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They would most likely become creatively complacent and each album would get more and more boring, sort of like U2.

What if Brian Wilson wasn't mentally ill?

Jade_City

What if the beef between 2pac and Biggie never existed? Would the whole hip-hop scene be as famous for it's craziness today? And would either die still because of something else. It's a shame we lost two very good musicians.

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hate paper doll

Either one of them would still die I think, they'd overdose or piss someone off eventually. I'm not sure how people would view the hip hop scene if they'd lived to be honest. It's possible someone else would have filled those shoes I guess.

Sansa Stark

What if Slaughter and the Dogs accepted Morrissey as their lead singer?

hate paper doll

There would be a ton of songs about Shelagh Delaney? Either that or people would start hating them every time Moz got sick and cancelled shows.

mythsofmetal

What if Euronymous, of the band Mayhem murdered Varg Vikernes, of the band Burzum, instead of the opposite which actually happened?

The Batlord

We'd have a lot more ****ty Mayhem albums and no Filosofem.

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mythsofmetal

Filosofem not releasing would be a sad loss for sure, but at least we wouldn't have to suffer through Daudi Baldrs . Also, even since Euronymous died there've still been quite a few new Mayhem releases despite losing one of their biggest contributors, and De Mysteriis Dom Sathanas is good as long as you can tolerate the vocals, Deathcrush is good as well despite what I'd consider quite over the top poor lyrics.

Though, I ultimately wish neither died, I think I'm more content with the way things actually panned out because if Euronymous lived, I couldn't imagine what he could've possibly gotten himself into later. Also, what Varg could've gotten into if he wasn't arrested for Euronymous' death, since they were planning on blowing up some church with 150 kg of explosives, or at least were rumored to. An act like that would have been horrible, and would've probably harmed the Black Metal scene quite a lot more in the eyes of the media and others. Making it much more taboo to be any sort of fan of the music. As well as making my discovery and appreciation for my favourite sub-genre of Metal to listen to that much more unlikely to happen.

The Ascension

What if Roger Waters wasn't an ego maniac

What if Syd Barrett didn't go insane

The Batlord

Yes, but they sound nothing like their earlier material. If Euronymous was still alive he'd probably still be the focal point of the band and they wouldn't have released anything nearly as interesting. Whether you like Grand Declaration of War or not it's still more interesting then De Mysteriis.

And I love Deathcrush. Norwegian black metal can be very hit or miss with me, and that whole Mayhem/Darkthrone sound just isn't my favorite thing in the world. But eighties black metal is fantastic. Bathory is possibly my favorite band of all time, and Deathcrush is totally an eighties black metal album. Besides, how can you not like a song called "Chainsaw Guts****"?

The church burnings were already well underway when all that **** hit the fan. Not to mention that Faust from Emperor killed that guy before Varg killed Euronymous. And that's pretty much how black metal became known. They had some albums, but it wasn't until Varg's trial for arson (not for murder, that was later) that black metal really became known to the world at large. So I imagine a large part of BM's original appeal was the craziness.

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