Biggest jerks in music

[motherfunker]

Jerks? hmmm...

Fred Durst-Full of himself
Scott Stapp-a little too "Nice"
Any member of Slipknot-see also: Fred Durst
Any blonde pop star(ie: tittney spears, christina agulara, Shakira, etc. (sp?):They all are spoiled

 

[RJ]

Yes! I have seen him interviewed a few times and to me, he comes across as an a**h*le! If he didn't, or if I had never seen or heard him, I wouldn't have put him on my list! I didn't just name people at random!

No, I dont think you just listed people at random but from interviews I have seen/heard and the spoken word records I have heard convey a completely diffrent person. I even know a few people that have met him and say was an amazing, down to earth, nice guy he is. I was just suprised. It wasnt an attack on you.

Same thing with the guys from Slipknot. Very down to earth, funny guys...just a little...odd.

 

[Yogi Bear]

The only "famous" musicians that I have met are the guys from ALL, who were all very cool down to earth guys, and Sean Kelly the lead singer from the band The Samples. He was a really cool guy. I met him before one of their shows. He stopped and had a beer with us.

 

[RedGrange]

Dave Grohl... he brought a smashed guitar into a shop I used to work for (doing repairs) ... he was a serious a$$ about it...

The repair couldn't be done... so he gave me the guitar.. but he is still an a$$

All 'rock' stars are jerks when you're outside thier window at 4am

 

[Blackbird]

Originally posted by cassanova
My vote goes to Billy Shehan. He came to thoroughbred music one for a seminar, I got to meet him man is he a stuck up jerk.

While I don't doubt your story and I haven't had the benefit of meeting Billy, I did have some personal contact with him some years ago. I entered the Billy Sheehan/Bass Player BIT scholarship competition a couple of times and was a finalist both times. How did I know? Billy wrote to me to congratulate me on being a finalist. When I got the second letter he remembered having written one to me the previous year!

OK, so I never won the BIT scholarship, but having received those letters was a great boost.

 

[embellisher]

Originally posted by TheJazzBassist
P.S. I hate the guys from P.O.D., never heard em talk but they rub me the wrong way.

Why?

 

[rocking 4 life]

any "pop star" example.. eden's crush, sugar jones.. fame was handed to them, they didn't exactly earn it

 

[Psycho Zen Bass]

Number one jerkiest thing I've ever heard by a famous person: ( Paraphrased) If anyone can do it, it's us. We're that great." -one of the Gallaghers from Oasis
Even if they were that good, (Beatles rehash doesn't qualify as really spectacular in my book) no one should be that full of themselves. Also in the biggest jerk category is Billy Corgan, for pretty much the same reason. Let's do it for the people, not for the self-adulation.

 

[count_funkula]

Bono......

U2 has some great music but I hate when musicians suddenly assume the role as "spokes person for all things good and liberal in the world".

Sorry, I just had to vent. Since when are musicians great "wise men"?

 

[Chris Brodowski]

Originally posted by thrash_jazz
Jeff Hanneman and Kerry King from Slayer - get off your high horses guys, and write some solos that are actually musical... please...

I think that is done for a reason. Slayer is and always will be, harsh sounding, and they use solos to assault the senses, provide an atmosphere, and for aggression, not for their so-called "musical correctness." King, Hanneman and ex-drummer Dave Lombardo first got together doing PUNK covers back in around 1980. Yes, PUNK covers. And when you think about it, it makes more sense than at first glance. One, Slayer's music, although it requires definitely quite a bit more talent to play and to master than your average punk stuff, it is not heavily written on classical ideas of what "goes with what." That is one thing that punk is KNOWN for; the arrangement of chords, notes and beats is more ad hoc than anything else. Musical theory is not something you will find most punk bands to be experts in, nor will you find expert musical theory in "Altar of Sacrifice" for example (my favorite Slayer tune.) They just play cool-sounding, aggressive, mean and ballsy **** that gets you going better than eight pounds of laxatives. Isn't that almost heavy punk-ish in attitude? Play **** to get the crowd, yourself, and your 5 (or more for some people) senses involved in every possible way? That sounds pretty damn punk to me.

(Plus, their drum beats are VERY similar to a fast punk line.)

 

[chump stain]

Originally posted by TheJazzBassist


P.S. I hate the guys from P.O.D., never heard em talk but they rub me the wrong way.

I think your wrong about P.O.D. every interview I've read they seemed way cool. but, whatever.

