Most Influential Deceased (by OD or by some other crazy accident) Musicians

The ones that come to mind are:

Kurt Kobain (suicide)

John Lennon (murdered)

Elvis Presley (died...somehow I forget how)

Thats all I can think of for now.

could cause an argument but- 2pac (gunned down)

Jimi Hendrix(overdose)

2pac-(Murdered)

Tupac (Murdered)

Jeff Buckley (Drowned)

uhhhh that singer from ACDC who died from his own vomitMichaeltheCM

Bon Scott....;)

As happy as I am to see Mr. Smith up on that list.. it's Elliott Smith, two t's.

Yeahh, his was the same thing as Kurt Cobain. Suicide with conspiracies that his girlfriend murdered him.

TUpac ShakurMkavanaugh77

[QUOTE="Mkavanaugh77"]TUpac ShakurLouieV13

:shock:

Dimebag Darrel (Shot on stage by some crazy maniac. RIP)

John Lennon (shot ftl)

Kurt Cobain (Murdered by Courtney Love :evil:)

Jimi Hendrix (Sleeping pills and vomit ftl)

Stevie Ray Vaughan (Helicopter crash)

Tupac (Shot)

Randy Rhoads (Plane crash into bus and mansion because of cocaine :?)

[QUOTE="LouieV13"][QUOTE="Mkavanaugh77"]TUpac ShakurThe_Ish

:shock:

Seriously? :|

Although I am a huge guitarist, I'd put Lennon as my top pick, way too influential to me and everyone to be ranked anything else. Jimi Hendrix is tied with SRV for the same reason, their guitar gods... RIP Voodoo child and the Texas Titan (my SRV nickname...)

Freddy Mercury was amazing and Randy Rhoads was pretty good

Jeff Buckley, D Boon, and a plethora of other guys. D Boon mostly.Greatgone12

Agree with D.Boon. Kurt Cobain was influential too in helping people discover new music....

Although I am a huge guitarist, I'd put Lennon as my top pick, way too influential to me and everyone to be ranked anything else. Jimi Hendrix is tied with SRV for the same reason, their guitar gods... RIP Voodoo child and the Texas Titan (my SRV nickname...)

Freddy Mercury was amazing and Randy Rhoads was pretty good

Manutebecker

You're a huge guitarist?

[QUOTE="Manutebecker"]

Although I am a huge guitarist, I'd put Lennon as my top pick, way too influential to me and everyone to be ranked anything else. Jimi Hendrix is tied with SRV for the same reason, their guitar gods... RIP Voodoo child and the Texas Titan (my SRV nickname...)

Freddy Mercury was amazing and Randy Rhoads was pretty good

PickGlove243

You're a huge guitarist?

:lol:

[QUOTE="PickGlove243"][QUOTE="Manutebecker"]

Although I am a huge guitarist, I'd put Lennon as my top pick, way too influential to me and everyone to be ranked anything else. Jimi Hendrix is tied with SRV for the same reason, their guitar gods... RIP Voodoo child and the Texas Titan (my SRV nickname...)

Freddy Mercury was amazing and Randy Rhoads was pretty good

Dethshoot

You're a huge guitarist?

:lol:

Double :lol:

Anyway, most influential is hard to pinpoint since different bands influence different people...but I guess I'd pick Lennon.

Johnny Cash

I will always remember the man in black.

LJS9502_basic

Psst, Robert Smith said Nick Drake influenced him.

i miss SRV:(. o well, at least there are some still alive, i mean eddie van halen is still kickin' and so is jimmy paige(heard he's clinically crazy or something, i dont know enough:|).

i miss SRV:(. o well, at least there are some still alive, i mean eddie van halen is still kickin' and so is jimmy paige(heard he's clinically crazy or something, i dont know enough:|).

strat505

D. Boon

Dude rules way hard.

Hendrix

Cobain

Mozart/Beethoven/Chopin

Miles Davis/John Coltrane

Pac/Biggie

Lennon

Marvin Gaye/Luther Vandross/Barry White

John Lennon
George Harrison
Tupac
Bob Marley
Jim Morrison
Janis Joplin
JimiHendrix
John Entwistle
Kurt Cobain

Agree with D. Boon, Elliott Smith, and Nick Drake. I think someone said Zappa.

I'll add:

Mark Sandman (Morphine)

Mary Hansen (Stereolab)

I would say my #1 pick is Arthur Lee (Love) who died last year.

RIP SRVv61k