引言 6
Robert Johnson 8
Hank Williams 10
Johnny Ace 12
Buddy Holly 13
音乐死去的那一天 14
Eddie Cochran 16
Sam Cooke 18
Bill Black 20
幕后故事：Dewey Phillips 22
Otis Redding 23
Brian Jones 24
被诅咒的乐队The Temptations 26
Jimi Hendrix 28
Janis Joplin 32
Jim Morrison 34
Gene Vincent 36
Danny Whitten 37
被诅咒的乐队New York Dolls 38
Gram Parsons 42
Mama Cass Elliot 44
Nick Drake 46
Tim Buckley 48
Florence Ballard 50
Paul Kossoff 52
Phil Ochs 53
Keith Relf 54
Tommy Bolin 55
Elvis Presley 56
Marc Bolan 60
被诅咒的乐队 Lynyrd Skynryd 62
Terry Kath 64
Keith Moon 66
Donny Hathaway 68
Sid Vicious 70
Lowell George 72
Bon Scott 74
Ian Curtis 76
John Bonham 78
John Lennon 80
死亡之手 David Bowie 84
Bob Marley 88
Randy Rhoads 91
James Honeyman-Scott 92
Dennis Wilson 94
Marvin Gaye 96
被诅咒的乐队 Motley Cruie 100
Ricky Wilson 102
Ricky Nelson 103
Phil Lynott 104
Richard Manuel 106
Cliff Burton 108
Peter Tosh 110
Hillel Slovak 112
Nico 113
Roy Orbison 114
Pete De Freitas 117
Andrew Wood 118
Stiv Bators 119
Stevie Ray Vaughan 120
Steve Clark 121
幕后故事：Martin Hannett 122
Steve Marriott 123
Gene Clark 124
幕后故事：Bill Graham 125
Freddie Mercury 126
Eric Carr 130
GG Allin 131
Frank Zappa 132
Harry Nilsson 136
Kurt Cobain 138
Lee Brilleaux 142
Viv Stanshall 143
Eazy-E 144
Selena 146
Jerry Garcia 148
Shannon Hoon 150
幕后故事：Peter Grant 151
Tupac Shakur 152
Randy California 156
Billy MacKenzie 157
Brian Connolly 158
The Notorious BIG 160
Laura Nyro 163
Jeff Buckley 164
John Denver 166
Michael Hutchence 168
Carl Wilson 172
Rob Pilatus 174
Wendy O. Williams 175
Dusty Springfield 176
Rick Danko 178
Mark Sandman 179
Curtis Mayfield 180
Big Pun 182
Ian Dury 184
幕后故事：Jack Nitzsche 186
Kirsty MacColl 187
John Phillips 188
被诅咒的乐队Ramones 190
John Lee Hooker 192
Aaliyah 194
George Harrison 196
Stuart Adamson 198
Zac Foley 199
Layne Staley 200
Lisa “Left Eye” Lopes 202
John Entwistle 204
Jam Master Jay 206
Joe Strummer 208
Mickey Finn 210
Nina Simone 212
Warren Zevon 216
Johnny Cash 218
Robert Palmer 221
Elliot Smith 222
Ray Charles 224
Rick James 228
幕后故事：John Peel 229
Ol’ Dirty Bastard 230
Dimebag Darrell 232
Syd Barrett 234
Arthur Lee 236
James Brown 238
50大死亡金曲 244
20位戏弄死神的音乐人 248
危险职业 252
索引 254
图片来源＆致谢 256