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biggest assholes in music
Disclaimer: about 90% of people in music are full of shit to begin with.
With that being said, who is the biggest asshole you've ever met in music? Someone that didn't even fake to be nice or give a shit....
My choice has got to be Marky Ramone. That guy was probably the biggest douche nozzle I ever met. And it was very apparent because he was playing with
Jerry Only who is about the nicest person I've ever met in music. Marky wanted $25 cash to be in a picture. He made people refer to him as Rock n'
Roll Hall of Fame inductee, Marky Ramone. Just a douche bag.
Now you go....
(I hope someone says me!  )
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anyone I ever met was pretty nice to me.
the list is small though and most have been punk/ hardcore peoples that were playing small places.
$25 for a photo is very douchy.
fuck that guy.
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He was a prick when I met him too
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I can think of a few but the first one that springs to mind is Lemmy from Motorhead! i was a real young kid (not so long ago!haha) and my mum had
taken me to see them with her and her boyfriend at the time (he was working for the band) as we walked past Lemmy, he grabbed my mums ass and tried to
make her sit on his lap-just to remind you, she is walking along holding hands with her daughter, id say i was prob about 10 at the time! There was
some argument after as he got really abusive cos she tried to walk away but i dont remember all that much!
Looking back now, its actually kinda funny, but at the time i thought what a horrible nasty man!
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A certain guitarist for a band I released that was 50% of the reason I decided to stop doing a record label.
Was a complete and total pain in the ass throughout the entire project. Was always asking for asinine art changes to make sure some weird persons hand
or face wasn't cropped out of live shots (because they were old friends or any other random excuse) most of the time making the layout seem awkward.
Was asked to cease and desist on making shirts after making one small batch (48) so the band could do it on their own (on fucking cafe press), when
the couple bucks profit off merch was a major source of promotional money for ads and more promo materials. A chunk of that batch was given to the
band so I didn't even cover my nut, much less make enough money to buy a $20 zine ad.
Due to my hyping of the CD the band realized they still had quite a bit of interest and had a reunion show (turning into several shows) and I wasn't
even offered a floor to sleep on if I travelled halfway across the country to see them. I think I got a me +1 admittance into the show though. I
didn't go.
Even after the bitter taste this guy left in my mouth from almost every dealing with him I still jumped at the chance to deal with nonsense again when
they planned to record new material...because I loved the band. I began promoting the new material by said band only to find out they went to another
label telling him they weren't doing anything new with me. I know the other label and the guy was upset the band did this because he definitely was
not the toe stepping type...I told him there were no hard feelings and wished him luck and gave him a couple warnings of possible pitfalls with the
guy. Basically glad he saved me a headache.
3ish months later I asked him if there was any progress on the release and he basically was at wits end with this band member same as me having all
the same problems. A couple months later and after spending some time and money promoting the release the band split back up.
Him couple with the fact that having a smaller hardcore label in this current digital climate is a waste of time and money...I decided to release a
friends band CD as NGS10 and call it a nice round even number and a day.
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Marky Ramone did sign something that I asked him to sign at a "Misfits" show, but he was obviously not happy about doing it. He was also really rude
about answering any questions so I concur with Mark that Marky is an asshole! I knew the guy doing merch at the show and he said that Jerry & Dez
loved meeting fans, but Marky was an asshole. He used to walk around the club looking for old drum heads and then sign them and sell them at the merch
booth for $50. He also sold a signed drumstick (yes 1 stick) for $25.
Ray Davies from The Kinks was pretty rude when I met him at the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame and asked for his autograph.
Dave Mustain came to the Newbury Comics warehouse on a promo tour (I'm not sure why) when I worked there and he wasnt a jerk, but he wasnt thrilled
about being there and taking pictures with people that were mostly getting pictures just to laugh at with their friends. I had him sign some vinyl & a
Megadeth platinum record award that a friend had and he was nice when talking to me about those things.
Keith Morris was kind of a jerk when I met him on the Circle Jerks 10th anniversary tour, but I think he may have just been annoyed by my question
about Black Flag.
Craig Ahead was just really short with me the 2-3 times I tried to talk to him. He did take a picture with me when I asked, but he wasnt really
friendly.
Hes not in music, but I met Brutis Beefcake the wrestler at a comic/toy/pop culture show and he had no-one around his table at all. I just said hello
and that I liked the show he was on at the time (Hulk Hogans Celebrity Wrestling) and he said "yeah, thanks" and turned around to face the wall.
