The Most Badass Rock 'N' Roll Graves

It was 35 years ago today that Jim Morrison was found dead in a hotel bathtub, cementing his live-fast-die-young legacy. Since the singer's death, Morrison's Paris grave site has become an extremely popular tourist destination, famous for being continually defaced with graffiti reading things like "Sex, Drugs and Rock 'N' Roll" and "Morrison is God." Meanwhile, the bust pictured was stolen in 1988 and replaced with a flat stone, and in 1991, on the 20th anniversary of Morrison's death, unruly mourners were dispersed by means of police tear gas. We can't help but think that the Lizard King would consider this sort of vandalism in sync with the rock 'n' roll spirit. It inspired us to search out the graves of other entertainers whose messages live on in their burial markers. Running with the Bulls Revelers are chased by Conde de... [read full story]                    

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