Ok, now for professional musician asshole Hall of Fame.

[coloradodem2005]

Ted Nugent- #1 pick. Who else would it be?
Fred Durst
Kid Rock
Vince Neil


Feel free to add to it.

[greekspeak]

1. How about Toby Keith?

[kedrys]

4. Um, it has to be an actual *musician*

Not a shitkicker caterwauling dipshit. :D

[GreenArrow]

2. Madonna

Major league asshole.

[Crazy Guggenheim]

49. Aside from her music how's that?

[ForrestGump]

65. I have it on good authority that she was when she first rose to

prominence.

I'm willing to believe that she's matured since. She doesn't do anything for me, and never has, but I appreciate her staying power.

[Crazy Guggenheim]

66. I think heard she dumped her band as soon as she got a

contract or something. I mean as soon as she heard it.

[GreenArrow]

67. watch her "Truth or Dare" movie

Prima fuckin donna. I don't like her, but she isn't in Ted Nugent's league.

[Rich Hunt]

120. I didn't like that period

...when she was running around, dressing like a Nazi.

Thankfully, she's not doing that anymore.

[blonndee]

122. Trust me, she's an asshole.

I can't say TOO much, but a family member of mine is associated in a major way w/an airline that provides private jet service to various celebs...this family member doesn't gossip but will answer questions and I learned that she's so high and mighty that she passes NOTES from her assistant(s) to the crew (including pilots and flight attendants)rather than speak to them directly, even when they're 2 feet away.

To clarify: she WRITES the notes, then hands them to her assistant(s) to distribute.

[TheMightyFavog]

3. David Cassidy (I think that's his name) from the Partridge Family

The king of the asshole musicians, so I have heard from a DJ I work with at our Oldies Station.

[gmoney]

5. Glenn Campbell, from most accounts...

[TheMightyFavog]

17. Interesting story about him...

He was playing at a local Country Music festival up here, and one of my co-workers said that he was using a teleprompter during his concert.

[blondeatlast]

35. I hadn't read that when I posted below. I'm not surprised. nt

[johnnie]

50. It's typical now for people to use them

It is standard practice to have a teleprompter on stage.

[ForrestGump]

69. Teleprompters in concert? Weird.

Elvis had some giant cue cards for the 1973 Aloha satellite shows from Hawaii, held up at least at tiems during the show just below the main center-house camera, but I assume that's because they ran a tight schedule and wanted to keep him on track the whole time...also, he always had tremendous difficulty remembering the lyrics to "Burning Love."

[johnnie]

110. If Elvis had kept on

There is no doubt he would have joined the rest of the performers who use teleprompters.
Most people don't notice them because they usually look like the monitors on the floor in front of them.

[ForrestGump]

111. Yeah, but he'd take great delight

in straying from the program. :-)

[proud2BlibKansan]

80. Hubby is a drummer

and he often tapes the set list to one of his drums or the lyrics to a new song he hasn't memorized yet.

[proud2BlibKansan]

78. That's not at all uncommon

A lot of musicians use teleprompters. Or they tape the words or notes to the back of an amplifier.

[blondeatlast]

34. An asshole, and a major dolt, besides.

I don't know him in a professional capacity, but I do from encountering him more than once at various jobs I've had.

Just unpleasant, and dumber than a box of rocks.

[GreenArrow]

105. like a rhinestone cowpie

What a puss! I'd hate to meet that in a dark alley...

[Bake]

125. Glen's an incredibly talented guitarist.

And if you've ever been ON STAGE and had a lyrics "brain fart" you'd know why he uses a teleprompter!

I don't know what his politics are, and frankly, I don't care. My musical partner is a winger, but he's also a good friend and talented musician.

Bake

[WeRQ4U]

6. Pick either Gallagher brother

[WeRQ4U]

7. Ike Turner

Not R&R necessarily, but whatever.

[Zuni]

40. Actually, Ike Turner wrote the first Rock and Roll Song

Rocket 88 recorded by Jackie Brenston featuring turner on guitar in 1951

but Ike is undoubtedly a nasty SOB, utterly depraved

[Initech]

8. Scott Stapp MUST be on this list!

Or wait, maybe he'd be better on the pompous douche who passes himself off as a musician list.