Nicest people in music that I've met...
Eric Carr from Kiss... He was at a Kiss convention in 1989 and he was signing autographs in a totall unorganized way, there was no line, it was just
him behind a table & a mob of people. He signed 3-4 things for me and talked for a couple of minutes while he signed other peoples stuff. I bet Gene
Simmons was pissed that Eric was giving away anything for free!!
Troy Mowat from 7 Seconds... I met him in the early 1990's at a show in Providence at Club Baby Head. It was an 18+ show and lots of kids (myself
included) were not let in because we were underage. Troy came over to ask why we were all outside and when he found out he went in the club and told
them to let us all in and take our money or he was going to bring us in one at a time as his guest if he had to. Needless to say, we all go in the
show!
Blood for Blood (the whole band) were all really nice when I was with them & Slapshot on tour. I was really nervous because it was the first time I
was on a tour, first time in Europe and I didnt really know any of the people except for Mark McKay. I guess I had an image about what BFB would be
like and they were pretty much the exact opposit. All pretty mellow easy going friendly guys.
Oderus Urungus, Beefcake the Mighty & Slymenstra Hymen from Gwar... I met them at an autograph signing at a Newbury Comics and they were nice. It was
when I worked at the warehouse and I actually skipped out of work early and went with the delivery guy to the store. Because the driver went to the
next delivery I had no ride back to the city and I actually got to ride back with the 3 of them and was put on the guest list for the show at Venus
DeMilo that night.
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HONUS-as much as i can't stand a great deal of what you really like (for my own reasons that i would never hold,nor impose,against you),YOU FUCKING
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YOU,HONUS,IS WHAT MAKES THE "EDGE" COOL.
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The first time I met Lars Fredericksen he was a raging asshole to me. But he at least realized he was being a dick and apologized for it. And ever
since he's been really nice.
The singer from Deftones was also a huge asshole. I met him at the Warped Tour about 10 years ago and he acted like he was John Lennon.
The rapper from the Transplants was an asshole to me and to Doug from Ducky Boys on separate occasions.
Other nice people in music that deserve mention:
1. Dicky Barrett - couldn't be a nicer guy.
2. Roger Miret - he hosted Ducky Boys at CB's with the Disasters. You would have thought we were spending Thanksgiving with him or something. He kept
approaching us asking if we were ok or if we needed anything etc. This guy is pretty much punk rock royalty and he treats everybody else as if he's
just another schmoe. Awesome dude.
3. Tim Armstrong - we played with The Distillers in LA for a few shows when they were just starting up. Tim was their roadie. He carried all their
gear and set it all up and stuff for them. And he acted like he was just a roadie. Super nice guy. I've met him a handful of times since and he's
always remembered me.... name included and all which you would expect him to forget where he meets so many people.
4. Jimmy Gestapo - after meeting him for 5 minutes I felt like I had known him my whole life.
5. John Doe - dude from X.... The Unloved played with his solo band. He came into the club and introduced himself like we didn't know who he was. Then
he remembered all of our names for the rest of the night and was offering us the use of his gear and stuff. It was pretty funny.
6. Ken Casey - obviously
7. Sylvain Sylvain - I'm not a huge NY Dolls fan or anything but we played with their reunited line-up a few years ago and he struck up a conversation
with us like he was just another dude in another band.
8. Travis Barker - I brought my little brother to see Blink 182 when he was about 13. Chad from Newfound Glory (another wicked nice guy) brought us
back stage because he was friendly with the BFB guys. Anyway, Patrick got to meet each of the Blink guys and have his picture taken with them. Chad
even brought him up on stage to watch the Blink set from up there. It was a 13 year old's dream. But Tom and Mark were assholes. They acted wicked put
out to even say hi to the kid. Then Travis was wicked friendly to him. He shook his hand, talked to him, posed for pictures and even introduced
himself to me and struck up a conversation just because I was the little kids' brother. If I was 13 and met a guy like that then it would have made my
day. He was really nice.
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| Quote: | Originally posted by Mark Lind
3. Tim Armstrong - we played with The Distillers in LA for a few shows when they were just starting up. Tim was their roadie. He carried all their
gear and set it all up and stuff for them. And he acted like he was just a roadie. Super nice guy. I've met him a handful of times since and he's
always remembered me.... name included and all which you would expect him to forget where he meets so many people.
