Martin Eric Ain from Celtic Frost has just passed away, aged just 50

There was no confusion that he had a heart attack and was unresponsive - just the time of death. BBC had reported it when I posted, then changed to 'confusion surrounds death of Tom Petty' after the police tweeted it prematurely and it was denied, then confirmed at 3am.

Reports coming in that Tom Petty has had life support removed following a heart attack. Saw him do a fantastic show at Hyde Park back in June.

Watched Blade Runner on the big screen last night - possibly due to its glacial pace, maybe I've not been in the mood to enjoy it before,but without distractions it finally sunk in!

Adrenaline Mob were involved in a road crash yesterday which killed their bassist David Z - he also played with Trans Siberian Orchestra and Jeff Scott Soto

The rest of the band, including Symphony Xs Russel Allen are 'seriously injured'

Looks like Greg Allman is on his way out, went into a hospice yesterday. Live At The Filmore is one of the greatest live albums ever made

Rick Wakeman deflating the pomposity at the RnR Hall of Fame inductions with a string of jokes straight out of Bernard Manning's joke book

Car in the garage - can't make the Grand Magus gig tonight

Chuck Berry, amazingly made it to 90

Eddie Vedder is charging over a 100 quid for tickets for his solo gig at Hammersmith Apollo. From the band that fought Ticketmaster for cheaper tickets to being more expensive than The Eagles

I can appreciate that many of them were very talented musicians, but if I hear Cleo Laine ever again I think I'll scream. :ugh: Oh sweet jesus no :lol: My Mum and Dad took me to see Cleo Laine and Johnny Dankworth when I was young - horrid stuff, all the rough edges taken out and safe enough to be ...

My next few gigs have a lot of non metal stuff in there: Drive by Truckers (Southern Rock) Moon Duo (space/psyche rock) Earthlings? (psyche rock with members of Goatsnake and QOTSA) Dave Hause (Punky Springsteen type) My Sleeping Karma/Colour Haze (Psyche rock) Tony Allen (Afrobeat) I don't mind som...

A lesser known, but quite sad - Neil Finnleton, at 7ft 7 was Britains tallest man, dead at 36. Played in the NBA before moving to acting and played the giant Mag The Mighty in Game of Thrones and The Fisher King in Dr Who

Bill Paxton - Aliens, Predator 2, True Lies, Apollo 13 and many others, dead at 61 due to complications following surgery

I'll just leave this here. http://www.metal-archives.com/bands/Thin_Lizzy/1499 A poor justification as their inclusion policy in non-sensical - accepts Deep Purple but not Uriah Heep, doesn't accept ACDC or Whitesnake??? Listen to Running Back, King Vengeance, Romeo and Lonely Girl, Little Girl in ...