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Which famous musician's legacy was helped most by an early death?

Intuitively I feel like Cobain is the right answer here, but...
medicated liquid oxygen
  04/23/18
Cobain for sure I don't know enough about Jim Morrison, b...
Rose Pocket Flask
  04/23/18
i think it's either Joplin or Morrison. both were already i...
zippy institution background story
  04/23/18
Jim Croce is still alive as a guitar teacher in Fairborn, Oh...
greedy orchestra pit
  04/23/18
Elvis
Carmine Fiercely-loyal Crackhouse Wrinkle
  04/23/18
Jimi easily. Had he stayed alive, he would've gone the Mile...
Mahogany round eye
  04/23/18
Hendrix is a possibility, but his play was so unique and sou...
medicated liquid oxygen
  04/23/18
No way. It's not like Miles Davis's popular music is conside...
Sooty gaped lay
  04/23/18
it's obscure to most non-musicians, particularly his albums ...
Mahogany round eye
  04/23/18
I don't know about that.
Rose Pocket Flask
  04/23/18
not having a Jimi/Santana Grammys "mashup" in 2003...
zippy institution background story
  04/23/18
like prince
Carnelian Erotic Old Irish Cottage Dog Poop
  04/23/18
hank williams has to be up there. he was popular during his...
bull headed deranged rehab
  04/23/18
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Kink-friendly soul-stirring ticket booth
  04/23/18
Wrong. Johnny Cash wasn't pop-country and remained relevant...
burgundy razzle-dazzle parlor jap
  04/23/18
lol, don't be silly. songs like "walk the line" a...
bull headed deranged rehab
  04/23/18
Johnny Cash's career was at a point of very high irrelevancy...
aromatic slate gaping stage
  04/23/18
Joplin or cobain
rough-skinned stubborn pit therapy
  04/23/18
Cr
Topaz Azn
  04/23/18
how was joplin's career helped by her death? she sucked bef...
Mahogany round eye
  04/23/18
lol no, she's idolized by ugly fat boomers who love ugly fat...
zippy institution background story
  04/23/18
btw, the musicians i listed are just some suggestions. certa...
medicated liquid oxygen
  04/23/18
I always forget buddy holly even existed
rough-skinned stubborn pit therapy
  04/23/18
the Big Bopper was supposed to be on that plane. You're prob...
indigo dragon
  04/23/18
holly was wildly-popular when he was alive and had a massive...
bull headed deranged rehab
  04/23/18
Buddy Holly was cr and on his way to being huge
Coral self-centered church death wish
  04/23/18
Buddy Holly is an interesting choice - he released a stunnin...
diverse menage twinkling uncleanness
  04/24/18
Morrison.
flickering locus feces
  04/23/18
Joplin wouldn't be anywhere close to as famous if not for he...
Provocative cumskin roast beef
  04/23/18
...
rough-skinned stubborn pit therapy
  04/23/18
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haunting trailer park newt
  04/23/18
Sublime is another example of an early death drastically inc...
rough-skinned stubborn pit therapy
  04/23/18
that's probably true
medicated liquid oxygen
  04/23/18
I heard an obscure sublime song last weekend that I had neve...
Rose Pocket Flask
  04/23/18
Sublime are HUGE among the appropriate age group.
burgundy razzle-dazzle parlor jap
  04/23/18
Morrison. He was on his way to becoming a has-been fat boome...
cream geriatric sound barrier
  04/23/18
Jim Morrison, easily. He was already in a steep decline. ...
unholy university
  04/23/18
Buddy Holly had a lot of future potential. Richie Valens an...
burgundy razzle-dazzle parlor jap
  04/23/18
janis joplin
excitant deep macaca sneaky criminal
  04/23/18
Sid Vicious, because he was a shitty "musician" an...
Doobsian vengeful property
  04/23/18
I don't think he has a musical legacy though.
burgundy razzle-dazzle parlor jap
  04/23/18
well, OP said "musician's legacy", not musical leg...
Doobsian vengeful property
  04/23/18
this is pretty cr. look what became of johnny rotten post se...
excitant deep macaca sneaky criminal
  04/23/18
Actually Public Image Ltd was a great band who made some rea...
Doobsian vengeful property
  04/23/18
Cr
aromatic slate gaping stage
  04/23/18
Rotten had Public Image Ltd which was far superior to the Se...
indigo dragon
  04/23/18
Public Image Ltd is pretty cr, faggit.
burgundy razzle-dazzle parlor jap
  04/23/18
listen guys i never heard this public image or whatever band...
excitant deep macaca sneaky criminal
  04/23/18
I'd say that he didn't have nearly as much fame with PiL as ...
aromatic slate gaping stage
  04/23/18
...
Crystalline french chef
  04/24/18
Cobain easily, give nirvana two more albums and he's not the...
Magenta Internet-worthy Area Kitty
  04/23/18
Cobain had future potential. He was actually talking about ...
burgundy razzle-dazzle parlor jap
  04/23/18
...
Doobsian vengeful property
  04/23/18
Sure, sure. It would have sucked
Magenta Internet-worthy Area Kitty
  04/23/18
lol
excitant deep macaca sneaky criminal
  04/23/18
What about Bob Marley? He's revered as almost a religious, ...
Doobsian vengeful property
  04/23/18
Naw. He died at 36 from natural causes. I think his popula...
burgundy razzle-dazzle parlor jap
  04/23/18
speaking of him, that's kind of what happened to robert john...
bull headed deranged rehab
  04/23/18
Nah, reefer Bob was legit
rebellious shrine
  04/23/18
Scott Weiland
Carnelian Erotic Old Irish Cottage Dog Poop
  04/23/18
The Scott Weiland story is what would have happened to Kurt ...
aromatic slate gaping stage
  04/23/18
cr. scott weiland would be held in far higher esteem had he...
zippy institution background story
  04/24/18
The guy who sang la bamba
Light coffee pot
  04/24/18
Richie Valens, already mentioned.
burgundy razzle-dazzle parlor jap
  04/24/18
Isaac Brock
Crystalline french chef
  04/24/18
morrison is prolly most cr but Elliott Smith is pretty clos...
bronze striped hyena ratface
  04/24/18
My moniker is partly an homage to E. Smith but I don't reall...
aromatic slate gaping stage
  04/24/18


