Como sempre, cada ano que se vai leva com ele uma constelação de artistas de peso, que deixaram saudades eternas.

Eis os que perdemos em 2019 (Via Van do Halen):

Lista de músicos e outras pessoas ligadas ao Rock/Metal que morreram em 2019

01/01 – Kris Kelmi (vocalista, guitarrista e tecladista – Avtograf)
01/01 – Pegi Young (cantora e ativista – Neil Young)
01/01 – Shane Bisnett (baixista – Ice Nine Kills)
02/01 – Daryl Dragon (tecladista – The Beach Boys, Captain & Tennille, Dennis Wilson)
03/01 – Steve Ripley (guitarrista e fabricante de instrumentos – Bob Dylan, J.J. Cale, Steve Lukather, Eddie Van Halen)
05/01 – Eric Haydock (baixista – The Hollies)
06/01 – Alan R. Pearlman (fundador da ARP Instruments, uma das pioneiras em sintetizadores)
07/01 – Clydie King (vocalista – Rolling Stones, Lynyrd Skynyrd, Bob Dylan, Elton John, Humble Pie, B.B. King, Joe Cocker, Joe Walsh)
08/01 – Martin Winkler (guitarrista e produtor – Stormwitch, Witchbound)
10/01 – Flavio Mendez (vocalista – Heaven’s Guardian, Terminator, Velvet Vex)
10/01 – Mickey Cole (baixista – GBH, Dead Wretched)
11/01 – Marc Paganini (vocalista – Viva, Paganini)
16/01 – Brian Velasco (baterista – Razorback)
16/01 – Lorna Doom (baixista – Germs)
17/01 – Debi Martini (baixista e vocalista – Red Aunts)
17/01 – Reggie Young (guitarrista – The Memphis Boys, Elvis Presley, Johnny Cash, J.J. Cale, Jerry Lee Lewis)
17/01 – Ron Watson (guitarrista – Helix)
19/01 – Ted McKenna (baterista – The Sensational Alex Harvey Band, Gary Moore, Michael Schenker Group, Michael Schenker Fest, Rory Gallagher, Ian Gillan)
25/01 – Bruce Corbitt (vocalista – Warbeast, Rigor Mortis)
28/01 – Paul Whaley (baterista – Blue Cheer)
28/01 – Jeff Hernandez (guitarrista – Prophecy, Vitality)
30/01 – Jan Boeken (vocalista – Scavenger)
01/02 – Alex Brown (guitarrista – Gorilla Biscuits, Side By Side, Project X)
04/02 – Robert “Bob” Dallas (tour manager – Extreme, Scorpions, Slayer, Mastodon)
06/02 – Jim Dunlop (empresário – Dunlop)
09/02 – Guy Webster (fotógrafo – Rolling Stones, The Doors, The Beach Boys)
12/02 – Joe Hardy (produtor e engenheiro de som – ZZ Top, Alice Cooper, Jeff Healey, .38 Special, The Replacements)
15/02 – Kofi Burbridge (tecladista e flautista – Tedeschi Trucks Band, The Derek Trucks Band)
16/02 – Ken Nordine (locutor e ator – The Grateful Dead, David Bowie)
20/02 – Gerard Koerts (tecladista – Earth & Fire)
20/02 – Fred Foster (produtor e compositor – Roy Orbison, Willie Nelson, Janis Joplin)
21/02 – Peter Tork (baixista e vocalista – The Monkees)
26/02 – Andy Anderson (baterista – Hawkwind, Nik Turner’s Sphynx, The Cure, Iggy Pop, Sham 69, The Glove)
27/02 – Doug Sandom (baterista – The Who)
01/03 – Stephan Ellis (baixista – Survivor)
01/03 – Paul Williams (vocalista – John Mayall, Allan Hodlsworth, Aynsley Dunbar, Micky Moody, Tempest)
04/03 – Keith Flint (vocalista – The Prodigy, Flint)
05/03 – Mike Grose (baixista – Queen)
06/03 – Gerry Stickells (tour manager – Jimi Hendrix, Queen, Elton John, Paul McCartney)
11/03 – Hal Blaine (baterista – Wrecking Crew)
16/03 – Yuya Uchida (vocalista – Flower Travellin’ Band)
16/03 – Dick Dale
17/03 – Bernie Tormé (guitarrista – Gillan, Ozzy Osbourne, Desperado)
17/03 – José Antonio “Ramakhan” Del Nogal (baterista – Barón Rojo, Cobra)
25/03 – Steve Walker (multi-instrumentistas, compositor e produtor – The Walker Brothers, The Routers, Sunn O))))
27/03 – Joe Flannery (tour manager e executivo musical – The Beatles)
05/04 – Shawn Smith (vocalista – Brad, Satchel, Pigeonhed)
08/04 – Chris Sammons (baixista – Hydrogyn)
12/04 – Johnny Hutchinson (baterista – The Big Three, The Silver Beetles)
12/04 – Gary Stewart (executivo musical – Rhino Records, Apple Inc.)
