Artists you have seen live that are now deceased.

tomofson · 27-05-2016 2:17am #1

What artists have you seen live that are now sadly no longer with us???

For me the ones I know of are.
David Bowie
Prince
Ronnie Drew
Whitney Houstan (which I was pressured into going to by my sister and it turned out to be her worse concert and as far as i know her last)

I Have been to see a lot of bands some of which I wasn't too keen on but went a long either for the adventure or because of pressure I am not sure if any members of metallica have died i seen them a few years ago as well as slipknot and several other heavy metal bands, Funnily enough I was never to big into heavy metal music but my brother and cousins and a few friends where big into it back then so that is the reason I dont know too much about any of those bands/artists.

Well would anyone like to share???

drunkmonkey · 27-05-2016 2:39am

Lou Reed is probably the first one to spring to mind.

jacksie66 · 27-05-2016 2:56am

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theteal · 27-05-2016 4:29am

James Brown is the first one to spring to mind

Also Stuart Cable was the drummer for the Stereophonics way back in my teenage years

tomofson · 27-05-2016 12:06pm

drunkmonkey wrote: »

Lou Reed is probably the first one to spring to mind.

I wish I could of seen Lou live

Tigger · 27-05-2016 12:08pm

jacksie66 wrote: »

Cliff Burton and Dimebag Darrell

seen Dimebag in the point

The Muppet · 27-05-2016 12:10pm

Freddie Mercury Queen

Squall Leonhart · 27-05-2016 12:16pm

-James Brown (twice)
-Amy Winehouse
-Eagles (Glenn Frey now gone, can't see how they'll tour without him)

drake70 · 27-05-2016 12:56pm

jacksie66 wrote: »

Cliff Burton and Dimebag Darrell

I wish..

Saw Cliff in the SFX September 1986

tomofson · 27-05-2016 4:15pm

drake70 wrote: »

Saw Cliff in the SFX September 1986

Where was the SFX?

Welsh Megaman · 27-05-2016 4:29pm

Bowie and Lemmy

Saw Motorhead on one of their annual UK winter tours, Bowie at Glastonbury 2000.

drunkmonkey · 27-05-2016 5:03pm

Just nerded out in excel, average age of any famous musician that died since 1960 and Prince is 52.3yrs and struggling a bit getting excel to average text, but it looks like a Car accident, Heart attack and Cancer (stomach and lungs) were the most common reasons, natural causes is well down the list.

Prince made it to 57 so he done alright compared to his peers.

Yoghurt87 · 27-05-2016 5:07pm

drunkmonkey wrote: »

Just nerded out in excel, average age of any famous musician that died since 1960 and Prince is 52.3yrs and struggling a bit getting excel to average text, but it looks like a Car accident, Heart attack and Cancer (stomach and lungs) were the most common reasons, natural causes is well down the list.

Prince made it to 57 so he done alright compared to his peers.

I would have expected drug/alcohol-related deaths to factor in fairly highly there?

drunkmonkey · 27-05-2016 5:35pm

Yoghurt87 wrote: »

I would have expected drug/alcohol-related deaths to factor in fairly highly there?

Yea they do, when you look at the ages of the heart attacks it's guys in there 20's and 30's not old men so I'd say brought on by alcohol or drugs.

Only 2 died of the electrocution, singer in stone the crows got electrocuted by her microphone and bass player with the shadows by his guitar.

Squall Leonhart · 27-05-2016 9:29pm

drunkmonkey wrote:

Only 2 died of the electrocution..... and bass player with the shadows by his guitar.

John Rostill

Love me some shadows. Met Hank Marvin in Australia once!

noby · 29-05-2016 11:48am

What a morbid thread.

I saw the Manics as a four piece.