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Date: April 23rd, 2018 4:08 PM
Author: medicated liquid oxygen

Intuitively I feel like Cobain is the right answer here, but what about people like Buddy Holly, Jim Morrison, Janis Joplin, Notorious B.I.G., etc?

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3957604&forum_id=2#35902653)



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Date: April 23rd, 2018 4:11 PM
Author: Rose Pocket Flask

Cobain for sure

I don't know enough about Jim Morrison, but the Doors had like 9 studio albums plus multiple live albums. If he lived, he would just be another boomer musician who gets fat and dies at like 70

Notorious B.I.G. was helped, but if he were still alive I think he would still be somewhat relevant today, in the way that Jay Z and Snoop Dogg are today (not a ton of big hits anymore, but still around)

I don't know shit about Janis Joplin

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3957604&forum_id=2#35902687)



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Date: April 23rd, 2018 4:12 PM
Author: zippy institution background story

i think it's either Joplin or Morrison. both were already in steady decline at time of death and got revived with publicity from death.

jim croce is probably another option. he was planning to quit music and become a screenwriter when his plane crashed

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3957604&forum_id=2#35902699)



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Date: April 23rd, 2018 4:27 PM
Author: greedy orchestra pit

Jim Croce is still alive as a guitar teacher in Fairborn, Ohio

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3957604&forum_id=2#35902839)



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Date: April 23rd, 2018 4:13 PM
Author: Carmine Fiercely-loyal Crackhouse Wrinkle

Elvis

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3957604&forum_id=2#35902706)



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Date: April 23rd, 2018 4:14 PM
Author: Mahogany round eye

Jimi easily. Had he stayed alive, he would've gone the Miles free jazz route into obscurity rather than remain a perennial rock god.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3957604&forum_id=2#35902720)



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Date: April 23rd, 2018 4:14 PM
Author: medicated liquid oxygen

Hendrix is a possibility, but his play was so unique and soulful that he would have continued to be revered as a guitar icon

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3957604&forum_id=2#35902727)



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Date: April 23rd, 2018 4:14 PM
Author: Sooty gaped lay

No way. It's not like Miles Davis's popular music is considered obscure now.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3957604&forum_id=2#35902729)



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Date: April 23rd, 2018 4:16 PM
Author: Mahogany round eye

it's obscure to most non-musicians, particularly his albums after bitches brew.



