I just finished reading The Heroine Diaries, by Nikki Sixx, the former bass player and singer of Motley Crue. This man reported a life time of drugs, sex, and rock and roll, along with bad behavior, such as physical and emotional abuse of his fellow band members and managers, many women, and contempt for authority. He engaged in reckless behavior such as burning rooms in hotels and throwing TV sets out of windows. He claims that Keith Richards inspired him to do many of these things. He stated he loved the effects of alcohol, cocaine, and especially heroin, as did Keith years ago. Nikki also whined constantly about how his mother had mistreated him, and how the record companies were making him work too hard. His fatigue was most likely due to a lack of sleep and a head full of illegal substances, instead of record company persecution.

Anyway, who are the other bad boys of rock ? I have mentioned two already. Any other nominations for Bad Boy of Rock and Roll. They could be women singers or be older performers or some of the newer musicians.

Guys like Nikki and Slash are poseurs when it comes to their lifestyle. They chose to emulate Keith irrespective of the consequences or whether they had the physical constitution to do so. Both nearly died from it.

Keith wasn't emulating anyone. He was just finding his own way, for better or worse. To become a heroin addict in an effort to be like your hero is ill-advised, to say the least.

Nikki likes to tell fairy tales. Here's how he "nearly died".

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Anyway, who are the other bad boys of rock ? I have mentioned two already. Any other nominations for Bad Boy of Rock and Roll. They could be women singers or be older performers or some of the newer musicians.

Apart from Keith, I can only think about two of the last men standing: Little Richard and Jerry Lee Lewis. There must be others, for sure.

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Anyway, who are the other bad boys of rock ? I have mentioned two already. Any other nominations for Bad Boy of Rock and Roll. They could be women singers or be older performers or some of the newer musicians.

Apart from Keith, I can only think about two of the last men standing: Little Richard and Jerry Lee Lewis. There must be others, for sure.

Standing no longer, but Lemmy von Motörhead.

GG Allin - born Jesus Christ Allin (1956-1993)

GG Allin



"To some, G.G. Allin was the ultimate symbol of rock & roll rebellion, taking it to extremes that no one else was dangerous enough to explore. To others, he was a lunatic whose attempts to shock and disgust were too ham-fisted to be taken seriously. Wherever the truth lay, there can be no doubt that Allin was the most spectacular degenerate in rock & roll history. Music was almost incidental to his violent, scatological stage act, which got him arrested over 50 times for a litany of offenses, and made Iggy Pop's antics with the Stooges look like The Donny & Marie Show".

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Pete Doherty
Shane MacGowan
Gary Glitter

Viv Prince, from the "other Rolling Stones"...

YEAH!!! ... Viv and the lobster in New Zealand .... what a stinkin' story ...



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YEAH!!! ... Viv and the lobster in New Zealand .... what a stinkin' story ...

Yeah, you know I have a full magazine account of that story somewhere. I'll have to dig that out, scan it, and post it here.

He went without sleep for something like a week!

.... Yeah I got that book somewhere too .... carried a dead lobster around with him for about a week .... hhhhhhaaaaa oooh that smell ...



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Good, Rockie -- feel free to scan and post. My copy's packed away somewhere in a pile of old boxes.

..... no time ta find man .... take me days ....



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Stevie Jones from the Pistols. He was the real deal.
And the two bad boys from the MC5 - Wayne Kramer and Fred Smith.
Yes I d say Stiv Bators too.

But Lou Reed, Jello Biafra have been mentioned already.

PS Nikki Sixx is a freakin idiot. Whiner, dilettante.

"Music was almost incidental to his violent, scatological stage act," I can't disagree with this statement, as he had virtually no musical talent. I can't even consider him a musician.

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GG Allin - born Jesus Christ Allin (1956-1993)

GG Allin



"To some, G.G. Allin was the ultimate symbol of rock & roll rebellion, taking it to extremes that no one else was dangerous enough to explore. To others, he was a lunatic whose attempts to shock and disgust were too ham-fisted to be taken seriously. Wherever the truth lay, there can be no doubt that Allin was the most spectacular degenerate in rock & roll history. Music was almost incidental to his violent, scatological stage act, which got him arrested over 50 times for a litany of offenses, and made Iggy Pop's antics with the Stooges look like The Donny & Marie Show".

Allin is absolutely repulsive.

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"Music was almost incidental to his violent, scatological stage act," I can't disagree with this statement, as he had virtually no musical talent. I can't even consider him a musician.

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GG Allin - born Jesus Christ Allin (1956-1993)

GG Allin



"To some, G.G. Allin was the ultimate symbol of rock & roll rebellion, taking it to extremes that no one else was dangerous enough to explore. To others, he was a lunatic whose attempts to shock and disgust were too ham-fisted to be taken seriously. Wherever the truth lay, there can be no doubt that Allin was the most spectacular degenerate in rock & roll history. Music was almost incidental to his violent, scatological stage act, which got him arrested over 50 times for a litany of offenses, and made Iggy Pop's antics with the Stooges look like The Donny & Marie Show".

I dunno about that. Not a fan of his repulsive antics, but he had some decent tunes in the punk rock genre imo (and many punk rockers lacked skills and could hardly be considered musicians):

GG Allin - Bite it You Scum




GG Allin & The Jabbers - Dead or Alive




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GG Allin off stage was a very different animal.

Lemmy Kilmister
Nick Cave with The Birthday Party

Hank Williams!

Texacala Jones
Ronnie Wood



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Lux Interior - the Cramps frontman.
Iggy Pop
Dee Dee Ramone

It will be hard to beat Keith Moon for trashing hotels and The Who for stage gear



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