Musicians you idolised as a teen who turned out to be dickheads

[DotCommunist]

just listening to mick jones covering Fake Plastic Trees

why.

 

[5t3IIa]

Slash. Used to idolise his level of cool, his guitar skills, and everything else he did with GNR. Also had a lot of respect for him holding out as long as he did while Axl went batshit and the band finally imploded.

These days he just indulges in being a caricature of himself, still wearing the sily top hats and serving up sub gnr new rock records that are stuck in another century. That cringe version of sweet child of mine with her from the black eyed peas at the superbowl was the end.

See, with Slash I can forgive his recent output because.... I've not heard it

'Most' people fade away and GnR was imo a kind of genius and the last great rock band. No mere human can sustain that and I'm grateful it happened at all. And I'm grateful he's not turned into or revealed, for example, that he's an anti-Semite or Republican. And you should be grateful too - all the good things he's done for you

 

[Tom A]

royalist also. Great endorsment for a so called radical musician that

Excuse me whilst I go into a dark corner somewhere to shout "Noooooooooooooooooo!!!!" to myself.

 

[DotCommunist]

See, with Slash I can forgive his recent output because.... I've not heard it

'Most' people fade away and GnR was imo a kind of genius and the last great rock band. No mere human can sustain that and I'm grateful it happened at all. And I'm grateful he's not turned into or revealed, for example, that he's an anti-Semite or Republican. And you should be grateful too - all the good things he's done for you

I always thought GnR where shite tbh, although no mere mortal can resist 'sweet child of mine'

 

[Thimble Queen]

I didn't mean it as proof he was guilty of conspiracy to rape a child. But it was proof that yes - it was him on the profile, working as a male prostitute / rent boy and without condom use either.

Who knows? If someone is working as a prostitute or in adult films it's not any of my business really. The no condom stuff, if true, is irresponsible at best...

 

[5t3IIa]

I always thought GnR where shite tbh, although no mere mortal can resist 'sweet child of mine'

Don't argue with me, mate. I'm telling you how it is.

What about all the great rock bands since Guns n Roses?

Who?

 

[DotCommunist]

Don't argue with me, mate. I'm telling you how it is.

 

[badseed]

Iggy Pop - Mr. Osterberg to those of us who kept his show on the road - was one of the craziest SOB's to ever take the mic, but when it came to running a schedule you could set your watch by the guy. There's keeping a crowd waiting in anticipation and then there's taking the piss and in that category I put you, the Proclaimers, Roberta Flack, and Siouxsie - but not the Banshees, they were very punctual - and the one-armed drummer from Def Leppard. It least he had an excuse.

 

[youngian]

Professor Green and Dr John - neither have any qualifications, they are complete fakes. And don't get me started on Duke Ellington

whats Mick Jones got on his charge sheet? I always thought he was OK

I know he can't help it but having an unbearably smug Tory cousin in the shape of Grant Schapps is not helpful to your street cred.

 

[5t3IIa]

Nirvana, Radiohead, Metallica, Rage Against the Machine, The Strokes, Faith No More, Sepultura

all after guns n roses and far less shite

I meant in the Sabbath/Led Zep/Cru sense of rock band. Like, proper rock band. I'm a super-duper Mike Patton fan but even I wouldn't say FNM was as good as GnR.

 

[5t3IIa]

I know he can't help it but having an unbearably smug Tory cousin in the shape of Grant Schapps is not helpful to your street cred.

Bahnhof Strasse tell your Mick Jones upper deck anecdote

 

[Maurice Picarda]

I don't understand this thread. I thought it was obvious to everybody, even teenagers spending every penny they earned delivering newspapers on records, that rock stars were all, without exception, dickheads.

 

[5t3IIa]

Guns and Roses are rubbish. Even the 'poncy' bands like FnM or Strokes are more 'rock' than Use Your Illusion

GnR are good in the same way that The Spice Girls are, they aren't actually good

You don't understand - I'm telling you

 

[ViolentPanda]

Wasn't just Hackney pubs. Twat. Useless no-talent twat at that.

I wouldn't say that he's talentless, but his fans and his publicity certainly paint him as far more talented than he actually is.

His fans like to paint him as a poet akin to latter-day William Blake.
I like to think of him as a poet akin to a latter-day William McGonagall.

