Jimi Hendrix, Known for playing "The Star-Spangled Banner" on the guitar with his teeth and setting the instrument ablaze, Hendrix was one of the first to use wild amplifier feedback to his advantage. Though different accounts exist, most agree that on Sept. 18th, 1970, he died in bed after drinking wine and consuming a lot of sleeping pills before asphyxiating on his own vomit.

John Bonham, Led Zeppelin's drummer, Bonham was famous for a steady, heavy foot on the bass drum and powerful snare. Bonham was also famous for his insanely long drum solo in the middle of "Moby Dick," which featured him playing timpani and slapping at the drums with his bare hands. A big boozer all his life, on Sept 24th, 1980, Bonham decided to have sixteen shots of vodka"¦ FOR BREAKFAST! He went on drinking the rest of the day and eventually fell asleep. Found dead the next morning, the coroner's office said he asphyxiated on his own vomit.

Bon Scott "“ AC/DC's lead singer between 1974 and his death in 1980, Scott is best known for his vocals on the album Highway to Hell. (Though Back in Black was an infinitely bigger hit record, Scott was already six feet under by that point in the band's history.) There are many different accounts of his death, but all of them involve a heavy night of drinking in a London club called Music Machine before the night the singer passed out. Many claim, as with Bonham, Scott died choking on his own vomit. But apparently, the official cause was listed as "acute alcohol poisoning" and "death by misadventure." (Gotta love that last phrase, eh? Only in the U.K. could anyone die by misadventure.) Here's a little soundbite from title track of Highway to Hell.