[lildreamer316]

25. OOOh! I've got a good one on him!!

In any of the International Male mags; they are still using a photo of him modeling leather pants they've had for almost 10/12 years. My hubby used to know models that worked with him.If you look at the pic you can tell even though he's wearing sunglasses. PM me and I'll find it for ya if interested.

[Initech]

53. No comment.

[Catholic Sensation]

9. MIKE JONES!

that son of a bitch repeats himself all the god damn time on the cd, it's fucking annoying.

[ForrestGump]

10. Chuck Berry

Up Chuck.

[GreenArrow]

13. Chuck Berry.

Asshole, yes, but the true King of Rock 'n' Roll.

[ForrestGump]

22. Only if you consider rock 'n' roll to be the same song over and over

I'd even believe Little Richard's claim over Chuckie...

[Zuni]

36. I love Chuck Berry's music but as a human being

chuck is utterly revolting :puke:

[GreenArrow]

68. it's only one song,

but it's THE sound of Rock n Roll. What the John Lennon quote? "If you tried to give rock and roll another name, you might call it Chuck Berry".

"Certainly the single most important black artist in rock and roll, Chuck Berry is arguably the most important figure, regardless of race, in rock history. The archetypal rock and roller, Chuck Berry melded blues, country, and a witty, defiant teen outlook into songs that influenced vitally every rock musician in his wake.

Berry achieved a number of firsts:

--The first guitarist singer to reach charts.

--The first rock and roller to write words that were relevant and entertaining to his young white audience with out alienating his core black audience.

--First songwriter/performer in 1955.

He achieved all of this with a driving rock and roll rhythm that was, if not brand new certainly unique enough to be instantly recognizable. For those reasons he more than any other artist, is responsible for the direction of popular music.

When performing his material Berry made sure to enunciate clearly, singing outside the standard blues realm, and he improvised lyrics that caused to audience to pay closer attention."

http://www.history-of-rock.com/berry.htm

[stlsaxman]

79. The man who invented rock 'n' roll is Johnny "B Goode" Johnson.

wrote all the music for Berry's lyrics... (except "My Ding-A-Ling")

Johnson was one of the sweetest human being ever to live, so he does NOT qualify for this poll! ;)

[ForrestGump]

91. "Johnny B Goode" was ripped off from

Calvin Klein:




Everyone knows that.

[stlsaxman]

100. heheheh

[XemaSab]

11. Axl Rose

n/t

[Initech]

18. I second that nominee!

[ForrestGump]

23. Me, too. Met him -- he was a rude pig

What a doofus.

[driver8]

117. Axl Rose drank all of my cokes!!

I used to work at a recording studio in the San Fernando Valley that Guns n' Roses recorded at. Axl was in the studio doing a demo for a band he was pushing. Slash was going to be on Letterman one night and we all went out to the lounge to watch. I see Axl sitting there with 4 empty coke cans in front of him. I then watched as he walked to the fridge and grabbed the last one out of my 6-pack.

The guy is a fucking multi millionaire and he drinks some poor, lowly assistant's cokes!!

[ForrestGump]

118. The man will stop at nothing

I'm sorry that he was inflicted upon you.

I'd heard the man was a Coke fiend, but I had no idea...

[driver8]

126. Thanks...it was very traumatizing for me...n/t

[XemaSab]

128. What an asshole!

That's just outta line!

[gmoney]

12. David Lee Roth

Or is Eddie the asshole?

[JVS]

14. DLR is the best!

[Crazy Guggenheim]

39. I've never heard anyone say a good word about Eddie VH.

[AntiCoup2K4]

44. Eddie's the asshole. And Sammy's a Freeping Busheep

But Diamond Dave *IS* Van Halen :evilgrin:

[ForrestGump]

48. Must be Eddie, 'cos Dave's a dude

And Van Halen wasn't worth anything after he left.

[ghostsofgiants]

61. I think they're both assholes

I remember some awards show, I forget who won, possibly Beck, but Van Halen (with Roth) were the presenters and Roth kept dancing around and acting like a jackass while Beck (or whoever it was) was trying to give their speech. If it was me I'd have turned around and smacked him.

[ForrestGump]

72. Dave's...uh...

enthusiastic....like a little kid.

Yeah, he probably did deserve a good cuff upside the head.

[AntiCoup2K4]

88. Beck was cool with it.

Being a Van Halen fan himself, he knew that Dave was just being Dave. and while Beck was the winner of the award, the crowd was cheering because they were seeing Van Halen reunited on the same stage after 11 years.

