band-ending death

A sudden death of a band member (usually the lead singer) that leads to the band's permanent break up. They will decide that the member that died was irreplaceable and thus cannot go on.

Please note that there are plenty of bands, like the Rolling Stones, that carried on after the loss of a bandmate. Sometimes the surviving members form a new band, like how the surviving members of Joy Division reformed as New Order when Ian Curtis killed himself.

Queen didn't disband when Freddie Mercury passed away and John Deacon left, they just changed as a band.

The Doors was kinda this because they released two shitty albums after Jim Morrison died.

Notable band-ending deaths:
John Bonham (Led Zeppelin)
Adam Yauch (Beastie Boys)
Eddie Van Halen (Van Halen)
The Heartbreakers (Tom Petty)
Neil Peart (Rush)
Marc Bolan (T. Rex)
Lemmy (Motorhead)
Jerry Garcia (The Grateful Dead)
Phife Dawg (A Tribe Called Quest)
Jam Master Jay (Run DMC)
Richard Wright (Pink Floyd)
Maurice Gibb (Bee Gees)
Peter Steele (Type O Negative)
Chris Cornell (Audioslave)
Dolores O'Ridoran (Cranberries)
Kurt Cobain (Nirvana)
And most likely... Taylor Hawkins (Foo Fighters)

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by Adujasty343 May 23, 2025

The end of the school year

Be super nice to your friends to see if they notice if they do they are true friends if not you guys probably need a break from each other!!

You: the end of the school year has come😋
Friends: I’m so exited

You: (being extra nice)
Friends: why are you being so kind?
You: sorry I can’t tell you look at urban dictionary to find out.

by Crush things appropriate 🥰😇 May 23, 2021

Kanye "Ya Ni Sabao" Years-Old Of West End: The Only Juvenile To Be Releasesed...

What I call homo-sapiens who are addicted to perianal abscesses.

Person 1: Kanye "Ya Ni Sabao" Years-Old Of West End: The Only Juvenile To Be Releasesed...

by LeSouffleDeVersailles February 2, 2025

is the END

Fuckin' great song by Lastier. And yes, that is how the title is lettered.

I dare you not to be drawn in by is the END's golden repetitiveness!!!

by IcyHaku December 1, 2004

Chob end

A right 'ol cunt from the south west of England, particularly east Cornwall.

Oi mate you 'eard bout them chob ends down Saltash?

by Jamgi Esll July 19, 2021

Hitchcock Ending

When a situation has an unresolved ending, if the ending is in fact resolved it is for the viewer to resolve it in their mind for it is not told to them.

Maaaaaaaaate, I couldn't deal with 'Psycho', such a Hitchcock Ending! What the fudge happened to Marion for her car to be recovered from the swamp!

by Muse_Luver August 22, 2011