A few good men. Shine on you crazy diamonds. - Page 8

**Adam West** · May 31st, 2010, 07:31 PM

Great, great actor. I loved him in that episode of The Twilight Zone were he was advised by Hitler.

**Office Boy** · May 31st, 2010, 08:09 PM

A man with a real presence. A superb actor who will be sadly missed. R.I.P. Dennis.........

**crazybikerme** · June 1st, 2010, 06:56 AM

God bless Dennis, thanks for the memories!

Emil Von · June 1st, 2010, 07:16 AM

One of the last great actors! RIP!

**NIN** · October 8th, 2010, 10:39 PM

Today 'should' have been John Lennons' 70th birthday

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lduaMSZqn1Y

**slowdiver** · October 9th, 2010, 05:32 AM

My own little reminiscence of what I remember from the day that Lennon died.

I was 12 years old, and used to take the bus to school. In fact I had to take two buses, as there was a change halfway through the journey. Living in a little village at the time meant that the buses to any major town were few and far between, so a changeover was necessary. In the town where the first bus stopped and the second one picked up, I usually had between 15 and 20 minutes to wait and there was a little newsagents just around the corner from the bus depot.

I often went in there for sweets and bits, also for comics. The shop used to sell DC comics, imports, back before they were widely available in England. They also used to carry Superbike and Custom Car magazine, both of which contained centrefolds of naked ladies. (As a twelve year old I was already fascinated by naked ladies, and the fact that these magazines were in COLOUR was just astonishing to my pubescent mind).

On the day in question, I noticed that one story seemed to dominate every and all newspapers in the shop; a man called simply "Lennon" had been murdered. Every customer who came into the shop seemed to have an opinion to offer and there was a feeling of almost universal sadness that this had occured.

At the time, I had no idea who this man was. I had only the vaguest idea that he was part of a group or band, but again had no idea who THEY were either.

It took me at least another decade before I became aware of the Beatles, and a decade after that before I realised exactly WHAT they were and why so many people were mourning the loss of this one man.

Ironically, now I have a better rememberance of what I was doing when I found out about Lennon's death than just about any other of the so called "milestone" passings of our time.

Happy Birthday John. Peace.

**slowdiver** · October 10th, 2010, 07:59 AM

Overshadowed somewhat by John Lennon's birthday celebrations, yesterday would also have been the birthday of the Who's bass player John Entwistle. Another man whose work I sadly came to appreciate after he had passed. Happy belated birthday to you too, Mr Ox.

**rockernut** · October 10th, 2010, 10:43 AM

One of the greatest voices of all time has left us, R.I.P. King Solomon Burke.

**themidlander** · October 10th, 2010, 01:43 PM

Roy Ward Baker
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/obit...ard-Baker.html

The director of A Night To Remember and more importnatly for our forum several Hammer Classics including The Vampire Lovers

Marshall_JCM_2000 · May 14th, 2011, 11:59 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Davemetalhead

One of the greatest voices in rock/metal died today - Ronnie James Dio, aged 67 has died of stomach cancer.

Rest in peace Ronnie - you will be missed.

I actually met Ronnie about 3 times at my previous job. He was super cool and one of the BEST moments of my life was when I was demo'ing a guitar for a customer. I played this little power metal riff that I made up. Nothing fancy but sounded cool as hell. Well, Ronnie heard it. He walked up to me and said "Play that again!" And I said "Really?" And he said "Yeah, that's pretty cool. I want to hear it again." Man, talk about being flattered! I'm so angry that I had a pic with him on my old cell and of course my cell later that day decided to not send pics via text anymore.

Grrrrrrrr!!!!!!!

May 31st, 2010, 08:09 PM	#72
Office Boy Former Staff Join Date: May 2008 Location: in the office upstairs Posts: 1,415 Thanks: 6,048 Thanked 40,273 Times in 1,357 Posts	A man with a real presence. A superb actor who will be sadly missed. R.I.P. Dennis......... __________________ DON'T TREAD ON ME.