 

[ViolentPanda]

I don't want/need the opinions or justifications of either racists or religious nutters. Oh, whoops! You've been banned!

Anyway, I just remembered crossing the road to avoid an erstwhile hero, Nicky Wire, because he had betrayed me by quitting wearing eyeliner. Teenagers are so hilarious. I must ask my sister to remind me what it was that Teenage Fanclub did to betray her. It was equally petty, but a momentous betrayal to her teenage mind all the same.

It was probably Norman Blake getting engaged.

 

[ViolentPanda]

He did the right thing. By crossing the road, he still can love Morrissey and the Smiths - rather than thinking "He was a bell end of the highest order" and having that cloud his love of the music.

My opinion of Morrissey roughly shadows that of Johnny Rogan - "Devious, Truculent, Unreliable".

I thought the "devious, truculent and unreliable" phrase was coined by the judge hearing the Morrissey/Marr vs O'Rourke/Joyce royalties case?

 

[Chick Webb]

It was probably Norman Blake getting engaged.

Maybe. I'm not sure she fancied them though. But they were here favourite band, she must have fancied at least one of them.

I remember another betrayal of her's though. She was seriously miffed when Manda Rin of Bis lost weight and stopped recording "silly" songs. Like seriously heartbroken.

 

[Meh O'Naise]

Who knows? If someone is working as a prostitute or in adult films it's not any of my business really. The no condom stuff, if true, is irresponsible at best...

Thats what he advertised on there. I wish I'd taken a screengrab, tbh. Rather than just "right click > Save target as" on the pics of him eating man snossidge.

 

[Citizen66]

Surprised nobody's mentioned John Lydon yet. Revered as the punk messiah in his youth. Sadly he seemed to believe it himself and it completely retarded his intellectual and emotional development - resulting in him becoming a narcissistic, embittered, self parody; propping up ex-pat bars in LA, whining about 'back home' with his pockets stuffed full of shekels from butter commercials.

And he has a 'property portfolio'. Anarchist my arse.

 

[Citizen66]

Was quite surprised to see ostensibly anti ruling class Roger Waters come out in support of fox hunting recently.

 

[gosub]

And he has a 'property portfolio'. Anarchist my arse.

Did have, the collapse of his finances was why he did I'm a celebrity, that and the I'm incredulous it's margarine ad paid PIL's last album production costs

 

[gosub]

I was a bit disappointed when I found out that Jarvis Cocker wasn't really a nonce

Think sabotaging Michael Jackson at the British was a bit of a clue

 

[gosub]

And i'm saying he's still a lib-dem supporter. All the reasons he has given since 2001 for voting lib-dem remain. In that clip i linked to he explains why Clegg being in govt with the tories is a good thing, not that he's disgusted, he's glad that Clegg can now pressure Cameron into lots of progressive measures. Whereas you are not going to vote lib-dem ever again.

He may live near Tolpuddle, but that's hardly a Socialist hotbed these days. His mp is Letwin and the Lib Dems the only viable alternative. http://realwestdorset.co.uk/2010/05/west-dorset-election-result-letwin-wins-again/

 

[butchersapron]

I know where he lives thanks. They're not an alternative full stop. Never mind a viable alternative.

 

[damnhippie]

i was pretty pissed off to learn that Joey Ramone was a Rebuplican...

EDIT Johnny, not Joey, as pointed out below.

 

[gosub]

I know where he lives thanks. They're not an alternative full stop. Never mind a viable alternative.

In a Con/Dem marginal under first past the post it is all that is on offer

 

[butchersapron]

In a Con/Dem marginal under first past the post it is all that is on offer

How does that make it an alternative then? To stop a tory government voting for people who were going to go into government with them is not really an alternative. Unless you are a total mug.

 

[Favelado]

After she became a born again Christian she shat on her gay fans, who were the first to buy her records and who were her most loyal, by stating that AIDS was god's punishment for them.

I didn't realise this. That's terrible. Donna Summer's someone I want to love. There are very few real heroes once you find out more about them.

 

[gosub]

We don't elect governments we elect representatives, and in West Dorset, if for whatever reason you didn't want Tory Oliver Letwin as your Mp, a vote for anyone other than the Lib Dem is a wasted one.

 

[andysays]

i was pretty pissed off to learn that Joey Ramone was a Rebuplican...

Johnny