off: people who died

[dench]

Bill Hicks once said: 'If you disapprove of drugs, you're going to have to
throw away all of your record collection, because those records were made
while those guys were really high on drugs.'

I think he may have a point....

Martin

On Wed, 4 Dec 1996, Craig Shipley wrote:

> >
> > >From Johan;
> >
> > > At 08:58 1996-12-04 +0000, you wrote:
> > > >clearly, I am sure his death was drugs related.  I remember reading an
> > > >article in Melody Maker in 1976 about people in the rock world who had
> > > >died through abuse of drugs - and he was up there with Joplin, Hendrix et
> > > >al.
> > >
> > Ah yes, Thain, Hendrix, Morisson...All right, kids, what's wrong with
> > this picture?
> >
> Uhhh, if you are a drug-addled fool, don't play rock music???
>
> I am also disgusted by the lack of intelligence of some of the artists
> who prematurly did themselves in. Playing an ELECTRIC guitar in a bathtub?
> What a f***ing first-class IDIOT!! (I lost a high-school buddy who was
> watching TV while taking a bath. The TV fell in the tub and ... ;-( ).
> Putting a gun to ones' head (or any other part of their anatomy) for fun
> or to impress someone is the apex of stupidity. Man, it is bad enough that
> LIFE is out to get you, why would anyone want to do anything dumb enough to
> hasten that process?
>
> > Is this the Uriah Heep frontman we're discussing?  When did he check
> > out?  And is there some curse on UH?  And if so, when can we expect
> > Mick Box to cash in?
> >
> Yup, the UH frontman (although he had left UH long before his death. He was
> fronting a band called something like Black Diamond or maybe he was just
> performing solo. I recollect an LP that had him on the front cover, which
> I think was a solo LP; I had stopped buying UH and UH-related material by that
> time, so this one was never heard by me). This incident took place sometime in
> the late '70's/early '80's. Curse on UH? I know they had the devils' own time
> in keeping a bassist until Thain came along and that they are now pretty much
> a mediocre metal band, but no more cursed than anyone else...I think that Box
> and the drummer are the only two original memebers left. Box has probably seen
> enough bad shit happen to his old mates to keep him on the straight and narrow.
> >
> > > Another rocker's death is the Felix Pappalardi Incident. The bass player of Mountain was shot to death 1983 by his wife Gail Collins (the Mountain cover artist) during a ordinary "house fuzz".
> > >
> Was it '83? I though it was a lot more recent than that, like the early '90's.
> Sorry, no other details...
> >
> > Well finally we come to a real tragedy.  I know this was a
> > sensational case.  Anyone have details?
> > theo
> >
> > >
> >
>
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