Anyone who is close to me know how much I idolized this man wen I was growing up.
I don't think it was humanly possible to be anymore obsessed with someone, he was my absolute hero, I lived and breathed everything to do with him.
Him and I shared the same interests in music, and he was especially fond of ww2 History, which made me feel particularly close with him since I absolutely love.
I first saw him play Ace of Spades on a singing game called "SingStar", and I was instantly hooked.
I asked my brother to download more music for me on my Mp3 player, and I would get a few new songs every week I could listen to, i would love every single on without fail. I now own all 32 of his albums and I can't pick a song I don't like.
I started learning guitar because of him aswell.
I first leaned bass because I wanted to be like him. I would spend 20 minutes loading up videos of him playing on old youtube and study every single little thing he did. It would of also been the first time I had heard another song of his as well, the whole thing was like finding treasure you could claim a dollar at a time.
It is really weird how you can feel loss like a family member has passed to someone you haven't ever met personally, although my Dad and I were lucky enough to see him in concert, I was so excited to see him I was shaking. Although, being the loudest band in the world, it could of been shock from the noise.