Achasanai · 30-05-2016 2:04pm

Sparklehorse

Seathrun66 · 30-05-2016 4:16pm

Lemmy
Isaac Hayes
Bill Hicks (as rock 'n' roll as it got)
James Brown
Gil Scott-Heron
Bobby Womack
Prince
Amy Winehouse
Ewan McColl
Kirsty McColl
Bobby Bland
Solomon Burke
Grant McLennan
David McComb
Joe Strummer
Stuart Adamson
Vic Chesnutt

Maybe I'm cursed. Anyone willing to crowdfund a trip to the Mumfords?

tomofson · 30-05-2016 8:32pm

Seathrun66 wrote: »

Lemmy
Isaac Hayes
Bill Hicks (as rock 'n' roll as it got)
James Brown
Gil Scott-Heron
Bobby Womack
Prince
Amy Winehouse
Ewan McColl
Kirsty McColl
Bobby Bland
Solomon Burke
Grant McLennan
David McComb
Joe Strummer
Stuart Adamson
Vic Chesnutt

Maybe I'm cursed. Anyone willing to crowdfund a trip to the Mumfords?

I wish I could of seen all of them

well maybe not bill hicks or amy winehouse but all the rest.

Seathrun66 · 31-05-2016 6:02pm

tomofson wrote: »

Seathrun66 wrote: »

Lemmy
Isaac Hayes
Bill Hicks (as rock 'n' roll as it got)
James Brown
Gil Scott-Heron
Bobby Womack
Prince
Amy Winehouse
Ewan McColl
Kirsty McColl
Bobby Bland
Solomon Burke
Grant McLennan
David McComb
Joe Strummer
Stuart Adamson
Vic Chesnutt

Maybe I'm cursed. Anyone willing to crowdfund a trip to the Mumfords?

I wish I could of seen all of them well maybe not bill hicks or amy winehouse but all the rest.

Winehouse in her early days (when I caught her) was pretty excellent.

Hicks possibly the greatest comic of all. And with bigger cojones than any rock star I've seen.

tomofson · 31-05-2016 8:05pm

Seathrun66 wrote: »

Winehouse in her early days (when I caught her) was pretty excellent.

Hicks possibly the greatest comic of all. And with bigger cojones than any rock star I've seen.

Hicks just isn't my cup of tea. Winehouse I suppose wasn't too bad but i wouldnt want to go see her.

Cortina_MK_IV · 31-05-2016 8:09pm

Glenn Frey (Eagles.)
Stuart Adamson (Big Country.)

drake70 · 01-06-2016 11:37pm

tomofson wrote: »

Where was the SFX?

Sorry, been away from Boards since last week.

The SFX was on upper sherrard street in dublin 1

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SFX_City_Theatre,_Dublin

Declan A Walsh · 02-06-2016 10:31pm

I saw the following that are now deceased:

Freddy Mercury (with Queen) - Knebworth in 1986

Philip Chevron (with The Pogues) - Croke Park in 1987

David Bowie - Slane in 1987 (Glass Spider Tour)

Stuart Adamson (with Big Country) - Slane in 1987

Frank Sinatra - Lansdowne Stadium in 1989

Sammy Davis Junior - Lansdowne Stadium in 1989

Prince - Páirc Uí Chaoimh in 1990 and R.D.S. in 1992

Howie Epstein of Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers - The Point in 1992

Glenn Frey - National Stadium in 1992

I am sure I have seen Ronnie Drew and Barney McKenna of The Dubliners at some stage too.

tomofson · 03-06-2016 2:27am

Declan A Walsh wrote: »

I saw the following that are now deceased:

Freddy Mercury (with Queen) - Knebworth in 1986

Philip Chevron (with The Pogues) - Croke Park in 1987

David Bowie - Slane in 1987 (Glass Spider Tour)

Stuart Adamson (with Big Country) - Slane in 1987

Frank Sinatra - Lansdowne Stadium in 1989

Sammy Davis Junior - Lansdowne Stadium in 1989

Prince - Páirc Uí Chaoimh in 1990 and R.D.S. in 1992

Howie Epstein of Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers - The Point in 1992

Glenn Frey - National Stadium in 1992

I am sure I have seen Ronnie Drew and Barney McKenna of The Dubliners at some stage too.

