The Encyclopedia of Dead Rock Stars: Heroin, Handguns, and Ham Sandwiches [Paperback]

Did you know that Brian Jones was told by a medium to “avoid water”? Or that Buddy Holly only decided to fly so he’d have time to finish his laundry?The Encyclopedia of Dead Rock Starsreveals the truth behind these and thousands of other fascinating stories, while answering such questions as: Which band boasts the most dead members, and which group lost the most members at one time? Who had the bright idea of changing a light bulb while standing in the shower? Whose suicide note read simply, “Sorry about all the blood?”

           The Encyclopedia of Dead Rock Starsis the bible of pop music’s dead, and Jeremy Simmonds draws on a lifetime of morbid obsession to pay homage to the industry’s biggest departed stars—Buddy, Jeff, Sid, Jimi, Biggie, Janis, Elvis, Marc, Tupac—as well as lesser-known tales of rock tragedy.

            An indispensable reference full of strange facts, lucky escapes, top-ten death discs, and hundreds of photos of the good, the bad, and the silly,The Encyclopedia of Dead Rock Stars—now fully updated to include the deaths of Bo Diddley, Isaac Hayes, Michael Jackson, Les Paul, Captain Beefheart, Gil Scott-Heron, Amy Winehouse, and many others—is guaranteed to rock the worlds of trivia buffs and diehards alike.

Entertaining and time-eatingly captivating. . . . Fascinating and a must-have for the shelves of every music obsl³4