Top 10 Saddest Musicians
These musicians lived lives that were not the best, and had deaths that were not the best either.
Kurt Cobain was born February 20, 1967, in Aberdeen, Washington. In 1987, he started the grunge band Nirvana, which became one of the most successful bands ever. He was a talented yet troubled grunge performer. Kurt Cobain became a rock legend in the 1990s with his band. He committed suicide at his Seattle home in 1994. A life full of criticism, drugs, getting his daughter taken away from him, stomach issues, and of course as it says in his last song "You Know You're Right", pain.
You could see the sadness in his eyes while he sang. Such a legend, rest in peace Kurt.
Yep. He was a very serious dude.
Tom Evans ALMOST lived the good life, until he was sued for the money he didn't have. So he was found hanging from his backyard tree.
So sad he's listed twice.
Karen Anne Carpenter was an American singer and drummer. She and her brother, Richard Carpenter, formed the 1970s duo Carpenters. A beautiful young women who believed her life was imperfect.
Lewis Brian Hopkin Jones was an English musician, the founder and the original leader of the Rolling Stones. Living a life full of ignorance, carelessness, crying, stress, drugs, pregnancy, asthma, and a possible murder/suicide/accident.
William Bruce Rose Jr., better known as 'Axl Rose', is an American singer born on February 6, 1962, in Lafayette, Indiana. He Is the founder and lead singer of the hard rock band Guns N' Roses. He is a celebrated but controversial figure in the world of rock. Though he IS still alive today, Axl is way too criticized. Sure he has anger issues and emotional problems, BUT IT WAS CAUSED BY ABUSE AS A CHILD! Not to mention, he was the one who tried to keep Guns N' Roses alive! And he did it well! But then people start telling him he's useless and so is Guns N' Roses. This man is disgustingly misunderstood.
John Winston Ono Lennon, MBE (9 October 1940 - 8 December 1980) was an English singer and songwriter who rose to worldwide fame as a co-founder of the Beatles, the most commercially successful band in the history of popular music. He was assassinated by Mark David Chapman on December 8, 1980 at age 40. Lennon was characterised by the rebellious nature and acerbic wit in his music, writing and drawings, on film, and in interviews. His songwriting partnership with Paul McCartney remains the most successful in history. What mistake did he make? Walking down a public street in NYC?
The man who was murdered for one mistake.
Ian Kevin Curtis (15 July 1956 – 18 May 1980) was an English musician and singer-songwriter. He is best known as the lead singer and lyricist of the post-punk band Joy Division.
Curtis, who suffered from epilepsy and depression, killed himself on 18 May 1980 (at the age of 23), on the eve of Joy Division's first North American tour, resulting in the band's dissolution and the subsequent formation of New Order.
Curtis was known for his bass-baritone voice, dance style, and songwriting filled with imagery of desolation, emptiness and alienation. A man who always wanted to hide in the shadows and wrote dark and depressing lyrics about his loneliness. Poor guy was found dead by hanging from his ceiling fan.
Ludwig van Beethoven was a German composer and pianist. A crucial figure in the transition between the Classical and Romantic eras in Western art music, he remains one of the most famous and influential of all composers. His best-known compositions include 9 symphonies, 5 piano concertos, 1 violin concerto, 32 piano sonatas, 16 string quartets, his great Mass the Missa solemnis, and one opera, Fidelio. ...read more. Writing music while deaf, lost the women he loved, and would even get criticized and booed at times.
Eminem, born Marshall Bruce Mathers III, is an American rapper, actor and music producer born on October 17, 1972 in St. Joseph, Missouri. Eminem has sold over 300 million records making him the bestselling hip-hop artist of all time. In addition to his solo career, he is a member of D12 and (with Royce da 5'9") half of the hip-hop duo Bad Meets Evil.
Rolling Stone ranked him 83rd on its list of 100 Greatest Artists of All Time, calling him the King of Hip Hop. Including his work with D12 and Bad Meets Evil, Eminem has had ten number-one albums on the Billboard 200 and 5 number-one singles on the Billboard Hot 100, and 13 worldwide. A man who was hated by his mother, had a uncle who died, a daughter he has trouble seeing, and was kicked around for trying to make a living of himself.
Michael Jackson (Michael Joseph Jackson; August 29, 1958 – June 25, 2009) was an American singer, dancer, and songwriter. He passed away from cardiac arrest caused by a propofol and benzodiazepine overdose on June 25, 2009. He donated (at least) a remarkable 500,000,000 dollars to charity. Michael is also known as The King of Pop (a title given to him by Elizabeth Taylor) or under the initials MJ. Dubbed the King of Pop, he is regarded as one of the most significant cultural figures of the 20th century. ...read more.What an erroneous statement, Ringo's not sad, he is and always has been an exceptionally happy dude. He was smart enough to know that his one and only job was to keep the proper beat and time with the Lennon/McCartney [and later Harrison] compositions, the greatest collection ever in the pop/rock genre. Any of the big name drummers like Moon, Baker, Bonham, or whoever would have tried to make it about themselves, and not the phenomenal music. As Ringo himself says about the requirements to join his All-Starr Band: "You need to have had a hit record. [sotto voice] I have had several"
The founder and musical genius behind Badfinger, and when things went south, his tortured artists soul could not handle it.
