Here Today... Gone To Hell!

DJ A.M. (aka Adam Goldstein), one of music's most in-demand and celebrated DJs, was found dead in his New York apartment today, according to TMZ. His cause of death is unknown at the moment. Goldstein was 36 years old.

In September 2008, he and blink-182 drummer Travis Barker infamously survived a plane crash shortly after the plane attempted to take off.

DJ A.M. collaborated with AOL Radio and had his very own station in which he personally chose his favorite music to be played for his fans. He will surely be missed by his fans worldwide.







Survived that plane crash and now found dead in his hotel? Thats fucked up to survive something like a plane crash and then die a year later from something else............. Creepy.

Early reports say drug overdose.

No sympathy: you survive a plane crash and then overdose?  Dumb shit.  What a waste.

Don't know who he was or what the hell he did other than "DJ", but the guy sounds like a douchebag.  Hey I survived a plane crash, I'm gonna take drugs durrr!

Thats a shame but no supprise chances are if you die in the music biz you either were high out of your mind and did something stupid, or you just overdosed :no:

Come on now guys, quit the judging bullshit

He was sober for 10 years. I guess seeing some of your closest friends fry on an airplane and the guilt of somehow being one to survive would probably open a lot of those old demons up again.

Or in the hospital, they could've gave him pain medicine that retriggered his addiction.

same thing happened to Anthony Kiedis. He was clean for years and went to the dentist and they gave him some sort of narcotic before or after the visit for the pain and it brought his heroin addiction back with a vengeance.

So he starts (or restarts) smoking crack because he was in a plane crash?

Bullshit.  Either you're dedicated to staying sober or you aren't.

Well then that sucks to people die hell we all are going to sooner or latter and nothing we can do will stop it that's just part of life

why those two have to be realated? yeah he survived, is he stupid or at fault for staying alive? no it was luck.   that has nothing to do with drugs, if he was an addict then the drug problem stays with him. yeah he could have change his life after the incident, but that depends of  your perception of life.

and also, he maybe liked to take drugs like tons of rock stars or musicians, but his dead was an accident he wasnt trying to kill himself.   

You'd think after getting a second chance at life in surviving a plane crash, he would take a look at life and treat it with a little more respect and avoid the drugs and shit.  Didn't happen.  Got a second chance and wasted it.  Way to go.

He used to date Nicole Richie back in the day, when she was a mess.  Other than that, I don't know too much about the guy, but he was a very well known DJ.  Of course I didn't know there was such a thing, but he was THE guy in the DJ biz.

eh didn't really know who he was until he was djing at the vma shows while travis was playing drums.

I saw Travis and DJ AM perform over the summer and was blown away.  I wasnt even expecting to like it, but it was the highlight of teh show I was at.  Truley awesome. Its very sad to have this happen.   And to all the clueless idiots posting about how he deserved it because he did drugs, get a life. You show nothing but stupidity and ignorance. 

No one anywhere is saying he deserved it.  All I said is he was given a second chance at life and pissed it away, and look where it got him.  BIG difference.

No matter what the situation, it is very sad, God Bless DJ AM.

I'm not gonna kiss somebody's ass just because they overdosed.  And no one said he deserved it, just that he was quite stupid to waste a second chance at life on fucking drugs.  

Agreed its a shame when anyone dies

I worked with him for like a day, he was pleasant to work with and he seemed like a nice guy.

Too bad, 36 is way too soon for anyone to go.

Don't do drugs.

How sad, what a waste.  No excuses...fucking stupid.  How sad. :(

ive never even heard of the guy?

I totally agree with people upset with this guy... The whole second chance thing and wasting it... I'm not saying i'm happy he's dead, or that he deserved it, but I dont have much sympathy for him  :no:

Some people may be underestimating the power of drug addiction.

Luckily, I'm not familiar with it so I won't comment.



Apart from the plane crash, I didn't really know much about him but RIP all the same.

I don't think anybody's underestimating the power of drug addiction...it takes incredible respect for the power drugs have to understand you shouldn't do them in the first place.   : ok:

True, but surely he wouldn't have started using drugs after the plane crash?? I don't know, I'm just assuming.

I would have thought this would have been something which had been going on for a while.

