Thx for the suggestions, guys - Scatty got the right one! Now I just have to make a party, let it die and listen to the 'death song'
Edit: D'oh! It was the game I was thinking about, but my memory was flawed...this is not the one with the guitar solo upon death.
So, if anyone remembers a game where you, when you die, are taken to a death screen with a big skull looking at you while some sad guitar solo is playing, please let me know.