He wants to be dead and it really depressed. He committed suicide at 21. Way too young for anyone to go
Eric Patrick Clapton is an English rock and blues guitarist, singer and songwriter. He is the only three-time inductee to the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, once as a solo artist and separately as a member of the Yardbirds and Cream. He has also been a member of Derek and the Dominos. One of the best when it comes to getting his sadness down on paper in the form of music. Particularly "Layla" about unrequited love, and even more so "Tears in Heaven" expresses an anguish few of us can comprehend. He literally wrote it instead of committing suicide after the tragic death of his young son.
Jonathan Howsmon Davis, also known as JD and JDevil, is an American musician best known as the leading vocalist and frontman of the nu metal band Korn. Abused by his stepmom, made fun of in school, was even molested at age 12 and his father didn't even believe him. I'm not a huge fan of Korn but that is seriously depressing.
His parents divorced when he was just a child,faced domestic violence by his stepmother,bullied by jocks in school, sexually molested by his babysitter...even his wife died this year
I don't like Korn, but this guy's childhood was seriously messed up.
Steven Patrick Morrissey, known as Morrissey, was born on May 22, 1959. He is an English singer, songwriter, and author. He rose to prominence as the lead singer of The Smiths, an indie rock band that was active from 1982 to 1987.
Since then, Morrissey has pursued a solo career, making it into the top ten of the UK singles charts on ten occasions.
Tim Bergling (September 8, 1989 - April 20, 2018), better known by his stage name Avicii, was a Swedish electronic musician, DJ, remixer and record producer. He is best regarded for his work in Electronic Music during the 2010s in which his works have charted among the Top 40 Radio and for his influence towards 2010's contemporary Electronic musicians.
Berling was known to have had health problems in his personal life, which severely impeded his career as a music artist. He retired from touring in 2016 due to being overwhelmed by health complications and needing surgery and medication. Berling committed suicide in 2018 due to thoughts of depression. You can tell he was so sad by the fact that he committed suicide due to depression. R.I.P. to the king of EDM.
Moby is an American musician, who has produced inventive new styles to various subgenres of electronic music, inspired by 1950's gospel as much as by modern rock, and musicians from New Order to David Bowie. ...read more. It's hard not to feel his pain with his music, but it is that that makes him unlike any other. Just listen to his music, or watch his videos, and his emotions become more and more chilling and surreal.
Miley Ray Cyrus (born Destiny Hope Cyrus), known professionally as Miley Cyrus, is an American singer, songwriter, and actress. She was born on November 23, 1992, in Franklin, Tennessee, to Tish Cyrus and Billy Ray Cyrus. Her voice type is Mezzo-Soprano and spans 4 octaves... read more Its particularly sad that she is still popular despite being insane, which shows how low the threshold is these days for musical popularity.
It's sad how she went from human to totally monstrous.
Michael Trent Reznor, known professionally as Trent Reznor, is an American singer-songwriter, record producer, and film score composer. He is known for his intense music videos.
Robert James Smith is an English singer, songwriter and musician. He is the lead singer, guitarist, lyricist and principal songwriter of the rock band The Cure. He is the band's only constant member since its formation in 1976.
Brian Hugh Warner, better known by his stage name Marilyn Manson, is an American musician, songwriter, actor, painter, multimedia artist, author, and former music journalist. Not really a fan, but his music is depressing. Just listen to Holy Wood.
I don't need to explain this guy.
Steven John Wilson is an English musician, singer, songwriter and record producer, most closely associated with the progressive rock genre. He is best known for his band Porcupine Tree.His girlfriend (Tiffany Bresciani) was the final victim of New York's most notorious serial killer Joel Ripkin. She was hooking to support their drug habit. He was standing around with her when Ripkin picked her up. He watched her drive off with him. When she didn't return, he went to the cops to report her missing. The cops didn't care (cause she was a prostitute and he was a junkie) and told him to get lost. Three days later, Ripkin was pulled over by the cops and they found Tiffany's decomposing body in the trunk. His Mother was killed in a car accident the same week. He committed suicide very soon after.
John Anthony Frusciante is an American guitarist, singer, producer and composer.He is best known for his time with the Funk Rock California based band the Red Hot Chili Peppers. He was also part of the Mars Volta, Swahili Blonde, Ataxia and more.