Who is the biggest jerk in Rock&Roll?

[coloradodem2005]

My pic would be Ted Nugent. For obvious reasons. Sexist mysoginistic, racist wingnut of the highest order.

[Search Party]

1. I agree 12 billion %

a fucking idiot without considering his politics.

[La Lioness Priyanka]

2. elvis was nice

but was sexist and racist as well...

[Beware the Beast Man]

6. If you're referring to that "shine my shoes" comment,

It's not true. Here's the link:
http://snopes.com/music/artists/presley1.asp

[Beware the Beast Man]

3. Gene Simmons, hands down

Money-grubbing pervert who seems to have no problem pissing on his fans and his band's legacy by entering the 9th year of a farewell tour that got old 8 1/2 years ago. Not to mention the revolving cast of replacement players Kiss has had over the last few years. All you have to do is search the net for his interview on NPR's Fresh Air to see what a dick he really is.

[Book Lover]

12. While I totally agree that Gene is an ass

and he also wins my vote for rock's biggest asshole, personally, I think Terri Gross led a terrible interview, and he rightly mopped the floor with her. He was interviewed in Salon (I believe) a little while ago, and that shows his true colors much better.

[midnight armadillo]

22. 100% agree on Gene Simmons

The man is a monstrous mysoginist.

Did you hear the Fresh Air interview with Triumph the Insult Comic Dog? At one point he says something like: "Gene Simmons warned me about you Terri! The two of us were f*cking a border collie and he sat back and said 'ah Triumph, I can't even f*ck I'm so worked up over that interview'" Brilliant skewering of Simmons by Triumph in that segment.

[Book Lover]

23. Oh shit! :-)

No, I hadn't heard that, but after this next meeting, I think I'll mosey on over the NPR's website...

[DeadHead67]

4. And, I might add, would probably practice cannibalism. . . . .

. . .if he could get away with it. Meat is meat after all. But, my first choice in this VERY SMALL galaxy of assholes, would be gnarly pervert, world class hypocrite, and has been, Alice Goober. Have you seen his revisionist commercial for Office Depot where he denies the line from his song 'School's Out', says "school's out FOREVER"? Like I said INTERGALACTIC ASSHOLE!!!

[Magrittes Pipe]

5. Al Hedges.

What an ass-munch.

[Champion Jack]

7. Kid "mullet head" Rock

is right up there on any list of rock and roll jerk offs.

[PatriotGames]

8. Damn, you beat me to it. What a doofus he is.

[PatriotGames]

9. Nugent is high on my list too.

[salvorhardin]

10. There's so many!

In order, I'd have to say...

Ted Nugent
Gene Simmons
Kid Rock
Lars Ulrich
Alice Cooper

[fudge stripe cookays]

11. Lars Ulrich?

Huh.

I hadn't heard that one. Got any info to share? Just curious.

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[coloradodem2005]

14. Napster.

n/t

[salvorhardin]

16. Lars Ulrich hates file sharing

Is Lars Ulrich Clueless About the Internet?

lars ulrich's death wish: metallica v their fans

Chuck D of Public Enemy Vs. Lars Ulrich of Metallica -OR- Freedom of music Vs. We want more control

One of my favorite quotes from Lars, "It's about trying to put your foot down before this whole Internet thing runs amok, and get people to start a debate about, to get Congress to start setting relative parameters about where technology is going"

[fudge stripe cookays]

20. Interesting.

Thanks!

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[bobbobbins]

13. Pete Townsend

Research my ass...

[jonnyblitz]

15. Ted Nugent is a hard one to top. n/t

[Cush]

17. Fred Durst

although I'm not sure he can be called a 'musician'

[Doomsayer13]

18. Axl Rose, hands down

who's with me?

[FunBobbyMucha]

19. Jim Morrison was a notorious ass

and for my taste, at least, about as talented as the average bored high school junior scrawling in his journal. His band hated him, he pissed on his fans and his loved ones, which I guess is aesthetically acceptable if you call it bacchanalia (sp?) instead of self-absorption.

And Eminem is a complete creep. I still don't understand why so much legitimacy is granted to this admittedly unread, damn near illiterate, hate-filled, rape-fantasizing wigger.

And I totally agree with the above about Kid Rock, Nuge, and Gene Simmons. Lars nears to get in therapy and stay there.

Flame away.

[brentspeak]

25. Morrison did have some talent

He had a unique baritone singing voice, unusual in rock music. And when he didn't try make his lyrics into bad poetry, he had a way with lyrics ("L.A.Woman", "People Are Strange").

But he sure was an insufferable jerk.

[HEyHEY]

21. John Lydon AKA Johnny Rotten

You'd think at 45 you wouldn't be into the teen anxst thing anymore

[Adenoid_Hynkel]

28. i like that guy

he amuses me, if nothing else

and P.I.L. is one of my all time fav bands

[Adenoid_Hynkel]

29. steven tyler from aerosmith

a dirty, sleazy, sexist pig of an old man who can't even write his own music anymore and hires celine dion's songwriter to write his songs

ditto for the rest of the band

runner-up is anyone from van halen-i fuckin' hate that band

[brentspeak]

24. Prince has to rank up there

Such a jerk that he won't even allow his former bandmates from The Revolution inside Paisley Park; when they stop in to say 'hi', he has security guards escort them from the building.

[Chovexani]

26. Toss Up Between Ted Nugent & Gene Simmons

Scott Stapp formerly of Creed is an ass as well. Give him a couple of decades and he might just reach their level of assiness.

He's such a prick that when the band broke up, all the other guys made a new band with a new singer. So basically it's the same band, but without him in it. :P

On Edit: Axl Rose is a ginormous tool too.

[coloradodem2005]

31. You mean Creed?

Creed broke up and the rest of the band formed a new band without Scott Stapp? What is the name of it?

[AngryAmish]

27. Danzig

Edited to say it would be GG Allin but he is dead, thankfully.

[miss_kitty]

30. i totally agree with all of these choices

and who were the turds who had to have the brown m & ms taken out of the bowl? shit. you can go thru the list of band demands and get a whole fresh look on who's a jerk in R & R...might be good for a tie-breaker...