Famous People Death Thread

[Bon]

Deeply saddened by the passing of Chris Cornell..

[plague]

Not cool that he's dead but seriously Soundgarden was wack as **** and Audioslave was twice as wack.

[Jetmaster]

Honestly didn't know who the guy was though I know who Soundgarden are....and he was 52!

Makes me realise how old I am.

[furns]

Pivotal to the emergence of Seattle grunge in the late 80's, and the soundtrack of my teens. Sad day
Kurt, Layne and now Chris all gone. 3 gone forever from of my top 5.

[plague]

Kurt, Layne and now Chris all gone. 3 gone forever from of my top 5.

Top 5 what?

[Bon]

Not cool that he's dead but seriously Soundgarden was wack as **** and Audioslave was twice as wack.

I know I shouldn't bite, but I'm going to..
I'm assuming you mean "wack" to be a bad thing??
What makes it so?

Pivotal to the emergence of Seattle grunge in the late 80's, and the soundtrack of my teens. Sad day
Kurt, Layne and now Chris all gone. 3 gone forever from of my top 5.

Absolutely.. As a matter of interest, who are your other two?

[hawk]

I know I shouldn't bite, but I'm going to..
I'm assuming you mean "wack" to be a bad thing??
What makes it so?

Plague is trying to say that his music taste is in his ass

Absolutely.. As a matter of interest, who are your other two?

Bros & whitney Id guess. There's a chance of seeing one soon.

[furns]

Absolutely.. As a matter of interest, who are your other two?

Tool and Stone Temple Pilots
And after I posted earlier I realised that Weiland died in 2015 - so is actually 4 out of my top 5

[Bon]

Tool and Stone Temple Pilots
And after I posted earlier I realised that Weiland died in 2015 - so is actually 4 out of my top 5

Yeah, Weiland passing was a sad one too.. He was a troubled bloke..
Only MJK left ay..

[hawk]

He was a troubled bloke...

This seems to be a common theme to so many big musos. Is it the troubled ones who choose music?

[furns]

Yeah, Weiland passing was a sad one too.. He was a troubled bloke..
Only MJK left ay..

Yep, and Vedder as well although I was never into Pearl Jam at all.

[Bon]

This seems to be a common theme to so many big musos. Is it the troubled ones who choose music?

Yeah i often wonder this too.. Chicken and egg..
Do they become famous from being troubled (and being a character, singing from the heart, writing dark stuff, etc) or do they become troubled from excess, drugs, false reality, etc..

[furns]

This seems to be a common theme to so many big musos. Is it the troubled ones who choose music?

Seems to be
Although in a massive show of the universe balancing it all out - Roger Ailes (aka that utter c*nt in charge of Fox News until recently due to being an alleged sex pest) passed away within hours of Chris.
See if that balancing out had happened last year, maybe 2016 wouldnt have been so horrid.

[plague]

I know I shouldn't bite, but I'm going to..
I'm assuming you mean "wack" to be a bad thing??
What makes it so?

Just my opinion but of all the 'famous' bands from that era Soundgarden was by far the most droning monotonous stuff out there.

I just don't dig their music.

Plus, whether they liked it or not Audioslave would always be compared to Rage and anyone thinking they were anywhere near as good is a legitimate crazy person.

But yeah opinions and all that.

[plague]

Yeah i often wonder this too.. Chicken and egg..
Do they become famous from being troubled (and being a character, singing from the heart, writing dark stuff, etc) or do they become troubled from excess, drugs, false reality, etc..

Comedians are some of the darkest most depressed people you'll ever meet.

[Bon]

Just my opinion but of all the 'famous' bands from that era Soundgarden was by far the most droning monotonous stuff out there.

I just don't dig their music.

Plus, whether they liked it or not Audioslave would always be compared to Rage and anyone thinking they were anywhere near as good is a legitimate crazy person.

But yeah opinions and all that.

Yeah, I understand that man, its not for everyone..
Audioslave were always going to be compared to RATM, and could never, ever live up to it..
Its always good to hear other peoples opinions and views on music, so long as its not just "thats fvcken ghey" or whatever..

[The Dunster]

Mudhoney are probably as significant as anyone for the Seattle sound and people rarely mention them.

[furns]

Just my opinion but of all the 'famous' bands from that era Soundgarden was by far the most droning monotonous stuff out there.

I just don't dig their music.

Plus, whether they liked it or not Audioslave would always be compared to Rage and anyone thinking they were anywhere near as good is a legitimate crazy person.

But yeah opinions and all that.

Music is subjective, I don't hold anyone's musical choices against them. What appeals to some doesn't appeal to others, some people stick to a genre that they like. Others like myself have a fairly eclectic range of musical tastes. Some days Ill grunge out, others I could be in the mood for some RnB or any other number of a wide range of electronic genres (Oakenfold and multiple happy hardcore remix albums being the most prevalent)
Personally, I did not get into Pearl Jam, not that I didn't enjoy a few of their songs but as a whole the band's work just didn't grip me like the others I mentioned earlier.

Maybe this should be continued in the Music thread haha

[plague]

Maybe this should be continued in the Music thread haha

Nah, thread hijacking is part and parcel of the off season.

Besides, someone else will die tomorrow and we'll naturally move on.

Interesting about the Pearl Jam thing. I don't know many people who were in that era who are 'meh' about them.

Plenty of people hate them and others will take out a knife and stab you at the first bad word about Eddie Vedder.

Never really heard anyone in the middle.

[hawk]

Comedians are some of the darkest most depressed people you'll ever meet.

Think I read about artists using their emotional parts of their brain can make them have higher highs and lower lows and all that. Someone please GTFM.

Nah, thread hijacking is part and parcel of the off season.

Besides, someone else will die tomorrow and we'll naturally move on.

Interesting about the Pearl Jam thing. I don't know many people who were in that era who are 'meh' about them.

Plenty of people hate them and others will take out a knife and stab you at the first bad word about Eddie Vedder.

Never really heard anyone in the middle.

Im in the middle on PJ. Love a couple of songs and not many others so they're ok. anyway back to the.....passing on thread....