Requiem for the Dead Musicians

I've listened to a couple of Mayhem songs. It's not horrible, it's not even bad. But without the deaths it would be nothing. As was brought out, they have a far more interesting story.
 
You don't need a reason to struggle with depression. Some people are born with it, or develop it, for no reason at all.

But good thread. I like the morbidity. ;)
 
An "accident" during autoerotic asphyxiation :eek: is an "interesting" cause of death. Apart from the only hypothetical case of Michael Hutchence (INXS), Wikipedia mentions Kevin Gilbert.

David Carradine doesn't count. He was only acting :):

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EDIT: Ops! I've found an earlier case: Frantisek Kotzwara (1730-1791). In fact, it's the first recorded case.
 
Good call with the Mayhem post.

I can't really beat that, but i always found Mark Sandman's death quite interesting.

He was the lead singer and bassist for the band Morphine. He died onstage in Italy of a heart attack. He was 46 years old.
The strange thing was that before he got into banRAB he worked as a taxi driver in Boston and one night one of his punters stabbed him in the heart. He survived, but was obviously never the same health-wise.
If you haven't heard of Morphine, listen to them NOW! They are truly something else.

Also, R.I.P. to Peter Steele from Type O Negative- not really an "interesting" death (it feels so wrong to type those worRAB) but a great big gorgeous giant of a man.
 
On Oct. 20, 1977, legendary Southern rock band Lynyrd Skynyrd’s tour plane crashed in Mississippi, killing six, including lead singer Ronnie Van Zant, guitarist Steve Gaines and his sister, backup singer Cassie Gaines.

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Known as "The Day The Music Died"

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At about 1:00 am in February 3, 1959, the plane carrying three of rock music's brightest stars took off into a blinding snow storm and crashed into Albert Juhl’s corn field about fifteen miles northwest of Mason City in Cerro Gordo County, Iowa. Here's a shot of the same field, taken in 1999.

Buddy Holly, Ritchie Valens, Jiles P. RicharRABon, and pilot Roger Peterson were dead.

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Both tragic stories, there is more to it if you are interested. R.I.P.
 
Cliff Burton​

I'm sure most people know who Cliff Burton is, but for those of you that don't he was Metallicas bassist on the first three album. His death is an extremely bizarre one, in my opinion. Burton was crushed to death by a bus.

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During Metallicas tour for Master of Puppets the band was spending a lot of time on their tour bus. Cliff Burton complained about having to sleep in a small cramped area on the bus, so Kirk Hammett and Cliff decided to draw carRAB too see who got to sleep where on the bus. Burton won the game and wanted to sleep in Hammett's bunk by the window. So, that evening Burton laid down in Hammetts bunk to get some sleep. A bit before seven AM while riding down the interstate in Sweden the bus, according to the driver, hit some black ice and flipped off the road throwing Burton out of the window and crushing him under the bus. However, its commonly believed that the bus driver was drunk and there was no black ice. The accident was investigated, and such and never was there any evidence of black ice. The driver was never charged with anything. Cliff Burton was 24 years old when he was killed.

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Memorial near the crash site.​

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cliff_Burton#Death
 
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