4. Jimmy Gestapo - after meeting him for 5 minutes I felt like I had known him my whole life.
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In total agreement with those 2 mentioned above
Tim Armstrong came into a bar i kinda worked in every now and then and was super nice, bought us drinks and took no offence when i asked him if he
gets his eyebrows waxed cos it looked that way!haha
Jimmy G has always been the nicest dude over the years, i forst met him when he played some fest in London and i ended up getting completely wasted
with him and he was so cool to everyone we were with.
Have seen him many times since then in NY at mutual friends birthdays and shows n stuff and again, always acts the same, always makes a big effort.
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I haven't met and "musical assholes".
Have an AWESOME childhood memory of meeting Lita Ford at a local Strawberies Music store... Met her and she was REALLY nice, I had to be under 10 at
the time (I think I was 8). She gave me a hug and a kiss on the cheek! I had her sign my Nintendo Power jacket and my Vision Sakte Board T-Shirt
(neither of which I still have, unfortunatly) which she signed and put "XOXOXO" on as well. If I could have gotten a bonner at the time I would have
had one. lol
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| Quote: | Originally posted by Mark Lind
(I hope someone says me! ) |
Hahaha. I met you once around 98ish @ an Elvis Room show. I remember you were super drunk and you left some long ass message on Mark Noah's phone
cause it was his birthday or something.
Lemmy wasn't what I'd call super friendly but he wasn't a dick or anything. We gave him a New Breed sticker and told him to put it on his bass. He
goes "I'll put it on me fridge!".
There's been very few complete arseholes from bigger bands that I've met. GC5 comes to mind  Most people have been really cool and chilled. I'd say Nomeansno/Hansons guys were the nicest of all the bigger bands we played
with.
The very existence of flamethrowers proves that sometime, somewhere, someone said to themselves, ?You know, I want to set those people over there on
fire, but I?m just not close enough to get the job done.? George Carlin
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have to agree on Jimmy Gestapo too.
back in 2001, we went to his tattoo shop to hang out on our first day in NYC and ended up there every night for the rest of the week.
took us out drinking a couple times too and we actually met Thorp's very own Reverend Paul Bearer in this one bar where the scene with the
transvestite from Crocodile Dundee was shot!
Very random.
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I have heard stories of people being assholes, but have never had a personal experience with anyone in the music biz who has been an asshole to me.
MM.
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i think the only people that really stick in my mind as being dicks when i met them have been certain tour managers or stage managers.
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| Quote: | Originally posted by mattybar
i think the only people that really stick in my mind as being dicks when i met them have been certain tour managers or stage managers.
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Sharon!! haha
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yeah and that other cunt of a bloke who was over fairly recently
i think he's your mate in fact haha
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| Quote: | Originally posted by mattybar
yeah and that other cunt of a bloke who was over fairly recently
i think he's your mate in fact haha |
haha yeah i wont mention his name but are we talking about a kinda short dude with dark hair?
he is my mate, he can be an ass but he is nice dude when it comes down to it, i know why you dont like him and i can totally understand but hes not
all bad.
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it's too late.
i've made the call! haha
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I've met a couple of douchebags over the years, but the biggest by far was Lars Fredericksen. I still want to knock out that cocksucker.
Nicest:
Roger Miret
Jimmy Gestapo
Paul Bearer (never met him, but I'm going by how he is on here, and yes, I'm a geeky super fan)
Jesus Bonehead (Dayglo Abortions)
Joey Shithead (I think he can be a egotistical at times, but has been nothing but cool when I've talked to him over the years)
Jello Biafra
People that hate me until I talk to them
Cretin (Dayglo Abortions)
Steve Goof (Bunchofuckingoofs)
They both really hate skinheads, but once they talk to me they realize I'm alright. The funny thing is that I've talked to Steve Goof probably 100
times in the last 16-18 years, and seen the band play more times than I could count. He often shoots dirty looks at me until I remind him that we've
spoken so many times. Cretin I've spoken to a bunch of times and he's wary of the skinhead thing, but he's cool once you talk to him.
‘Do you know what a love letter is? It’s a bullet from a fucking gun. Straight through your heart.’
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haha you're such a dick!
