To wonder why some good musicians and singers just...disappear one day?

[MrsWinnibago]

I like that La Roux...and Marina and the Diamonds...where did they go?

Just googled though and found that La Roux has in fact got a new album out...maybe the question should be why does it take some artists so long between albums?

that's a daft question too...it's a lot of work I suppose!

Althea & Donna - what happened to them? Radio 2 seems to play Uptown Top Ranking occasionally.

Nemone played some Lauren Hill today - wonder if she's read this thread? I can see her as a mner

Thank Peel for Althea and Donna Witchway. That was probably the third or fourth record I bought, and all due to hearing it on His show on Radio 1.

A few years ago my sister rang to tell me that her friend had bought them both tickets to see David Grey. After the concert my sister rang me to say she'd had a very confusing first few minutes at the start of the concert. The tickets were actually to see Craig David (not relevant, but amusing, to me anyway!)

How about Faith No More, the loudest band on TGIF. :o Louder than Metallica. Maybe Michael Eavis should book them...

What about that female singer - eyepatch, maybe got killed in a speedboat accident.

Was it Belinda Carlisle?

Wasn't that Lisa Left Eye Lopez? Belinda Carlisle was the one with a third nipple, wasn't she?

Ah, the left eye bit makes more sense with an eyepatch. So Lisa was killed by the speedboat?

Does that mean Belinda - with her 3 nipples - is alive?

Lisa "Left Eye" Lopes was killed in a car accident I think?

Gabrielle also wore an eye patch at one point but isn't dead, I don't think?

Kitty McCall (not sure about surname) who sang with The Pogues was killed by a speedboat.

Kirsty.

Kirsty MacColl was in a speedboat accident. Left Eye from TLC was in a car accident. She wore a condom under her eye.

The eyepatch woman was Gabrielle, still alive and kicking. Did a gig very recently. I read an interview where she basically says she only dips back into her music career now and again when she can be arsed, most of the time she CBA, and spends time being a mum. She probably sold enough in the 90s to keep her in potatoes forever, she was huge.

I miss Dina Carroll

Who was the one with the snake, and the third nipple? (Might be two separate people. Might have dreamt the third nipple.)

No wonder Lisa Left Eye Lopez had a car crash if she had a condom over her eye. That's not very safe driving, is it? (Very sad and all, gone before her time poor thing.)

Wasn't Tracy Chapman killed by a jet ski ?

Seems a bit dangerous to be a singer to me.

Condom under the eye, notnover. Over would be madness!

I can't remember what it represented. Safe sex maybe. Eye sex.

Trace is still alive!

Definitely over! Wiki- "Lopes emphasized her nickname by wearing a pair of glasses with the left lens covered with a condom, in keeping with the group's promotion of safe sex, wearing a black stripe under her left eye and, eventually getting her left eyebrow pierced."

What about KT Tunstall? You never hear of her any more. Which is good because Black Horse and a Cherry Tree really got on my wick.

Which one was killed in a plane crash? I want to say Alisha, but can't be her as she's be on BGT recently.

Aaliyah

Oh my, I stand correct about Left Eye's condom. A girlband member would never get away with that these days.

Wasn't Tracy Chapman killed by a jet ski?

Unless there's been a hideous tragedy in the last two minutes, Tracy is alive and well.

You may be thinking of Kirsty McColl who was killed by a speedboat whilst diving in Mexico

Belinda Carlisle was in hairspray for a bit before it closed, she had a face like that flat thing from dr who and total chicken neck it was bizarre.

Hmm, who sang Fastcar and it was a black and white video ? Maybe i am just all mixed up / not old enough to remember .

Poor Pogues lady is dead then ? :(

Traci Chapman won a grammy. Didn't Lisa left eye burn a house down?