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If They Hadn't Died..... (Edited 07/21/08 09:43PM by Seth)

These artists all died before they were 30.

Artist	Age	Cause of Death
Duane Allman (Allman Bros.)	24	Motorcyle wreck
Jimi Hendrix	27	Drug overdose
Brian Jones (Rolling Stones)	24	Drowning
Janis Joplin	27	Drug overdose
Jim Morrison (Doors)	27	Heart failure
Gram Parsons (Byrds)	26	Drug overdose
Stu Sutcliffe (Beatles)	22	Cerebral hemorrhage
Ritchie Valens	17	Plane crash
Ronnie Van Zandt (Lynyrd Skynyrd)	29	Plane crash
Sid Vicious (Sex Pistols)	21	Drug overdose

We can't help but wonder how the face of rock music might have been different if they had lived, and continued to perform. Which artist would have had the greatest success?

| Closed on 07/22/08 at 05:00PM
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Rank	85 Fans	Avg (1st)
1.	Jimi Hendrix	8.7 (50)
2.	Jim Morrison	7.8 (13)
3.	Janis Joplin	6.4 (3)
4.	Ronnie Van Zandt	5.7 (2)
5.	Brian Jones	5.6 (7)
6.	Ritchie Valens	5.5 (4)
7.	Duane Allman	5.2
8.	Stu Sutcliffe	3.4 (5)
9.	Gram Parsons	3.4
10.	Sid Vicious	3.3