Beck didn't mind sharing the spotlight. But Eddie did :evilfrown:

[ghostsofgiants]

89. True

Beck's a cool guy like that. I still thought it was a little rude though.

[NoPasaran]

15. Yoko Ono

[MiniMandaRuth]

37. Call me an idiot,

but didn't he do the Cowboy Bebop soundtrack? Or am I uber confused?

I just got up from a nap and am kinda groggy.

[NoPasaran]

42. You're confused

Have some coffee:donut:

[MiniMandaRuth]

77. I thought so.

Whoopsie

[democracyindanger]

86. Yoko Kanno

And Yoko is a girl's name.

[MiniMandaRuth]

103. Whoops

[proud2BlibKansan]

82. She is not a real musician

She wants to be one, but so do a lot of 13 year old guitar players.

[NoPasaran]

87. Yeah, but none of them broke up the Beatles

[proud2BlibKansan]

90. All the more reason to dislike her n/t

[NoPasaran]

104. According to a recent article in the New Yorker

Some of her records are in the rotation used to torture prisoners at Gitmo.

I know from experience they work very well for clearing out unwanted guests lingering at the end of a party.

[nothingshocksmeanymore]

16. I doubt there was a bigger asshole than Buddy Rich

[ForrestGump]

38. Apparently!

A horn player who had been playing with Buddy Rich for many years came back from vacation to hear a rumour that Buddy had died. He didn't quite believe it, so he phoned Buddy's wife and said "Can I speak to Buddy please?"

Buddy's wife said, "I'm sorry, Buddy passed away last week."

"Oh, I'm sorry to hear that," he said, and hung up.

A couple of hours later, he called her again. "Is Buddy there please?"

"No, I'm sorry. Buddy's no longer with us," said Buddy's wife. And hung up the phone.

Ten minuted later, he called Buddy's wife again. "Can I speak to Buddy please?" he said.

She recognised his voice, and said: "Look, I've told you before, BUDDY'S DEAD!" And slammed down the phone.

Two minutes later, and the phone rang again... "Is Buddy at home please?" the horn player asked.

Buddy's wife was furious. "I'm not going to tell you again, Buddy is dead.. D. E. A. D. DEAD. Why do you keep ringing me to ask for Buddy???!!!!"

He thought for a moment, and said: "I just love hearing you say it."

[leftofthedial]

75. that's a great and famous story.

[progmom]

47. have you heard those tapes????

:wow:

[biscodawg]

19. Shaun Ryder

from the happy mondays, he and the band spent all of factory records money on crack in barbados while making an album, that in the end they didn't even end up completing. and the insane clown posse. I dont have any real dirt on them, but damn they suck!

[cheeseit]

21. And he once bit a dog when he was a mailman!

That really twists my melon.

[biscodawg]

43. i was just listening to that

and welcome to DU :hi:

[ForrestGump]

20. Kenny Rogers. Another thread here reminded me of it.

I know several people who know him to varying degrees and they all agree that he is a prime a**hole. Not a nice man at all.

I hurt him once, physically, too. Good. :-)

[Bleacher Creature]

24. Really???

I posted the thread about te basbally Kenny Rogers -- a major league asshole (no pun intended).

But I never saw that in the "Gambler." He's really not nice?

[ForrestGump]

26. Nasty, evil, rude, perverted pig

And I don't mean that in a nice way.

I mean, Kenny Rogers, not you... :o

Darn. Tried to see if there was anything germane on Google but, every time I typed in 'Kenny Rogers' and some unfavorable term, all I came up with was some baseball player (who, apparently, has issues). At least I know who you're talking about now. :-)

[Cocoa]

81. are you sure it was him?

http://www.menwholooklikekennyrogers.com/

[ForrestGump]

92. Good point

Maybe Kenny's innocent.

Hmmm...Michael McDonald? Maybe it was him.

[flvegan]

27. Jim Martin from Faith No More

Fucking asshole. Treats women like total garbage.

[CrownPrinceBandar]

28. That really sucks............

because FNM was never as good as when he was playing with them. Anyway, screw you Jim!

