Check the messages
Following the death of former South African President Nelson Mandela yesterday, several bands and musicians paid tribute to the leader on social media.
Check out some of the messages posted below:
Guns N' Roses – “Everything seems impossible until it's done.” RIP Nelson Mandela
Tom Morello – RIP Nelson Mandela. Hero. Freedom fighter. An iron will and a compassionate heart. Thank you for your struggle and your example.
Nikki Sixx – RIP Nelson Mandela. A man who changed the world.
Paul Stanley – A man of principle who lived according to his beliefs and changed his country and the world.
Dave Mustaine – An incredible man and legacy.
Jeff Scott Soto – The world is a slightly better place because of you.
Gene Simmons – A sad day. A great man.
Glenn Hughes – Nelson, your love and your light moved mountains. The world has lost a messenger and a beacon of light. My visit to your country this year changed my life.
Tommy Lee – RIP Nelson!!! “After climbing a great hill, we only discover that there are many other hills to climb.” NM
Duff McKagan – RIP Nelson Mandela. He changed the way the world thinks. What a great, great man.
Slash – It's very sad to hear that we've lost Nelson Mandela, one of the great pillars of humanity that we still had left.
David Draiman, Godsmack, Machine Head, and Scott Ian also posted messages. Mandela passed away yesterday, the 5th, at the age of 95, after battling a lung infection.
