Starting this Friday at 5pm it’s 96.9 The Eagle’s “Back From The Dead Weekend”. Rock stars returning from the other side for one haunting Halloween weekend. You’ll get freaked out when you hear the haunting wails of Bon Scott, Jerry Garcia, Jim Morrison, Keith Moon, and Nikki Sixx hit the airwaves from beyond the grave.
But Nikki Sixx is still alive you say? In 1987 the Motley Crue bassist overdosed on heroin and was declared legally dead until being brought back to life by paramedics. Did he strike a deal with the devil? Is he evil incarnate? Is he the living dead? We’re not sure but he makes the list.
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Brian Jones – The Rolling Stones – July 3rd, 1969 – drowning/possible suicide
Jimi Hendrix – September 18th, 1970 – asphyxiation on vomit
Janis Joplin – October 4th, 1970 – heroin overdose
Jim Morrison – The Doors – July 3rd, 1971 – heart failure (disputed)
Duane Allman – Allman Brothers/Derek & The Dominos – October 29, 1971 – motorcycle accident
Berry Oakley – Allman Brothers – November 11th, 1972 – motorcycle accident
Ron “Pigpen” McKernan – The Grateful Dead – March 8th, 1973 – gastrointestinal hemmorrhage
Gary Thain – Uriah Heep – December 8th, 1975 – heroin overdose
Paul Kossoff – Free – March 19th, 1976 – drug-related heart attack
Keith Relf – The Yardbirds – May 14th, 1976 – electrocuted by guitar
Tommy Bolin – Deep Purple/The James Gang – December 4th, 1976 – herion overdose
Marc Bolan – T. Rex – September 16th, 1977 – car accident
Steve Gaines – Lynyrd Skynyrd – October 20th, 1977 – plane crash
Ronni Van Zant – Lynyrd Skynyrd – October 20th, 1977 – plane crash
Cassie Gaines – Lynyrd Skynyrd – October 20th, 1977 – plane crash
Terry Kath – Chicago – January 23rd, 1978 – accidentally shot himself
Kieth Moon – The Who – September 7th, 1978 – overdose
Jimmy McCulloch – Wings – September 27, 1979 – heroin overdose
John Glascock – Jethro Tull – November 17th, 1979 – heart defect
Bon Scott – AC/DC – February 19th, 1980 – alcohol poisioning
Carl Radle – Derek & The Dominos – May 30th, 1980 – kidney infection
Keith Godchaux – The Grateful Dead – July 23rd, 1980 – car accident
John Bonham – Led Zeppelin – September 25th, 1980 – asphyxiation on vomit
John Lennon – The Beatles – December 8th, 1980 – murdered
Steve Currie – T. Rex – April 28th, 1981 – car crash
Bob Marley – The Wailers – May 11th, 1981 – acral lentiginous melanoma (suspicious)
Rushton Moreve – Steppenwolf – July 1st, 1981 – car crash
Randy Rhoads – Quiet Riot/Ozzy Osbourne – March 19th, 1982 – plane crash
Lamar Williams – The Allman Brothers – January 21st, 1983 – lung cancer
Felix Pappalardi – Mountain – April 17th, 1983 – shot by his wife
David Byron – Uriah Heep – February 28th, 1985 – alcohol-related complications
Ian Stewart – The Rolling Stones – December 12th, 1985 – heart attack
Phil Lynott – Thin Lizzy – January 4th, 1986 – heart failure due to alcohol and drug use
Richard Manuel – The Band/Bob Dylan – March 4th, 1986 – suicide by hanging
Nikki Sixx – Motley Crue – December 23rd, 1987 – heroin ovedosed (came back to life)
Gary Driscoll – Rainbow – June 8th, 1987 – murdered
John Curulewski – Styx – February 13th, 1988 – brain aneurysm
Tim Davis – The Steve Miller Band – September 20th, 1988 – diabetes
Roy Orbison – December 6th, 1988 – heart attack
Allen Collins – Lynyrd Skynyrd – January 23rd, 1990 – pneumonia
Ric Grech – Traffic/Blind Faith – March 17th, 1990 – liver and kidney failure
Jim Hodder – Steely Dan – June 5th, 1990 – drowned
Brent Mydland – The Grateful Dead – July 26th, 1990 – Speedball overdose
Stevie Ray Vaughn – Double Trouble – August 27th, 1990 – helicopter crash
Tom Fogerty – Creedence Clearwater Revival – September 6th, 1990 – tuberculosis
Steve Clark – Def Leppard – January 8th, 1991 – overdose painkillers, anti-depressants, & alcohol
Ole Beich – Guns N’ Roses – October 16th, 1991 – drowned (possible suicide)
Eric Carr – Kiss – November 24th, 1991 – heart cancer/brain hemorrhage
Freddie Mercury – Queen – November 24th, 1991 – AIDS
Jeff Porcaro – Toto – August 5th, 1992 – heart attack/cocaine (disputed)
Jerry Edmonton – Steppenwolf – November 28th, 1993 – car crash
Frank Zappa – The Mothers Of Invention – December 4th, 1993 – prostate cancer
Jerry Garcia – The Grateful Dead – August 9th, 1995 – heart attack
John Panozzo – Styx – July 16th, 1996 – gastrointestinal hemorrhaging
