How did Hendrix Die? - Poll

[beachguy in thongs]

Different people had different reasons as to why they'd want him dead.

Poll is coming.

[xNoa]

overdosed ?...

[LOVElife]

Choked on his own hair, perhaps? !!

[chakruh]

Im not sure if this is true but what I've heard years ago from my dad was that he choked on his vomit because the ambulence drivers didnt follow protocol,(which could easily have been set up) he was regirgitating and they had him on his back, of course he's gonna choke.

[OR Freebird]

It's my belief that the government is responsible for the deaths of Hendrix. Joplin, Morrison. To quell the revolution. I think they took advantage of their predeliction towards drugs.

[mellow mood]

he did an overdose, not by heroin by the way, and he vomited while asleep and it got stuck in his throat or whatever so he died

hes part of the 27 club.. janis, jim, jimi, syd, who else again?

[erceg]

Different people had different reasons as to why they'd want him dead.

Poll is coming.to some he might be dead,but to me he is alive and here now,he is one bad dude,he likes the cheeva,and even smokes weed,and can down some booze,so to me he is still alive,i listen to his music,i always think about him.i just like him so he will never die to me and his spirit lives around me and all over ,i want to visit jimi and his friends,but wait,they come to see me

[flamingskullballs]

It's my belief that the government is responsible for the deaths of Hendrix. Joplin, Morrison. To quell the revolution. I think they took advantage of their predeliction towards drugs.
i dont think that morrison is actually dead...think about it, he didnt want to be a god...didnt want to be a rockstar...he just wanted to be a poet, and so he staged his own death...

[beachguy in thongs]

I suggest the movie "Jimi Hendrix: The Last 24 Hours". Also, the book "Jimi Hendrix - Electric Gypsy" by Harry Shapiro & Caesar Glebbeek tells a truth that has been hidden for, at least, 25 years.

The only way you can get wine in your lungs is by drowning in it. The ambulancemen (Reg Jones and John Suau) said that there was no one at the apartment (refuting Jimi's g/f's story) and all attempts to revive him were merely a formality. He was pronounced dead at 12:45 p.m. and they found "massive amounts" of wine in his lungs.

New evidence suggests he was held down, maybe by two people, and the wine was forced down his throat until his lungs filled up, and then, after he was already dead, his body regurgitated.

[jahjahjahjah]

He died of a wine overdose or whatever his lungs like drowned.

[Genuine17]

Syd Barrett isnt dead yet...

[beachguy in thongs]

He died of a wine overdose or whatever his lungs like drowned.
Yeah. His lungs like drowned.
You can't drink enough on your own to have massive amounts found in your lungs. He must've been dead, or close to asphyxiation, while they were still pouring wine down his throat.

That's a nice thought, Erceg. Maybe it is a scam...

It'd be nice, but he wanted to share his Music with the world, and it would've evolved, causing Music to be changed, forever.

I think. :stoned:

My choice is a toss-up between Nixon and Jeffrey, but I'm almost sure it was Jeffrey. He died in a plane crash, in the 90's.

Monika Denneman committed suicide a week before a trial in which she was supposed to testify on his death and tell the truth...

[erceg]

lets just say i get inspiration and strange ways from ppl that might be dead in record books

[Breukelen advocaat]

Hendrix was not a very radical person, politically. He actually supported the U.S. military involvement in Vietnam well into the late 60's, which was a marked departure from the stereotypical radical/counterculture image of his peers. He eventually opposed the Vietnam War.

He was against violent uprisings and even wrote a song against riots called â??House Burning Downâ?�.

Members of the Black Panthers used to shake him down for cash after some of his shows.

Considering his reputation for taking barbiturates, in all likelihood he was just careless and his death was unintentional. The barbituate known as Secanol, aka Reds, is a very dangerous drug, and combining them with alcohol was stupid.

Below: original album cover art for Electric Ladyland, banned in the U.S.

[erceg]

yep he loved his reds and booze and weed,mostly reds and booze,he like d to overdoze alot on cheeva as well,but he was coping with everyday life and had money and women and drugs and just had a hard time dealing with it all so he resorted to extra drugs and booze,we have to remember alot of ppl in music industry was pressured and what nots so he was not only one that did them selves in with there fame and notariety and nonstop partying,i havent heard reds sence the 70,s

[CrAzYpOtHeAd]

I heard he was smoking a joint while drinking wine at the same time while his g/f was on the toilet and chocked on his vomit or something.