I know this was all originally meant to be about assholes in music but, another awesome dude is Mackie Jayson, have met him at several stages in his
career with whatever band he was in at the time and he is a solid dude and super fun too. And above being in Cro-Mags, Bad Brains, Madball, The Icemen
and errrm Fun Lovin Criminals...he drummed at one point for these 2....haha
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G_UXvcr22rM
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| Quote: | Originally posted by mattybar
i think the only people that really stick in my mind as being dicks when i met them have been certain tour managers or stage managers.
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I think anyone whose rock n' roll fantasies turned into managing someone else's rock n' roll reality is gonna be an a-hole. That's gotta suck. haha
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| Quote: | Originally posted by XnMeX
I haven't met and "musical assholes".
Have an AWESOME childhood memory of meeting Lita Ford at a local Strawberies Music store... Met her and she was REALLY nice, I had to be under 10 at
the time (I think I was 8). She gave me a hug and a kiss on the cheek! I had her sign my Nintendo Power jacket and my Vision Sakte Board T-Shirt
(neither of which I still have, unfortunatly) which she signed and put "XOXOXO" on as well. If I could have gotten a bonner at the time I would have
had one. lol |
I'll be seeing the lovely Lita Ford next Tuesday...She's playing with Queensryche.I'm taking my hair metal buddy for his birthday (and tickets were
only $5).
I've never really met anyone who was really an asshole to me,except maybe David Allan Coe...but his son told me that he just wasn't feeling well that
night...whatever.
As far as nice people go....Jimmy G is top notch.The first time I met him he treated me like I was his best friend for years.
Vinny Stigma is also a great guy.When AF played one night,the power at the club got knocked out by a storm...so Vinny just hung out with me and my
friends buying us beers and talking about wrestling....and that dude can talk...haha.
Buddah from Blood for blood was really nice too....but Rob Lind wouldn't stop pacing back and forth long enough to be able to speak to him.
Paul Bearer,from what I can remember was a sweet heart...haha....I was fucking wasted that night.This was when ST was touring with Napalm Death.
Bruce Kulick from Kiss was a super nice guy.
Bobby Blitz from OverKill played football with me and a few friends.
Dimebag Darrell was super friendly....but Phil Anselmo was a dick until my buddy offered him a joint,and then he was our best pal.
Geoff Gavin from the Bad Vibes is a nice guy as well....if you can believe that...haha.
Ice T took the time to shake my hand at a body count show even though he was being escorted around the club by 2 huge goons.
Hank Williams III....real cool dude.
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I've been in situations where I had the opportinity to meet people but in all honestly, I never really had much that I thought was worth talking
about. I mean aside from, wow I dig your music or some shit. Hell I saw Gavin the other night and just didn't have anything to talk about . Then again
I have ackward social issues so I guess it is what it is.
Met Paul Bearer back in the winter and he was the nicest guy. In fact I was touched by a kind gesture on his part.
I met stigma and Mike Gallo before. Both real nice dudes.
Met Jimmy G in the Khyber a few years ago and he was also very cool.
Theres been times where i was sitting at the bar in little dives where the band is hanging out before the show and I just never wanted to walk up and
bother them. I was sitting at the North star one night and Freddy madball and Mitts are sitting 2 stools down from me having dinner. I just didn't
have anything to say i guess....
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I have heard that Lars is a dick. That makes me laugh I would crack that faggots head wide open if he ever gave me any shit for just one second. After
all the support people have given that bitch over the years he should bow down and suck dick.
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I have yet to meet anyone who wasn't nice but most have been punk/hc dudes.
Surprisingly, Glen Benton of Deicide is as nice as they come. Well, in 1992 he was. I was in Lawrence, KS and he got off the bus prior to the show
and asked if people had weed. They did so he hung out but we very cool.
BFB still might be the nicest guys I have ever met along with Sworn Enemy
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| Quote: | Originally posted by CR83
I have yet to meet anyone who wasn't nice but most have been punk/hc dudes.
Surprisingly, Glen Benton of Deicide is as nice as they come. Well, in 1992 he was. I was in Lawrence, KS and he got off the bus prior to the show
and asked if people had weed. They did so he hung out but we very cool.
BFB still might be the nicest guys I have ever met along with Sworn Enemy |
I met Glen on the Legion tour and I guess I was like 16 years old and he was the coolest dude and took time to talk to me and a friend for a good 15
minutes. Super nice guy.
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