[flvegan]

29. Agreed. I hated finding that out about him, but

when some of my buds met the band (long story about Patton and Italian dressing, wrapped in a newspaper), Jim says to one of my friends, out of the blue (she's a, well, she) "so are you gonna suck my ---- or what?" and she told him no. So he was like, "then what are you doing here?" and got up and walked away. There's more, but I'll spare the board...

[Fenris]

30. Gene Simmons

All around shithead.

[Fenris]

32. Also, Glen Danzig

All 3 feet of him.

[AntiCoup2K4]

52. Yeah, but Glenn's got nothing on his former bass player in terms of ....

...pure assholeyness (is that a word?)


Mr Jerry "Only" Caifa, now sporting a "devillock" hairpiece and continuing to milk the Misfits name, despite never having written a single Misfits song.

[Fenris]

57. And Danzig's replacement is a fucking asshole too.

Michael Graves - Bush Supporter.

[blondeatlast]

97. No, but maybe it should be. It has a nice ring to it. nt

[ksilvas]

62. Second nomination for Gene Simmons.

But I do have a soft spot for some old Kiss, sigh, I'm a child
of the 70's.

[Crazy Guggenheim]

31. I saw Huey Lewis one time and thought he was a total asshole.

I asked the employees at the place about him and said "I'm totally disappointed." Shook her head.

[Dukkha]

33. Phil Spector

The great producer of Shitheads, Assholes, and Douchebags!

oh, and he's a murderer.

[ForrestGump]

41. He's a wacko. Has been for a long time.

Seems to have a penchant for shooting studio ceilings, too.

[SouthoftheBorderPaul]

45. Come on, people?!?! Are we liberals or what:

Charlie Fuckin' Daniels!!!

[proud2BlibKansan]

83. Amen

Good call.

[AntiCoup2K4]

55. Are you calling the Beatles and the Ramones...

...Shitheads, Assholes, and Douchebags???

Not that I'm crazy about Spector's production on either "Let It Be" or "End of the Century" (or any of the Lennon solo albums he worked on), but I'm not about to let them be characterized as shitheads and douchebags :mad:

[ForrestGump]

46. Mark Knopfler

Well, he was back in Dire Straits' '80s heydey. Outsized ego (WAY outsized, and he also considered himself basically the best guitarist ever built) and he and his bandmates thought they were gods that 'chicks' should bend over backwards to be with. Kinda went to their heads, I'd say.

Maybe he's changed, since, but he was a bozo back then.

[Redstone]

116. He's done a lot of good work since then.

And I'm saying that as a musician. Have you heard the soundtrack he did for the movie "Local Hero" (just to cite one example)?

Redstone

[Initech]

51. Ooh, another good nominee - Ronnie James Dio

I'm surprised no one said him yet. I saw him open for Iron Maiden and I swear he's the biggest douchebag in heavy metal.

[AntiCoup2K4]

59. Wouldn't he be the SMALLEST douchebag in Heavy Metal?

There is a reason Ronnie was in a band called "Elf", ya know?

[Initech]

64. Touche!

Maybe that's why the entire time he was on stage he kept bragging about how much he was in Black Sabbath.

[no name no slogan]

109. Ronnie's Sabbath albums make me long for the days Ian Gillan fronted them

and that's saying A LOT :eyes:

[eyepaddle]

60. He's clearly played WAY too much D & D

and I've long suspected he's a dick, but is there concrete proof?

[ksilvas]

63. With the Rainbows, Lighting, and Night shadows and such.

[no name no slogan]

93. But he invented the "Secret Devil Handsign"

y'know, the horned saulute (see three stooges below)?





(FULL DISCLOSURE: actually his grandmother invented it, but Dio says he stole it from her when he started performing).

[eyepaddle]

115. Subtract a few points from the guy on the right

for holding his thumb OUT. This is incorrect Devil Horn Salute style. Unless the devil has a third horn out the side of his face.

[ghostsofgiants]

54. Good list

Though I'd definitely add Gene Simmons to that.

[eyepaddle]

56. Psssttt

see post 30

[ghostsofgiants]

58. Haha, that's what I get for not reading the thread before posting

:P

[usedtobesick]

70. Sting, Bono

[Robb]

71. I've been advised by an attorney

... not to comment beyond my sigline, which is protected as "satire" rather than "defamation."

But lord, my vote is clear. :grr:

[lovelaureng]

73. This is easy,

Joe Elliot, lead singer for Def Leppard.

