http://blogcritics.org/ A sinister cabal of superior bloggers on music, books, film, popular culture, politics, and technology - updated continuously. en Copyright 2005 by the authors Thu, 7 Oct 2004 18:22:03 EDT http://backend.userland.com/rss Blogcritics.org custom software http://blogcritics.org/archives/2004/10/06/003504.php#comment-89302 Well a lot of singers snuff it too... There are only two members of the New York Dolls left. 89302@blogcritics.org Thu, 7 Oct 2004 18:22:03 EDT http://blogcritics.org/archives/2004/10/06/003504.php#comment-89119 And Bo 89119@blogcritics.org Wed, 6 Oct 2004 15:56:02 EDT http://blogcritics.org/archives/2004/10/06/003504.php#comment-89112 There's lots of old rockers now that the genre's been around long enough to have some. Chuck Berry, Sleepy LaBeef, Jerry Lee, Little Richard, both Everly Brothers, and a bunch of other important roots guys are old and alive. See them do their thing while you can!!! Willie and BB and Buddy, too! While you still can! 89112@blogcritics.org Wed, 6 Oct 2004 15:10:17 EDT http://blogcritics.org/archives/2004/10/06/003504.php#comment-89109 Correction : what I meant to say was, did rock and roll have anything to do with the New York Dolls bassist getting leukemia -- 89109@blogcritics.org Wed, 6 Oct 2004 14:54:58 EDT http://blogcritics.org/archives/2004/10/06/003504.php#comment-89108 Eric, Maybe, maybe not; Buddy Holly, Otis, the Bar-Kays -- hell that could have been anyone. Did leukemia have anything to do with the death of the last New York Doll? David Ruffin smoked too much. So did Mary Wells. So did my uncle -- so do I, come to think of it. When I think of death by rock and roll, I think of death by fame, death by excess: a drug overdose (or immediate complications thereoff -- drowning in your pool or your puke) or cirrhosis of the liver or a gunshot wound or suicide or getting offed by a fan. 89108@blogcritics.org Wed, 6 Oct 2004 14:52:50 EDT http://blogcritics.org/archives/2004/10/06/003504.php#comment-89100 but even those who die of "natural causes" in their 40s, 50s and 60s lived lifestyles that very likely contributed to early deaths 89100@blogcritics.org Wed, 6 Oct 2004 14:21:25 EDT http://blogcritics.org/archives/2004/10/06/003504.php#comment-89098 Good point, Clubhouse -- a lot of those rockers died of the same things that get us all. The "rock lifestyle" didn't exactly claim their lives; the Grim Reaper did. 89098@blogcritics.org Wed, 6 Oct 2004 14:18:50 EDT http://blogcritics.org/archives/2004/10/06/003504.php#comment-89092 Every single member of Louis Armstrong's Hot Fives is dead. Ditto King Olver's original band. What mysterious death curse haunts jazz? 89092@blogcritics.org Wed, 6 Oct 2004 13:35:04 EDT http://blogcritics.org/archives/2004/10/06/003504.php#comment-89088 the Pretenders lost two also 89088@blogcritics.org Wed, 6 Oct 2004 13:19:26 EDT http://blogcritics.org/archives/2004/10/06/003504.php#comment-89076 FLIPPER has lost 3 due to heroin... 89076@blogcritics.org Wed, 6 Oct 2004 12:44:40 EDT http://blogcritics.org/archives/2004/10/06/003504.php#comment-89050 C, don't forget Keith Richards as one who has outlived expectations by about 30 years. And in the '70s, who would have thought Bowie would make it this far in relatively good health? And I thought the Spinal Tappers spontaneously compusted, but maybe they did it in the garden 89050@blogcritics.org Wed, 6 Oct 2004 10:49:21 EDT http://blogcritics.org/archives/2004/10/06/003504.php#comment-89003 alright, fair game... being a rock band is deadly. However, we now have the information that just listening to Country will kill you. So, there are your choices America. 89003@blogcritics.org Wed, 6 Oct 2004 02:54:01 EDT