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Not going to shoot you, but that's not quite true. Terry Kath didn't opt out, he died playing Russian Roulette.
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Not going to shoot you, but that's not quite true. Terry Kath didn't opt out, he died playing Russian Roulette.
Pretty gruesome, eh? I can't imagine what the one witness, the roadie, must have gone through after that.
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Ten Years After still technically has 3 of the 4 originals.
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In view of your earlier comments do you feel Fleetwood Mac should be in the list?
Drummer and bass player only remain.
Having said that the group's name is an amalgam of their surnames which may count for something!
Good point, jlowe, which I would say fits the "exception" rule.
Bottom line, though, I take issue with bands like Blood, Sweat & Tears (currently touring with American Idol singer Bo Bice), with not even ONE original member in the lineup, going out and billing themselves that way.
What do you think?
If there's no original members, it ain't Blood, Sweat and Tears. Sadly, they probably sell a lot of tickets to people who don't know or care. Is Mick Jones' Foreigner really Foreigner? He's the only one left. Not that they're from the 60's..Not that I care about them...
Not 60's, but Lynyrd Skynyrd. Most people would think of Gary Rossington as being the last original member but guitarist Rickey Medlocke drummed for them in the very early 70's before they hit it big. They had to contractually work it out with Ronnie Van Zant's widow once only three original members were left (not counting Medlocke) and when Billy Powell died, they almost were forced to change the name by Van Zant's widow because Rossington was the last one. There have occasions when no original members have performed as Skynyrd when Rossington has had health issues.
This band is just cursed, in my opinion. Even replacement members have died. Ean Evans, who replaced the late Leon Wilkeson, died of lung cancer in 2009. Hughie Thomasson, who replaced original member Ed King who had come back to replace Mike Estes who replaced Randall Hall who took Allen Collins' slot once they reformed, died in his sleep of a heart attack. Collins, who survived the plane crash, eventually passed due to complications from injuries suffered in a car crash. Original drummer Bob Burns died in a single car crash in 2015. He left them in the 70's. Rossington himself had a bad car crash that spawned the song That Smell. Ed King left the band twice, the second time after having heart issues. He wasn't allowed back after recovering, but eventually had a transplant.
If there is ever a last Skynyrd compilation, it should be called Car Wrecks, Heart Attacks and Plane Crashes, featuring Cancer, the death of Lynyrd Skynyrd.
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i did see alice cooper and status quo last year
True. From the description on Wiki, he wasn't playing Russian Roulette, but he was dry firing a revolver to his head, then tried a semi with the clip out, not checking the chamber first.Quote
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Not going to shoot you, but that's not quite true. Terry Kath didn't opt out, he died playing Russian Roulette.
Pretty gruesome, eh? I can't imagine what the one witness, the roadie, must have gone through after that.
He didnt die by Russian Roulette. Thats a myth. It was a semi automatic gun. The clip was removed but there was a round in the chamber that he didn't know of. Put the gun to his head and pulled the trigger as a joke. Accounts is that he was intoxicated at the time.
you cant play Russian Roulette with a semi auto. Only a revolver which it wasn't.
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Long John Stoner
Not going to shoot you, but that's not quite true. Terry Kath didn't opt out, he died playing Russian Roulette.
Pretty gruesome, eh? I can't imagine what the one witness, the roadie, must have gone through after that.
He didnt die by Russian Roulette. Thats a myth. It was a semi automatic gun. The clip was removed but there was a round in the chamber that he didn't know of. Put the gun to his head and pulled the trigger as a joke. Accounts is that he was intoxicated at the time.
you cant play Russian Roulette with a semi auto. Only a revolver which it wasn't.
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keefriff99Wow...just read the back story on that...horrifying.Quote
Long John Stoner
Not going to shoot you, but that's not quite true. Terry Kath didn't opt out, he died playing Russian Roulette.
Pretty gruesome, eh? I can't imagine what the one witness, the roadie, must have gone through after that.
He didnt die by Russian Roulette. Thats a myth. It was a semi automatic gun. The clip was removed but there was a round in the chamber that he didn't know of. Put the gun to his head and pulled the trigger as a joke. Accounts is that he was intoxicated at the time.
you cant play Russian Roulette with a semi auto. Only a revolver which it wasn't.
Seriously? You're going to quibble over the type of gun?
Since only two people were there when it happened and one isn't talking, we'll never really know. The prevailing story is he died playing Russian Roulette.
But here's the thing- using the phrase "Russian Roulette" doesn't always mean there was more than one person spinning the chamber and then pulling the trigger with the gun at their head. It's also often just another way to say he put the gun to his head and pulled the trigger with no intent to actually shoot himself.
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keefriff99Wow...just read the back story on that...horrifying.Quote
Long John Stoner
Not going to shoot you, but that's not quite true. Terry Kath didn't opt out, he died playing Russian Roulette.
Pretty gruesome, eh? I can't imagine what the one witness, the roadie, must have gone through after that.
He didnt die by Russian Roulette. Thats a myth. It was a semi automatic gun. The clip was removed but there was a round in the chamber that he didn't know of. Put the gun to his head and pulled the trigger as a joke. Accounts is that he was intoxicated at the time.
you cant play Russian Roulette with a semi auto. Only a revolver which it wasn't.
