RIP DJ AM aka Adam Michael Goldstein

Adam Goldstein was found dead at his New York City apartment at around 5:20 p.m. on Friday, August 28, 2009. He was 36 years old. Friends called the police, who along with paramedics broke into the apartment and found Goldstein's body. Sources have speculated that the cause of death may have been accidental drug overdose. Drug paraphernalia was found in the apartment, but no signs of foul play.[35] A rep for Goldstein released a statement: "Adam "DJ AM" Goldstein was found deceased this afternoon in his New York City apartment. The circumstances surrounding his death are unclear. Out of respect for his family and loved ones, please respect their privacy at this time."

A week before his death, Goldstein and longtime girlfriend Hayley Wood had broken up. The difficulty of this event along with the posttraumatic stress and physical pain of the plane crash he was in less than one year prior may have contributed to his alleged relapse. "He struggled with pain after the crash," a close friend of Goldstein told E! News Friday. "But it seemed like he was functioning fine and never missed work."

Goldstein's former girlfriend Mandy Moore released a statement: "I am absolutely heartbroken. For those of us lucky enough to have known him, Adam radiated a contagious exuberance for life and also personified the very definition of a true friend. To say that he will be missed beyond words is an understatement. My heart goes out to his loved ones.

I guess DJ AM is now DJ ISN'T

@_@

sad news, but sorry..who was he?

his claim to fame is that he used to go out with nicole richie

has had a fairly impressive sneaker collection

apparently hes a playable character in the upcoming dj hero game.

what the fark.. jebus thats crazy, was actually a fan of his work specially with travis barker..

RIP Adam..

QFT lol...

I'll never forgive him for snagging the last pair of Fukijama sneakers from Turtle on Entourage a few seasons back.

Did he actually do anything decent or worthwhile?

Who cares I say

he banged nicole richie and mandy moore



not at the same time tho

I wonder if he banged Nicole just to meet Lionel?

 

So nope. Nothing decent at all really.

He has performed with Jazzy Jeff. Noteworthy IMO

But in all seriousness, he probably wouldn't be up on stage with Jazzy Jeff if he wasn't any good. Speaking off Jeff, someone needs to get him out here for one of our day festivals. He'd fkn kill it I reckon.

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and Jay Z!

Banging Mandy Moore still trumps DJing with either of them.

By a country mile!

I'd rather the show with Jazzy or Jay than bang Mandy.

Fine, you can send her my way then...

I don't even know what to say.

I don't know whether to become increasingly disappointed in you, or to take comfort in the fact that your genes for sexual selection are obviously weak so there is little chance of you infesting the world with little Melvins any time soon.

Aaaaahhhhhh Haaaaaaaaa

ha ha ha. Dont think you've got anything to worry about there with the mini Melv's

When I see Mandy Moore I think 15 year old girl. I dont know how old she is but she looks like a kid. 

Ding Ding Ding

Hmmmmm

seriously?

Melv wtf man, you used to be cool!

okay I stand corrected. She seems to have grown up a little since the last time I saw a pic of her. How old is she?

25

Holy shit.  Well lets not dwell on my complete lack of taste,  (cause she does look pretty fine)
back to dead deejay AM.

ahahahaha

He was a bit of a tryhard though IMO, he had a Technics logo tattoed on his wrist FFS!

Still having never heard any of his sets he might've been OK. All I can remember is seeing pics of him letting Paris Hilton have a mix with him and shit so I always thought maybe he just mixed total pop crap.

Good track record with the ladies though for sure...

PS. In addition to that off topic bit, Jazzy Jeff is top of my list for DJs to see that I've never seen, no question. His work with Fresh Prince when I was a kid went a long way to expanding my musical tastes.

jazzy jeff is what i expect a hip hop dj to be like when i go out..thats why im usually so disappointed at hip hop shows.

on another note.. mandy more, she's too old now haha

here's a link to one of his last mixes, seriously talented dj


http://www.getrightmusic.com/2009/06/01/travis-barker-dj-am-fix-your-face-vol2-coachella-09/

Quaz & Headache will like this.

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Bastard! If I had that sorta money, I'd have him covered easy.

Wonder what will happen to them all now.

its funny. Cos people don't know him, "he must have been crap"

He was a fkn wicked DJ



and had an awesome sneaker collection



Haters

Yeah, from the Youtube clips I've seen the dude could throw down a mean mashup set. CAN scratch too. Seems as though he has more skills than a lot of the dnb dj's people have wanks over around here.

i dont think anyone said he was a shit dj, just that he is more well known for who he has dated more than anything else...

hater!!

I noticed he dropped the G from his DJ name.

So he was a self-loathing Jew then?

Who's the hater now?

DJ Premier said he'd known AM for over 14 years and spoke about their relationship on his radio show last night.

"I met him when he was 14 years old at a Cypress Hill, House of Pain, Hooligans show. He was with Alchemist and Scott Caan, James Caan's son ... and we took pictures. The other day, he sent me the pictures, and I'm gonna make a T-shirt of that.

"I already heard people are trying to hate like he wasn't important, like he wasn't a dope DJ," Primo added. "Let me tell you something: He is the f---in' sh--. This dude's a f---in' maniac on turntables, for real. You have to experience this dude's tactics on turntables — he's sick with it. And if I cosign it, f--- any DJ who disagrees. You either haven't seen him spin ... and this dude's history, his knowledge of music, was intense."



good enough for me

x2

Yeah good rap there. I never said he was shit btw. Just that the popular image of him seemed to imply that. I think I might hunt down some of his work to form my own opinion...

Haha ya gotta love Premo.


Well AMG is a well established brand name, as it is the performance arm of Mercedes. History would have told Mr Goldstein that if you are Jewish, don't fuck with the Germans.