Top 10 Musicians Who Died Too Soon
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elliott smith 🙁
Lil Peep is gone i cant believe it still
Wheres Jimmy the rev sullivan?
lil peep
John should have been 1st
Cliff?
I could make my own list using nobody you used but one of your "honorable mentions". 3 of the people on this list does not count
Get that Ian dude outta here and put Elvis or hob Marley. And why the f ate Tupac and b.i.g at 10
Buddy Holly #1. He was only 22 and could have easily re-shaped music as we know it. Mercury was a great singer, but his overall influence in music pales in comparison to Holly and Hendrix.
Bring back John Lennon, George Harrison, Elvis, Ricky Nelson, Freddie Mercury, and Michael Jackson. And we'll get rid of the shitty artists we have today.
Where is John Lennon?
WM needs to make another top 10 musicians who dies too soon. You guys forgot about Selena, Elvis, Aaliyah, Bob Marley, etc…
Ritchie valens 18 years old with la bamba
Micheal Jackson wasn't at the peak, or on the verge of a breakout. IMHO
Dimeback Darrel
Dimebag The Rev, Mitch Lucker and Lemmi better be at least honourable mentions on this list.
Kurt cobain should be higher…
Wheres lil peep
Where is Dimebag Darell,Eazy E and Cliff Burton?And Randy Rhoads only the honorable mentions?!
wheres Bon Scott or Dimebag Darrell?
1. Freddie Mercury
2. Micheal Jackson
3. John Lennon
4 Elvis Presley
5. Jim Morrison
Brian Jones,Bon Scott,Duanne Allman,Ronnie Van Zant,Janis Joplin,2 Pac, etc.
WTF? NO DIMEBAG?
Bon Scott needs to be on the honorible mentions.
Have to do "another" where's Janis? And once again Layne Staley gets slighted
Jason Molina
okay wtf we're missing a few:
selena quintanilla
aaliyah
lil peep
John Lennon was a great musician but a horrible person who abused his wife and children
i would say sid vicious but i'm going to get too much hate, so i'd say dimebag darell or cliff burton
John Bonham, Bob Marley, Bon Scott, Elvis, most of Lynryd Skynyd,
Everyone protect green day and gorillas there the most important
John bonham
Where is Layne staley?
John Bonham? Duane Allman? Ronnie Van Zant? Bob Marley?
Mark Bolan of T-Rex? Falco? Michael Hutchins of INXS? Although Hutchins is not my favorite musician..
Whitney Houston, Michael Jackson carriers were way down already, but well may be they did not say the last word… So is Elvis.
Elvis Presley?
Buddy Holly died way too soon
Harry Chapin, Jim Croce, Janis Joplin, Ronnie Van Zant, Phil Lynott, Danny Joe Brown, Keith Moon, probably many others that should have been mentioned.
What about Jim Croce
Lane Staley
No Eazy-E
Layne Staley , Hank sr need to be on here
Lil Peep
And cliff Burton he got The baddest dead of all But is not in The list
Where is bob marley?
My tops are Chester Bennington, Jimmy “The REV” Sullivan, Jimi Hendrix, Chris Cornell, Rhandy Rhoads, Bon Scott, Dimebag darell, etc etc etc.