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Post by AeroCooper on Feb 14, 2022 6:34:06 GMT -5
I was thinking about this the other day and just want to start a sort of tribute page to the musicians we have personally seen that have sadly now passed on.
I'm sure I've seen more than I know or remember at the moment, but here's a few from my concerts to start it off.
Thanks guys for all the good times
Eddie Van Halen Malcolm Young Neil Peart
Meat Loaf
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Post by ap on Feb 14, 2022 10:22:24 GMT -5
Four from one concert:
Randy Rhoads Lemmy Fast Eddie Philthy
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Post by anaix3l on Feb 14, 2022 15:22:44 GMT -5
Alexi Laiho
Children of Bodom were the first extreme metal band I ever listened to. In the second half of 2005, when I came across them because of the Alice Cooper cover. They sounded so different from everything I had listened to before, I didn't even know what to make of it. I wasn't sure whether I liked it or not, but I was intrigued and I looked for more from them. The first band t-shirt I ever got was their Follow the Reaper one. Men's t-shirt and obviously too big for me, but... it was a band t-shirt. It was incredibly rare to find something like that in Romania 15+ years ago. It was also the t-shirt because of which I was assaulted a year later.
I got to see them in 2011. My first smaller show, not outdoors in a huge parking lot or in a big arena. Also the first show I was at where the barrier broke and started to lean over towards the stage. I was on the platform attached to the barrier and I could feel it go up into the air... with me on it. To quote something I said later that night: it was worth it!
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Mike Howe
I discovered them when I happened to stumble upon the Badlands video, so he was THE Metal Church singer for me. I loved the albums they did with him. I screamed when I saw the news of him rejoining the band in early 2015.
Their 2016 euro tour obviously didn't include Romania and I wasn't adventurous enough at the time to travel... Aerosmith would change everything about that for me a year later, so I at least got to see them when they returned in 2019. He sounded so good I could have cried. They played Gods of a Second Chance and quite a few other faves. Until last summer, I still hoped for a repeat. And maybe get to hear Anthem to the Estranged, Revolution Underway...
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Alex Pascu
I discovered Goodbye to Gravity when Blabbermouth picked up their Iron Maiden cover. Truly bizarre to hear that song with another voice, but I was intrigued and looked into more of their stuff. I found them to be one of the best Romanian bands of the time. Really sad they're now known for the club fire.
I sadly never got to see them live, but I got to see Alex play with Aria when they opened for Accept.
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Jeff Hanneman
Hate me, I got to see the classic Slayer lineup. With Dave Lombardo and Jeff Hanneman.
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Post by AeroCooper on Feb 14, 2022 16:32:47 GMT -5
Four from one concert: Randy Rhoads Lemmy Fast Eddie Philthy Randy f'in Rhoads?? I'd give my left nut to have him on my list.
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Post by VoodooMedicineMan on Feb 14, 2022 17:46:24 GMT -5
I've see quite a few of the people listed above. Here's some additional ones I've seen. Frank Zappa (My parents took me to see him at an outdoor show in my home town when I was real young) Brad Delp Jam Master Jay Joe C (Kid Rock's undersized sidekick) Ronnie James Dio Tom Petty Charlie Watts Clarence Clemmons and Danny Federici Dusty Hill Norm MacDonald (Comedian, but I saw him at least 5 times) Ugh, this thread sucks
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Post by AeroCooper on Feb 14, 2022 21:09:50 GMT -5
Ugh, this thread sucks I choose to look at it as a celebration of their greatness, along with the bragging rights we have to have been there.
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Post by anaix3l on Feb 16, 2022 13:09:29 GMT -5
A little over 11 years and 11 months ago, I had just bought my ticket for the Sonisphere festival in Bucharest. The most interesting name on the bill for me was Heaven & Hell. It was the one chance I ever had to see Dio, and I went for it, even though the ticket was more than 2 months' income for me (the festival also had massive names like Metallica or Rammstein). And it still didn't happen... In early April, they announced they were cancelling all festival appearances. I thought fine, health comes first, he'll get better, I'll still see them. Then on the 16th of May, I went to see AC/DC, which was probably the biggest show I've ever experienced to date, over 65K people. With a ticket, there were also plenty watching from the balconies of the tall buildings in the area. I found out he had died when I returned from the show. That hit me really hard...
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Post by fwanger on Feb 16, 2022 14:21:04 GMT -5
I can add an almost saw. John Entwistle. He died about two weeks before the start of a Who tour with Robert Plant as the opener. I saw it in Hershey. I can never remember who it is that they got to fill in for him but I do remember that Zak Starkey was their drummer. I was bummed to miss seeing John knowing that he was bass royalty. The Who did come out and put on one hell of a show though with my dad embarassing me by yelling for them to play Boris between every song. lol But the thing I remember most is Robert Plant. He barely touched his Zeppelin years when he came out focusing on his solo work as we have come to expect. But he did pull out Whole Lotta Love and held the note at the end for a very long time. Think Carlos Santana's long note in Europa. My stoned ass brain thought it was over a minute. Obviously not, but still long enough to impress the hell out of me considering his age.
Anyway, my list of celebs is kinda short, thankfully. I haven't been to too many concerts or at least that many that have lost someone yet. Dusty Hill would have been on my list if Steven hadn't "slipped on that water bottle" right before the Hershey show with ZZ Top.
Jam Master Jay Scott Weiland
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