spitfister wrote:is that Jesscia Savitch?

Steve Albini once wrote:Ding! Give that man a banana.

I hold a banana as I type this response. It's all yours if you're in the vicinity of Boise ID. Absent that, good job. Salut, spitfister.

All right, back to arguing about "steroids", you nuts!

Bradley R. Weissenberger wrote:

spitfister wrote:is that Jesscia Savitch?

Steve Albini once wrote:Ding! Give that man a banana.

I hold a banana as I type this response. It's all yours if you're in the vicinity of Boise ID. Absent that, good job. Salut, spitfister.

All right, back to arguing about "steroids", you nuts!

So far I've scored a French Dip and a banana from you. I'm not doing too bad. One of these years, Boise will be on my itinerary. But, will people talk?

Actually the person looks like Michael Stipe in a wig. Scary indeed.

punch_the_lion wrote:Actually the person looks like Michael Stipe in a wig.

Jessica Savitch does not look like Michael Stipe in a wig.

And I can prove it.

Can someone explain to me how John Bonham's death failed to make this list?

my friend Gareth Hardwick wishes to add his number one.

1. Electrical Audio decides to host an internet forum.

bigc wrote:Can someone explain to me how John Bonham's death failed to make this list?

that is a bad mistake

got to be top three or five

howiemarx wrote:13. freebird

This was done-->

mattw wrote:55. 1976. Ronnie Van Zant steps up to the mic. "What song is it y'all wanna hear?"

I don't think natural deaths should be in the list, as John Peel's was. Sure it sucks, but we all gotta go. It was sad, but not a crappy moment for rock. It was an occasion to remember all the great things he did for rock.

Janis/Jimi/Bonham/Curtis/Cobain are a different matter. Yes, those were crappy moments in rock history. Still, I am not sure they are the best choices for the list, if we are thinking of "innovations" that made rock music crappy itself.

If we're going to talk about rock deaths, the Altamont debacle and the recent Rhode Island club fire have to be close to the apex of crappiness. The willful disregard for human life exhibited in these cases runs contrary to anything having to do with the "spirit" of what rock ought to be about.

chrissummerlin wrote:my friend Gareth Hardwick wishes to add his number one.

1. Electrical

I agree somewhat. I think it should be

1. Hendrix croaks.

0. Electrical Audio decides to host an internet forum.

-01. Keith Moon dies.