[david_shi]

Is this the story of Johnny Rotten?

[pigeons]

Surprisingly has not burned out or faded away.

[ojbyrne]

Similarly the man who hoped he’d die before he got old, did not.

[pigeons]

There's a recording of Nirvana playing Baba O'Riley where Kurt Cobain says "I hope I die before I turn into Pete Townsend"