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3957604&forum_id=2#35902749)



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Date: April 23rd, 2018 4:18 PM
Author: Rose Pocket Flask

I don't know about that.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3957604&forum_id=2#35902762)



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Date: April 23rd, 2018 9:45 PM
Author: zippy institution background story

not having a Jimi/Santana Grammys "mashup" in 2003 was probably the saving grace of our (((culture)))

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3957604&forum_id=2#35904974)



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Date: April 23rd, 2018 10:18 PM
Author: Carnelian Erotic Old Irish Cottage Dog Poop

like prince

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3957604&forum_id=2#35905199)



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Date: April 23rd, 2018 4:15 PM
Author: bull headed deranged rehab

hank williams has to be up there. he was popular during his lifetime, but his style of "country-western" was actually getting overtaken by pop country near the end of his run. his death turned him into a cultural icon.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3957604&forum_id=2#35902737)



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Date: April 23rd, 2018 4:17 PM
Author: Kink-friendly soul-stirring ticket booth



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3957604&forum_id=2#35902760)



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Date: April 23rd, 2018 9:45 PM
Author: burgundy razzle-dazzle parlor jap

Wrong. Johnny Cash wasn't pop-country and remained relevant right up to his death.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3957604&forum_id=2#35904977)



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Date: April 23rd, 2018 9:52 PM
Author: bull headed deranged rehab

lol, don't be silly. songs like "walk the line" and "ring of fire" (his biggest early hits) were much more pop-country than anything hank williams did aside from maybe "hey good lookin'". HW was doing weird, jittery songs like "kaw-liga" or singing plaintively about how he wasn't going to make it out of the world alive.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3957604&forum_id=2#35905020)



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Date: April 23rd, 2018 10:06 PM
Author: aromatic slate gaping stage

Johnny Cash's career was at a point of very high irrelevancy before he linked up with Rick Rubin to do the American albums

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3957604&forum_id=2#35905094)



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Date: April 23rd, 2018 4:16 PM
Author: rough-skinned stubborn pit therapy

Joplin or cobain

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3957604&forum_id=2#35902741)



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Date: April 23rd, 2018 4:16 PM
Author: Topaz Azn

Cr

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3957604&forum_id=2#35902747)



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Date: April 23rd, 2018 4:17 PM
Author: Mahogany round eye

how was joplin's career helped by her death? she sucked before she died and didn't really get any more popular or revered posthumously

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3957604&forum_id=2#35902758)



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Date: April 23rd, 2018 9:45 PM
Author: zippy institution background story

lol no, she's idolized by ugly fat boomers who love ugly fat singers

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3957604&forum_id=2#35904978)



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Date: April 23rd, 2018 4:21 PM
Author: medicated liquid oxygen

btw, the musicians i listed are just some suggestions. certainly not meant to be exhaustive.

Buddy Holly certainly gets a lot of cache from dying in that plane crash. who knows if he'd have ever made it really big

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3957604&forum_id=2#35902789)



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Date: April 23rd, 2018 4:23 PM
Author: rough-skinned stubborn pit therapy

I always forget buddy holly even existed

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3957604&forum_id=2#35902807)



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Date: April 23rd, 2018 9:52 PM
Author: indigo dragon

the Big Bopper was supposed to be on that plane. You're probably thinking "who the fuck is the Big Bopper". Exactly.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3957604&forum_id=2#35905021)



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Date: April 23rd, 2018 9:54 PM
Author: bull headed deranged rehab

holly was wildly-popular when he was alive and had a massive #1 hit in 1957 with "That'll Be the Day." richie valens is probably a better example of someone who became a lot more popular as a result of that crash, and then again after that 80's biopic came out.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3957604&forum_id=2#35905035)



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Date: April 23rd, 2018 10:06 PM
Author: Coral self-centered church death wish

Buddy Holly was cr and on his way to being huge

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3957604&forum_id=2#35905096)



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Date: April 24th, 2018 6:11 AM
Author: diverse menage twinkling uncleanness