13/04 – Paul Raymond (tecladista e guitarrista – UFO, Waysted, Savoy Brown)
15/04 – Les Reed (compositor – Elvis Presley, Tom Jones, Bing Crosby)
23/04 – David Winters (cineasta e coreógrafo – Alice Cooper, Elvis Presley, The Monkees)
24/04 – Dick Rivers (cantor e ator – Les Chats Sauvages)
24/04 – Bill Peterson (baixista – Hexx)
26/04 – Phil McCormack (vocalista – Molly Hatchet)
30/04 – Russ Gibb (disque-jóquei, empresário, promotor de shows – MC5, Iggy Pop, difundidor da lenda urbana “Paul Is Dead”)
17/05 – Eric Moore (baixista e vocalista – The Godz)
20/05 – Frankie Day (baixista – Mach22)
21/05 – Roslav Szaybo (artista gráfico – Judas Priest, Elton John, Janis Joplin, The Clash, Santana)
21/05 – Lawrence “Larry” Carroll (artista gráfico – Slayer)
29/05 – Tony Glover (vocalista, gaitista e crítico musical – Koerner, Ray & Glover)
31/05 – Roky Erickson (vocalista e guitarrista – The 13th Floor Elevators, Roky Erickson And The Aliens, Roky Erickson And The Resurrectionists)
06/06 – Dr. John (multi-instrumentista, arranjador e ator – The Band, Rolling Stones, B.B. King, Eric Clapton, Allman Brothers Band)
07/06 – Serguei
08/06 – Andre Matos (vocalista e tecladista – Viper, Angra, Shaman, Virgo, Avantasia, Symfonia, Aina)
13/06 – Nature Ganganbaigal (vocalista e multi-instrumentista – Tengger Cavalry, Hell Savior)
16/06 – Piotr Sobaszek (vocalista, guitarrista, baixista e baterista – Necrophobic, Different World, Necro, THD, S.O.S.)
21/06 – Elliott Roberts (manager – Neil Young, CSNY, Joni Mitchell, Bob Dylan, Tom Petty, The Eagles)
23/06 – Dave Bartholomew (multi-instrumentista e compositor – Fats Domino, Chuck Berry, Elvis Presley, Ricky Nelson)
26/06 – Douglas Fielding (ator e narrador – Blind Guardian)
29/06 – Gary Duncan (guitarrista e vocalista – Quicksilver Messenger Service, The Brogues)
04/07 – Tony Hall (empresário, executivo, escritor e DJ – Black Sabbath, The Who, The Zombies, Jimi Hendrix, Elton John)
08/07 – Yoshinori Kokune (guitarrista – Crowley, Tilt)
12/07 – Dick Richards (baterista – Bill Haley And His Comets)
13/07 – Adrian English (guitarrista – The Future Devastation Movement)
16/07 – Bill Vitt (baterista e tecladista – Jerry Garcia, Tom Fogerty, Sons Of Champlin)
19/07 – Rutger Hauer (ator e narrador – Arjen Lucassen)
22/07 – Art Neville (vocalista e tecladista – The Neville Brothers, The Meters)
23/07 – Yachi (guitarrista – Rose Rose)
26/07 – Taryn “Terrorizer” Carter (baixista e vocalista – Nocturnal Fear, Bitchcraft, Reptilia Brain)
29/07 – Louis Dambra (guitarrista – Sir Lord Baltimore)
01/08 – Ian Gibbons (tecladista – The Kinks, Ian Hunter, The Sweet, Suzi Quatro)
01/08 – D.A. Pennebaker (cineasta – Bob Dylan, David Bowie, Jimi Hendrix, Monterey Pop Festival)
02/08 – Nigel Benjamin (vocalista e guitarrista – Mott The Hoople, London, Sorcery)
03/08 – Wilber Isidro Orellana (vocalista – Apes Of God)
04/08 – Paul Finnie (baixista – Power Quest)
05/08 – Lizzie Grey (guitarrista e vocalista – London, Sister, Ultra Pop, Spiders & Snakes)
06/08 – Thomas Farm (vocalista e guitarrista – Bodyfarm)
07/08 – Nicky Wonder (guitarrista – Brian Wilson, Wondermints)
18/08 – George “G.G.” Guidotti (baixista – Heaven’s Edge)
19/08 – Larry Taylor (baixista – Canned Heat, The Monkees, John Mayall, Tom Waits, Jerry Lee Lewis)
22/08 – Nate Winger (baterista e vocalista – Blackwood Creek, Pigmy Love Circus, Lords Of Distortion)
24/08 – Andrew Horn (cineasta – Twisted Sister)
