Famous people you saw in concert who are now dead

[TravisBicklesMohawk]

Jeff Hanneman

[SterileEyes1]

Dimebag
James “The Rev” Sullivan
Paul Gray
Chi Cheng
Jeff Hanneman
Wayne Static
Scott Weiland
Malcolm Young
Chris Cornell
Chester Bennington
Tom Petty
Vinnie Paul
Neil Peart
Eddie Van Halen
Joey Jordison
Dusty Hill
Charlie Watts
Taylor Hawkins

[Playboyliquor59]

Who saw Johnny thunders?

[Sleek]

Hm. Too many.

Imma go: Famous people I was on tours with or worked shows with who died:

Munetaka Higuchi
Jeff LaBar
Steve Riley
Steve Clark
Malcolm Young
Robbin Crosby
Guy Bailey
Kevin DuBrow
Andrew Wood
Nikki Sixx (since recovered)

Feel like I am forgetting some...

[LAglamrocker]

Singer of Soundgarden
Drummer of Foo Fighters

Weird Al..he is alive:.need to see him again

[cowpins]

Marty Robbins - In a mountain restaurant parking lot
Roger Miller - Very drunk and telling filthy jokes at a corporate gig
Randy Rhoads
Jeff Beck
John Bohnam - three times
Zappa
Keith Moon, John Entwistle
Charlie Watts - twice
Alvin Lee - twice
Waylon - Several times
Paul Raymond
Neil Peart
David Crosby - Several times
Chuck Berry
Ronnie Lane - several times
Ian McLagan
Steve Marriott
Odetta - Several times
BB King
Don Williams
James Brown
Glen Campbell
Roy Clark
Dennis Wilson, Carl Wilson
Tom Petty
Roy Orbison
Ike & Tina Turner
The Abbott brothers
Chick Corea
Jan Berry
Stevie Ray Vaughan
Christine McVie
James Cotton
David Bowie
Original Skynyrd members
Gregg Allman
John Denver
Natalie Cole
Dio
Jimmy Buffett
John Prine
Joey Ramone - And other Ramones
Glenn Frey
Tommy Bolin
Ray Manzarek - Twice
Benjamin Orr
Brad Delp
Billy Preston
Andy Williams
Cozy Powell

....and many more.

Thats a very impressive list.

Now if we could only get him to share some stories about seeing these peeps. And adding Layne Staley ,Eddie Money, & Steve Clark

[soulonfire]

Patrick Briggs
Joey and Johnny Ramone
Chris Cornell
Mark Langean
Dio
Jeff Hanneman
Guru of Gangstarr
Pete Steele
Jani Lane

[Bono Nettencourt]

Marty Robbins - In a mountain restaurant parking lot
Roger Miller - Very drunk and telling filthy jokes at a corporate gig
Andy Williams

Cool, where did you see Andy Williams?

[HueyRamone]

Hank Von Helvete

[Ol' Dirty Bastard]

Bradley Nowell ( Sublime )
Guru ( Gang Starr )
Jason Thirsk ( Pennywise )
Chi Pig ( SNFU )
Dimebag & Vinnie ( Pantera )
Joey, Johnny, and Dee Dee ( Ramones )
Toots Hibbert ( The Maytals )
Tommy McCook, and Roland Alphonso ( Skatalites ) Fuck, probably all of them are dead now.
Terry Hall ( The Specials )
Dave Karisch ( SHJ )
Bushwick Bill ( Geto Boys )
Mac Dre
Biz Markie
Trugoy the Dove ( De La Soul )
Pimp C ( UGK )
Nick Traina ( Link 80/Knowledge )
Lemmy
Pig Champion ( Poison Idea )
Lee Scratch Perry
Elliot Smith ( I saw him with Heatmiser a few times )
Bunny Wailer
EVH ( God it sucks typing out that Eddie died )
Jeff Hanneman
Dick Dale

Your list has the coolest shit on it for sure.

Many have already been listed, here are some from the extreme side of things, so "famous"? Still, saw them in concert...