[JimmyJazz]

74. siouxie of siouxie and the banshees - very nasty woman.

[no name no slogan]

94. NOOO!! Say it ain't so!

I've got a HUGE "JuJu" jones going on right now!!! Dammit!!!

Although I've heard she's pretty nasty from others, too. Johnny Rotten can't stand her from what I hear. But then again Johnny is a bit of an asshat at times, too.

[blondeatlast]

101. Really? I'm a Siouxsie fan from way, waaaay back.

Though I had a major disloyalty after she remade "Strange Fruit." God that sucked rocks.

[JimmyJazz]

106. A friend of mine was the girlfriend of one of the guys in one of

Siouxsie's opening acts. This was back in the day, in London. Anyway, my friend said Siouxsie was very mean to her and was generally a very nasty person. I have no reason to disbelieve her.

[proud2BlibKansan]

76. Ray Charles

was a major asshole on stage. I saw him live twice and both times, he quit in the middle of a song and turned to one of his band members to yell at him for being off beat or out of tune.

I refused to ever waste my money on him again.

[no name no slogan]

108. My mother had the exact same experience

Somebody was shouting out a request from the audience, and not only did he refuse to play it, he verbally assaulted the woman, too. Yeah, he's a genius and he's dead, but he could still be a dickhead.

[proud2BlibKansan]

114. I have heard several people say this about him

and I have never been to any other live show where anyone stopped playing to yell at a fellow band member. It was baaad - and he did it twice, at two different shows.

[grace0418]

84. I heard Van Morrison is a complete ass.

Can't verify that but I've read it in a number of places.

[GoddessOfGuinness]

85. I won't use their names...

I'll just write a book about them one day. :evilgrin:

[Misunderestimator]

95. Luciano Pavarotti

absolute sleeze

[Crazy Guggenheim]

99. OMG.

[no name no slogan]

96. Richie Blackmore-- egotistical asshole guitarist extraordinaire

He's such a dickhead that he once punched out a lighting tech because he didn't get the spotlight during one of his wanky guitar solos. Yeah, he's a kickass guitarist, but that doesn't mean he's not a fuckstain, either.

[Crazy Guggenheim]

98. I've heard that before.

[Burma Jones]

102. Richard Wagner

[I Know How To Do it]

107. Miles Davis was a real dick head

I still like his pre 80s stuff a lot.
But there are volumes of how big a dick he was.

[TWiley]

112. John Asscroft .................. Let the Eagle Soar !

Now, that was one revolting song.

[ole_evil_eye]

113. Courtney Love

Not only did she drive the John Lennon of my generation to kill himself, but she's also a vile druggie

Michell Malkin was right when she said "Frances Bean Cobain awaits with joy the day that she becomes an orphan" or something to that extent

[Alexander]

119. Mick Jagger/Keith Richards.

First they fucked over the Stones' leader and creator (Brian Jones).

Then they ripped off a bunch of Robert Johnson tunes.

Mick drove several girlfriends, including Mirianne Faithfull, to attempt suicide. Not to mention cheating on every wife he's ever had.

Keith is known to steal guitars from his fans, just so he can add them to his collection.

An amusing story is one time in 1983 during Richards' bachelor party, Mick pissed off drummer Charlie Watts so bad he socked Mick in the face (the dude lost a LOT of fights, being an almost-anorexic male).

Mick was wearing Keith's wedding jacket, and Keith was more concerned about the jacket than he was about Mick.

Who else...

John Bonham (GREAT drummer, HUGE asshole)
Ian Gillan
Roger Daltrey
Eric Clapton (and Jack Bruce, for that matter)
Axl Rose
Steven Tyler
Billy Idol
Noel Redding
Roger Waters
Lars Ulrich

[Crazy Guggenheim]

121. I;m shocked about some of these.

Roger Daltrey
Eric Clapton (and Jack Bruce, for that matter)
Axl Rose
Steven Tyler
Noel Redding
Roger Waters
Lars Ulrich

[Vektor]

123. Tommy Lee is a huge douche.

And a disgusting pig to boot.

[maveric]

124. Lars, Charlie Daniels, Ted Nugent.

Three of the biggest assholes in the biz.

[driver8]

127. Lars -- what a douche bag.

I watched the Metallica special on VH1 (Their movie) and Lars comes across like a spoiled little brat. I'm surprised Hefield can put up with him.