I had my computer crash while I was sitting with some friends and it immediately brought my cigarette addiction kick back with vengeance.

Is it possible that he was given prescription meds (obviously after plane crash) that may have led him back to his addictive behavior? 

Very possible... I just saw some celeb (drawing a blank, Steven Tyler, Keith Richards, cant remember ) went to the hospital for an injury and the pain meds sparked up the heroin addiction that was "kicked"

I said that earlier also, same thing happened to anthony kiedis back in the early 90's. he went to the dentist or something and they knocked him out with a drug and it made his addiction come back with a vengeance.

Now that you mention that, maybe thats what I saw  :rofl:

Wow I need a vacation  ::)

yes they gave him antistress pills, and one medicine which i do not remember the name that was difficult for addicts cause it causes relapses.

Sorry D didn't realize that you had previously mentioned that.  Such a thing happened to Duff, I recall him taking Xanex I believe it put him back into rehab.  Being a doctor you would think they would take into consideration the fact that certain individuals suffer from addiction, so why would they prescribe something addictive is beyond me, just doesn't make sense.  With all the drugs out there, no one has a anti depressant that is non addictive yet?

You give a guy an addiction, you make big bucks.

These doctors are no different than pushers on the street.  They'll give you a little taste, get you hooked and suck you dry.

You hit the nail right on the head, sad but true.  I am so greatful to not have addictive behavior, and feel sad for the people who get involved, or shall I say sucked into it innocently. 

which is why if the govt really wanted to win the war on drugs, they'd crack down on all these doctors. they are just as big a problem as any heroin or coke/crack dealer.

They would never do that.  It would be bad for the economy.

They gave him alprazolam, also known as Xanax. Highly addicting. I take .5 mg a night to help with sleep. That's a very, very low dose daily, as addicts are known at take as much as 10+ mg daily. However, I can tell you this, the last time I didn't take it at night, I didn't sleep at all. Xanax is used primarily as an anti-anxiety drug....which is understandable that he got that after the crash, however, a responsible doctor would never prescribe that to someone with a known substance abuse problem, given the highly addictive nature of the drug.

Same story here so hes not all that great but it sucks that he didn't use his second chance at life

so just because you haven't heard of someone, they can't be great at what that person does? oh i see

No I never can say I have heard of him before this happened but he was good at what he did from what I saw its sad though that alot of people havent heard of him till now when we cant ever see him again you know

DJ's are a dime-a-dozen.

I don't consider them to be musicians.  They don't create music.  They use music that's already been created, scratch the disc a few times, throw in some beats.

DJ Obsolete coming to a rave near you.  Don't forget to bring your E!  Bottled water will be sold at five dollars a pop.

exactly, and I hate that kind of "music".

Jam Master Jay was a DJ and hardly a dime a dozen

Regardless of the amount of DJ'S on the planet, one of them has lost his life, musically talented or not, he left a mark in our world, if not with his talents, his offerings to those who surrounded him in life personally, whom I'm sure hold a much more valueable opionion than some of us who never had the opportunity to know him or even experience what he had to offer.

This is from an article dated August 29:

Addiction specialist Dr. Drew Pinsky said Saturday that pain medications likely led disc jockey DJ AM, a former drug addict who died suddenly Friday, away from his sober path.

"It very slowly and subtly reawakens addiction," Pinsky said of pain medication in an interview Saturday. "I'm not saying it was inappropriately prescribed, I'm saying he didn't know the risks."

DJ AM, whose real name was Adam Goldstein, was found dead in his apartment Friday evening. A crack pipe and prescription pills were found in the Manhattan apartment, said a law enforcement official, who spoke to The Associated Press on condition of anonymity because the investigation was ongoing.

Goldstein was 36 years old.

Pinsky is the host of VH1's "Celebrity Rehab," where he helps troubled stars get off of drugs and alcohol.

Pinsky said he believed pain medication Goldstein took for injuries sustained in the plane crash that required two skin graft surgeries reawakened his addiction to drugs. Goldstein had long preached sobriety and openly discussed his earlier addictions to drugs including crack cocaine and Ecstasy.


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I heard that his girlfriend rejected his mirage proposal so he started using again