Thank you for that lists and dates good to know. That is another person I have seen that is now deceased Barney McKenna thanks for the reminder that he passed.

Joe_ Public · 03-06-2016 6:16pm

Declan A Walsh wrote: »

I saw the following that are now deceased:

Freddy Mercury (with Queen) - Knebworth in 1986

Philip Chevron (with The Pogues) - Croke Park in 1987

David Bowie - Slane in 1987 (Glass Spider Tour)

Stuart Adamson (with Big Country) - Slane in 1987

Frank Sinatra - Lansdowne Stadium in 1989

Sammy Davis Junior - Lansdowne Stadium in 1989

Prince - Páirc Uí Chaoimh in 1990 and R.D.S. in 1992

Howie Epstein of Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers - The Point in 1992

Glenn Frey - National Stadium in 1992

I am sure I have seen Ronnie Drew and Barney McKenna of The Dubliners at some stage too.

Sinatra and Sammy Davis are good ones. Saw Big Country in the Phoenix Park 1983 with U2, Simple Minds, Eurthymics and some others. Great live band.

Saw the Pogues too many times to mention, but favourite was in Kennedys, Puckane, Co Tipperary, 1985 or 1986, with Elvis Costello. A pretty riotous gig.

Also: The Clash in the SFX 1984, biggest regret I never caught them in the Top Hat Dun Laoghaire and Joe Strummer and his mescaleroes far too many times to mention.

All I'm doing is showing my age so I'll quit while I'm so far behind.

wiz569 · 03-06-2016 6:29pm

Phil Everly
Stephen Gately

Ronnie Drew
Barney Mckenna

tomofson · 03-06-2016 6:37pm

Joe_ Public wrote: »

Sinatra and Sammy Davis are good ones. Saw Big Country in the Phoenix Park 1983 with U2, Simple Minds, Eurthymics and some others. Great live band.

Saw the Pogues too many times to mention, but favourite was in Kennedys, Puckane, Co Tipperary, 1985 or 1986, with Elvis Costello. A pretty riotous gig.

Also: The Clash in the SFX 1984, biggest regret I never caught them in the Top Hat Dun Laoghaire and Joe Strummer and his mescaleroes far too many times to mention.

All I'm doing is showing my age so I'll quit while I'm so far behind.

Very good I wish I could have seen the Clash I have always loved punk,

Joe_ Public · 03-06-2016 6:58pm

tomofson wrote: »

Very good I wish I could have seen the Clash I have always loved punk,

I wish I could have seen them WITH Mick Jones, but I was too young for the first wave, so I guess I'll settle for second best!

chrisire · 03-06-2016 6:59pm

Elliot Smith in the Temple Bar Music Centre in 1998,the guy was mesmerizing.

Joe_ Public · 03-06-2016 7:06pm

Spent a lot of time hanging around Whelans in the 90s and always had a huge amount of time for Mic Christopher. So much talent and so much left to give.

Seathrun66 · 03-06-2016 9:04pm

Two I'd forgotten:

Fela Kuti (Glastonbury '89)
The Bhundu Boys (everywhere in the late 80s/early 90s) Biggie Tembo hung himself in a psychiatric hospital and three of the guys died of AIDS. Not the luckiest lot, but what a live band.

Arghus · 06-06-2016 8:48pm

Saw The Stooges play a few years ago. Iggy introduced the heavily overweight Scott Asheton as, "the heavyweight champion of the world." He was dead not long afterwards, from a massive heart attack. Hard to believe Ron Asheton is also gone. Awful messy gig, saw some crazy stuff in the crowd.

