RIP Jay-Jay Winter. Asomvel were one of the coolest bands out of the UK since...well, since fucking Motörhead.

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Memo to the Deities - Stop taking musos, you fucks. There are plenty of rapists, murderers, paedophiles and politicians still around.

Another legend leaves us.

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And even many years later, he still had it. Right 'til the end.

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R.I.P. Ronnie James Dio.

EDIT - I think RJD would approve:

The Pyre of Kings - IronswordThe feast is over ( Read more... )

From a review by a fellow called Nokturn on Type O Negative's "World Coming Down", what he essentially claims was ToN's, and goth's, last great masterpiece:

"I saw Type O Negative live in early 2007. Peter Steele, who had just gotten out of prison and recently broken his cocaine addiction, looked older and more haggard than I'd ever seen him ( Read more... )

Like hravan, I'll honour you with the fun stuff rather than the miserable stuff.

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R.I.P. Peter Steele. Maybe you're up there right now, corrupting an eternally young Mother Teresa as we speak.

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Rest in peace, Spacebat

You were probably the very first bat to ever travel outside Earth's atmosphere. At least you'll go down in history for that.

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My father told me about this last night: yet another Sri Lankan journalist killed by (probably) the Sri Lankan government, for not toeing the official line about the ongoing crimes and corruption of said government. In this case, though, he very spookily predicted his own death in an editorial he wrote before he was shot by an unidentified gunman, ( Read more... )

Richard Wright, keyboardist and founding member of Pink Floyd, has died of cancer.

R.I.P.

R.I.P. George Carlin.

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One guy I wish I'd known more about when he was alive.

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"Why is it when it's us, it's an abortion, but when it's a chicken, it's an omelette?"

Priceless.

...R.I.P. James Brown

The Godfather is no longer among us.