Stairway To Heaven/ Highway To Hell

[Joey Russ 7,227]

8 hours ago, gcreptile said:

Gared O'Donnell, frontman for rock band "Planes Mistaken For Stars" dead of esophageal cancer at 44:

https://www.mirror.co.uk/3am/celebrity-news/planes-mistaken-stars-rocker-gared-25545837

 

Lots of QOs, and actually a public cancer case, but nobody thought he'd obit.

Yeah, he was an alt obits reject pick for me but I too thought he was a no chance of getting an obit

[Banana 859]

2 hours ago, Joey Russ said:

Yeah, he was an alt obits reject pick for me but I too thought he was a no chance of getting an obit

Surprised he was rejected considering the music folk who get accepted. Seemed pretty eligible. 

[Sir Creep 7,070]

16 hours ago, Banana said:

Surprised he was rejected considering the music folk who get accepted. Seemed pretty eligible. 

Which is why I quit after one year.  The egotist who runs it is a joke.

Frankly I’ve never heard of this band but that’s a band that should have been allowed.

SC

[The Old Crem 3,606]

On 26/11/2021 at 08:11, gcreptile said:

Gared O'Donnell, frontman for rock band "Planes Mistaken For Stars" dead of esophageal cancer at 44:

https://www.mirror.co.uk/3am/celebrity-news/planes-mistaken-stars-rocker-gared-25545837

 

Lots of QOs, and actually a public cancer case, but nobody thought he'd obit.

Would he have been accepted for the DDP?

[gcreptile 10,972]

13 minutes ago, The Old Crem said:

Would he have been accepted for the DDP?

In my opinion, yes.

[ObakeFilter 901]

Michael Vinatieri of Hardcord Punk band Capitalist Casualties has died, it seems. There have been numerous tributes being posted on social media. 

 

https://www.facebook.com/terry.savastano/posts/4561391927248308

[Ulitzer95 12,620]

Led Zeppelin's tour manager Richard Cole (wiki), dead at 75.

[Ulitzer95 12,620]

I wonder if ole Rolfie will be available to sing a tune at the funeral...
 

 

[harrymcnallysblueandwhitearmy 1,689]

2 hours ago, Ulitzer95 said:

Led Zeppelin's tour manager Richard Cole (wiki), dead at 75.

Allegedly a key player in highly mythologised Mud Shark Incident, though considered a teller of tall tales by most of the Zep crew. They don’t make em like Cole anymore, thank god. He’ll likely be on the Highway rather than the Stairway if you believe in such things. 

[Ulitzer95 12,620]

On 02/12/2021 at 17:50, Ulitzer95 said:

Led Zeppelin's tour manager Richard Cole (wiki), dead at 75.

Telegraph obit for Richard Cole.

[arghton 6,739]

https://faroutmagazine.co.uk/foo-fighters-cancel-show-hospitalised/

Foo Fighter rushed to hospital today in Chicago. Unclear which one.

[Dead Wait 1,139]

35 minutes ago, arghton said:

https://faroutmagazine.co.uk/foo-fighters-cancel-show-hospitalised/

Foo Fighter rushed to hospital today in Chicago. Unclear which one.

He’ll be alright - he’s a fighter…..

[Ulitzer95 12,620]

50 minutes ago, arghton said:

https://faroutmagazine.co.uk/foo-fighters-cancel-show-hospitalised/

Foo Fighter rushed to hospital today in Chicago. Unclear which one.

Hmmm, not today. Looking at Google, this news first "broke" 3 days ago.

[Ulitzer95 12,620]

It can't be too serious. Member Chris Shiflett is still tweeting, promoting upcoming gigs.

Nobody seems to know who it is but Reddit seems to think it could be Nate Mendel. He suffers from excruciatingly painful cluster migraines and has had previous surgery for a neurological condition.

[Banana 859]

Mat Sinner of Primal Fear has been in and out of hospitals for the last 8 months as posted on his Facebook.

[Sir Creep 7,070]

On 06/07/2021 at 17:14, gcreptile said:

Some progress in Tom Hunting's cancer fight, it only costs him his whole stomach:

https://www.brooklynvegan.com/exodus-tom-hunting-having-full-gastrectomy-as-cancer-battle-continues/

Some more progress from a few weeks after the first update (meaning July): He is 'cancer free' which means stomach free I reckon
Exodus drummer Tom Hunting is cancer-free (msn.com)

[Thatcher 2,416]

John Burke Shelley, guitarist and vocalist for Budgie, has died aged 71. He suffered an aortic aneurysm in 2010 and further refused treatment in 2020.

 

Obituaries: The Guardian, Daily Mail

[maryportfuncity 10,646]

On 10/01/2022 at 23:46, Thatcher said:

John Burke Shelley, guitarist and vocalist for Budgie, has died aged 71. He suffered an aortic aneurysm in 2010 and further refused treatment in 2020.

 

Obituaries: The Guardian, Daily Mail

 

So, like the massive toll on the main deathlist there's already an unprecendented head count of death in a short time for our annual List of the Lost radio show, opening triple shot of Sidney Poitier (his album reading Plato is something of an outsider delight), Parliament and R Dean Taylor, then Budgie will follow. Probably unfair where they're concerned because we'll have to play something short whilst most of their best stuff borders on epic by radio standards, my own favourite being this six and a half minutes that pretty much tells you where Metallica drew much of their inspiration: 

 

[Ulitzer95 12,620]

In the absence of a prog rock thread, I'll dump this one here:

Bobby Harrison (wiki), early drummer of Procol Harum, dead at 82.

Left the group just shortly after the release of A Whiter Shade of Pale, BUT he didn't appear on the recording, or any of their other charting records for that matter.

[Toast 16,140]

45 minutes ago, Ulitzer95 said:

In the absence of a prog rock thread

 

There is.   It's this one. 

Personally I think it should have been called "Close To The Edge" - no play on words necessary.

 

[time 8,602]

1 hour ago, Ulitzer95 said:

In the absence of a prog rock thread, I'll dump this one here:

Bobby Harrison (wiki), early drummer of Procol Harum, dead at 82.

Left the group just shortly after the release of A Whiter Shade of Pale, BUT he didn't appear on the recording, or any of their other charting records for that matter.

There's also the dedicated Dead Drummers thread

 

[Ulitzer95 12,620]

24 minutes ago, Toast said:

 

There is.   It's this one. 

Personally I think it should have been called "Close To The Edge" - no play on words necessary.

 

I thought there was somehow. 

It'd be a lot easier for everyone to remember these threads if the quirky titles went into the subheading, rather than the thread name itself. 

[DoorSlammer 563]

A big and unexpected one: Meat Loaf dead at 74. 

[MrSpud42 30]

2 minutes ago, DoorSlammer said:

Meat Loaf dead at 74.

https://deadline.com/2022/01/meat-loaf-dead-bat-out-of-hell-rocky-horror-picture-show-1234917056/ popped up on another forum I'm on. 

[MrWonderful 481]

5 minutes ago, DoorSlammer said:

A big and unexpected one: Meat Loaf dead at 74. 

Not completely unexpected, as he's been very frail for a while.  I didn't have the guts to have him on my personal list for this year but he has been on my radar for a while.  He was a unique talent for sure.  May he RIP.