I'm a Bit Pissed Off.....

Ok, pretty much first and foremost in my life, I'm a Metaller. Sitting here in an Iron Maiden T-shirt I cannot find any shame in that proclamation. So I have watched some of a somewhat distasteful 'Top 20 Rock Deaths', let's face it we all know who's gonna be number one, yeah? No surprises then. You have lots of 'Rock Stars' that have died before their time, and the fact is that it shouldn't really be turned into a Top 20, but they have so I'm going to comment on the top three.

3. Cliff Burton (Metallica), died when Metallica's Tour Bus crashed in Germany in 1986. A tragic death and a great loss.

2. 'Dimebag' Darrell Abbott (Damageplan) - Founder member of the amazing Pantera was shot dead on stage last December during a Damageplan gig by a 'fan'. Another great loss of one of the best Guitarists in Metal.

1. Kurt Cobain (Nirvana) I used to be a Nirvana fan, Kurt (and Nirvana as a whole) was a great influence to many people and could have gone on to so much more, but he figured that he didn't want that and blew his own brains out in Seattle leaving a wife and daughter to pick up the pieces.

Cobain obviously had issues with his mental stability, but to put a Suicide (at this point I'd like to tell everyone that doesn't believe this to WAKE UP) ahead of someone that was killed in an accident, and another person that was murdered is just not right. Cliff and Dimebag didn't have a choice about their premature passings - Cobain did, so even though his death was certainly a loss to the world (especially to his daughter who never had the chance to know him) to put it in the same league as the other two is frankly ludicrous.

A totally pointless rant, but one that I needed to have. I should probably expect to be flamed by Cobain's fanbase, but I don't have delusions of grandeur, no-one will ever read this (except maybe Krisse, my loyal subscriber!), but I don't mind if they do.

I'm off to bed now, Goodnight.