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07-18-08, 04:17 PM

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greatest dead artist/broken up band of all time

Layne Staley from the band Alice In Chain

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07-18-08, 04:18 PM

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Jimi Hendrix or Bob Marley

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07-18-08, 04:19 PM

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Layne Staley from the band Alice In Chain

you seriously think he's the "greatest" of all time over Presley, Lennon and Beethoven (or the many, many more that would come to mind before him)?

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07-18-08, 05:35 PM

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I prefer layne staley to all the others that you mentioned,they are far more influencial but i still choose him because i just think some of his songs are amazing.,although i do love some of the artists you mentioned their.

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07-18-08, 06:46 PM

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Phil Lynott

Randy Rhoads

Stevie Ray Vaughan

Eric Carr

Off the top of my head...

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07-18-08, 07:19 PM

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Alice In Chains huh?

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07-18-08, 07:29 PM

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Different bands/artists for different generas:

Led Zeppelin / Jason Bhonam

Pantera / Diamond Darrell

Death / Chuck Schuldiner

Johnny Cash

(More to come later, im sure)

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07-18-08, 08:25 PM

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Grateful Dead/Jerry Garcia

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07-19-08, 01:09 AM

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Different bands/artists for different generas:

Led Zeppelin / Jason Bhonam

(More to come later, im sure)

You Meant..

Led Zeppelin - John Bonham

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07-19-08, 06:22 AM

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My bad.. My mind was pretty scattered at the time. Though thats no excuse for me to Misspell his/thier last name.

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07-19-08, 07:46 AM

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Individual-Lennon
Band related-Bonham/Led Zeppelin

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07-19-08, 11:05 AM

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Originally Posted by GuessWho

you seriously think he's the "greatest" of all time over Presley, Lennon and Beethoven (or the many, many more that would come to mind before him)?

I don't care for any of those guys' music, so i'm going with Layne Staley as well.

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07-19-08, 01:28 PM

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The correct answer is Freddie Mercury.

Thanks for playing.

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07-19-08, 01:31 PM

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It's Rob Pilatus, isn't it?

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07-19-08, 03:10 PM

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Favorite ≠ Greatest

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07-20-08, 09:20 AM

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i think freddy mercury is a bit overrated

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07-21-08, 10:15 AM

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07-21-08, 10:25 AM

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2Pac.

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07-21-08, 10:28 AM

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Originally Posted by johnbook

You Meant..

Led Zeppelin - John Bonham

I was gonna give you shit for calling this guy out on a simple misspelling but than I noticed that you're from Ann Arbor so you get a pass.

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07-21-08, 10:40 AM

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Different bands/artists for different generas:

Pantera / Diamond Darrell

Most people probably remember him as Dimebag Darrell

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07-21-08, 11:05 AM

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07-21-08, 02:02 PM

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Most people probably remember him as Dimebag Darrell

Yea, who the hell calls him "Diamond" anymore?

As for me:

Metallica (w/ Cliff Burton)
Danzig (s/t - 4p era)
Death (R.I.P. Chuck Schuldiner)
Pantera
Faith No More (Patton era)

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07-21-08, 02:16 PM

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I was gonna give you shit for calling this guy out on a simple misspelling but than I noticed that you're from Ann Arbor so you get a pass.

More than a misspelling.. he put Jason Bonham instead of John Bonham. Unless it was intentional since Jason played with Led Zeppelin on their one-off gig in London. Maybe he thought he was awesome with them. I have no idea.