In Your Experience, What Type Of Musician Is The Most Egotistical?

[bogey_j]

the type of musicians that I clashed with the most has been drummers. a lot of drummers just want to overplay and add their own touch. I hate that ****. Just keep it simple and keep time. Not to mention most drummers I know are just crazy

[Leroy0053]

i always had problems with singer songwriters looking for a bass player....then i have to sit there an listen to them for over 2 hours talk about how the music industry sucks, or the local scene sucks.....i have played with many different people so i dont care what i play as long as its challenging and makes me feel good....

[Haysoochreesto]

There isn't one single type. Any person can be an a$$hole. Any single one person, regardless of what instrument they play, can ruin a band. Projects that I've been involved with that have been wrecked by people with crappy personalities have run the gamut from singers to drummers to a keyboard player. An idiot bass player can ruin a band.

[bThumper38]

My brother is a drummer, we've been in probably six or seven bands together over the years, and I would say six out of seven wanted me to kick him out of the band. Big ego.........he ain't heavy. he's my brother.

[DiabolicLow B]

Over the last eight years we have been dealing with female lead singers and there really seems to be a lot of the "diva" attitude going on ie...

showing up late for gigs, not rehearsing, not helping with equipment,
"the band is nothing without me" ect...

[Winnb]

All of them.

[TRichardsbass]

That would be, ME!

[bassbully]

Whats funny is some of the lead singer with huge ego's are really bad. I knew of one once who was in a small local cover band that was pretty good and I old him so at a set break. He said "yeah we hope by this time next year we will be playing stadium shows'' and he was serious!

[WhiteKnuckles]

Whoa now! This poll is extremely flawed from the outset. It's titled "what type of musician"...




...yet you have vocalist as a choice.

[Phalex]

I had to go with the singer/song writer/douche bag. I've worked with more egomaniac guitar players than anything else, and singers are a close second as far as numbers go, but the biggest douchebag of them all eclipses all other egotists combined.

I guess I should have had a clue when I joined a band that was named after the douchebag in question.

[LiquidMidnight]

Originally Posted by Haysoochreesto

There isn't one single type. Any person can be an a$$hole. Any single one person, regardless of what instrument they play, can ruin a band. Projects that I've been involved with that have been wrecked by people with crappy personalities have run the gamut from singers to drummers to a keyboard player. An idiot bass player can ruin a band.

This.

[TBrett]

Originally Posted by Haysoochreesto

There isn't one single type. Any person can be an a$$hole. Any single one person, regardless of what instrument they play, can ruin a band. Projects that I've been involved with that have been wrecked by people with crappy personalities have run the gamut from singers to drummers to a keyboard player.

And it's so much fun when you get two of more of them in the same band. My bf was in a moderately successful cover band for several years. All members were very seasoned and talented musicians. But not all of them were exactly what you'd call mature on an emotional level. One evening, during the final set of the night, the singer/band leader called out a tune and the keyboardist groaned, rolled his eyes, and started shaking his head in disgust. The singer threw a hissy fit, swore at the keyboardist and left the stage mid-set. At a previous gig with their former guitarist, said guitarist started playing the wrong song at one point, forcing the band to stop. Very embarrassing. The singer handled it well, though, cracking jokes to the audience about how they're just starting out, etc. Everyone, including the rest of the band, had a good laugh and it was no big deal. But the guitarist took great offense at everyone laughing at him and basically sulked through the rest of the show. At the end of the night, he got into a yelling match with the singer as they were packing up, which ended with the guitarist flipping the bird to the rest of the guys, tellng them all to **** themselves and storming out while everyone in the packed bar looked on in amazement. The guys in question were in their 50s at the time.

[C.Linton]

All of the above.

[MNAirHead]

anyone who's played in a mildly successful band and wasn't involved in selling it -- just taking the glory

[Foamy]

No vote - for me, it's harp (harmonica) players.
They always think they can fit in in any song, and never shut up.
[ Yes, I am generalizing - I am sure this is not YOU!! ]

[Sam Hain]

If you had--Side Project/Singer/Songwriter/Douchebag/Guitarist....that one would win the poll.... and the actual name for it would be called Lead Narcissisist.

[plangentmusic]

There's a joke that's told on club date gigs where the members may not know each other. Usually, the keyboards and the horns are on one side of the stage while the guitar and bass are on the other side and the singer and drummer are in the middle. In other words, you have the people who play too much on one side , the ones who play too loud on the other side , and the ones who don't know anything about music in the middle.

[ForSix]

No choice for "Bad Ones?"

[SteveC]

Without a doubt - lead singers. Singer/songwriters aren't as bad as they are usually struggling - unless they are big time - but even small time lead vocalists can ba a pain in the a$$.

[zachoff]

Instrument doesn't matter. I clash with the anal retentive types who think it needs to be perfect every time.