the top 10 of best songs ever, it's probly the number 1 song of the 90s

Popular opinion /= to musical quality, IMO. Someone else mentioned it went 16 posts before Cobain was mentioned, that's because the thread title said "great musicians". Sorry, but I really don't think Cobain makes the grade on that.

Of course music is all opinion anyway, and, all that said, I like Nirvana.

Gotta throw my love in for Shannon Hoon though, if we're gonna be talking vocalists as well. Would have loved to see what that band would have done with some more time.

Riicek:

cleverlymadeup:

sirdanrhodes:
The drowning pool singer Dave Williams!

He sure did let his body hit the floor!

no disturbed sucked, they are one of the things that are wrong with the numetal push

Milkatron:

For the record, Kurt Cobain should have been aborted so we didn't have to put up with that shit.

no they were actually good, heck smells like teen spirit is still voted in the top 10 of best songs ever, it's probly the number 1 song of the 90s

Popular opinion /= to musical quality, IMO. Someone else mentioned it went 16 posts before Cobain was mentioned, that's because the thread title said "great musicians". Sorry, but I really don't think Cobain makes the grade on that.

Of course music is all opinion anyway, and, all that said, I like Nirvana.

Gotta throw my love in for Shannon Hoon though, if we're gonna be talking vocalists as well. Would have loved to see what that band would have done with some more time.

Yay! Someone else showing some Blind Melon love. What's your opinion on the new album by the way?

Phillosophic:

Yay! Someone else showing some Blind Melon love. What's your opinion on the new album by the way?

I actually like the new album. They certainly can never be what they were with Shannon Hoon, but I thought that with Travis Warren they've been able to maintain what the band was, without making it seem like he's just trying to imitate Hoon.

Jaccident:
Nick Drake, this fantastic 60s song writer.

Finally, another Nick Drake fan. I second this, as well as Jimi Hendrix and Buddy Holly. I really, really wish Johnny Cash was still around, though. I know he didn't die young by any means, but it's sad to know he's gone. Not to mention it makes me realize how old Bob Dylan is getting... *weeps*

Oh...my...God. 4 pages, 114 posts...and I'm the only one to mention Brad Delp? What the hell?

Besides him, SRV, Keith Moon, Dimebag Darrel, Ronnie Van Zant, Ritchie Valens, Buddy Holly, and Randy Rhoads.

Cliff Burton...hands down.

Not Good:
Chuck Schuldiner.

This took WAAAY too long to be mentioned.

I don't even know who half of these people being mentioned are... :/

ThaBenMan:
I don't even know who half of these people being mentioned are... :/

Well you need to LURK MOAR.

Ironic, seeing as I didn't name him in my original post. In any case I'm actually glad he sort-of died because now Death can't ever get worse, they can only get better through constant listening.

Not Good:
Ironic, seeing as I didn't name him in my original post. In any case I'm actually glad he sort-of died because now Death can't ever get worse, they can only get better through constant listening.

Name who?

We won't understand what you're talking about unless you use the quote button- hitting the reply button means you're replying to the thread, not the poster you intend to reply to.

Now, I also say that Franz Schubert died too young- he died just before he unfinished his last symphony (whoever gets that reference gets the entire universe).

Jamanticus:

Not Good:
Ironic, seeing as I didn't name him in my original post. In any case I'm actually glad he sort-of died because now Death can't ever get worse, they can only get better through constant listening.

Name who?

We won't understand what you're talking about unless you use the quote button- hitting the reply button means you're replying to the thread, not the poster you intend to reply to.

Death was the reference to Chuck Schuldiner, an innovative heavy metal guitarst who was the front-runner of the aforementioned band, and I did press the quote button but the quote dissappeared as hitting the quote button refreshes the page. Hence, I have to hit it twice. Pardon me if that happens in the future.

Me too1 I have come accross lots of people who just dismissed it without even giving it a go. Anything that lets the band carry on is good to me.