The 10 Biggest Classic Rock Douchebags

LA Weekly ^ | July 15, 2014 | Jonny Whiteside

[EveningStar]

While rock 'n' roll is necessarily classified as a form of pop music, it is actually an idiom whose radical, destructive primitivism established a new type of socio-cultural disorder. It's about rejection of the status quo and celebration of the dis-imprisonment it instills.

Always exploited for profit, rock's unmanageable aspects have been steadily diluted by a sinister, commercially driven course of revisionist myth-making. There is no acceptable role in the marketplace for radicals like Charlie Feathers, Poly Styrene, Lux Interior or Roky Erickson, but there's always room for the homogeneous, money-hungry, play-it-safe phonies on this list.

These douchebags all have one thing in common -- they screwed up rock 'n' roll, big time.

[Georgia Girl 2]

“I make my mark every day in the toilet bowl - and it’s still crap”

Here’s the difference between you and them. When you finish your daily performance you don’t get a standing ovation from thousands of people. :-)

[RegulatorCountry]

Most successful rock types are bad people. They are almost all drugged up, selfish and self destructive.

Most successful artists of any stripe have life experiences that compel them to express it, and view things in a way that is not average. This tends to mean that they've been damaged, somehow. Some deal with their personal demons better than others. Some don't.

[TomServo]

When you finish your daily performance you don’t get a standing ovation from thousands of people. :-)

There's no accounting for tastes..