1 Cliff Burton
Clifford Lee "Cliff" Burton (February 10th 1962 - September 27th 1986) was an American musician, best known as the second bass guitarist for the American thrash metal band Metallica, recording three studio albums.
He died after the driver of the bands tour bus lost control on a patch of black ice and crashed at the town Dörarp in Sweden whilst promoting Metallica's third album "Master of Puppets"
Cliff fell out through a window during the chaos and when the bus rolled over the last time it crushed him. As much as I wanted to vote for Dimebag, I had to stay true to my band Metallica and my boy cliff. He was such a bass genius, and he went way too soon.
At 23 and did nothing to cause his own death. Innocent victim.
2 Dimebag Darrell
Darrell Lance Abbott, also known as Diamond Darrell and Dimebag Darrell, was an American guitarist and songwriter best known as a founding member of two bands, Pantera and Damageplan, alongside his brother, Vinnie Paul. Abbott died in 2004 after he was shot by a mentally unstable fan. This man died 8 days before I was born damn it, it stings to know of that, and I love his work, and continue to play guitar with him as my motivation. He is the GOAT when it comes to metal guitar, absolute god taken from us, and he feels like a friend I never had met, and never will
The way this man used a guitar still inspires guitarists today. Dimebag did for metal what Jimi Hendrix did for blues rock.
He Was The Saddest Death Because Everybody Loved Him And Many People Cried When He Died Including Rob Halford, Scott Ian, David Ellefson
And Many More I Still Cry To This Day About His Death
3 Chuck Schuldiner
Charles Michael "Chuck" Schuldiner (1967-2001) was an American singer, songwriter, and guitarist, best known as the founder and vocalist, guitarist and bassist of the American heavy metal band Death. He is considered the most influential figure in Death Metal, with some publications referring to Chuck as the "Godfather of Death Metal". Schuldiner died in December 13, 2001 of brain cancer, his death subsequently leading to the disbandment of Death, but has remained influential among many aspiring metal artists.
He was also known for his polite and life loving attitude and openly condemned stereotypes of metal musicians being harmful and evil. Where would Death Metal be without this guy? Sure the genre isn't my thing, but I gotta admit, this guy is awesome and deserves more attention from mainstream music industries. Still, though cancer is painful and he succumbed to it at just 34 :(.
Imagine Death Metal's progression and influence if he were alive...
One of the kindest and most talented musicians of all time. RIP Chuck