Grishka, since the advent of recorded music, no artists who have produced records, tapes, CDs, etc., are really only "history." Bands disband, musicians die or for lesser reasons stop producing new songs and compositions, etc., but the music lives on.

For that matter, are we to say that Beethoven is simply "history," just because he left only sheet music and has been de-composing for centuries? How about Child ballads?

I see no reason why the discussion of someone's music is less valid or important just because they are "history."


Oh, and as that comment - like most of this thread really IS about music, it's annoying that the thread has arbitrarily been relegated to the BS section -- where people wanting to check out only music-related threads will not open it.