11 Pop Culture Memorials from Around the World

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9 April 2009 WRITTEN BY: Rich 12 Comments

Forever frozen in time and sometimes covered in bird poop, here are 11 of our favorite statues, busts and artistic expressions of musicians who have impacted pop culture. We went to 11 because we just wanted that extra…umph. If you have one you’d like to add, please add a comment.

Frank Zappa in Vilnius, Lithuania

Stevie Ray Vaughan in Austin, Texas

Jim Morrison in Paris, France

Johnny Ramone at Los Angeles' Hollywood Forever Cemetery

Elvis on Beale Street in Memphis, Tennessee

John Lennon casually sitting in a park in Havana, Cuba

Bob Marley in the tiny Serbian hamlet of Banatski Sokolac

Phil Lynott located off Grafton Street in Dublin, Ireland

Jimmy Hendrix in Seattle, Washington

The Beatles live in the Reeperbahn, Hamburg

Jerry Garcia in Portland, Oregon

Photo_Credits (in-order-of-appearance): flickr sally and jamie, flickr MoralesDirect, flickr kk_wpg, flickr aj bend, flickr albertdiner, flickr teladair, web.bobmarley.com, flickr DouglasBray, flickr dherrera 96, modestine4.blogspot.com, photobucket johnnylb.

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Rich (author) said:

While there are many Bob Marley statues in Jamaica and throughout the world, we choose this statue because the Croats and Serbs gathered together to erect a statue as a symbol of peace, tolerance, and healing after a few war torn years within the region. Again, with The Beatles, there are so many pieces to choose from, but this is the one that we like the best.

# 9 April 2009 at 11:36 pm

Gary Knowles said:

Otis Redding Memorial
Madison, WI (His plane crashed in Lake Monona 12/10/67)
http://twitpic.com/321vj

# 9 April 2009 at 11:58 pm

Sophia said:

The Buddy Holly Center (and statue) in Lubbock, Texas. The center is fantastic.

http://www.buddyhollycenter.org/

# 10 April 2009 at 1:06 am

Alan said:

I say you went with 11 just like in the move Spinal Tap, there amps went to 11 because other bands went to only 10!

# 10 April 2009 at 10:38 am

Rich (author) said:

Alan – You are correct… Spinal Tap was for rock what The Sound of Music was for hills.

# 10 April 2009 at 11:21 pm

Scott said:

Inside Central Park at Strawberry Fields, there is a John Lennon Memorial. It’s apparently an area that Lennon went to often, and is just inside the park from where his apartment was.

http://www.flickr.com/photos/30973676@N02/3225721431/in/set-72157614682060033/

cheers,

# 11 April 2009 at 2:15 pm

Marion said:

I would add the statue of Queen’s lead singer Freddy Mercury in Montreux, Switzerland.

Cheers from Rome!

# 21 May 2009 at 5:35 pm

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# 22 May 2009 at 11:08 am

Jason said:

I love Bob Marley too!

# 5 June 2009 at 7:58 am

Bill said:

Great. Some of those I didn’t know about.

# 11 June 2009 at 1:30 pm

Shauna Jayne said:

Just thought you should know that Jim Morrison’s grave no longer looks like that. The family changed it to a simple tombstone. I believe the Hard Rock café has the bust from it.

It hasn’t been that way (as illustrated in the photograph) for over 10 years. On a visit to France I was disapointed by his grave… but not by the cemetery. That is worth the visit.. Pere LeChaise (sp?).

But I did enjoy your post anyway, some of those I wasn’t even aware of!

Thank you.

# 11 June 2009 at 3:42 pm

Rachel said:

The Bronze Fonz is in Milwaukee WI

# 13 June 2009 at 11:06 am