Is there a higher value to losing your life because of living the rock lifestyle? A drug overdose is a implicit form of self-sacrifice.
I then think about the death of Kurt Cobain. Did he kill himself in a symbolic sense for the salvation of rock n’ roll’s soul? A gentleman with a heavy punk/indie ethos, absolutely disgusted by the limelight.
Inverted logic 
And Robespierre died for The Revolution!
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Oh shoot that was a good one. I should have thought of it!
On a lighter note who would be the patron martyr of Rock n’ Roll? There are plenty of contenders.
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alas, that would require a top ten list
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How do we classify rock martyrdom any way?
Is there a higher value to losing your life because of living the rock lifestyle? A drug overdose is a implicit form of self-sacrifice.
I then think about the death of Kurt Cobain. Did he kill himself in a symbolic sense for the salvation of rock n’ roll’s soul? A gentleman with a heavy punk/indie ethos, absolutely disgusted by the limelight.
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And then there is literary martyrdom? Ernest Hemingway!
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Him and a litany of others.
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