[erceg]

i once woke up in my rack in milatary and next to me was a dead marine that chocked in his own vomit,now look,there were lots of gi,s all around,he died in his sleep choking on his vomit and it only took seconds and not a soul seen it,and he was sleeping right next to me, linderman was his name,he was so drunk when he passed out ,no one even noticed him die,it is easy to die and choke on vomit and not get noticed ,till only after it is to late.it is so possable that many things might of happened.but to me he still lives along with other greats,shakespear

[flamingskullballs]

yeah, but jimi hendrix made some amazing music..

my favorite, i believe, is called "machine gun"

[beachguy in thongs]

How do all of these things explain the "massive" amounts of wine found in his lungs, by the medical examiner?

[beachguy in thongs]

yeah, but jimi hendrix made some amazing music..

my favorite, i believe, is called "machine gun"
The Isle of Wight version of that song (16 days before he died) is the first song I'd show someone if they never knew Hendrix.

[CrAzYpOtHeAd]

yeah, but jimi hendrix made some amazing music..

my favorite, i believe, is called "machine gun"

so...... was i right?

[Whos Carl]

He isnt dead, he works in my local off licence.

[CrAzYpOtHeAd]

........

Shut up and answer my question before i put a cap in your ass biatch....

:p

[beachguy in thongs]

His girlfriend was not present when the ambulancemen arrived. Whether she was there while he was murdered, I don't know.

[heavymetal101]

damn I never knew Jimi died like that. I thought it was herion or acid or somethin. If he had wine in his lungs thats a for sure sign that he was drowned right? There could be no other way that shit could have gotten in there.

[Whos Carl]

God damn it nobody is dead. They just get a new body.

[heavymetal101]

if no one is dies and everyone just gets reincarnated, then why is the population still growing? And it aint becuase of animals bein reincarnated too cause we got more animals too. :p

[Whos Carl]

Why are there more plants in the world?

[beachguy in thongs]

I say we move to Mars and start growing Cannabis. I don't think that would work, though... :stoned:

[Ganj]

i dont think that morrison is actually dead...think about it, he didnt want to be a god...didnt want to be a rockstar...he just wanted to be a poet, and so he staged his own death...nah, jim morrison drowned himself in alcohol. as for hendrix, i voted "other intoxicants".

[beachguy in thongs]

I kind of screwed it up. Because I believe that Michael Jeffrey or Richard Nixon paid the Mafia to get rid of him, via pouring wine down his throat until his internal organs were drenched of it. And even if he had taken the 9 sleeping pills that Monika Denneman said he had, that wouldn't have affected him so much as to put him in a coma, at least. I don't think he ate dinner at the flat with Monika, and had wine, like she told the English inquisition into his death. He'd been at a party, without her.

[OR Freebird]

NOT Syd Barret -- Sid Vicious

If any of those guys were still alive, they'd be dead by now. They lived hard.

But as long as people still enjoy their music -- they live on.

[beachguy in thongs]

LOL, As long as we have Cid.

[soldier1944]

damn I never knew Jimi died like that. I thought it was herion or acid or somethin. If he had wine in his lungs thats a for sure sign that he was drowned right? There could be no other way that shit could have gotten in there.
ya because acid can kill you... LOL

[mellow mood]

Syd Barrett isnt dead yet...

lol

sure

[420purplehaze420]

jimi was pretty cool....made some sweet music....kurt cobain was 27 when he died also

heres a fun fact: (not sure if its true so its not really a fact but o well), its been said that the reason jimi wore a bandana a lot of the time was to cover up cuts in his head where he used to stick acid to get it directly into his brain

only reason i slightly believe this is because you can trip on acid without actually ingesting it

good thing you cant overdose on acid cause if you could, this would be the way to do it

[beachguy in thongs]

I heard that was a myth, I'm not sure, but I was gonna document all his drug use, anyway, so I'll find out.

He didn't always wear headbands. And if he liked soaking them in acid, he probably would've worn one at the Fillmore East on New Year's Eve, but he didn't.

Before the Monterey Pop Festival, in which he did wear a headband, two musicians who were always seen with him said he didn't even take acid before that concert, at all.

[OzzyOz]

syd barret is still alive by the way, i'm not sure if he's still shizo... i imagine he is.

you have to take alot of pure acid ( like a gram ) to OD

but...

Hendrix probablly did die from a speed ball...

