Death eventually comes for all of us, but some deaths happen more dramatically, unexpectedly or more violently. In this thread, let's share stories about those past musicians whose deaths stand out from the overall blandness of history and celebrate their lives as well! Hopefully, people won't find this too morbid to be interesting.



R.I.P. Petri Ilari Walli (1969 - 1995)



Petri, the guy with the blonde hair in the middle up there, was lead singer, guitarist and frontman of the finnish prog/psych/space rock band Kingston Wall. He was very much creditable for the artistic direction the band took. He'd travelled in India and was deeply inspired by eastern culture which is immediately appearant if you ever listen to one of KW's 3 albums. He was also interested in norse mythology.

Unfortunately, for some unknown reason, he must have also struggled with depression. Not long after their third album, Petri broke up the band to be on a hiatus for unspecified time and went for another trip to India. Not long after he came back to Finland, in the summer of 1995, he jumped to his death from a church tower in Helsinki. The reason for his suicide still remains a mystery, though some believe it may have been caused by a broken heart. The song "For All Mankind" from their last record is by some regarded as his suicide note.

At least his music lives on

If this piqued your interest and you feel like checking them out, their two first albums I and II from 1992 and 1993 are both good. Especially the second!


Now, let's see some more stories with death in'em please!