Talk:Dead (musician)

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Suicide note discussion page claims that the note was much longer.

I am changing the time 'do himself in' to commit suicide as it is a coloquial term that is innapropriate in an encyclopedia.

  • I believe he also included the lyrics to "Life Eternal" with his suicide note. If I can find the reference to this I will include it

I like how he used to smell the dead raven! Mmmm Hmmm! Does anyone else know of any strange things "Dead" used to do? This could somewhat enrich the artical.

[edit] Inner Circle reference

For one, the very existence of the so-called Inner Circle has been has been dismissed by many members of the black metal scene as a media invention. In any event, if there was an 'Inner Circle' I seriously doubt Dead was part of it as he committed suicide well before most of the infamous events that took place during the early 90's in Norway occurred.

This discussion, I feel, should be brought up at the discussion page on Black Metal Inner Circle. That page claims that not only did the Inner Circle exist, but Dead was a part of it. The part (you?) removed didn't have any references, so it's perhaps best to cut it for now. However, to solve the debate, we should get reliable sources on whether the Inner Circle existed or not. Right now, Black Metal Inner Circle references two books:
* Baddeley, Gavin (1999). Lucifer Rising: Sin, Devil Worship and Rock and Roll
* Moynihan, Micheal and Didrik Soderlind (1998). Lords of Chaos: The Bloody Rise of the Satanic Metal Underground
These both (apparently) support the idea that an Inner Circle did exist. If this view is to be disputed, then sources more concrete than 'many members of the black metal scene' should be dug up. In any case, I think efforts should be focused on the Inner Circle article and then, if consensus is reached, rewrite the Inner Circle parts of individual artists. Tritec 20:13, 31 January 2007 (UTC)


  • Good job whoever put the box on this page, I tried to do it myself put couldn't as I don't know how to. And yeah it is quite interesting that he smelt dead ravens on stage! Imagine what it smelt like! - Ryan
  • How could Euronymous have found him 4 days before he died? someone should recheck that source and see if it is supposed to be april 18th instead of 8th. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 67.189.217.187 (talk) 02:38, 26 October 2007 (UTC)