Saluting Lost Music Legends
I recently did a post reflecting on recently passed on musicians and it was really well received so I have decided to do another one featuring three muso's who passed away in the last couple of years.
For me one of my hero's and a big loss to heavy metal was thelarger than life Lemmy..... he of Motorhead fame. Born Ian Fraiser Kilmister (24 December 1945 – 28 December 2015)he founded and fronted Motorhead in the year 1975.
Silver Machine - Hawkwind
*While researching Lemmy's career I was very surprised to learn that he was lead singer for Hawkwind... one of my all time favorite bands in the early 70's. *
The band formed in 1975 was originally named BASTARDS but their manager advised them that they had no chance of having a commercial hit with that name... so Lemmy promptly changed the name to Motorhead... the title of the last song he wrote for Hawkwind
King of Kings - Motorhead
An apt tune indeed
From Wikipedia ...
Dave Grohl, on his Probot website, describes musicians with whom he has worked. In his entry for Lemmy, he wrote:
We recorded his track in Los Angeles in maybe two takes about a year and a half ago. Until then I'd never met what I'd call a real rock 'n' roll hero before. Fk Elvis and Keith Richards, Lemmy's the king of rock 'n' roll – he told me he never considered Motörhead a metal band, he was quite adamant. Lemmy's a living, breathing, drinking and snorting fking legend. No one else comes close
Overkill - Motorhead
A really interesting man our man Lemmy. Take some time to read more about him here
Chris Cornell, was born Christopher John Boyle, 20 July 1964 in Washington. A musician,singer and songwriter he was best know for his role fronting for Soundgarden. Cornell is well recognised as a chief architect of the grunge movement in the early 90's.
The Day I Tried to Live - Soundgarden
Soundgarden performed as a unit from 1984 - 1997 at which time Cornell left to concentrate on solo projects.
In 2011 he received a Golden Globe award for the song The Keeper from the movie soundtrack of Machinegun Keeper .
The Keeper - Chris Cornell
Soundgarden reformed in 2010 and were still recording upto Cornell's death in 2107
From that excellent publication, Wikipedia
He was voted "Rock's Greatest Singer" by readers of Guitar World,[4] ranked 4th in the list of "Heavy Metal's All-Time Top 100 Vocalists" by Hit Parader,[5] 9th in the list of "Best Lead Singers of All Time" by Rolling Stone,[6] and 12th in MTV's "22 Greatest Voices in Music."
Fell on Bad Days - Soundgarden
Having struggled with depression throughout his life, Chris Cornell finally removed himself from this mortal plane in May 2017 by means of hanging. He was only 52 years of age. What a loss
Black Hole Sun (Live) - Soundgarden
R.I.P Lemmy and Chris ....and thank you for the music !!!
Thanks for reading and listening... and keep your eyes and ears open for the next tribute.
Namaste
This is very entertaining,The old music is very fun to hear.
Always a sad topic to go through... but let's keep them alive by listening their songs and reminding us of their works :) thank you for posting!
Another suicide by killary?
Speaking to TMD, a source close to Cornell has come forward claiming that he had uncovered evidence of a “cocaine and child trafficking ring“ in Mena, Arkansas, that was tied to Bill and Hillary Clinton.
According to the source, Mr. Cornell had uncovered the identities of high-level Elites that were part of the same “Satanic Illuminati Occult Operation” as the Clintons and planned on exposing their “goings-on” right before he died.
Interesting information. I have read plenty about these perverted illuminati ... some even claiming cloning of humans purely for the child to be abused