Over the years there have been countless musicians who unfortunately passed away before they got to experience the appreciation that their music really deserved. Whether they were simply underrated in their time, or totally unknown until years after their death, the following artists have only become properly celebrated in the years following their passing. Here are the 5 Musicians Who Died Before They Made It Big<\/p>\n
Now widely regarded as one of the finest folk musicians of all time, and cited as an important influence by countless artists, Nick Drake<\/a> was basically unknown in his own time. Tragically, this underappreciation was a constant source of strife for Drake, and a factor in the depression that mired him throughout most of his short life. Following the use of his track \u201cPink Moon\u201d in a 1999 Volkswagen commercial<\/a>, Nick Drake sold more copies of the album \u201cPink Moon\u201d that year alone than in all the years since its 1972 release combined. Sadly, Drake had died 25 years earlier and never saw the success he craved.<\/p>\n\n