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TMZ: Christina Grimmie is dead after a shooting in Orlando (Florida USA).
Christina was doing a meet and greet with fans Friday night following a concert when a man walked up to her and simply opened fire. Her brother tackled the shooter, but the man was able to get free enough to shoot and kill himself.
Since finishing in third place on The Voice (in) 2014...Christina (had) signed with Island Records, and was reportedly working on an album. (She) was 22.
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That's what's so devastating. Since
The Voice, she's certainly done no worse than the two who beat her out, racking up enough YouTube subscribers to land a six-month developmental deal with Island and management by Selena Gomez's parents. And the absolute senselessness of her murder gets you to thinking about the unthinkable:
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Originally Posted by rocknation
...(K)eep in mind that public feuds between bands (and between band members) can trickle down to mentally ill fanatical fans who might take it upon themselves to defend their hero's honor -- ask Phil Anselmo and Dimebag Darrell of Pantera.
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If I had to explain my tenure with Bon Jovi with just one word, that word would be FUN. As one fan has said, "I don't suffer from a Bon Jovi obsession -- I enjoy it immensely." I stopped being a fan of Guns N Roses, Metallica, Michael Jackson, and even Bill Cosby when I felt they had evolved into something that had stopped being fun. That seems such a simple, obvious solution that people who can't see the line between fandom and fanaticism are as foreign and remote to me as the planets.
Look at us -- even when we JoviTalkers fight, it's fun. Some of us might describe Bon Jovi as "the soundtrack of our lives." Some of us hoped to duplicate their musical success; some of us were willing to settle for just marrying them. But when those things didn't pan out, we managed to get on with our respective lives -- we've gotten our educations, climbed out of our parents' nests, found employment, cast votes, attended weddings, christenings, and funerals. In the absence of the band members being available for love, marriage, or parenthood, some of us have managed to find others with whom to engage in such activities. Regardless of the difference in our ages, nationalities, and other tastes in music, I believe we all have this in common: Bon Jovi is a tool with which we
enhance our lives, not a weapon with which we defend ourselves
from life.
I know of only one instance of a fanatical Bon Jovi fan: someone entered a radio station's "What would you do for Bon Jovi tickets" contest by identifying himself as Jesus Christ and offering to blow up the radio station. But that story doesn't involve attacking them directly. I've always laughed about the legions of jealous boyfriends who would like to kill Jon -- and confess, ladies, there those of us who have considered "replacing" Dorothea and Heather, too! But as long as you realize that those ARE humorous fantasies that would be wrong to carry out, such thoughts are actually mentally healthy.
Justin Beiber abruptly changed his meet-and-greet policy after his security detail failed to notice that a "dangerous" fan on their "watch" list had signed up -- no doubt Bon Jovi also have such a list. But ARE there Bon Jovi fans out there who think they're getting telepathic messages from them; have decided that if they can't have them, no one can; or would like to defend Jon or Richie's honor the way someone believed he was defending Phil Anselmo's? I'm very glad to be able to say that I have no reason to believe that -- even now, they're still too much fun.
P.S. It turns out Grimmie was not only Bon Jovi's labelmate but a Jersey girl -- I hope the band puts out a statement.