Seriously? You're going to quibble over the type of gun?
Since only two people were there when it happened and one isn't talking, we'll never really know. The prevailing story is he died playing Russian Roulette.
But here's the thing- using the phrase "Russian Roulette" doesn't always mean there was more than one person spinning the chamber and then pulling the trigger with the gun at their head. It's also often just another way to say he put the gun to his head and pulled the trigger with no intent to actually shoot himself.
He's just stating a fact. He didn't die playing Russian roulette. What the problem with you? There is no spinning chamber to spin on a semi auto. What part dont you get?
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keefriff99Wow...just read the back story on that...horrifying.Quote
Long John Stoner
Not going to shoot you, but that's not quite true. Terry Kath didn't opt out, he died playing Russian Roulette.
Pretty gruesome, eh? I can't imagine what the one witness, the roadie, must have gone through after that.
He didnt die by Russian Roulette. Thats a myth. It was a semi automatic gun. The clip was removed but there was a round in the chamber that he didn't know of. Put the gun to his head and pulled the trigger as a joke. Accounts is that he was intoxicated at the time.
you cant play Russian Roulette with a semi auto. Only a revolver which it wasn't.
Seriously? You're going to quibble over the type of gun?
Since only two people were there when it happened and one isn't talking, we'll never really know. The prevailing story is he died playing Russian Roulette.
But here's the thing- using the phrase "Russian Roulette" doesn't always mean there was more than one person spinning the chamber and then pulling the trigger with the gun at their head. It's also often just another way to say he put the gun to his head and pulled the trigger with no intent to actually shoot himself.
He's just stating a fact. He didn't die playing Russian roulette. What the problem with you? There is no spinning chamber to spin on a semi auto. What part dont you get?
Re-read my response. I could ask you the same thing.
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keefriff99Wow...just read the back story on that...horrifying.Quote
Long John Stoner
Not going to shoot you, but that's not quite true. Terry Kath didn't opt out, he died playing Russian Roulette.
Pretty gruesome, eh? I can't imagine what the one witness, the roadie, must have gone through after that.
He didnt die by Russian Roulette. Thats a myth. It was a semi automatic gun. The clip was removed but there was a round in the chamber that he didn't know of. Put the gun to his head and pulled the trigger as a joke. Accounts is that he was intoxicated at the time.
you cant play Russian Roulette with a semi auto. Only a revolver which it wasn't.
Seriously? You're going to quibble over the type of gun?
Since only two people were there when it happened and one isn't talking, we'll never really know. The prevailing story is he died playing Russian Roulette.
But here's the thing- using the phrase "Russian Roulette" doesn't always mean there was more than one person spinning the chamber and then pulling the trigger with the gun at their head. It's also often just another way to say he put the gun to his head and pulled the trigger with no intent to actually shoot himself.
He's just stating a fact. He didn't die playing Russian roulette. What the problem with you? There is no spinning chamber to spin on a semi auto. What part dont you get?
Re-read my response. I could ask you the same thing.
What are you talking about. I give up.
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keefriff99Wow...just read the back story on that...horrifying.Quote
Long John Stoner
Not going to shoot you, but that's not quite true. Terry Kath didn't opt out, he died playing Russian Roulette.
Pretty gruesome, eh? I can't imagine what the one witness, the roadie, must have gone through after that.
He didnt die by Russian Roulette. Thats a myth. It was a semi automatic gun. The clip was removed but there was a round in the chamber that he didn't know of. Put the gun to his head and pulled the trigger as a joke. Accounts is that he was intoxicated at the time.
you cant play Russian Roulette with a semi auto. Only a revolver which it wasn't.
Seriously? You're going to quibble over the type of gun?
Since only two people were there when it happened and one isn't talking, we'll never really know. The prevailing story is he died playing Russian Roulette.
But here's the thing- using the phrase "Russian Roulette" doesn't always mean there was more than one person spinning the chamber and then pulling the trigger with the gun at their head. It's also often just another way to say he put the gun to his head and pulled the trigger with no intent to actually shoot himself.
He's just stating a fact. He didn't die playing Russian roulette. What the problem with you? There is no spinning chamber to spin on a semi auto. What part dont you get?
Re-read my response. I could ask you the same thing.
What are you talking about. I give up.
We're quibbling over details here. The tragic fact is that somehow the guy shot and killed himself. Can't it be left at that?
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Yes tragic and sad, but the 'Russian Roulette' myth has been a point of contention amongst many since the tragedy happened.
The fact is he was drunk, high, and very careless. As his friends, family members, and fellow band members have said,
there's no way it was intentional, and I'd to put more weight in what they say than someone who didn't know him.
Saying it was Russian Roulette is a myth and completely wrong. As mentioned, there is no spinning chamber in a semi-automatic.
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But here's the thing- using the phrase "Russian Roulette" doesn't always mean spinning the chamber and then pulling the trigger with the gun at their head. It's also often just another way to say he put the gun to his head and pulled the trigger with no intent to actually shoot himself.
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But here's the thing- using the phrase "Russian Roulette" doesn't always mean spinning the chamber and then pulling the trigger with the gun at their head. It's also often just another way to say he put the gun to his head and pulled the trigger with no intent to actually shoot himself.
The term always mean spinning the chamber. That's what russian roulette is. Give it up you're wrong.