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2009 – Ron Asheton, guitarist for The Stooges was found dead Read more

2009 – Ron Asheton, guitarist for The Stooges was found dead

2009 – Ron Asheton, guitarist for The Stooges was found dead this morning. The cause of death is unknown but suspected to be a heart attack. For those of you who don’t know who The Stooges are, promptly punch yourself in the face, they were perhaps the most influential band that influenced not just punk […]

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1955 – Van Halen bassist Michael Anthony…FEATURED Read more

1955 – Van Halen bassist Michael Anthony…FEATURED

1955 – Van Halen bassist Michael Anthony is born in Chicago. Michael Anthony Sobolewski (born June 20, 1954) is an American musician. He is best known as the former bassist and a founding member of the hard rock band Van Halen. Anthony joined the band in 1974 and was their official recording and performing bassist […]

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1942 – Paul McCartney is born in Liverpool, Englan… Read more

1942 – Paul McCartney is born in Liverpool, Englan…

1942 – Paul McCartney is born in Liverpool, England. The Beatles have 20 No. 1 songs, more than any other recording act, and McCartney by himself or in duets has another nine. His biggest post-Beatles hits are “Ebony and Ivory,” a duet with Stevie Wonder that stays at No. 1 for seven weeks, and “Say […]

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2007 – Quiet Riot Singer Kevin DuBrow Died Of Cocaine Overdose: Report Read more

2007 – Quiet Riot Singer Kevin DuBrow Died Of Cocaine Overdose: Report

2007 – Quiet Riot Singer Kevin DuBrow Died Of Cocaine Overdose: Report Coroner said toxicology results, which were released Monday, show that musician died of accidental drug overdose. Two weeks after news of his death first made headlines, the autopsy results on late Quiet Riot frontman Kevin DuBrow — who was found in his Las […]

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2007 – record producer Dave Shayman (also known as Disco D) was found Read more

2007 – record producer Dave Shayman (also known as Disco D) was found

2007 – record producer Dave Shayman (also known as Disco D) was found dead at his home in New York City. 26-year-old Shayman was famous for his production work on hip hop records and was a rising star in the business. His death was being treated as a potential suicide after he was recently diagnosed […]

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2007 – Amy Winehouse started a two week run at No.1 on the UK album chart Read more

2007 – Amy Winehouse started a two week run at No.1 on the UK album chart

2007 – Amy Winehouse started a two week run at No.1 on the UK album chart with ‘Back To Black’ (which went on to become the biggest-selling album of 2007 with sales over 1.5m copies). Nas was at No.1 on the US album chart with ‘Hip Hop Is Dead.’

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2006 – Kurt Cobain tops Forbes’ list of the top-earning dead rock stars. Read more

2006 – Kurt Cobain tops Forbes’ list of the top-earning dead rock stars.

2006 – Kurt Cobain tops Forbes’ list of the top-earning dead rock stars. No. 2 is Courtney Love. Sorry, that should read “Elvis Presley.” The Nirvana singer’s corpse earned $50 million over the past year.

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2006 – Singer-guitarist Bryan Harvey of ’80s duo House of Freaks Read more

2006 – Singer-guitarist Bryan Harvey of ’80s duo House of Freaks

2006 – Singer-guitarist Bryan Harvey of ’80s duo House of Freaks is found dead with his family in his Richmond, Va., home. Bandmate Johnny Hott summoned police after arriving for a New Year’s party and discovering their house was on fire.

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2005 – U.K. hardcore band Million Dead announce they are splitting. Read more

2005 – U.K. hardcore band Million Dead announce they are splitting.

2005 – U.K. hardcore band Million Dead announce they are splitting.

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2004 – He’s been dead for nearly eight years, but you can’t keep a Read more

2004 – He’s been dead for nearly eight years, but you can’t keep a

2004 – He’s been dead for nearly eight years, but you can’t keep a rapping corpse down. Tupac tops the charts with Loyal to the Game, his Eminem-assisted album of posthumous freestyling. The second highest new entry is Ashanti’s Concrete Rose, which bows at No. 7.

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2004 – The Isley Brothers’ Ron Isley (a.ka. Mr. Biggs) is indicted by the IR Read more

2004 – The Isley Brothers’ Ron Isley (a.ka. Mr. Biggs) is indicted by the IR

2004 – The Isley Brothers’ Ron Isley (a.ka. Mr. Biggs) is indicted by the IRS for tax evasion. He’s alleged to have deposited royalty checks for his own use that were issued to his dead brother O’Kelly.

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2004 – Funk legend Rick James is found dead of a h… Read more

2004 – Funk legend Rick James is found dead of a h…

2004 – Funk legend Rick James is found dead of a heart attack at his Los Angeles home. He is 56. An autopsy shows that he had methamphetamine, cocaine, Vicodin, and Xanax in his system at the time of Death.

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