Buddy Holly is an interesting choice - he released a stunning number of classic songs in an extraordinarily short period of time - like 18 months. There's no way he could've kept up anything like that pace.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3957604&forum_id=2#35906923)



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Date: April 23rd, 2018 4:18 PM
Author: flickering locus feces

Morrison.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3957604&forum_id=2#35902763)



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Date: April 23rd, 2018 4:20 PM
Author: Provocative cumskin roast beef

Joplin wouldn't be anywhere close to as famous if not for her death. Her most well-known album, with pretty much the only songs people know from her, was released posthumously

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3957604&forum_id=2#35902783)



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Date: April 23rd, 2018 4:23 PM
Author: rough-skinned stubborn pit therapy



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3957604&forum_id=2#35902803)



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Date: April 23rd, 2018 10:04 PM
Author: haunting trailer park newt



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3957604&forum_id=2#35905080)



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Date: April 23rd, 2018 4:24 PM
Author: rough-skinned stubborn pit therapy

Sublime is another example of an early death drastically increasing their popularity. Not on the same level as some others, but certainly worth mentioning

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3957604&forum_id=2#35902816)



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Date: April 23rd, 2018 4:26 PM
Author: medicated liquid oxygen

that's probably true

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3957604&forum_id=2#35902828)



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Date: April 23rd, 2018 4:28 PM
Author: Rose Pocket Flask

I heard an obscure sublime song last weekend that I had never heard before (not one of the usual ones you hear on the radio). it was awesome.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3957604&forum_id=2#35902844)



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Date: April 23rd, 2018 9:46 PM
Author: burgundy razzle-dazzle parlor jap

Sublime are HUGE among the appropriate age group.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3957604&forum_id=2#35904987)



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Date: April 23rd, 2018 4:31 PM
Author: cream geriatric sound barrier

Morrison. He was on his way to becoming a has-been fat boomer when he died.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3957604&forum_id=2#35902875)



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Date: April 23rd, 2018 9:42 PM
Author: unholy university

Jim Morrison, easily. He was already in a steep decline.

Could maybe argue Ian Curtis.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3957604&forum_id=2#35904948)



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Date: April 23rd, 2018 9:44 PM
Author: burgundy razzle-dazzle parlor jap

Buddy Holly had a lot of future potential. Richie Valens and the Big Bopper OTOH are only remembered for dying.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3957604&forum_id=2#35904958)



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Date: April 23rd, 2018 9:46 PM
Author: excitant deep macaca sneaky criminal

janis joplin

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3957604&forum_id=2#35904983)



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Date: April 23rd, 2018 9:47 PM
Author: Doobsian vengeful property

Sid Vicious, because he was a shitty "musician" and an utter retard who wouldn't have been able to go onto anything else and basically did nothing else but die. Instead he became an icon, on t-shirts, had movies made about him

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3957604&forum_id=2#35904991)



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Date: April 23rd, 2018 9:56 PM
Author: burgundy razzle-dazzle parlor jap

I don't think he has a musical legacy though.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3957604&forum_id=2#35905041)



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Date: April 23rd, 2018 9:57 PM
Author: Doobsian vengeful property

well, OP said "musician's legacy", not musical legacy in particular

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3957604&forum_id=2#35905049)



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Date: April 23rd, 2018 10:01 PM
Author: excitant deep macaca sneaky criminal

this is pretty cr. look what became of johnny rotten post sex pistols. just a bloated rat faced brit with nothing interesting to say.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3957604&forum_id=2#35905070)



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Date: April 23rd, 2018 10:02 PM
Author: Doobsian vengeful property

Actually Public Image Ltd was a great band who made some really good albums in the 80s. And Rotten was a clever guy. But Sid Vicious was a literal retard.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3957604&forum_id=2#35905073)



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Date: April 23rd, 2018 10:03 PM
Author: aromatic slate gaping stage

Cr

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3957604&forum_id=2#35905078)



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Date: April 23rd, 2018 10:02 PM
Author: indigo dragon

Rotten had Public Image Ltd which was far superior to the Sex Pistols

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3957604&forum_id=2#35905074)



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Date: April 23rd, 2018 10:02 PM
Author: burgundy razzle-dazzle parlor jap

