It was so close for this week's choice for Rock Death that I felt I had to give space to this week's runner-up, Leslie Harvey. This guy died in pretty horrific fashion:
(from his Wikipedia entry):
Leslie (Les) Harvey (1945, Glasgow Scotland - May 3, 1972, Swansea, Wales) (brother of Alex Harvey) was a guitarist in several Scottish bands of the late 1960s and early 1970s, most notably Stone The Crows - previously known as 'Power'. It was while on stage with Stone the Crows at Swansea Top Rank in 1972 that he was killed, electrocuted by touching an unearthed microphone with wet hands.
Holy. Shit. Could you imagine being at a concert, rockin' out and such, when the lead guitarist gets Kentucky-Fried onstage? That would probably not be a memory to hold onto. As bad as the audience must have felt, pity the poor roadie who realizes that he's picking up the charred remains of his summer meal ticket and now must hope there's another tour where they aren't as lax with the live electrical equipment.
Anyway, poor Les gets screwed over this week because a) I'm a huge fan of Lester Bangs' writing and b) I couldn't find a picture of the poor dead bastard on the Interwebs.
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