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#1 \| 239 days ago rrl100807 (+)	+13 i would replace Sid Vicious with Stevie Ray Vaughn, he was one of the greatest blues gituar players, right up there with B.B. King, and Buddy Guy, and so on, i think he would still be successful today. I know i would still listen to him. 1. Jimi Hendrix 2. Jim Morrison 3. Duane Allman 4. Janis Joplin 5. Sid Vicious 6. Stu Sutcliffe 7. Gram Parsons 8. Brian Jones 9. Ronnie Van Zandt 10. Ritchie Valens
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#1 \| 239 days ago rrl100807 (+)	+13 i would replace Sid Vicious with Stevie Ray Vaughn, he was one of the greatest blues gituar players, right up there with B.B. King, and Buddy Guy, and so on, i think he would still be successful today. I know i would still listen to him. 1. Jimi Hendrix 2. Jim Morrison 3. Duane Allman 4. Janis Joplin 5. Sid Vicious 6. Stu Sutcliffe 7. Gram Parsons 8. Brian Jones 9. Ronnie Van Zandt 10. Ritchie Valens
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#2 \| 239 days ago akyankee (+)	+1 Here's a silly question... How do we know that these people weren't done creatively? How do we know that they wouldn't pull an Aerosmith or STP on us, ya know, they wrote the best stuff they could and then pressed on with mediocre? I really don't think that the music industry would have changed too much if any if any of these individuals would have survived except they may not have been as recognized. An artists work is always more valuable after they die. Sorry Steph, not trying to steal your thunder. Great poll though
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#3 \| 239 days ago Anthonyg7575 (+)	+12 I think that Kurt Cobain should be on this list also. 1. Jimi Hendrix 2. Jim Morrison 3. Duane Allman 4. Ritchie Valens 5. Janis Joplin 6. Ronnie Van Zandt 7. Brian Jones 8. Gram Parsons 9. Sid Vicious 10. Stu Sutcliffe
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#4 \| 239 days ago rrl100807 (+)	(Edited by rrl100807) akyankee wrote: Here's a silly question... How do we know that these people weren't done creatively? How do we know that they wouldn't pull an Aerosmith or STP on us, ya know, they wrote the best stuff they could and then pressed on with mediocre? I really don't think that the music industry would have changed too much if any if any of these individuals would have survived except they may not have been as recognized. An artists work is always more valuable after they die. Sorry Steph, not trying to steal your thunder. Great poll though +1 well after STP broke up, Scott Wieland got into a much better almost all-star band, Velvet Revolver, Guns N' Roses--Slash, bassist Duff McKagan, drummer Matt Sorum and guitarist Dave Kushner, ex-Wasted Youth, Electric Love Hogs and Dave Navarro's band. but it seems that Scott Weiland can not focus on the work, or the fans, among other things, so he is no longer going to be the lead singer for the same reason STP broke up. Scott is not the best front man to begin with. my mom always told me that Jimmie Hendrix was not all that popular until he died, so i guess it would depend on the artist. 1. Jimi Hendrix 2. Jim Morrison 3. Duane Allman 4. Janis Joplin 5. Sid Vicious 6. Stu Sutcliffe 7. Gram Parsons 8. Brian Jones 9. Ronnie Van Zandt 10. Ritchie Valens
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#5 \| 239 days ago Aceraison (+)	+2 Brian Jones is the obviously would have had the most success. His band was still huge after he died! 1. Brian Jones 2. Jimi Hendrix 3. Jim Morrison 4. Stu Sutcliffe 5. Ronnie Van Zandt 6. Janis Joplin 7. Gram Parsons 8. Sid Vicious 9. Duane Allman 10. Ritchie Valens
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#6 \| 239 days ago majikmanseven (+)	Anthonyg7575 wrote: I think that Kurt Cobain should be on this list also. +4 I'm sorry... i never saw the cobain appeal. To me, Foo Fighters are far better band than Nirvana ever would have been. JMHO. So Cobain was a f'd up junkie who sounded like he was on the toilet when he sang... guess that appealed to some young people. 1. Janis Joplin 2. Jimi Hendrix 3. Jim Morrison 4. Ronnie Van Zandt 5. Ritchie Valens 6. Duane Allman 7. Sid Vicious 8. Gram Parsons 9. Brian Jones 10. Stu Sutcliffe
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#7 \| 239 days ago Indydave (+)	+2 and I'd replace either Brian Jones or Gram Parsons with John Bonham (Led Zeppelin)-- wonder what it would be like if Led Zeppelin never broke up.... 1. Jimi Hendrix 2. Jim Morrison 3. Ronnie Van Zandt 4. Janis Joplin 5. Ritchie Valens 6. Duane Allman 7. Stu Sutcliffe 8. Sid Vicious 9. Brian Jones 10. Gram Parsons
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#8 \| 239 days ago Lobotomy Jones (+)	+8 You have Richie Valens but not Buddy Holly? 1. Jimi Hendrix 2. Janis Joplin 3. Jim Morrison 4. Ronnie Van Zandt 5. Duane Allman 6. Brian Jones 7. Gram Parsons 8. Stu Sutcliffe 9. Ritchie Valens 10. Sid Vicious
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#9 \| 239 days ago akyankee (+)	(Edited by akyankee) rrl100807 wrote: well after STP broke up, Scott Wieland got into a much better almost all-star band, Velvet Revolver, Guns N' Roses--Slash, bassist Duff McKagan, drummer Matt Sorum and guitarist Dave Kushner, ex-Wasted Youth, Electric Love Hogs and Dave Navarro's band. but it seems that Scott Weiland can not focus on the work, or the fans, among other things, so he is no longer going to be the lead singer for the same reason STP broke up. Scott is not the best front man to begin with. my mom always told me that Jimmie Hendrix was not all that popular until he died, so i guess it would depend on the artist. +3 I think Scott's major problem is that he sobered up/got clean. Before he went to rehab STP was putting out some quality tunes. Afterwards and that last disc sucked. Personnally I am not a big fan of Velvet Revolver. For some reason their music just doesn't grab me. I'm not knocking the talent of any of the band members. I acknowledge that they are all accomplished musicians, I am just not overly fond of their sound. I treat them like Led Zeplin... I can listen to a couple of songs but I can't bring myself to burn the cash to buy an entire CD
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#10 \| 239 days ago majikmanseven (+)	akyankee wrote: I think Scott's major problem is that he sobered up/got clean. Before he went to rehab STP was putting out some quality tunes. Afterwards and that last disc sucked. Personnally I am not a big fan of Velvet Revolver. For some reason their music just doesn't grab me. I'm not knocking the talent of any of the band members. I acknowledge that they are all accomplished musicians, I am just not overly fond of their sound. I treat them like Led Zeplin... I can listen to a couple of songs but I can't bring myself to burn the cash to buy an entire CD +2 I'm with you on VR... I'm much more excited about a STP new disk than another VR 1. Janis Joplin 2. Jimi Hendrix 3. Jim Morrison 4. Ronnie Van Zandt 5. Ritchie Valens 6. Duane Allman 7. Sid Vicious 8. Gram Parsons 9. Brian Jones 10. Stu Sutcliffe
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#11 \| 239 days ago Anthonyg7575 (+)	majikmanseven wrote: I'm sorry... i never saw the cobain appeal. To me, Foo Fighters are far better band than Nirvana ever would have been. JMHO. So Cobain was a f'd up junkie who sounded like he was on the toilet when he sang... guess that appealed to some young people. +6 Um...most of these on the lists were f'd up junkies. On the flip side of yours, I think the Foo Fighters suck....but that's my opinion. 1. Jimi Hendrix 2. Jim Morrison 3. Duane Allman 4. Ritchie Valens 5. Janis Joplin 6. Ronnie Van Zandt 7. Brian Jones 8. Gram Parsons 9. Sid Vicious 10. Stu Sutcliffe
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#12 \| 239 days ago akyankee (+)	majikmanseven wrote: I'm sorry... i never saw the cobain appeal. To me, Foo Fighters are far better band than Nirvana ever would have been. JMHO. So Cobain was a f'd up junkie who sounded like he was on the toilet when he sang... guess that appealed to some young people. +1 I agree. I will give him props for furthering the advancement of rock but to cancel school because he got too high and decided it was a great idea to commit suicide? I don't think he had quite that much impact on everyone's life. Yeah, he had a few good songs, but seriously.
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#13 \| 239 days ago rrl100807 (+)	akyankee wrote: I think Scott's major problem is that he sobered up/got clean. Before he went to rehab STP was putting out some quality tunes. Afterwards and that last disc sucked. Personnally I am not a big fan of Velvet Revolver. For some reason their music just doesn't grab me. I'm not knocking the talent of any of the band members. I acknowledge that they are all accomplished musicians, I am just not overly fond of their sound. I treat them like Led Zeplin... I can listen to a couple of songs but I can't bring myself to burn the cash to buy an entire CD +3