I saw the first ever Motorhead gig at the Roundhouse in London, he was backed by two of the Pink Fairies. My ears were ringing for days afterwards. he used to hang out at Dingwalls which was a club in London, always gambling at the machines, really nice to all who spoke to him. RIP Lemmy
Stunned by the news this morning, thinking about the amount of amazing music that he created. I was lucky enough to see his exhibition which brought into focus what an brilliant talent he was.
I'm usually up a little bit before my wife, so whenever I've seen on the news that someone famous has died I say something when she comes down. This time I was so shocked I couldn't, I just asked her to come and look at the headline.
I don't know, dying just seems like a really straightforward thing you never expected Bowie to do.
I couldn't believe what I was hearing in the news this morning. So unreal, almost surrealistic. - Just 3 days ago he presented himself with so much power and creativity. It seemed as if he just started setting the scene of where music could / would go, just like he had done many times before.
I'm trying to think that, except for a cure, this was the best thing that could happen to him. - But it doesn't really work.
Now five or six hours on from hearing I am still totally stunned by the news, such an influential artists over many decades, only four years older than me.
Stunned is the right word. I've heard rumors over the past couple of years that he was ill, but with Bowie, you never knew what to believe. Certainly when the new album came out a couple of days ago there was no indication, but he let the music stand on its own, as it should. So I'm sad, of course, but what a legacy.
I haven't counted, but I suspect I own more of his music than any other single artist. RIP.
Wow, rest in peace, David Bowie. I don't know why but this is a really tough one - just a year younger than Lemmy recently, but I'm really taken aback by this, maybe because he has progressed through the years with a sense of never stopping, never standing still. I still listen to at least something by him several times a week which is saying a lot. You will always be remembered though.
Dale Griffin, the drummer with Mott the Hoople died today. Dale or as nickname Buffin as he was known as produced many BBC radio sessions especially for the John Peel shows
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Andy White, early Beatles drummer, dies aged 85 You may not know of him but most people will have heard him, a session drummer in the 1960s
John Lennon's Imagine in Paris after the attack
I wish I could say I was surprised he died young.
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- Just 3 days ago he presented himself with so much power and creativity. It seemed as if he just started setting the scene of where music could / would go, just like he had done many times before.
I'm trying to think that, except for a cure, this was the best thing that could happen to him.
- But it doesn't really work.
So yes, I'm also stunned and so very sad.
I haven't counted, but I suspect I own more of his music than any other single artist. RIP.
not sure if it's old news already, re the timing of the album being deliberate in relation to his death.
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• Dale Griffin (Mott the Hoople)
• Gary Loizzo (The American Breed)
• Pete Huttlinger (well-respected studio guitarist)
• John Berry (Idaho)
• David Bowie
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• Red Simpson
• Brett Smiley
• Kitty Kallen
• Troy Shondell
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• Pierre Boulez
• Nick Caldwell (The Whispers)
• Elizabeth Swados
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