1 Finsbury Park tube station.
2 A tree near Barnes.
3 Overhill Road, Dulwich.
4 Severn View service station.*
5 A car accident in Lancashire.
6 While cycling in Ibiza.
7 Live onstage at Swansea University.
8 14 years after the car crash.
9 Dans le bain.
10 He tried to fix a lightbulb while standing up in the bath.
11 He was trying to get an air conditioner unit into his flat during a heatwave.
12 Fire/Smoke inhalation – perhaps because he was unable to buy his usual rolling tobacco at the airport.
13 He was shot to death by his own father – with his own gun. Some say his father was wearing a dress - of uncertain origin.
14 A heart attack that came on while he was flying his model airplanes.
15 He had just been taking his dog for a walk in Somerset.
16 He was getting ready for a party but went upstairs to have a nap as he was feeling unwell.
17 The right wing clipped the left side of the tour bus.
18 He was stabbed by “security”.
19 “Lady, you shot me!”
20 “And I don't want to live this life - If I can't live for you…”
21 “Is this all you want?”
22 "I'm lonesome. I'm lonesome all the time."
23 “Go ahead – take it all!”
24 “I no longer see eye-to-eye with the others over the discs we are cutting.”
25 “Here lies D…”
26 “… is now and forever one of The Grateful Dead.”
27 Last Night I Said Goodbye to My Friend.
28 A Ford Consul.
29 Mercedes Benz.
30 The guitar solo on My Baby Is A Headfuck.
31 Lou Gehrig’s Disease.
32 Anorexia nervosa.
33 His breakfast started with four quadruple vodkas.
34 She fell down the stairs.
35 Lake Monona.
36 A pair of red Converse trainers.
37 His guitar, a ring, a bud of cannabis and a football.
38 He was playing Russian roulette – third time unlucky.
39 He literally drowned in his own vomit.
40 He shot himself on Buddy Holly’s birthday.
41 After the premiere of The Buddy Holly Story.
42 He needed to do some laundry.
43 Jesse.
44 The Face Of Jesus.
45 The Idiot.
46 Dare! – Human League.
47 While he was singing Lonely Teardrops.
48 The driver couldn’t find a “colored” hospital in time.
49 Street Survivors.
50 The Show Must Go On.

* He's dead. Get over it.

40. Joe Meek

33. Jon Bonham

4. Richey from the Manic Street Preachers

All three correct!


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But I'd also now like to know the name of the landlady that Joe Meek killed just before he shot himself in the face, just to lighten the mood...

32 Karen Carpenter

I just ate a big bowl of rice and three chocolate cookies mmmmmmm

The landlady was named Violet Shenton.

1. Graham Bond
2. Marc Bolan
5. That geezer out the Teardrop Explodes
7. Les McCulloch
9. Jim Morrison
13. Marvin Gaye
19. Sam Cooke
26. Jerry Garcia
22. Hank Williams
34. Sandy Denny
38. Johnny Ace
39. Jimi Hendrix
40. Kurt Cobain

39 Jimmy Hendrix

50 Freddie Mercury


Oi! GFR! I said Hendrix before you edited! :angry:

45. Ian Curtis

Mea culpa! I've missed so many of these quizzes I was over-eager. <_<

Apology accepted! :lol:

{Be embarrassing if we're both wrong though! }

I think we're OK!

6 is Nico
12 is Stevie Marriot

Will Chomsky please get out of bed so we can have some FECKING ANSWERS!! :rant:

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20. Nancy Spungen.

24. Brian Jones.

28. Eddie Cochran
29. Janis Joplin
37. Bob Marley

47 must be Jackie Wilson but he actually lasted a couple of years in a coma afterwards.

17: Randy Rhoads (sp.?) guitarist in Blizzard Of Oz.

15: Joe Strummer

26: Pigpen?

Edit: Yes, Pigpen - those words are on his tombstone.

Yup. Help yourself to another bowl.

Bonus point! "The long-suffering" Violet Shenton, owner of the "leather goods" store...

48 is supposed to be Bessie Smith, I think - but the story of her death seems to be a factoid.

42--john lennon.

36 Kurt Cobain

Appropriate name for some of these, Grease For Roads...

1. Graham Bond Yes.
2. Marc Bolan Yes
5. That geezer out the Teardrop Explodes - No, apologies, the question should read motor CAR, not bike. Now edited.
7. Les McCulloch. No.
9. Jim Morrison. Oui. (Ou peu-etre pas, si tu es fou).
13. Marvin Gaye. Yes.
19. Sam Cooke. Yes, his final words.
26. Jerry Garcia. Nope.
22. Hank Williams. No.
34. Sandy Denny. Yes.
38. Johnny Ace. Yes. Last words "I'll show you this won't shoot."
39. Jimi Hendrix. Correct.
40. Kurt Cobain. No.

Excellent run!




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You get 50, RM.
Might have to split the other point...

Correct. The album he was playing...

What about these, Elvis? :huh:

Keep up, lad! :lol:


DOH! :banghead: Sorry, Elvis!! :ohdear:

5 Johnny Kidd

Both correct.
Apparently roll-ups usually go out before they have a chance to start a fire...

18. Meredith Hunter, stabbed by Hells Angel at Altamont

I was up at 7 and couldn't frigging get on here. Apologies.

20. Nancy Spungen.
Hmm, tempted to give you this one, but I was thinking of... any guesses?
Clue: Not some fucked up talentless junkie who hangs around with musicians, like Nancy, but, he was... oh, no, that can't be right...

24. Brian Jones.
Correct. His then recently released statement on why he had left The Stones. How diplomatic of him.

Go on - give me one! :)




Actually, on reflection, DON'T!! :lol:

It's Stone The Crows' guitarist. Les somebody. :(

Sid Vicious, and don't give me one either. :P

28 Correct. The make of the taxi he was in when he took his first step to heaven.
29 Yes. Her last recording.
37. Correct. What they put in his coffin. No rizlas, note.
47 Correct. The song he was singing live on stage when he had the heart attack that resulted in him going into a coma even though blah blah blah

8: John Lennon? (14 years after the car crash that "killed" McCartney.)

Both correct.

Randy Rhodes was showing off in a plane and died in a ball of fire, Joe had just had a nice walk with his dog, and was having a sit down by the fire.
I know which way I'd prefer to go to.

Ahem !

Johnny Kidd was killed in a car crash in Bury, Lancashire in 1966. :whistle:

Excellent.

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Correct. And yes, it is a disputed death. But I think the "myth" is she was actually turned away by hospitals, will check when I've done the other answers...