Public Image Ltd is pretty cr, faggit.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3957604&forum_id=2#35905075)



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Date: April 23rd, 2018 10:07 PM
Author: excitant deep macaca sneaky criminal

listen guys i never heard this public image or whatever band so i stand by my post.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3957604&forum_id=2#35905098)



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Date: April 23rd, 2018 10:27 PM
Author: aromatic slate gaping stage

I'd say that he didn't have nearly as much fame with PiL as he did with the Sex Pistols

But they still put out some good music

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3957604&forum_id=2#35905286)



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Date: April 24th, 2018 12:14 AM
Author: Crystalline french chef



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3957604&forum_id=2#35906078)



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Date: April 23rd, 2018 10:04 PM
Author: Magenta Internet-worthy Area Kitty

Cobain easily, give nirvana two more albums and he's not the "voice of a generation" they're just another grunge band

Morrison was basically done already when he died and Hendrix would have done at least a couple more cool things

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3957604&forum_id=2#35905081)



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Date: April 23rd, 2018 10:05 PM
Author: burgundy razzle-dazzle parlor jap

Cobain had future potential. He was actually talking about moving on from grunge before he offed himself.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3957604&forum_id=2#35905088)



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Date: April 23rd, 2018 10:06 PM
Author: Doobsian vengeful property



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3957604&forum_id=2#35905091)



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Date: April 23rd, 2018 10:09 PM
Author: Magenta Internet-worthy Area Kitty

Sure, sure. It would have sucked

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3957604&forum_id=2#35905111)



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Date: April 23rd, 2018 10:19 PM
Author: excitant deep macaca sneaky criminal

lol

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3957604&forum_id=2#35905206)



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Date: April 23rd, 2018 10:07 PM
Author: Doobsian vengeful property

What about Bob Marley? He's revered as almost a religious, mystical figure thanks to his early death. Would he have turned into a boring old GC faggot later in life?

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3957604&forum_id=2#35905102)



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Date: April 23rd, 2018 10:14 PM
Author: burgundy razzle-dazzle parlor jap

Naw. He died at 36 from natural causes. I think his popularity is based on a solid catalog of hits.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3957604&forum_id=2#35905151)



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Date: April 23rd, 2018 10:21 PM
Author: bull headed deranged rehab

speaking of him, that's kind of what happened to robert johnson. going from a regional celebrity to some kind of "blues saint," in large part because he died young.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3957604&forum_id=2#35905224)



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Date: April 23rd, 2018 11:34 PM
Author: rebellious shrine

Nah, reefer Bob was legit

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3957604&forum_id=2#35905840)



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Date: April 23rd, 2018 10:19 PM
Author: Carnelian Erotic Old Irish Cottage Dog Poop

Scott Weiland

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3957604&forum_id=2#35905202)



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Date: April 23rd, 2018 10:29 PM
Author: aromatic slate gaping stage

The Scott Weiland story is what would have happened to Kurt Cobain had he lived that long

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3957604&forum_id=2#35905295)



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Date: April 24th, 2018 12:13 AM
Author: zippy institution background story

cr. scott weiland would be held in far higher esteem had he not turned into an insufferable junkie twink

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3957604&forum_id=2#35906073)



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Date: April 24th, 2018 12:08 AM
Author: Light coffee pot

The guy who sang la bamba

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3957604&forum_id=2#35906044)



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Date: April 24th, 2018 12:10 AM
Author: burgundy razzle-dazzle parlor jap

Richie Valens, already mentioned.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3957604&forum_id=2#35906053)



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Date: April 24th, 2018 12:15 AM
Author: Crystalline french chef

Isaac Brock

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3957604&forum_id=2#35906079)



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Date: April 24th, 2018 3:03 AM
Author: bronze striped hyena ratface

morrison is prolly most cr

but Elliott Smith is pretty close

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3957604&forum_id=2#35906676)



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Date: April 24th, 2018 3:20 AM
Author: aromatic slate gaping stage

My moniker is partly an homage to E. Smith but I don't really agree with him being a candidate for this thread. He hit a certain level of popularity in the early 2000s and just kinda maintained it. Didn't really increase it much posthumously IMO

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3957604&forum_id=2#35906736)