bacardimayne Posted March 24, 2014 Share Posted March 24, 2014 Who do you think are some of the biggest wastes of talent to grace the music industry? I nominate Steven Tyler. The guy might just have the greatest voice of all time, but what has he done with it? A bunch of god-awful Aerosmith albums with one of the worst guitarists in the business. Why oh why didn't this guy hook up with decent musicians? And before anyone says Axl, at least he put out three good-great albums. Tyler, at best, has a handful of good songs. Damn shame. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jakey Styley Posted March 24, 2014 Share Posted March 24, 2014 Chief Keef. He can make such powerful music but gets arrested every 3 weeks. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thin White Duke Posted March 24, 2014 Share Posted March 24, 2014 Britney Spears. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bacardimayne Posted March 24, 2014 Author Share Posted March 24, 2014 Another one I'd nominate is Robin Finck. He REALLY needs to get more studio material out. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Broskirose Posted March 24, 2014 Share Posted March 24, 2014 Robin Finck controls the music industry when you think about it. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thin White Duke Posted March 24, 2014 Share Posted March 24, 2014 Now seriously, Bon Scott. If we are gonna talk about great voices, he has to be there. Obviously he can't do new music, but his death was ridiculous and he could have done a lot of great stuff. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ZoSoRose Posted March 24, 2014 Share Posted March 24, 2014 Randy rhoads... 2 damn albums 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bacardimayne Posted March 24, 2014 Author Share Posted March 24, 2014 If we're going with untimely deaths that opens up a whole new can of Randy Rhoads flavored worms. Randy rhoads... 2 damn albums Beat me to it. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bran Posted March 24, 2014 Share Posted March 24, 2014 if deaths are included my pick would be tommy bolin, died at just 25 of a heroin overdose. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
foghat43 Posted March 24, 2014 Share Posted March 24, 2014 (edited) In the untimely death category...John Bonham, Jimi Hendrix and Duane Allman. Would love to hear what those guys would have done if they had lived longer. Edited March 24, 2014 by foghat43 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ZoSoRose Posted March 24, 2014 Share Posted March 24, 2014 In the untimely death category...John Bonham, Jimi Hendrix and Duane Allman. Would love to hear what those guys would have done if they had lived longer. Yeah, but I wouldn't call them a waste of talent. At least not Bonham since he accomplished so much. I'd like to have seen Jimi and Duane evolve more Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MEXzilla Posted March 24, 2014 Share Posted March 24, 2014 Jeff Buckley with one album in like 8 years and then he past. The guy made a great album and just like that he's gone. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DR DOOM Posted March 24, 2014 Share Posted March 24, 2014 Lol Jeff Buckley. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WhazUp Posted March 24, 2014 Share Posted March 24, 2014 Jeff Buckley with one album in like 8 years and then he past. The guy made a great album and just like that he's gone.I was going to post this too, Grace is such a damn good album. Shame that we never got to see him truly evolve and experiment. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Towelie Posted March 24, 2014 Share Posted March 24, 2014 Michael Jackson pissed away the last ten years of his life, strung out most of the time on prescription drugs which I swear was responsible for half the weird shit he did.Although I don't think you could say he wasted his talent for the first 40 years of his life as he has one of the most impressive back catalogues of any artist. Just a shame about the last decade. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Len B'stard Posted March 24, 2014 Share Posted March 24, 2014 Jimi Hendrix Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
username Posted March 24, 2014 Share Posted March 24, 2014 I'm not going to count death as waste of talent. It sort of is, but it's worse when someone CAN create amazing things and just... doesn't. Axl Rose (for all obvious reasons) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GivenToFly Posted March 24, 2014 Share Posted March 24, 2014 Who do you think are some of the biggest wastes of talent to grace the music industry?I nominate Steven Tyler. The guy might just have the greatest voice of all time, but what has he done with it? A bunch of god-awful Aerosmith albums with one of the worst guitarists in the business. Why oh why didn't this guy hook up with decent musicians? And before anyone says Axl, at least he put out three good-great albums. Tyler, at best, has a handful of good songs. Damn shame.Another one I'd nominate is Robin Finck. He REALLY needs to get more studio material out.Aerosmith is awful but Robin Finck is good? LooooooL! 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thin White Duke Posted March 24, 2014 Share Posted March 24, 2014 I'm not going to count death as waste of talent. It sort of is, but it's worse when someone CAN create amazing things and just... doesn't.Axl Rose (for all obvious reasons)Are we sure it's a waste of talent? Maybe we just overrated him. Probably we just overrated him. A lot. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Johnny Drama Posted March 24, 2014 Share Posted March 24, 2014 Jimi HendrixIs it though? I mean we might have missed out on some great stuff but surely putting out three great albums, one of which is considered one of the best debut/guitar albums of all time and being considered the GOAT on six strings is one hard legacy to top especially on the last point. It's like The Beatles. Yeah they could have stuck together and extra five years and pumped a couple more albums that fill the high rungs of those critics lists, but they achieved everything you possibly needed to and their legacy was cemented. I'm not going to count death as waste of talent. It sort of is, but it's worse when someone CAN create amazing things and just... doesn't.Axl Rose (for all obvious reasons)Are we sure it's a waste of talent? Maybe we just overrated him. Probably we just overrated him. A lot. No it's a waste. 1. Because he's chosen to be a complete dick.2. Because Axl Rose stopped wanting to be Axl Rose and wanted to be everyone who was cool and not called Axl Rose. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jmapelian Posted March 24, 2014 Share Posted March 24, 2014 Rhandy Rhoads thru no fault of his ownAxl Rose - nobody's fault but hiw own Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Len B'stard Posted March 24, 2014 Share Posted March 24, 2014 Is it though? I mean we might have missed out on some great stuff but surely putting out three great albums, one of which is considered one of the best debut/guitar albums of all time and being considered the GOAT on six strings is one hard legacy to top especially on the last point. It's like The Beatles. Yeah they could have stuck together and extra five years and pumped a couple more albums that fill the high rungs of those critics lists, but they achieved everything you possibly needed to and their legacy was cemented. I just really really REALLY love that guy...he's one of the few people that, God, i just can't fathom what he would be doing now, he was just so prodigious, it's mind blowing...perhaps he would've just not given a fuck and spunk it all away but...i dunno, i just feel like there was just so much more....y'know, we could have a Dylan-like back catalogue from this guy right now...and all cuz he was pillin' and mixing wine and piss and its just like...of all the fuckin' ways a genius like that could've gone out...and it had to be like that, on his back chokin' on his puke, left to die cuz some tart was burying solid in the flowerbed...it's just not right Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
moreblack Posted March 24, 2014 Share Posted March 24, 2014 NujabesHideto Matsumoto Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DieselDaisy Posted March 24, 2014 Share Posted March 24, 2014 He was certainly working on an exciting musical direction before he died in First Rays of the New Rising Sun. Even in its posthumous form, that album is almost up there with Ladyland and Experienced. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bacardimayne Posted March 24, 2014 Author Share Posted March 24, 2014 Who do you think are some of the biggest wastes of talent to grace the music industry?I nominate Steven Tyler. The guy might just have the greatest voice of all time, but what has he done with it? A bunch of god-awful Aerosmith albums with one of the worst guitarists in the business. Why oh why didn't this guy hook up with decent musicians? And before anyone says Axl, at least he put out three good-great albums. Tyler, at best, has a handful of good songs. Damn shame. Another one I'd nominate is Robin Finck. He REALLY needs to get more studio material out. Aerosmith is awful but Robin Finck is good? LooooooL!Any band that isn't even ashamed of hiring and crediting external songwriters is shit. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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