Piggy (Voivod)
Martin Ain (Celtic Frost)
Richard Brunelle (Morbid Angel)
Jesse Pintado (Napalm Death)
Martin Kearns (Bolt Thrower)
Chris Witchhunter (Sodom)
Roger Patterson (Atheist)
L.G. Petrov (Entombed)
Richard Bateman (Nasty Savage)
Frank Watkins (Obituary)
Phil Vane (Extreme Noise Terror)
Bret Hoffmann (Malevolent Creation)
Dave Castillo (Deceased)

Your list has the best metal in it by far.

[Bob Sacamano]

Neil Peart
Charlie Watts
Eddie Van Halen
Ronnie James Dio
Dusty Hill
Tom Petty
Pete Way
Prince
Merle Haggard
Jerry Lee Lewis
Frank Banali
Kevin Dubrow
Biz Markie
Jeff Hanneman
Vinnie Paul
Dimebag Darrell
Chuck Schuldiner
Nick Menza
Eric Wagner
Jon Lord
Layne Staley
Scott Weiland
Chris Cornell
Steve Riley
Gary Rossington
Randy Castillo
Jani Lane
Malcolm Young
Jeff Labar
BB King (saw his last ever show)
Lemmy
David Bowie
Geoff Nichols
Johnny Solinger
Jan Kuehnemund
Eddie Money
Ric Ocasek
Taylor Hawkins
Piggy
Daisy Berkowitz


probably many many more.

[Traxan]

Forgot one: Chuck Schuldner.

[Son_of_Sam_I_Am]

Steve Harwell
Eddie Money
Joey Ramone
David Bowie
Prince
Chris Cornell
Layne Staley
Kevin Dubrow
Ronnie James Dio
Scott Weiland
Waylon Jennings

Johnny Ramone
Jeff Hanneman
Steve Clark
Malcom Young
Eddie Van Halen
Jeff Labar
Jan Kuehnemund

Alec John Such (Finally, a bass player!)

Neil Peart
Randy Castillo
Eric Carr
Charlie Watts
Frankie Banali

[Love_Industry]

Nobody on here saw Cliff Burton or Phil Lynott? Classic Motörhead with Philthy and Fast Eddie? Savatage?

Adding Marcel Jacob - saw him live and later went to university with him (Psychology at Stockholm uni, early 2000s)

[risingfarce]

Eric Carr

Neil Peart

Ronnie James Dio

Chrisine McVie

Steve Clark

Brad Delp

Jeff LaBar

Lemmy Kilmister

Tim Kelly

Dave Holland

Pat Torpey

Randy Castillo

Jimmy Bain

Bob Kulick

Eddie Van Halen

Dimebag Darrell

Vinnie Paul

Alec John Such

Tom Petty

Pete Way

Jani Lane

Robbin Crosby

Scott Smith

Joey Ramone

Johnny Ramone

???Dee Dee Ramone (I can't remember if he was in the band at the time that I saw Ramones.)

???Nick Menza (I don't know if he was in Megadeth the two times that I saw them.)

???Johnny Cash (I think my parents brought me to one of his concerts when I was very young.)

[Ham Stroker's Ejacula]

Nobody on here saw Cliff Burton

Can't believe I forgot Cliff. I saw him three times - '84, '85, and '86.

[GoodJudge]

About 10 of those mentioned above plus (at least i dont think they're already listed):
Arthur "Killer" Kane
Kim Shattuck
Jack Terricloth, singer and leading light of the greatest band you've never heard of, World Inferno Friendship Society
Ozzy (well, he's been brain-dead for years)

[Einstein Lawless]

Johnny Paycheck
Charlie Daniels
Mary from Peter, Paul & Mary
Eddie Money
Layne Staley
Nick Menza
Dave Ellefson's career
Dimebag
Vinnie
Scott Weiland
Neil Peart
Lemmy
Dusty Hill
Bobby Vee
Andy Fletcher (Depeche Mode)
Rev from A7X
Peter Steele

[Asshole_Rose]