[beachguy in thongs]

This movie gives good insight: http://www.suncoast.com/Movies/Movie.aspx?v_id=V+++315787&prodid=&type=details&scroll=48


In 1967, after years of scuffling on the R&B circuit and backing up the likes of Little Richard and the Isley Brothers, guitarist Jimi Hendrix became an overnight sensation with the released of his startlingly accomplished debut album, Are You Experienced. In the fall of 1970 Hendrix died, and from the moment his passing was announced, the sad matter became a subject of controversy as various parties argued over the cause of his death, who (if anyone) might be responsible, and who would inherit the rights to his musical legacy. Jimi Hendrix: The Last 24 Hours is a documentary which offers an in-depth look at the artist's last day and attempts to clear the air surrounding his tragic passing, and includes appearances from Eric Clapton, Jeff Beck, and Pete Townshend. ~ Mark Deming, All Movie Guide

[beachguy in thongs]

Here's the book I have:
Reviews:

Fantastic, yet strangely empty
The research is wonderful, the prose style is just fine, the detail is remarkable - I finished the book knowing more than I ever felt I needed to know about Jimi (and being grateful for the knowledge) yet no closer to any understanding as to what made the man tick. Any serious Hendrix fan must own this book, but it is, in an odd way - emotionally incomplete.

Excellent-best source book available on Hendrix.
This is probably the best book that has been written about Hendrix. I think it is co-written by the editor of the excellent Jimi Hendrix fanizine "Univibes", it's an excellent source book, with list and lists of guitars, equpiment, gigs, photographs anything you would wish to know really about Hendrix's career.
The large biography section is brillant and cannot be faulted-although I personaly don't ascribe to the writers theories about Monica Dannneman. I personaly don't think Hendrix wanted to marry Monica- or anyone in particular for that matter-or that she knew Jimi as well as she let on. Cathy Etchingham, Hendrix's London girlfriend for a number of years, dismisses her as stalker in her book. Coupled with the strange and often contradictory statements she made about his death in her hotel room-it raises a lot of questions about her place in Hendrix's life which are hard to guess at.


have you ever been experienced?
electric gypsy was incredible, though i do wish that it had spent a little more time on his influences & how he was so influencial. the author(s) were extremely unpretentious & did not write this book in a biased manner. i didn't realize at first how much of an influence his [deceased since he was fifteen] mother was on his writing & composing. i didn't just skim through this at all, & some of what i read kind of smacked me in the face. i mean, the sacrificing of the guitars was not the only thing that attracted me to this man. in fact, he didn't even do it that often, which made it that more sacred. sure it "turns me on", but i'd have preferred him doing these types of theatrics at his own will, & not by the pleads of the audience. the theatrics weren't the only things that shadowed over his true credibility & genius; the cliche lifestyle of the rock musician helped to "fool" those who didn't know him enough. i'm going to take a break now from researching about him, by the means of biographies & whatnot. i enjoyed this book so much because it was honest & showed that he was just as human as you & me. he was also more sensitive & self-concious than you might presume. if i was lucky enough to have been alive during that era, & had been able to attend an experience or gypsy show, i sure as hell wouldn't be hollering for him to play this-or-that song. i'd want him/them to play what they felt was right for that moment, for that atmosphere, for that audience. i'd especially want to close my eyes & devour all of those improvised notes & riffs that f-cking poured out of his heart. we've still got the music, of course, & we always will... but we'll also never stop wishing he would've stuck around a little longer. a lot of times the phrase "just think of what he/she could've done" is overused, but it's totally appropriate when applied to jimi. like said in the movie "the jerk", haha, i wouldn't care if he was the colour of a baboon's a$$ -- the colour of his music was merely undefinable.
highly recommended.

Jimi Fans Rejoice!
An exhaustive biography, lacking in lurrid details, but filled instead with the story of Jimi's life, and how his life affected his music.
It seems to me that this author decided that, since most people are interested in Jimi Hendrix for his music, then took that to be the perspective from which this book is written.
The narrative is good, and the pictures are very nice.
However, the most amazing part of this book is the appendices, which take up a full third of the book. They cover all the equipment that Jimi used, and a tremendous list of releases both official and otherwise. The amount of information included in this book is amazing, although some of it is now a bit dated.
Hightly recommended for Jimi fans and guitar equipment wonks of all kinds.

[NightProwler]

i voted on the one thats right

[4252]

I believe the sleeping pills/vomit story, and think he was just careless and a bit unlucky. Musically, he was probably a genious, but as far as being smart about the way he lived, I sort of doubt that. He needed glasses, but wouldn't wear them; cracked up his car as a result, it's been said. Lost the master for Axis in a NY cab, according to accounts, and they had to remix the whole thing (wouldn't it be something if that re-surfaced after all these years?). I saw him play once, and was impressed with how loose and natural he acted, not like the drug crazed wild man he was reputed to be. But those were pretty intense times, and a lot of people lived close to the edge, especially the creative ones.

