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Musicians who committed suicide
Hat:
: ((((((( RIP Anton
Scarychips:
--- Quote from: TheMooseOfDeath on 20 Aug 2009, 19:07 ---I actually went through all the names on that wiki page (from the first reply) to get a good idea of whose music to look up, though it was tough getting a good idea of the quality of their body of work, considering I was just skimming through them. Two of the most interesting ones (to me) were Dede Fortin, who committed kara-kiri :-o and Yukiko Okada, who was a J-pop idol in the 80s and killed herself at age 18. Crazy stuff, man.
Phil Ochs is such an amazing musician. I don't agree with his politics, but everyone on the political spectrum could definitely appreciate his passion and sharp writing. He doesn't get nearly enough recognition.
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Yes yes, André "Dédé" Fortin was part of the most influential party/ska band in Quebec.They tackled political and social issues by using metaphors that all Québécois could understand (see their song called "Passe Moé La Puck" where they use hockey as a way to explain that people living on the streets just needed someone to get them back on their feet). They were also pretty involved in the video clip medium as you could probably see in the earlier mentionned "Passe Moé La Puck" and most notably "Julie" . While their earlier albums were bright-sounding. Their last one before Dédé killed himself was pretty dark. It wasn't downright "suicidal", it tackled more personnal issues like drugs ("Tassez-vous de d'là") and depression ("Le répondeur"). It also didn't help that the 1995 referendum was lost by Québécois independantists.
Be My Head:
--- Quote from: KharBevNor on 20 Aug 2009, 17:52 ---http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:Jazz_musicians_who_committed_suicide
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:Conductors_who_committed_suicide
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:Classical_musicians_who_committed_suicide
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Notice how there is considerably less Jazz and Classical musicians/conductors who have offed themselves in contrast with popular music artists.
I know correlation /=/ causation...but, just sayin'.
TheMooseOfDeath:
Thanks for the background, Scarychips! Certainly sounds like music I'd check out (I have "Julie" playing on YouTube as I type this), though now I really wish I could understand French :-(
But yeah...hara-kiri...........HARDCORE
BeoPuppy:
--- Quote from: Tehz on 20 Aug 2009, 17:53 ---and also Dead (Per Yngve Ohlin) from Mayhem
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Yeah, but let's face it ... Nomen Est Omen.
Scarier is that the people who found him took pictures and saved bits and pieces of his skull to turn into pendants.
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