ITT musicians who are famous mostly because they died young and/or due to the circumstances of their deaths
>>53229244Not a good example. Nirvana was huge and he became an icon long before he shot himself.
Ariel Pink is alive you dipshit.
Everyone except nujabes
>>53229265Sadly.
After he killed himself online he became a meme
Nick Drake
>>53229392NahHe's one of the only "tortured genius" people that actually lives up to the hype. One of the best folk musicians of all time undisputed
>>53229265that's ugly Ty Segall
Dimebag Darrell. Pantera fans really need to move on and not bring up his death everytime they're mentioned.
>>53229244I recall him saying he didn't have a gun. Did he lie to us?
>>53229799oh it was already mentioned.elliott smith then
>>53229263>Not a good example. Nirvana was huge and he became an icon long before he shot himself.no
>>53229455What about Jackson C Frank
>>53229455he became famous because of a car commercial. idiot.
>>53229293tumblr woman pls go
I still think nirvana was mediocre and their albums was pleb core. I mean whats so great about them musically?
>>53229831i agree. stone temple pilots were a lot better
>>53229831Grunge sucks tbhAll grunge
>>53229863Soundgarden is good. Alice in Chains too.
death grips
Never saw this pic of Richard D James before, nice
>>53229863Listen to most "Grunge" musicians and you will realize that they were just hard rock or punk rock bands that came from Seattle. Some songs to fit the Grunge sound people tried to describe though. Smells like team Spirit or Blackhole Sun are 2 i can get out from the top of my head.
>>53229831I like to see Nirvana as a stepping stone. They are the band that got me REALLY into music when I was a teenager. I still think they're great. Every Nirvana song is just so unique.
I love him, but it's true.His suicide is romanticized in the same tier as Cuban.
>>53230564
no one.big labels dont advertise underground and already dead artists
>>53229663Dime was huge wayyyy before he died. Cite an example of his death being the only reason he was famous
>>53229863>>53229837Stone Temple Pilots weren't bad, and Smashing Pumpkins is great.
>>53231733>what is classical musicVivaldi was underground for a while there. now look at the seasons
>>53231837You never get annoyed at Billy Corgan :-)'s voice? He wrote good songs, but I can't stand his voice.
>>53229814IT's true you know. He was famous long before,
These two gentleman
>>53231944nah
This cunt.
>>53231811Yeah they obviously were popular before he died but he wouldn't be that glorified if it weren't for him dying at an early age. >>53231944This is extremely true. Black metal in general wouldn't have become as popular as it did if it weren't for all the chaos surrounding Mayhem and Burzum. It got huge news coverage in Norway at the time.
had he not died he would be just another washed up relic of the 90's
>>53232163Dime was praised as one of the greatest guitarists and personalities of his generation well before his death
>>53232251This is accurate.People posting Kurt Cobain and 2Pac are morons.
>>53231944mad stabbing skillz
Randy Rhoads
>>53232251>washed upkek
>>53232368You mean 'mad getting stabbed skills'.
>>53232473yeah, i mistook dead for varg
>>53232482Yes well... Euronymous had an extremely stabbable face :D
Stevie Ray Vaughan, he was just 34
>>53232580too soon if you ask me. the guy was great
them, especially ritchie valens, 17 years old wonder how much pop music today would be spanish were he alive >>53232074kek
I like Closer and Atmosphere was one of my favorite songs when I was younger but it's true.
itt everyone just posts images of singers who diedgreat thread
>>53232642>especially ritchie valens*big bopperBuddy and Ritchie are great though. By the way, Ritchie didn't speak Spanish.
If it was not made on his deathbed, not only would Donuts be regarded as just a decent, uninteresting release, but Dilla would be just another producer with maybe a few dedicated fans at most.
>>53232769in every other thread people just post images of album coversgreat thread
>>53229473agree
>>53229244freddy mercury for sure
Sid Vicious
>>53232956Uh no, Freddy was an insane showman/vocalist worthy of the praise he got before and after his death.
>>53229814You weren't even alive when Kurt was, shut the hell up kid. He was an icon way before 1994, you do realize Nevermind knocked M.J. off the charts?
>>53229814God people on this board keep getting more fucking stupid
>>53231905Yeah, I can't stand it when he opens his mouth at fucking all, a damn idiot is what he is.
>>53232821
>>53232821Donuts suck tbh
>>53234747cobain was is and will forever be overrated.
Search your heart; you know it to be true
>>53235836nice comment
Darby Crash, Sid Vicious & maybe Donuts are really the only ones posted here that fit OP's criteria. Everyone else is just posting dead artistd they consider overrated.
