The biggest assholes in rock

Phil Spector.

Edit...couldn't think of names this morning, had to look them up online.

Gary Glitter.

Ted Nugent.

I'm so vain,
I probably thought this thread was about me, 'bout me, 'bout me, 'bout me.


Yngwie's gotta be up there, no? But this could be a pretty big list, me thinks.

You could turn an eye to almost anyone if you want...
Skynyrd for not letting Ed King back into the band
Bon jovi and ritchie sambora
Dream theater and portnoy...
Axl

Mooh said:

Ted Nugent.

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I'm not saying that I don't get the reasons why some may find him irritating but in all honesty, I truly believe most people, if they sat down and talked with him for an hour, they would leave the room actually liking him.

Last year at the Dallas Guitar Show he signed autographs, took pics, shook hands and spoke with every person for 7 hours straight without a break on both Sat and Sun. Even I had to leave the booth to go to the washroom and have a small break --- but he just kept on going because people were lining up for a long time to meet him.

That doesnt mean he isnt a shitty guy, just that he appreciates fans.

Theres a long list. What did the singer from Filter do?

I am so pleased we can now swear in thread titles, I was all worried we were going "classy" and "kid friendly".

Hey, if you're gonna name call can you at least put up some justification for naming names? ie., Gary Glitter - child pornographer. Don't just throw out Richard Patrick - Ted Nugent - and leave us hanging.

Fair enough.

Why Ted Nugent? His appetite for minor girls is a qualifier.

Ted Nugent Trumps them all, imo.

ronmac said:

Ted Nugent Trumps them all, imo.

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Wondering if Page and Townsend will make the list.

Lola said:

Alex and Eddie Van Halen for kicking out Michael Anthony out of the band.

And you?

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I just finished "Running with the Devil" by Noel Monk. It turns out Ed, Alex, and Dave put Mike on salary after the release of 1984, and to make things worse it was retroactive to before that album was released.
Ed and Dave argued they were the creative geniuses behind the band and Mike hadn't contributed anything (other than back-ground vocals). Alex basically got a full share for being Ed's brother. So Mike had been getting the shaft for almost 30 years before Wolfgang took his place. Good book about the business end of the band.

Budda said:

That doesnt mean he isnt a shitty guy, just that he appreciates fans.

Theres a long list. What did the singer from Filter do?

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The guy from Filter paid his band wages that were on par with poverty level! He even admitted to wanting to keep all the money from every gig to himself. Band members are what helped make Filter, Filter.

Did Billy Joel help to end Stegmeyer's life by telling him he was no longer on tour with the band?

Lola said:

The guy from Filter paid his band wages that were on par with poverty level! He even admitted to wanting to keep all the money from every gig to himself. Band members are what helped make Filter, Filter.

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He got that from Trent Reznor, Nine Inch Nails. If you watched the Netflix Hired Guns thing, Richard and other NIN members talk about it.

Nobody killed Stegmeyer but Stegmeyer. He was, again according to extensive interviews in Hired Guns, depressed at least in part about being out of the band yes.

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keto said:

He got that from Trent Reznor, Nine Inch Nails. If you watched the Netflix Hired Guns thing, Richard and other NIN members talk about it.

Nobody killed Stegmeyer but Stegmeyer. He was, again according to extensive interviews in Hired Guns, depressed at least in part about being out of the band yes.

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It was the devious way that he was let go!

If it gets canned c'est la vie. I guess f bombs don't count.

Lola said:

Did Billy Joel help to end Stegmeyer's life by telling him he was no longer on tour with the band?

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He didn't tell him, some flunky did. And yeah, it probably didn't help.

I'll add Roger Waters for kicking out Wright and trying to prevent founding members from ever playing a Pink Floyd song.

I can well imagine how I woulda handled fame and fortune. I am already an asshole without it.

Ginger Baker was/is pretty next level in terms of straight up cruelty.

I'm always surprised by how many of them kept 15 year old (or younger) "girlfriends". Straight up predatory shit. I'd say they top the list by default but I guess that's something different and worse than a garden variety asshole.

I'm fairly confident that most of them would qualify by somebody's asshole criteria. You could say that for anyone I suppose.