Originally Posted by Janszoon

I was deliberately avoiding people who were murdered or died in accidents because that didn't seem to be what we were talking about, which is why I didn't put John Lennon (or Cliff Burton, Buddy Holly, Marc Bolan, etc.) on the list. Good point about Michael Jackson though, I can't believe I didn't think of him!

Originally Posted by Janszoon

I think they would have maybe stayed good a little longer but they would have still ended up trying to change their style in response to the rise of alternative music and wound up sucking in the end.