Marty Robbins - In a mountain restaurant parking lot
Roger Miller - Very drunk and telling filthy jokes at a corporate gig
Randy Rhoads
Jeff Beck
John Bohnam - three times
Zappa
Keith Moon, John Entwistle
Charlie Watts - twice
Alvin Lee - twice
Waylon - Several times
Paul Raymond
Neil Peart
David Crosby - Several times
Chuck Berry
Ronnie Lane - several times
Ian McLagan
Steve Marriott
Odetta - Several times
BB King
Don Williams
James Brown
Glen Campbell
Roy Clark
Dennis Wilson, Carl Wilson
Tom Petty
Roy Orbison
Ike & Tina Turner
The Abbott brothers
Chick Corea
Jan Berry
Stevie Ray Vaughan
Christine McVie
James Cotton
David Bowie
Original Skynyrd members
Gregg Allman
John Denver
Natalie Cole
Dio
Jimmy Buffett
John Prine
Joey Ramone - And other Ramones
Glenn Frey
Tommy Bolin
Ray Manzarek - Twice
Benjamin Orr
Brad Delp
Billy Preston
Andy Williams
Cozy Powell

....and many more.

Best list.

[SikkiNixx]

Layne Staley
Gord Downey from Tragically Hip
Eddie Van Halen
Dimebag
Vinnie Paul
Neil Peart
Mike Starr
Jani Lane
Randy Castillo
Adam Yacht MCA Beastie Boys
Scott Weiland
Alexie from Children of Bodom
Frankie Banali
Jeff Labar

14 that I can think of for now

[mrsnikkisixx]

Glenn Frey

Chester Bennington

Jani Lane

David Williams

Scott Weiland

Alec John Such

Jeff Hanneman

I’m sure there are others in opening bands or whatever that are not coming to me right now.

[Gibsonite]

SRV
Tom Petty
Lemmy, Phil & Wurzel
Gord Downie
Myles Goodwin
Neil Peart

[djwill665]

Rick James in Hollywood the day before he passed. Surreal.

[Demon Kogure]

- David Lee Roth guitar player

If you're talking about Becker, he's still alive

[diablomozart]

far too many to try and list...one that i didn't see mentioned? rick wright with pink floyd...d.m.

[aznsquirt]

Alex Von Such

Huh, I didnt realize Alec was so much older than the other guys in BJ.

Anyway, a lot of overlap with everyone else and I'm sure I'm missing several, but:

The Abbott Bros
Eddie
Dio
Keith Emerson and Greg Lake
Jon Lord
Chris Squire
McCoy Tyner
Hiram Bullock (and im sure a bunch of other Jazz guys I dont remember).
Lemmy

[Bono Nettencourt]

Rick James in Hollywood the day before he passed. Surreal.

That's wild. Closest I got is SRV 1mo before the copter crash.

[Lobo]

Malcolm Young (AC/DC)
Jeff Beck
Reed Mullin (COC)
Richard Wright (Pink Floyd)
Ronnie James Dio
Nik Turner (Hawkwind)
Geordie Walker (Killing Joke)
Bill Rieflin (Ministry, RevCo, LARD, KMFDM, Pigface, Swans, NIN, King Crimson)
Nick Menza (Megadeth)
Lemmy (Motorhead)
Chris Cornell (Soundgarden)
Prince
Charlie Watts (Rolling Stones)
Jeff LaBar (Cinderella)
Alec Jon Such (Bon Jovi)
Steve Clark (Def Leppard)
Pete Way (UFO, Waysted)
Christine McVie (Fleetwood Mac)
Abbott brothers (Pantera)
Gary Rossington (Lynyrd Skynyrd)
Neil Peart (Rush)
Andy Fletcher (Depeche Mode)
Criss Oliva (Savatage)
Roky Erickson
Jason Rainey (Sacred Reich)
Randy Castillo (Ozzy)
Jeff Hanneman (Slayer)
Tom Petty
Gord Downie (Tragically Hip)
Myles Goodwyn (April Wine)
Eddie Van Halen (Van Halen)
Denis "Piggy" D'Amour (Voivod)
Jon Entwistle (The Who)
Chris Squire (Yes)
Dusty Hill (ZZ Top)

I'm sure there are more That haven't come to mind yet.

[Tommy2Tone84]

Pfff, this is likely by no means complete, but:
- David Lee Roth guitar player
- Bon Jovi guy
- Ozzy drummer
- Megadeth drummer
- Slayer guy
- Malcolm Young
- KISS drummer

That's all I can think of right now.

Jason Becker or Bart? You must mean Bart.

[Hellsinkey]

Alexie from Children of Bodom

I saw Alexi with some other band than C.O.B.