I've got one of his (probably thousands) of demo or sketchpad tapes, where he was roughing out ideas for Electric Ladyland. I think a lot of people would be surprised by how crude it is.

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[beachguy in thongs]

Jimi's last interview:

Keith Altham: You were quoted prior to the Isle of Wight, that if it happened really big for you, you'd carry on for a while. Were you satisfied with the results of the Isle of Wight? (2nd to the last concert,16 days before he died)

Jimi: Well, I was so mixed up there and at that time it got so confused, like eh...I didn't have a chance to base any future on that one gig, you know. Except when I played "God Bless the Queen" ha ha ha...if you know what I mean.

K.A.: Do you intend to form another small unit or are you hoping to get something bigger together?

Jimi: It's hard to decide what I'll do next. I'd like to have a small group and a large one, and maybe go touring with one of them. It's hard to know what people want around here sometimes...

K.A.: Do you feel any compulsion to prove yourself as King Guitar, which is the kind of label that people have slapped on you?

Jimi: I don't know. Well, I was just playing loud, that's the only difference [laughs]. No, I don't really let that bother me, 'cause they say a lot of things, people, that if they let that bother them, they wouldn't even be around today, you know...King Guitar, now that's a bit heavy!

K.A.: (Exploring the fact that Jimi's onstage image had become less wild he wondered, "So the anger has naybe dispersed a little?")

Jimi: Oh, yeah, that's always happening, though. But like, I didn't know that was anger till they told me it was, you know, with destruction and all that. But I believe everybody should have like a room, where they get rid of all their...you know, all their releases...So my room was the stage [laughs]

K.A.: Do you personally feel the excitement has gone out of things?

Jimi: No, I was going like that before, because I was thinking too fast, you know. It seems like, you know, a person has a tendency to get bored, because like, you always want to try to do all these accomplishments, you know, like starting an idea or something like that and never quite finishing them, you know. Some people should just be let, you know, to start new ideas and others should carry them out.

K.A.: I remember Alvin Lee of Ten Years After some weeks ago said you'd never been truly appreciated or analysed as a writer. Do you feel you've never been truly critised as a songwriter?

Jimi: Well, probably it's a good thing, because I'm still trying to get that together, you know. All I write is just what I feel, that's all...I don't round it off too good. I just keep it almost naked, you know...But there again, I hate to be in one corner, I hate to be put only as a guitar player, or either only as a songwriter, or only as a tap-dancer, or something like this [laughs]. You know, I like to move around.

K.A.: Is there any moral or political intent in the kinds of things you want to write?

Jimi: Music is getting too heavy, almost to the state of unbearable...I have this one little thing, when things get too heavy, just call me helium, the lightest gas known to man [laughs].

K.A.: Was your music originally intentionally psychedelic?

Jimi: I really don't know. I have to tell the truth. "Are You Experienced?", I just heard that recently...I said, "Damn, I wonder where my head was at when I said all of those things...But, like, I don't consider that...the invention of psychedelic, it is just asking a lot of questions...like most curious people do...And I just happened to put that on "Purple Haze". The way I write things, I just write them in...with a clash between reality and fantasy mostly. You have to use fantasy in order to show different sides to reality. That's how it can bend.

K.A.: Do you feel that you've got enough money to live comfortably?

Jimi: Ah, I don't think so, not the way I live. Because like, I want to get up in the morning and just roll over my bed into an indoor swimming pool and then swim into the breakfast table, you know, come up for air and maybe get a drink of orange juice or something like that, and then just flap over from a chair and swim into the bathroom, and you know, go on and shave and whatever.

K.A.: You don't want to live comfortably, you want to live luxuriously!

Jimi: Nooo, is that luxurious? I was thinking about a tent, overhanging...a mountain stream [laughs].

[beachguy in thongs]

damn I never knew Jimi died like that. I thought it was herion or acid or somethin. If he had wine in his lungs thats a for sure sign that he was drowned right? There could be no other way that shit could have gotten in there.
Some common sense.

I've been thinking about you all morning (not much, yet).

I was gonna start a thread to ask everyone's opinion of your full "real" name and how the only difference between you and the girl I lost my virginity to is "ackie".

I think it's so strange... :stoned: