how many famous rock stars have od'ed?
 

jim morrison
janis joplin
brian jones
jimmey hendrix
shannon hoon (blind melon)
brad nowell (sublime)
drummer for smashing pumpkins
layne stanley (alice in chains)


and what % of really good music was written when somebody was tripping on heroin or similar?

Kurt Cobain FOOL

more then I can count ;) but think a lot of songs is written by "high" people :D

there are missing about 500+ on that list

I agree with you on that. They say that artists are not exactly like everyday people.

who exactly says that ?

people look too deep into drugged up musicians lyrics. I wish i could spew up on a page an people make symbolism of it.

Let's not forget...

Tommy Bolin - Deep Purple
John Bonham - Led Zepplin
Steve Clark - Def Leppard
Elvis - DUH
Pete Farndon - Pretenders
Phil Lynott - Thin Lizzy
Keith Moon - The Who
Brent Mydland - Grateful Dead
John Panozzo - Styx
Kristen Pfaff - Hole
Bon Scott - AC/DC
Hillel Slovak - Red Hot Chicken Peckers
Sid Vicious - Sex Pistols

Sure...a lot were from alcohol -- but they were OD's nonetheless :(

And if you wanted to look into something a little freakier -- how many rock stars died at 27 years of age?

Jim Morrison
Janis Joplin
Jimi Hendrix
Randy Rhoads
Brian Jones
Kurt Cobain
Kristen Pfaff
"Pigpen" McKernan - founding member of the Grateful Dead
Robert Johnson -- legendary Bluesman

od'ed???

Yup...on buckshot

Left out:

James Honeyman-Scott - Pretenders (heart failure due to cocaine)

Jerry Garcia

he didnt OD... courtney love killed him

Garcia died of a heart attack.. im sure the drugs didnt help but he didnt OD

the guy from drowning pool

drowned on his own vomit from too much jager :2 cents:

does that count as an OD though?

How many of those died from plane crashes ? .....


I think a few on those lists have..