JudasThe AmputatorPosts: 2043
Most of my Metal nominees have been stated already, but here we go:
Per Ingve "Dead" Ohlin and Oystein "Euronymous" Aarseth (both of Mayhem); Ace Thomas "Quorthon" Forsberg (Bathory); Terje "Valfar" Bakken (Windir); Hideto Matsumoto (X Japan); Teemu "Somnium" Raimoranta (Finntroll); Ingo Schwichtenberg (Helloween); Chuck Schuldiner (Death); Randy Rhoads (Ozzy Osbourne); Cliff Burton (Metallica, though I've never been a huge fan).
Outside of Metal, I really do mourn the following:
Farrokh Bulsara, known to the world as Freddy Mercury, was a big loss. I'm a fan of Queen and it's a shame that he couldn't be with us for longer. Incidentally, my father's best friend is Freddy's mother's doctor in India. Other noteworthy musicians to pass away early include Jim Morrison, Jimi Hendrix, and the late Luciano Pavarotti. There are a few from Indian music whose passing made the subcontinental music scene poorer, such as S.D. Burman, a composer, and his son R.D. Burman, also a composer; Mohammad Rafi, a great playback singer, and also Ustad Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan, the great Pakistani singer of the Qawwali style.
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"Once the game is over, the king and the pawn both go back into the same box."