26/08 – Neal Casal (guitarrista – Chris Robinson Brotherhood, Circles Around The Sun, Ryan Adams, Blackfoot, Willie Nelson, Shooter Jennings)
05/09 – Hartmuth “Opyros” Schindler (liricista e produtor – Barathrum, Cruachan)
05/09 – Jimmy Johnson (multi-instrumentista e engenheiro de som – Muscle Shoals Rhythm Section, Rolling Stones, Lynyrd Skynyrd, Joe Cocker, Traffic, Bob Dylan, Aretha Franklin)
08/09 – Andor Flodensson (baixista, guitarrista e vocalista – River Of Despair, Skogshallen)
09/09 – Robert Frank (fotógrafo – The Rolling Stones)
10/09 – Jeff Fenholt (cantor e ator – Jesus Christ Superstar, Black Sabbath, Geezer Butler Band, Bible Black)
13/09 – Eddie Money
15/09 – Ric Ocasek (vocalista e guitarrista – The Cars)
16/09 – Mick Schauer (tecladista – Clutch, Earthride, The Bakerton Group)
18/09 – Tony Mills (vocalista – Shy, TNT)
19/09 – Larry Wallis (guitarrista e baixista – Motörhead, Pink Fairies, UFO)
20/09 – Yonrico Scott (baterista – The Derek Trucks Band, Susan Tedeschi, Gov’t Mule)
23/09 – Robert Hunter (poeta e liricista – Grateful Dead, Bob Dylan)
23/09 – Richard Brunelle (guitarrista – Morbid Angel, Paths Of Possession)
24/09 – Perry McAuley (vocalista – Graveyard Rodeo)
29/09 – Aaron Zimpel (vocalista, baixista, guitarrista, baterista e produtor – Anvil Chorus, Metal Church, Release, Sumerian Crown)
29/09 – Larry Willis (tecladista – Blood, Sweat & Tears)
02/10 – Morten Stützer (guitarrista e baixista – Artillery, Missing Link)
02/10 – Barrie Masters (vocalista – Eddie And The Hot Rods)
02/10 – Kim Shattuck (vocalista, guitarrista e baixista – The Muffs, The Pandoras, The Beards, Pixies)
06/10 – Ginger Baker (baterista – Cream, Blind Faith, Air Force, Hawkwind, Atomic Rooster, Fela Kuti, BBM, Baker Gurvitz Army, PiL)
06/10 – Larry Junstrom (baixista – Lynyrd Skynyrd, .38 Special)
11/10 – Erik Scott (baixista, tecladista e compositor – Alice Cooper, Signal, Mark Edwards, Flo & Eddie)
15/10 – Steve Cash (vocalista, tecladista e percussionista – The Ozark Mountain Daredevils)
21/10 – Peter Hobbs (vocalista e guitarrista – Hobbs Angel Of Death, Tyrus)
22/10 – Ed Cherney (engenheiro de som – Rolling Stones, Eric Clapton, Elton John, Sting, Bob Dylan, Lenny Kravitz)
24/10 – Walter Franco
26/10 – Paul Barrere (vocalista e guitarrista – Little Feat)
31/10 – Edgar Lois (vocalista – Angus)
04/11 – Timi Hansen (baixista – Mercyful Fate, King Diamond)
04/11 – Bart Walsh (guitarrista – David Lee Roth, Bret Michaels, Atomic Punks, Thrust)
05/11 – Michael Sherwood (produtor, tecladista e vocalista – Conspiracy, Circa, Air Supply, Lodgic, Toto)
07/11 – Nik Powell (empresário – cofundador da Virgin Records)
09/11 – Robert Freeman (fotógrafo – The Beatles)
11/11 – Herman Le Roux (vocalista e guitarrista – Juggernaut, L.A. Cobra, Shadowlord)
16/11 – Terry O’Neill (fotógrafo – The Beatles, Rolling Stones, Elton John, The Who, Black Sabbath, David Bowie)
19/11 – Lloyd Watson (guitarrista – Brian Eno, Phil Manzanera, 801)
20/11 – Doug Lubahn (baixista – The Doors, Pat Benatar, Billy Squier)
20/11 – Martin Hooker (empresário – fundador da gravadora britânica Music For Nations)
01/12 – Stuart Fraser (guitarrista – Noiseworks, Blackfeather, John Farnham)
09/12 – Marie Fredriksson (vocalista – Roxette)
12/12 – Jack Scott
13/12 – Roy Loney (vocalista – Flamin’ Groovies)
18/12 – Arty McGlynn (guitarrista – Van Morrison)
24/12 – Dave Riley (baixista – Big Black)
28/12 – Elijah Nelson (baixista – Black Breath)
29/12 – Neil Innes (multi-instrumentista e comediante – The Rutles Monty Python)