Here Today... Gone To Hell!

As countless episodes of ?Behind the Music,? untold numbers of gritty rock and roll documentaries and thousands of pages of pretentious music magazine long-form road interviews have drilled into our brains time and time again, being a rock star is a job. A tough one, at that. Sure, it?s a job that involves quite a bit more traveling, fucking and drinking than any other job (with the possible exceptions of ?pilot? or ?pirate?), but it?s still as soul-crushing a vocation as any other. As there would be in any profession, there?s bound to be certain percentage of rock stars that just plain suck at it.

This list is not based upon flash-in-the-pan annoyance value alone; if it were, it would be filled with easy choices like Fred Durst and Chad Kroeger. Many of these figures, in fact, might be considered ?Rock Legends? by the types of people who are prone to using terms like ?Rock Legends.? The rock stars listed here have earned their places in the annals of crappy rock star lore for various reasons; some are monumental failures, some are unforgettable jerks, and some have seemingly dedicated their lives to destroying any possibility that the words ?rock and roll? will ever be associated with any sort of artistry or merit.

10.  Johnny Rotten
9. Shaun Ryder
8. Lenny Kravitz
7.  Axl Rose

Short-tempered, alcoholic jerks are often drawn to jobs which give them free reign to abuse people. Short-tempered, alcoholic jerks who can screech like speared bush pigs, however, are blessed with the attractive option of becoming hard rock singers. In this profession, they can not only abuse people, but they can get international attention for it. As long as they?re able to hold a band together, that is. Axl Rose, unfortunately, was bad enough that he couldn?t even convince a group of barely-functional junkies to hang out with him. Given the promise of virtually unlimited money, can you even imagine how difficult it would be to scare off junkies? ?Hang out with this asshole, junkies, and you?ll be up to your gills in high-quality horse for life.? To a junkie, that is an overwhelmingly attractive proposition. The breaking point, apparently, is when the asshole in question starts writing songs with gigantic string sections. You couldn?t keep a real rocker next to a string section for all the opium in Afghanistan.

    Lowest Point - He scared off Buckethead, for Christ?s sake.

    Mitigating Factor ? At least he didn?t start a band with Scott Weiland.

6. Liam Gallagher
5. Steven Tyler
4. Morrissey
3. Ted Nugent
2. Bono
1. Jobriath

I hate Something Awful now. I used to visit all the time. Then I started noticing them bashing GNR, Axl, and Velvet Revolver so I just stopped going.

What did Bono do to get so high on the list? ::)

I'm hope you all noticed that the entire site is laced with sarcasm.

? ? Mitigating Factor ? At least he didn?t start a band with Scott Weiland.[/b]

Well, at least morrissey was lower down than him.

Otherwise I might have to start shooting some people.

What ever did Nuge do? He's never done drugs and lived Healthy. Is it a crime to kill massive animals?

Didn't find it remotely funny, sarcasm or not. In their introduction they mention/criticise pretentious publications; perhaps they should heed some of their own advice.

tried to get custody of a 17 year old so he can sleep w/ her.. but her parents stopped it after a while..

stephen tyler did the same thing but w/ a 14 year old and the parents actualy let him take her..

no joke.. it was on vh1's 100 most metal moments.. and they actually admitted to doing it..  :beer:

Yeah, I heard about that. What happened as a result? I mean, isn't it illegal? Most people don't know that about Tyler.

That article was funny. Bono shouldn't hold the title of a rockstar, sure he's a good musician, but the term rockstar...i don't think so.