• Creed guys
• Oasis brothers
• Billy Corgan

these guys seem kinda jerky. maybe I just don't like they're music

 

[thrash_jazz]

Originally posted by Chris Brodowski


I think that is done for a reason. Slayer is and always will be, harsh sounding, and they use solos to assault the senses, provide an atmosphere, and for aggression, not for their so-called "musical correctness." King, Hanneman and ex-drummer Dave Lombardo first got together doing PUNK covers back in around 1980. Yes, PUNK covers. And when you think about it, it makes more sense than at first glance. One, Slayer's music, although it requires definitely quite a bit more talent to play and to master than your average punk stuff, it is not heavily written on classical ideas of what "goes with what."

Don't get me wrong man, I am into Slayer's stuff too, and I think they are great songwriters. Still, those guys DO have very swollen egos, and I don't really dig a lot of their solos. To me, they seem to be random notes spewed out as fast as possible.

I like a lot of other bands not known for "musical correctness". For instance, Cannibal Corpse do a lot of solos that are very atonal and strange-sounding, but to me it always stays within the context of the song.

Sorry, I'm not trying to offend anyone here. Hanneman and King are certainly great guitar players... and some of the biggest jerks in music (but that's all part of the image! )

 

[craigers2]

whenever i see an interview with Little Richard - he drives me crazy.
-he takes credit for inventing all of rock and roll by himself.

Chubby Checker is another guy that has a huge ego. he felt that he should have a statue of himself outside of the rock and roll hall of fame here in cleveland. give me a break.

 

[Nick man]

I think its great that Bono is out there trying to make a difference. I think its great that he is using his situation (being behind a mike in front of thousands nightly) to try to improve the world.

Besides, he's helping you. How can you complain about that? I dont think he's saying he's the only one that can make a difference, just that he is one person that can.

Peace
Nick

 

[funkycarnivore]

There's an interesting site for people who are interested in what happened to a lot of those hair metal bands:
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The site is funny, but has some abrasive content; might not be suitable for everyone.
From what I can gather, there is a universal hatred for both Sebastian Bach (who has a solo project now) and Dana Strum, the bass player from Slaughter. I know the thread title is "Jerks in Music," so I'm not sure if they qualify....

A few years back I interviewed Ben Harper (a.k.a. Ben Chase) for a school project; it was just after he'd gotten signed to Virgin--and he wasn't a very nice guy. I ended up interviewing his parents who were incredibly nice and seemed to have a genuine love for music. Quite different from what I felt to be Ben's pseudo-spirtual megalomania.

 

[flames]

really anybody who thinks they are great (sometimes are) or think they're great and are not
anyone who is tooo full of themselves

 

[Sapo]

Originally posted by cassanova
My vote goes to Billy Shehan. He came to thoroughbred music one for a seminar, I got to meet him man is he a stuck up jerk.

Wow. I met him after a gig one time and he was really nice. He hung out and talked to people for a long time. He was completely accessible to his fans. Of course people kept buying him Coronas so maybe that had something to do with it!

 

[JayAmel]

Originally posted by the-lizard-king
Roger Waters. I think the man is brilliant, one of the best songwriters who has ever lived, but from what I have read, he is a bit of a prick. He has tried to make life for his old bandmates from Pink Floyd as difficult as possible.

I double Roger Waters. His egocentrism put Pink Floyd down. IMVHO, "The wall" is one of PF's worst albums, and finally nothing more than 2 hours of RW's "mast***ation".

All the best,

 

[TaySte_2000]

Kid Rock.
Cortney Love.
Fred Durst.
Fieldy (It ain't bass if it's got no notes you might as well be playing a steel cable).
Stings tantra crap is a bit annoying.

Bassically most singers who don't care about music and being musicians just there for the sex and drugs. Apart from sting hes great but maybe no one should have told him this fact.

 

[BigWig Will]

Originally posted by funkycarnivore
A few years back I interviewed Ben Harper (a.k.a. Ben Chase) for a school project; it was just after he'd gotten signed to Virgin--and he wasn't a very nice guy. I ended up interviewing his parents who were incredibly nice and seemed to have a genuine love for music. Quite different from what I felt to be Ben's pseudo-spirtual megalomania.

I can kinda second Ben Harper, I read a bit of an interview with him and he seemed a little full of himself (but....most spiritualized musicians are, Prince, et al.) and he made a big deal about how he helped bring back the lap guitar....which seemed kinda weird seeing as there really aren't that many more lap guitar players. Still...on the other hand, I'm sure he's a much nicer guy if you were to talk with him one on one, after all, a lot of musicians resent interviews and interviewers. For a good reason too, a lot of times their words are changed, or taken out of context etc. And it'd get kinda old having to give the same answers to the same questions night after night. In BP, Juan Nelson talked about how Ben went and bought him his MTD bass for him. Which is a pretty nice thing to do, hell, I would love it if my guitarist went out and got me my dream bass! why can't more of them be like that?