First big proper gig I was ever at was Ozzfest back in 2002. Quite a lot of death and dishonour since that - Dave Williams from Drowning Pool was dead about three months later. Slayer made quite an impression on my young mind that day, I'd never seen the likes. It's hard to believe that Jeff Hanneman is no longer with us. Lostprophets were also on the bill - Ian Watkins is still unfortunately alive.

adox · 09-06-2016 7:19pm

David Bowie
Lemmy(who I met and chatted with too)
Phil Taylor
Phil Lynott(numerous times and actually got to meet him when I saw him in the bar that the band I used to play in were playing at)
Freddie Mercury
Cliff Burton
Ronnie James Dio
Michael Hutchence
Steve Clark
Gary Moore

tomofson · 10-06-2016 2:54am

Seathrun66 wrote: »

Two I'd forgotten:

Fela Kuti (Glastonbury '89)
The Bhundu Boys (everywhere in the late 80s/early 90s) Biggie Tembo hung himself in a psychiatric hospital and three of the guys died of AIDS. Not the luckiest lot, but what a live band.

Thanks for that its always good to find out about new artists, okay i know their technically not new but I have never heard of them before so their new to me lol:)

tomofson · 10-06-2016 2:55am

adox wrote: »

David Bowie
Lemmy(who I met and chatted with too)
Phil Taylor
Phil Lynott(numerous times and actually got to meet him when I saw him in the bar that the band I used to play in were playing at)
Freddie Mercury
Cliff Burton
Ronnie James Dio
Michael Hutchence
Steve Clark
Gary Moore

Good list i actually like everyone on that list.

BionicRasher · 11-06-2016 8:45pm

Kirsty MacColl
Prince
Michael Jackson
Ray Manzarek

leakyboots · 13-06-2016 11:25am

BB King
Prince
Jack Bruce
Bobby Womack

Was stuck outside the tent for James Brown at Oxegen way back when... raging!

Amalgam · 13-06-2016 11:34am

Surprised Kurt Cobain or Nirvana hasn't been mentioned yet, they played big enough gigs. Saw them as support for Sonic Youth in the Top Hat and later at The Point, with, as far as I can recall, The Breeders and Teenage Fanclub.

That fellow from Slayer, Bill Hicks at The Tivoli.. (there was music!), a few members of The Beastie Boys. (Tivoli)

I'm glad I don't have more to share, as someone else has said, a somewhat unsettling thread!

bodhrandude · 01-07-2016 8:42pm

Motorhead 1984 (Brian Robertson and two Americans took over the roles of Philthy Phil and Fast Eddie Clarke) - Deceased: Lemmy (Ex-Hawkwind)

Robert Calvert & the Starfighters (Ex-Hawkwind) - Son of Acid festival, Leeds 1987. Deceased: Robert Calvert (1988).

Hawkwind numerous times in the early to mid eighties. Deceased: Huw LIoyd-Langton.

Iggy Pop & the Stooges - Electric Picnic 2007 Deceased: the two Asheton brothers.

Whitesnake 1984 Deceased: Jon Lord

Pink Floyd 1988 Manchester. Deceased: Richard Wright (2008) Syd Barrett although he left 20 years before the gig. Deceased (2006)

Ronnie James Dio - Dio 1984 Holy Diver tour Glasgow. Deceased; Dio

Gong !989, 2009 both in Edinburgh. Deceased: Daevid Allen.

Edit: Fcuk forgot about Gary Moore who I seen numerous times in Glasgow in the eighties and at Castle Donnington Monsters of Rock 1984. I still consider his Dirty Fingers album the ultimate melodic metal classic, a totally faultless record.

tomofson · 01-07-2016 8:54pm

bodhrandude wrote: »

Motorhead 1984 (Brian Robertson and two Americans took over the roles of Philthy Phil and Fast Eddie Clarke) - Deceased: Lemmy (Ex-Hawkwind)

Robert Calvert & the Starfighters (Ex-Hawkwind) - Son of Acid festival, Leeds 1987. Deceased: Robert Calvert (1988).