>>53235836Jesus christ lmao>I was born in 1996 but I obviously know how vastly overrated someone who played music before I was even born was
>>53231944Dead had unremarkable vocals and Euronymous was a hack and was the bully of the inner circlejerk of black metal.I'm not glad they're dead but I'm glad they're gone.
>>53229293>>>/co/
>>53229473yee
>>53229831In Utero
>>53232667New Order>Joy Division
>>53232821J Dilla is actually good though
>>53239576Doesn't matter, it's a near fact that he only has this fan base due to his death.
>>53229473the west coast is just desperate for a famous hip hop artist besides Dr. Dre and friends.
>>53229244 although I love his music I guess you could say Nick Drake, nobody would know about him if he was just some depressed guy who lived into old age alone
>>53241784just realised this has been said twice, sorry
both Biggie and Tupac
For sure this one
>>53241885>janisyep, bland blues rock with a generic hippie aesthetic, her music aged like shit
>>53229244>>53229814You're ignorant.
>>53232580>>53232394but these guys had some serious talent
tim buckley
Richie Edwards.
>>53229244Kinda disrespectful since their music was good back then as well as now. It's unfair to use his death as an excuse.
>>53229473God, he has such a punchable face
>>53232831Great board, really.
>>53229814How fucking young are you? 18???
>>53232480They already decently popular before Brad died, they just got a lot more famous post death. And they certainly aren't famous for his death...
>>53232821>>53235692honestly Donuts requires a trained ear to fully appreciate. not trying to be mr. holier-than-thou patrician here but in order to really "get" Donuts you have to understand the context of the record, how it compares to the rest of Dilla's discography, and the (basically) revolutionary impact it had on the beatmaking scene. you can appreciate the record at a surface level for sure, and most people seem to do so, but there's a depth to the record that hasn't been replicated since.
>>53242383still alive
>>53246349>musicians
>>53229244yeah it definitely didn't have anything to do with making punk mainstream
>>53246429Too soon
>>53246426except punk became mainstream because a lot of people were tired of the droning sound of grungeInsipiring revolution by being a tyrant, if that's how you see it, I respect it anyway
>>53246424Bon Iver was a musician?
this guyhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zMIzTh0Lafg
>>53236412haha. lil bit. still. you have to admit that at least his flow was one of the best ever>>53230577you really are a moron.>>53232821donuts is insignificant compared to his other work
>>53246516kek
>>53241840>biggienah fuck that Ready to Die is a quintessential rap album
>>53229807hey elliott smith is actually good
>>53232251he was pretty popular before he died though.and his music is really good.
ITT: People naming musicians who were popular and praised before they killed themselves.Really? Kurt Cobain? Is this Fisher Price's "My First Edgy Comment"?
>>53229473Wrong. He had 2 albums peak at #1 on the Billboard 200 before he died.
>>53232821He's got other really good stuff though and was always praised, even while alive.
>>53229473naw pac was talented as fuck. cant deny it like him or not.
>>53239941Lol good one. His following barely grew due to his death. He was highly regarded thruoghout his entire life and even mentored many modern day greats like Flying Lotus
>>53232251How do you fucking drown? How does that even happen?
>>53241840Both wrong. They were considered the best to do while alive and each had multi platinum albums that were just as popular while they were alive.
>>53248433>>53248471That does nothing to contradict him belonging to the list.
only non hip hop fans could post pac and biggie in thread like this.. so ignorant.
>>53248484The concept of drowning is confusing to you?
>>53248496uh yeah it does. oh god why do i ever visit /mu/
>>53229782he also said it's less dangerous with the lights out, but i've found that it's pretty much the same
>>53248539OP didn't say "the absolute only reason that the musician is famous", he said "mostly". Your reading comprehension is terrible.
>>53248623and mostly is completely wrong. your knowledge of hip hop is terrible.go away. actually im going way, please don't make ignorant statements that you obviously have no business making, thanks!toodles /mu/
>>53248672You contradicted what I said and then left? Oh no! Now how will I ever insult you back and prove that I was right? You've certainly won this round my friend.
>>53229293Didn't no Grimes posts.
>>53248433Lil Kim has 3 is she relevent
>>53248672I don't think he's saying 2Pac and Biggie are only famous because they're dead. This thread does acknowledge many of the artists here were talented and made good music, but the reason why they're more famous than most artist alive is because they are dead. If they were alive, they would just as famous as the artist living. IMO, If Biggie was alive, Jay-Z would still be more famous
>>53229831>and their album was pleb coreyou're fucking stupid
No.53229244