Who's the biggest asshole in rock music

That "Summer of 69" story is hilarious. If he played at the club near here, I'd pay money just to go do that and see what happens.

Someone else's story: Matthew Good, for multiple offenses against humanity and basic human courtesy, including refusing to take off a monkey mask for a magazine cover shot that had been pre-arranged. I don't have any first-hand experience of it. I hope he finds it heartwarming that he's been mentioned twice already on an international list. Sort of dispels the image of Canadians as overly polite. Maybe that's worth something.

My personal reformed asshole story: Tom Cochrane (of Red Rider and "Life is a Highway" fame). He was touring the country back in the early 90s, and was riding a wave of success on radio after being perceived as an album act for a goooood long time with Red Rider. I had the dubious pleasure of interviewing him for the local paper via phone, three weeks before the show. Without any ill intent, I asked him how it felt to be dominating the Canadian Top 40 with the new album after being successful as an album artist previously. He bristled and launched into this rant about how he didn't sell out! Dammit! And that he was the ORIGINAL UNDERGROUND ARTIST (laughable assertation, really). I used a bit of diplomacy to get the interview back on track, and at the end he invited me backstage for a beer or something on the day of the show. Well, come the day of the show, I show up a bit early, and catch him doing the soundcheck. Because of bad timing--public auto insurance was due at right about the same time for everyone in the province--the show had sold only about 500 tickets in a venue that would hold 3000-5000 people. Instead of grumbling privately, he launched into a bitter tirade over the loudspeaker system about how our town sucked, and he even insulted me personally over the PA--I guess asking him about the Top 40 status of several of his singles really cut him to the bone, however unintentionally. Anyhow, years later he acknowledged how big an asshole he was to everyone around that time. To hear about it now (I haven't talked with the man since), he's actually one of the nicest guys you'd want to talk to. How 'bout that?

Gene Simmons of Kiss and Bryan Adams - met them both - and was appalled at their lack of courtesy. Adams was a particularly vile individual, snapping his fingers at wait staff in an Indian restaurant as if he were Frank Sinatra.

a) kicked someone out of his show for requesting 'summer of 69'
(laughing) that roXor!!! i mean the person who requested it roXor, not mr humorless ryan adams obviously
Try finding the humour in it after it's been done every single night.

Then that's when it's time to adapt a stage moniker like Brett Beautiful. It worked for Sean Coombs, who shed his Puff Daddy identity like a cocoon and emerged into the world as the sparkling crystalline butterfly that is P. Diddy. I...I am moved what he did. Overwhelmed with emotion. *sobs*

Nathalie if he wasn't such an arsehole he'd learn the bloody song and perform it - that would soon shut 'em up!

Who's Matthew Good, Sean? I mean, I went to AMG but I didn't get any sense of what the music sounds like. Among the influences listed were Bob Dylan and the Rolling Thunder Revue, Blackie Lawless and Oasis. Hmmmm.

Generic alternative rock hero for disaffected Canadian youth. The band has a reasonably interesting website at www.matthewgoodband.com. To see him in full swing, check out this link here.

John Fogerty. This guy's head is huge, he wouldn't even play with his band when they were being inducted into the R&R Hall of Fame. I mean, sure he wrote all the songs, but there's plenty of bands where one person writes all the songs, and in most of them he doesn't go around saying things like: "I was Credence Clearwater". Fuck John Fogerty, I can't even listen to the music anymore (not that I was that keen on it to begin with).

I wanted to make a joke that used the phrase "butt sex" here, but I couldn't word it properly.

Gene Simmons. Nobody even comes close.

A friend told me this afternoon that she heard a recent interview with Gene Simmons on NPR. Apparently, Mr. Simmons was extremely rude and arrogant during the NPR interview, which is especially interesting since he was promoting his Kiss and Make-Up book. Not a good way to promote yerself, Mr. Demon!

It's especially interesting, since another acquaintance met Paul Stanley a few years ago and he swore that Stanley was both very nice and down-to-earth.

Fogerty or Roger Waters

In Gene's defense, Terry Gross's questions have a tendency of being cringe inducing.

I note that basically the only people who think of Albini as an asshole are non-musicians. Bands I know who've recorded with him have uniformly great things to say about him (including types you wouldn't guess would be buddy-buddy with him: Low, Danielson Famile, etc.); it's just that he doesn't suffer spongers at all.

I think it's because Albini's upfront about things, doesn't beat around the bush (or is that Bush heheheh), that confuses people. There's a difference between frankness and being mean.

Sundar Subramian: Yes Thurston Moore really did that... in front of my very eyes.

Can't believe nice guy Jon bon jovi hasn't got a mention. I heard he signed skid row on one of those fifties style managment deals where he got 90% of the money. It included a confidentiality clause where if they ever spoke about he could sue for the rest. Also remember the feels like a saturday night song which came out at the height of grunge "somenights I feel like I might just blow myself away..". Next thing I know I see him on the cover of Hello magazine showing off his house in Malibu. If only you would, Jon, If only you would.

Daniel, could you leave a few more details about Mr. Moore, er, put it in context ?? This guy is art musics big public saviour to some people, so I think everybody wants/needs to know about this sort of behavior. I mean did he do this supposedly hidden from view in Eastern Europe ? Why ?

Hands down Gene Simmons. Did anyone hear his Fresh Air interview? What a complete fucking tool. And not in a good way.

Here's some fr esher Gene meat, if you will.

PLAY SUMMER OF SIXTY NINE, YA FUCKER

you never him

GG Allin seems like he wasnt an asshole, seeing interviews and watching that movie, he just looked fucked up but didn't do anything that people either didn't expect / deserve.