Chas Chandler – The Animals – July 17th, 1996 – heart condition
Glen Buxton – Alice Cooper – October 19th, 1997 – pneumonia
Kurt Winter – The Guess Who – December 14th, 1997 – kidney failuure due to drug use
Cozy Powell – Jeff Beck/White Snake/Black Sabbath – April 5th, 1998 – car crash
Linda McCartney – Wings – April 17th, 1998 – breast cancer
Dave Peverett – Foghat – February 7th, 2000 – kidney cancer
David Brown – Santana – September 4th, 2000 – liver and kidney failure
Benjamin Orr – The Cars – October 3rd, 2000 – pancreatic cancer
Leon Wilkeson – Lynyrd Skynyrd – July 27th, 2001 – natural causes
George Harrison – The Beatles – November 29th, 2001 – laryngeal cancer
Joe Schermie – Three Dog Night – March 25th, 2002 – heart attack
Randy Castillo – Ozzy Osbourne/Motley Crue – March 26th, 2002 – cancer
Robin Crosby – Ratt – June 6th, 2002 – heroin overdose
John Entwistle – The Who – June 27th, 2002 – cocaine-induced heart attack
Mickey Finn – T. Rex – January 11th, 2003 – alcohol-realted liver problems
Ty Longley – Great White – February 20th, 2003 – club fire
Noel Redding – The Jimi Hendrix Experience – May 11th, 2003 – natural causes
Erik Brann – Iron Butterfly – July 31st, 2003 – heart attack due to birth defect
Warren Zevon – September 7th, 2003 – mesothelioma
Johnny Cash – September 12th, 2003 – diabetes
Bob Mayo – Peter Frampton – February 23rd, 2004 – heart attack
Spencer Dryden – Jefferson Airplane – January 11th, 2005 – colon cancer
Keith Knudsen – The Doobie Brothers – February 8th, 2005 – chronic pneumonia
Domenic Troiano – The James Gang/The Guess Who – May 25th, 2005 – prostate cancer
Vince Welnick – The Tubes/The Grateful Dead – June 2nd, 2006 – suicide
Syd Barrett – Pink Floyd – July 7th, 2006 – pancreatic cancer
Bruce Gary – The Knack – August 22nd, 2006 – liver failure
Boz Burrell – Bad Company – September 21st, 2006 – heart attack
Billy Thorpe – February 28th, 2007 – myocardial infarction
Brad Delp – Boston – March 9th, 2007 – suicide
Mark St. John – Kiss – April 5th, 2007 – cerebral hemorrhage
Kevin DuBrow – Quiet Riot – cocaine overdose
Denny Federici – E Street Band – April 17th, 2008 – melanoma
Rick Wright – Pink Floyd – September 15th, 2008 – cancer
Mitch Mitchell – The Jimi Hendrix Experience – November 12th, 2008 – natural causes
Billy Powell – Lynyrd Skynyrd – January 28th, 2009 – heart attack
Norton Buffalo – Steve Miller Band – October 30th, 2009 – lung cancer
Doug Fieger – The Knack – February 14th, 2010 – cancer
Ronnie James Dio – Dio/Rainbow/Black Sabbath – May 16th, 2010 – stomach cancer
Peter Quaife – The Kinks – June 23rd, 2010 – kidney failure
Mike Edwards – Electric Light Orchestra – September 3rd, 2010 – car accident
John King – Steve Miller Band/Elton John – October 26th, 2010 – illness
Gerry Rafferty – Stealers Wheel – January 4th, 2011 – liver failure
Gary Moore – Thin Lizzy – February 6th, 2011 – heart attack
Clarence Clemons – E Street Band – June 18th, 2011 – complications caused by stroke
Dan Peek – America – July 24th, 2011 – heart disease
Jani Lane – Warrant – August 11th, 2011 alcohol poisoning
Bob Weston – Fleetwood Mac – January 3rd, 2012 – gastroinestinal hemorrhage
Michael Hossack – Doobie Brothers – March 12th, 2012 – cancer
Jim Marshall – founder/owner Marshall Amps – April 5th, 2012 – natural causes
Levon Helm – The Band – April 19th, 2012 – cancer
Bob Welch – Fleetwood Mac – June 7th, 2012 – suicide
Jon Lord – Deep Purple/Whitesnake – July 16th, 2012 – pulmonary empolism
Lee Dorman – Iron Butterfly – December 21st, 2012 – natural causes
Reg Presley – The Troggs – February 4th, 2013 – lung cancer
Dan Toler – Allman Brothers – February 25th, 2013 – amyotrophic lateral sclerosis
Peter Banks – Yes – March 7th, 2013 – heart failure
Clive Burr – Iron Maiden – March 12th, 2013 – multiple sclerosis
Ray Manazarek – The Doors – May 20th, 2014 – bile duct cancer
Trevor Bolder – David Bowie/Uriah Heep – May 21st, 2013 – cancer
Alan Myers – Devo – June 24th, 2013 – stomach cancer
JJ Cale – July 26th, 2013 – heart failure
Allen Lanier – Blue Oyster Cult – August 14th, 2013 – pulmoary disease
Lou Reed – Velvet Underground – October 27th, 2013 – live disease
Johnny Winter – July 16th, 2014 – unclear
Glenn Cornick – Jethro Tull – August 28th, 2014 – heart failure
Jimi Jamison – Survivor – August 31st, 2014 – heart attack
Jack Bruce – Cream – October 25th, 2014 – liver disease
