Elvis.
The Doors.
Janis Joplin.
Jimi Hendrix.
Queen.

Death is ALWAYS good for business.
(Set your faces to Stunned Bigly, Thu 16 Jun 2011, 10:08, 2 replies, latest was 15 years ago)

I thought for a second you were listing people who were shit....

( Vipros. clever got me this far, then tricky got me in, Thu 16 Jun 2011, 10:10, Reply)

Same, same.
None of the survivng members of these bands are sitting in my office waiting for something to happen. Or stuck on a poxy secondment like you.
(Set your faces to Stunned Bigly, Thu 16 Jun 2011, 10:12, Reply)

Hendrix was not shit
and I will kill anyone who says otherwise.
( Peej, Thu 16 Jun 2011, 10:12, Reply)

Dying young
gives him credence he probably wouldn't have got had he survived.
(Set your faces to Stunned Bigly, Thu 16 Jun 2011, 10:15, Reply)

He had the credence already when he was alive.
I concede that had he lived he would have been likely to have gone shit in the 80s but the stuff he was working on when he died suggests the 70s was going to be great for him.

UNDERESTIMATE HOW KEEN I AM ON JIMI HENDRIX AT YOUR PERIL
( Monty Boyce, My cheese game is strong, Thu 16 Jun 2011, 10:17, Reply)

Not like now though. He wasn't revered
when he was alive like he is now. Muso's thought he was great and he had commercial success but now he is loved around the world.
(Set your faces to Stunned Bigly, Thu 16 Jun 2011, 10:19, Reply)

His shows commanded record high ticket prices
and all of the so-called great guitarists of that time (and other respected musicians like Miles Davis) thought he was incredible. People like Pete Townshend and that cunt Clapton shat themselves.
( Monty Boyce, My cheese game is strong, Thu 16 Jun 2011, 10:24, Reply)

My mates Stepdad once jammed with Miles Davis.

( Agnostic Antichrist Baltimora, Thu 16 Jun 2011, 10:25, Reply)

Was that with the original lineup of Marseilles?

( Monty Boyce, My cheese game is strong, Thu 16 Jun 2011, 10:28, Reply)

Nope, he was a roadie, he met Miles Davis, Meat Loaf, and was at the filming of 'Live In Pompeii' with Pink Floyd.
Although Neil is gutted, he's been replaced on Art Attack
( Agnostic Antichrist Baltimora, Thu 16 Jun 2011, 10:29, Reply)

At least he has your 'brother' to talk to about his disappointment, eh?

( Monty Boyce, My cheese game is strong, Thu 16 Jun 2011, 10:32, Reply)

Well, he's sort of my sister now
He's refused to change out of the dress this time, and is insisting we all call him Andrea.
( Agnostic Antichrist Baltimora, Thu 16 Jun 2011, 10:35, Reply)

I think - I THINK - Elvis and Queen were reasonably successful before the deaths happened

(Darth Foxtrot A one-man army dedicated to making fetch happen, Thu 16 Jun 2011, 10:14, Reply)

They were but have made shitloads since the deaths. Esp Elvis.

(Set your faces to Stunned Bigly, Thu 16 Jun 2011, 10:16, Reply)

Oh, no question
However I would argue that Queen were so consistently successful throughout the 70s and 80s that they could have done without it. Unfortunately May and Taylor decided to majorly coin it in.
(Darth Foxtrot A one-man army dedicated to making fetch happen, Thu 16 Jun 2011, 10:21, Reply)

It's all about the coin.

(Set your faces to Stunned Bigly, Thu 16 Jun 2011, 10:23, Reply)