..it can be quite a sad ordeal since the band that musician was in may not create music anymore or the loss of a talented person. Of course when any human dies it is a sad occasion.

However i have a genuine problem in the case of some musicians dying. Like i said when someone dies it can be quite sad for fans or even non-fans of a band/musician so why i get pissed off is not to do with the musician itself since that's just disrespectful but due to the hype that it gets.

Here's a good recent example:

As i'm sure you probably have heard the Avenged Sevenfold drummer Jimmy "The Rev" Sullivan passed away due to natural causes.

Yes it is sad that someone died of natural causes at such at young age, it can be quite distressing to fans of Avenged Sevenfold that they may not continue to make more music (even though some fans are telling the band not to go on which i also have problem with but that's a different tale).

To get to the point it pisses me off to no end when a musician dies and they are heralded as the best musician to ever live. Of course people think they can't come off with "Oh the Rev has died he wasn't that good" since it may be disrespectful since the guy has just died but the fact of the matter as a drummer myself is HE WASN'T. Yes he could play the drums well but he was not a virtuoso of the instrument he didn't revolutionize it or anything like that yet now he is "the best drummer who ever lived".

I've already witnessed the countless facebook updates of how he was the greatest thing since sliced bread and the countless RIP on EVERYTHING.

The thing is though this is only the beginning..

Take another example which the musician died a while ago: Dimebag Darrell.

Before his death i was a part of an active guitarist community (since i play guitar as well) and you would see threads of who is your favorite guitarist or the best guitarist ever. Who would come out? The usual ones, Van Halen, Hendrix, Page, Clapton and maybe sometimes someone else.

Then he was tragically killed and then: Who is the best guitarist ever? Dimebag motherfucking Darrell of course. Then what annoyed me more was after everytime Pantera was mentioned or Damageplan RIP Dimebag would be swiftly following in conversation.

No one gave two fucks about him when he was alive, why now? Out of respect? Is it human nature that when someone dies they are put on a pedestal as being a genius?

Maybe you think I am a heartless bastard but when someone dies and they are automatically the best thing ever it becomes pretty tiring after a while.

/rant

Well there is going to be some people who liked him but majority just jumped on the "i love dimebag" wagon.

Speaking of Cobain i was going to mention him. As much as i love Nirvana he is not a great guitarist. A better song writer than guitarist.

That's not to say that i don't like his playing he is just not very technically proficient. Yes i do agree though some of the early material like Fecal Matter stuff and various unreleased songs and b-sides are better than the album material. Come on Death or Help Me I'm Hungry or whatever it's proper name is is amazing!