1 . John Lennon ( he was genious )
2 . Brian Jones ( give him any instument, he'll figure a way to play it !! )
3 , Janis Joplin ( amazing voice )
4. Jim Morrison ( what else can be said ? )

Agree with all of yours but would also add Buddy Holly and Jim Croce. They were two artists that were just hitting their stride when they passed on. Croce may be the most underrated songwriter in rock history.

Also Hendrix, Ozzies guitar player (Randy Rhodes?)
Moon and Bonham.

Music in general: FRANK ZAPPA.

Buddy & Sam Cooke are the ones that jump out for me personally. Both ridiculously talented, intelligent, and savvy.

Then Hendrix, Otis Redding & Lennon.

I don't think Morrison or Brian J. would have gone on to do too much more musically - Jim seemed to be pretty much done with music and I think Brian's ultimate vision had already come true (which is why we're here), unless he continued with the Jajouka stuff and figured out a way to fuse it with rock n' roll.

Elvis, though, died for our sins.

Pigpen.

Lennon, Harrison, Joplin, Hendrix, Brian Jones, John Bonham, Keith Moon, John Entwistle, Morrison, Elvis, Buddy Holly etc. etc.

Maybe even Mick Ronson too.

JumpingKentFlash

Kal P Dal. Bozo.
Strummer. Phil Lynott for fokks sake!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

The belt during Midnight Rambler

What about the inflatable Bratwurst?

i'd add Gram Parsons, Jeff Buckley and Michael Hutchence
to the names mentioned above.

ronnie wood.

ok, kidding, apparently he's turned it around . . .i'll see in vancouver!

If we dont speak casualties (did I get that rare word right?),
Id say the day Chuck made our Glimmer Boys not play his songs
om stage was one of the greater losses ever, rock'n'roll-wise.

John Lennon - you wonder what he would have done over the last 20 years.

>Music in general: FRANK ZAPPA.<

Yeah, and I also miss the hell out of him as a social commentator... A witty, agressive, outspoken person to "keep pressure on the other side" like he once said himself!

drbryant Wrote:
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> John Lennon - you wonder what he would have done
> over the last 20 years.


Very little of note, IMO. His solo stuff wasnt anything to write home about after 1971

drbryant Wrote:
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> John Lennon - you wonder what he would have done
> over the last 20 years.


got up the noses of the Establishment
kept McCartney in check
moved back to the UK
Inspire and produce music for young disciples everywhere

like to add : Rory Gallagher

Gazza Wrote:
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> Very little of note, IMO. His solo stuff wasnt
> anything to write home about after 1971

you don't consider 'Double Fantasy', a creative turning point and a return,
to some sort of form?

Eddie


- 20 Flight Rock
1956, courtesy of [www.eddie-cochran.info]



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Gazza Wrote:
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> Very little of note, IMO. His solo stuff wasnt
> anything to write home about after 1971


Agreed. Although there are some pearls here and there (Slippin' And Slidin' from the Lennon Anthology, NOT from Rock 'n Roll).

JumpingKentFlash

Bon Scott
John Bonham
Keith Moon
Joey Ramone
johnny ramone
Dee Dee Ramone
Johnny Thunders
Brian Jones
Jimi Hendrix

Double fantasy is a funny record. You literally program the odd numbers in your cd player to get red of yoko's stuff for most of the album, and you have a short but great lennon album. Watching the wheels is one of my favourite lennon songs. Beautiful boy is a beautiful and poignant song, especially the line "i can hardly wait, to see you come of age". It never happened. Very sad...

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What's your favourite flavour?...........Cherry Red!!

Lennon was one to invent forms instead of returning to it... He certainly was not much up the noses of the establishment at that point. This is not where he was at, and his home husband child rearing thing was OK if he was happy at that, and he had every rights to be so. But as an artist that wasn't "steering" much and I'm not sure if he would have been ever influential again on that front... But who knows...

Adrian-L Wrote:
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> Gazza Wrote:
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> > Very little of note, IMO. His solo stuff wasnt
> > anything to write home about after 1971
>
> you don't consider 'Double Fantasy', a creative
> turning point and a return,
> to some sort of form?


well..it was a return from being a house husband and baking bread for five years, so there wasnt much "form" to return to.

Its a solid enough collection of songs (although of course only half of the album is written and sung by John) but I dont think its worth mentioning in the same breath as his immediate post-Beatles output up to 1971. I liked a couple of the singles from 'Milk and honey' as well.

The last 9 years of Lennon's life and career was a waste IMO. Some excellent singles (Mindgames, #9 Dream, etc) and a terrific album of 50's covers, but I think that as a solo artist, his legend far exceeds the reality.

And please..dont get me started on "Some time In new York City". Jesus.



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Gotta agree with you Gaz. Didn't all the Beatles struggle post 71 solo???

Great losses? I'd like to have seen Keith Moon sort himself out...... how would he have coped in the eighties?

Last few years for Elvis were tragic so his passing in hindsight was probably expected.

hendrix?? What way would have he gone?

herman brood, a true rock'n roll junkie...
ciao monkey...

paul kossoff, played guitar in the band free

shannon hoon, singer of blind melon

michael cooper - his contribution to the rock-world
were his photos - especially of the stones.

did anyone mention curt cobain?
I think he had already done what he could or was able
to create.
like jim morrison, who - in my opinion - was finished
as an arist and as a human being.

Rockman leaving UK to return to Australia....



ROCKMAN

you missing us already?

Top pf the Pops.
Marc Bolan and John Lennon.
Wolfman jack.
Disco dancing.
Andrew Ridgeley!!!
Simmons drums
The microphone cord.
Fillmore West and East

"...no longer shall you trudge 'cross my peaceful mind."

fleabit Wrote:
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> Bon Scott
> John Bonham
> Keith Moon
> Joey Ramone
> johnny ramone
> Dee Dee Ramone
> Johnny Thunders
> Brian Jones
> Jimi Hendrix



NOW here is a list that does not suck.
Most people list overrated, lame, clique, classic rock dingleberrys.

Add to the list Stiv Baters, Gram Parsons, Kurt Cobain, Brad Nowell, Razzle (had he not died at the hands of a drunken Vince Neil, I think that Hanoi Rocks would have been bigger than Crue)


But rocks biggest loss is ATTITUDE. The pure F-U attitude, that combined with sexuality and substance abuse make the pure magic that THIS boy calls ROCK AND FUc&IN' ROLL.