October 9th, 2010, 05:32 AM	#76
slowdiver Vintage Member Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: North West UK Posts: 582 Thanks: 788 Thanked 17,695 Times in 563 Posts	It was 70 years ago today... My own little reminiscence of what I remember from the day that Lennon died. I was 12 years old, and used to take the bus to school. In fact I had to take two buses, as there was a change halfway through the journey. Living in a little village at the time meant that the buses to any major town were few and far between, so a changeover was necessary. In the town where the first bus stopped and the second one picked up, I usually had between 15 and 20 minutes to wait and there was a little newsagents just around the corner from the bus depot. I often went in there for sweets and bits, also for comics. The shop used to sell DC comics, imports, back before they were widely available in England. They also used to carry Superbike and Custom Car magazine, both of which contained centrefolds of naked ladies. (As a twelve year old I was already fascinated by naked ladies, and the fact that these magazines were in COLOUR was just astonishing to my pubescent mind). On the day in question, I noticed that one story seemed to dominate every and all newspapers in the shop; a man called simply "Lennon" had been murdered. Every customer who came into the shop seemed to have an opinion to offer and there was a feeling of almost universal sadness that this had occured. At the time, I had no idea who this man was. I had only the vaguest idea that he was part of a group or band, but again had no idea who THEY were either. It took me at least another decade before I became aware of the Beatles, and a decade after that before I realised exactly WHAT they were and why so many people were mourning the loss of this one man. Ironically, now I have a better rememberance of what I was doing when I found out about Lennon's death than just about any other of the so called "milestone" passings of our time. Happy Birthday John. Peace. __________________ To view links or images in signatures your post count must be 0 or greater. You currently have 0 posts. To view links or images in signatures your post count must be 0 or greater. You currently have 0 posts. To view links or images in signatures your post count must be 0 or greater. You currently have 0 posts. Last edited by slowdiver; October 9th, 2010 at 09:52 AM..

October 10th, 2010, 07:59 AM	#77
slowdiver Vintage Member Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: North West UK Posts: 582 Thanks: 788 Thanked 17,695 Times in 563 Posts	Overshadowed somewhat by John Lennon's birthday celebrations, yesterday would also have been the birthday of the Who's bass player John Entwistle. Another man whose work I sadly came to appreciate after he had passed. Happy belated birthday to you too, Mr Ox. __________________ To view links or images in signatures your post count must be 0 or greater. You currently have 0 posts. To view links or images in signatures your post count must be 0 or greater. You currently have 0 posts. To view links or images in signatures your post count must be 0 or greater. You currently have 0 posts.

May 31st, 2010, 07:31 PM	#71
Adam West Vintage Member Join Date: Nov 2007 Location: Indianapolis - The Racing Capitol of the World Posts: 650 Thanks: 8,517 Thanked 6,205 Times in 635 Posts	Great, great actor. I loved him in that episode of The Twilight Zone were he was advised by Hitler.

June 1st, 2010, 06:56 AM	#73
crazybikerme Vintage Member Join Date: Oct 2008 Posts: 2,246 Thanks: 0 Thanked 30,578 Times in 2,344 Posts	God bless Dennis, thanks for the memories!

June 1st, 2010, 07:16 AM	#74
Emil Von Senior Member Join Date: Feb 2008 Posts: 150 Thanks: 21,471 Thanked 768 Times in 132 Posts	One of the last great actors! RIP!

October 8th, 2010, 10:39 PM	#75
NIN Banned Join Date: Dec 2009 Posts: 8,823 Thanks: 200,569 Thanked 131,967 Times in 9,045 Posts	Today *'should'* have been John Lennons' 70th birthday http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lduaMSZqn1Y

October 10th, 2010, 10:43 AM	#78
rockernut Veteran Member Join Date: May 2009 Location: Stockholm, Sweden Posts: 6,958 Thanks: 69,669 Thanked 73,322 Times in 6,969 Posts	One of the greatest voices of all time has left us, R.I.P. King Solomon Burke.

October 10th, 2010, 01:43 PM	#79
themidlander Vintage Member Join Date: Feb 2009 Location: West Midlands Posts: 649 Thanks: 16,089 Thanked 11,018 Times in 644 Posts	Roy Ward Baker http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/obit...ard-Baker.html The director of A Night To Remember and more importnatly for our forum several Hammer Classics including The Vampire Lovers