List of Musicians who passed away in 2016

BloodEagle

Tom Searle (Architects)

Flink_Poyd

Jay Kay from Jamiroqai

Jimbro66

Phil McGough. No, not a famous name but one of the army of semi-pro musicians who keep music live. A band mate of mine in the early days. A good singer/guitarist with a great sense of humour. Nice bloke. Sad to lose him.

Rocker

List updated.

Philly_Q

Your updated list makes it feel like George Michael and Jay Kay are actually dead.

Jimbro66

Yep, George (and Jay Kay?) was one on the many 'dead celebrity' hoaxes this year. From opera singers to hollywood actors to pop stars and beyond. Strange what amuses some people.

RobDavies

EricTheWeary said:

I was going to add John Bradbury but he died the same day as Lemmy and that was 28/12/15. 
Perhaps it's premature to do lists of the year until the year has actually finished.

Moss said:

Technically, Lemmy was last year

Yup.  I played Ace Of Spades and Gangsters as a tribute when I DJ'd on NYE.  People actually danced!!!

RobDavies

Jimbro66 said:

Yep, George (and Jay Kay?) was one on the many 'dead celebrity' hoaxes this year. From opera singers to hollywood actors to pop stars and beyond. Strange what amuses some people.

Agreed.  Some people need to up their fucking game a bit, to be frank.  

Jimbro66

@rocker it would be good if you removed George Michael and Jay Kay from your list please mate. Both were sick hoax deaths. Ta.

breakstuff

Just heard Colonel Abrahms on the radio.Seem to remember hr died earlier on in the year.

Also Viola Beach in that terrible accident.

EricTheWeary

Victoria Wood

lasermonkey

Joe Skyward, bass player with The Posies, died in March this year. An incredible player and a huge inspiration for me.

lasermonkey

Alan Vega (Suicide).

Bellycaster

RocknRollDave said:

Keith Emmerson was this year, I believe? Not a great year for Carl Palmer

It is, he's still alive

HAL9000

Leon Russell
Viola Beach

Philly_Q

A couple of drummers who played on some of my favourite albums:

Nick Menza
Leonard Haze

dogload

Has anyone mentioned Paul Kantner of Jefferson Airplane yet?
He went a week or so after Bowie so may have passed under the radar a bit. As well as The Airplane he did a brilliant 'solo' album 'Blows Against The Empire', which although full of hippy flag-waving has some fantastic music on it.

HAL9000

Rick Parfitt now.

paulk

HAL9000 said:

Rick Parfitt now.

Was just about to say this. One of my inspirations as a kid. R.I.P. Mr. Parfitt.

ICBM

This might have been missed since it's not anyone we will have heard of and it might be overlooked as being 'Russian military', but in sheer scale this is an awful loss of musicians - 64 members of the Alexandrov Ensemble, plus 28 others.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-38430164