Zer0

I would go with Jeff Buckley. He had only released one official studio album before he died and judging by the demos on Sketches For My Sweetheart The Drunk he could and made a least another great album if not more. He was taken well before his time in a tragic accident and I can't help think that if he was still with us today he'd have a very impressive discography to his name. The world lost a rare talent.

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Necromancer

Marc Bolan is another tragic loss when he was just trying to regenerate his career at the time of his death in a car accident.

Cuthbert

I know Big L was a good rapper I'm just saying signing to Jay-Z's label wouldn't have allowed him to make classic albums.

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It's a hypothetical though, there's no way of knowing what he'd have done. Jay Electronica's signed to Jay-Z's label but hasn't had that rub off on him, granted he appears to be M.I.A.
I think L was a big enough name at the time he was signed that Jay wouldn't have been able to alter his style as an artist too much and I don't see L going down the same route as Jay. It's hard to imagine Big L marrying Kelly Rowland putting out a fashion line and being mates with the President.

Goofle

I don't miss any because there's far too much music around for me to be concerned about "what could have been" or whatever. Of course there's some artists that I have a deeper personal connection with, but my "missing" them wouldn't relate to what they could have gone on to achieve.

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I'm not sure if I really "miss" anyone... there's artists I wish they had had time to do more before their deaths but at the same time it's a bit flawed to think they would inevitable have remained great. There are so many living artists who were just as great at one point but then became boring or downright terrible.

When I miss some artists it's more out of wishing they had made more of what they did especially when their careers were short, or wondering what direction their career would have followed in.

That's not to say I don't feel sad over their deaths because of course I do, the deaths of people too young to die are always sad especially when their work has meant something to you personally and you now know you won't get to hear more from them or see them live.


Indeed. His career is one I would really have liked to see unfold over a longer period of time. His early stuff was good and since he was working on his comeback I'd like to see what could have happened. I imagine he'd branch out a bit more like Bowie did and it would have been great to see that. It's sad that he died just when he was about to clean up his act.

Necromancer

The ironic thing about Bolan's death was he didn't even have a drivers license and never learned how to drive a car from what I understand, it was his girlfriend driving the car when the accident occurred.

CrazyVegn

Yesterday I discovered this guy who was murdered and it was never solved o.O...
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Psychedub Dude

D. Boon of The Minutemen, one of my all time favorite guitarist and songwriters. Such a unique style and clean way of soloing.

Bradley Nowell, he definitely could have pumped out another few albums, at least.

And Adam Yauch, shame we'll never get another true Beastie Boys album

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Janszoon

He really wasn't a big name at the time though. His reputation has grown with the benefit of hindsight but back then he wasn't a big deal at all. That's not to knock him—I think his first album is great—but he wasn't any sot of massive star in his lifetime.

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