Hawkwind numerous times in the early to mid eighties. Deceased: Huw LIoyd-Langton.

Iggy Pop & the Stooges - Electric Picnic 2007 Deceased: the two Asheton brothers.

Whitesnake 1984 Deceased: Jon Lord

Pink Floyd 1988 Manchester. Deceased: Richard Wright (2008) Syd Barrett although he left 20 years before the gig. Deceased (2006)

Ronnie James Dio - Dio 1984 Holy Diver tour Glasgow. Deceased; Dio

Gong !989, 2009 both in Edinburgh. Deceased: Daevid Allen.

Thanks for sharing

corm500 · 02-07-2016 11:25pm

David Bowie
Kirsty Macoll
MCA
James Brown
Gary Moore
Rory Gallagher
Ray Manzerak
Michael Hutchence
John Entwhistle
BB King
Stuart Adamson
Ronnie Drew
Philip Chevron
Phil Everly
Richey Edwards
Davy Jones
Ray Charles
Bobby Keys
Lou Reed
Joe Strummer
Vic Chesnutt
Barney McKenna
Albert King

quite a lot really

tomofson · 03-07-2016 3:04am

corm500 wrote: »

David Bowie
Kirsty Macoll
MCA
James Brown
Gary Moore
Rory Gallagher
Ray Manzerak
Michael Hutchence
John Entwhistle
BB King
Stuart Adamson
Ronnie Drew
Philip Chevron
Phil Everly
Richey Edwards
Davy Jones
Ray Charles
Bobby Keys
Lou Reed
Joe Strummer
Vic Chesnutt
Barney McKenna
Albert King

quite a lot really

You must be a jinx lol:D

Vinculus · 05-07-2016 4:42pm

I saw John Martyn play in Connelly's in Leap, back in January of 06 which sadly turned out to be one of his last gig.

Seathrun66 · 05-07-2016 8:15pm

tomofson wrote: »

corm500 wrote: »

David Bowie
Kirsty Macoll
MCA
James Brown
Gary Moore
Rory Gallagher
Ray Manzerak
Michael Hutchence
John Entwhistle
BB King
Stuart Adamson
Ronnie Drew
Philip Chevron
Phil Everly
Richey Edwards
Davy Jones
Ray Charles
Bobby Keys
Lou Reed
Joe Strummer
Vic Chesnutt
Barney McKenna
Albert King

quite a lot really

You must be a jinx lol:D

How were the Everlys live?

corm500 · 05-07-2016 8:29pm

Seathrun66 wrote: »

How were the Everlys live?

They only played a couple of songs. They were special guests at the Simon & Garfunkel gig in the Rds sometime around 2003. Played Bye Bye Love and Wake up little Susie. Still sounded great.

poundhound · 22-07-2016 12:46pm

Michael Jackson - 3 times

Prince - 5 times

David Bowie - 10 times

Stuart Adamson (Big Country) - 5 times

BB King - twice

James Brown - twice

Whitney Houston

Kurt Cobain (Nirvana)

Layne Stayley (Alice in Chains)

Scott Weiland (Stone Temple Pilots)

fg1406 · 22-07-2016 12:53pm

Only one I can think of is Dimebag Darrell back in the day probably about 16-17 years ago. I really wish I got to see Bowie though. I was devastated when he died.

poundhound · 22-07-2016 2:12pm

@FG1406 Re Bowie "I was devastated when he died".

Me too. I wept like a child.

KJ · 22-07-2016 4:03pm

As far as I know it's just Proof (from D-12), Tommy Ramone and Lemmy for me. There could be others that I'm unaware of.

endacl · 22-07-2016 4:04pm

jacksie66 wrote: »

Cliff Burton and Dimebag Darrell

I wish..

Yep. Got those two!

Artists you have seen live that are now deceased.

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