good or bad one thing’s for sure these
rockers got our attention
welcome to watchmojo.com and today we’re
counting down our picks for the top 10
controversial figures in rock history
for this list we’re considering those
artists who performed actions that were
considered controversial at the time
while it may not seem like such a big
deal today
these figures made a stir back then and
we’ll never forget it
number 10 John Lennon well Christianity
will go it will vanish and shrink we’re
more popular than Jesus
was he bigger than Jesus we’re not going
there
Lenin sparked waves of controversy when
he commented on Christianity versus the
Beatles in 1966
although the remarks were largely
ignored in Britain they sparked a
full-on hate fest especially in the
American South but are you burning your
people sir yes sir I’m Barney after a
teen magazine printed them out of
context in the States
don’t forget to take your Beatle records
and your Beatle paraphernalia to any one
of our 14 pickup points in Birmingham
Alabama and turn them in this week if
possible radio deejays called for
boycotts Doug Layton and Tommy Charles
were reminding you that our fantastic
Beatle boycott is still in effect and
even the KKK got in on the action this
is nothing but blasphemy and we’re gonna
try to stop it any terror way we can’t
and that is never good the Bible
backlash is considered one of the many
factors that led the Beatles to stop
toying we’re concerning the remark that
you made comparing the relative
popularity of the Beatles with Jesus
Christ and the Beatles were more popular
this created quite a controversy and a
furor are in this country as you are
obviously aware number 9 Axl Rose
already viewed as racist and homophobic
due to the lyrics of one in a million
axl rose sunk to a whole new level when
he started directly attacking his fans
after diving into the crowd during a
1991 concert in st. Louis when he saw a
concert goer filming the show on a
camcorder Axl left mid show thanks to
the lame-ass security I’m not home
sparking a riot that resulted in two
hundred thousand dollars in damages the
next year he incited another riot with
even more damages during the band’s
co-headlining set with Metallica and
Montreal and guns frontman Axl Rose
abruptly ended his band set with some
ominous comments about the band’s future
at least eight police and ten concert
goers sustained minor injuries in the
melee that followed then there’s the in
band feuding his domestic abuse cases
and so on and so forth when I started
doing press when the revolver first
started I was still bitter about the
whole Guns and Roses breakup and I
didn’t have anything really positive to
say number eight
Elvis Presley ten days later I got
400,000 pan lettuce not family’s hand
lettuce blaming me will never watch you
again on the put back
all good man chives and Wiggles his
backside in this but now as remembered
for his untimely death drug intake and
rock-and-roll lifestyle as he is for his
music the King changed everything when
he hit the limelight
though tame by today’s standards his hip
shaking gyrations were viewed by many
back in the day as being hyper sexual
meanwhile Elvis Presley’s music was
raucous frightening and definitely not
soft jazz because he adapted black music
some in the african-american community
labeled him racist even church groups
warned against his so-called evil ways
and oppress Lee finally learns that
vulgarity is not the way to permanent
success and if he works hard which he’s
never done before I further predict
you’ll find a less spectacular but
steadier place in our entertainment
world number seven let me kill mr. nice
it differences it most nice place about
this while his bass playing is
polarizing enough in some circles voters
I sang froid different
it’s Lemmy’s offstage life that’s caused
the biggest ripples o cultures economy
food they are a noted collector of empty
Jack Daniels bottles how much she drank
today
oh god I must be the most drunk diabetic
in the world the Motorhead basement also
has an extensive collection of German
war paraphernalia our intention is just
to make an honest portrait of who you
are and that’s it what’s real is that I
wanted to be remembered for for being
honest he’s also got a rep for it’s hard
drinking and drug taking ways as well as
for betting over 1,000 women’s July a
woman’s slim how much start winning yeah
I know they do I’ve never listened to
her but it’s the Hobby that’s led some
to call him a Nazi sympathizer that
continues to get people talking Sunset
Boulevard in an apartment crammed with
Motorhead icons and an obsessive
collection of Nazi memorabilia he still
gets through a bottle of bourbon a day
and shows no sign of slowing down
number six Gary Glitter
you
though he was charged with a DUI three
times between the 70s and the 90s that
was nothing compared to a slide to mega
controversy in 1997 that year the glam
rocker was busted for child porn
two years later he was convicted and
sentenced to jail time in a bid to
escape public and media backlash he
traveled to Southeast Asia where he was
deported arrested and then imprisoned
for the alleged molestation of minors
2012 saw the aging has been face arrest
again after being caught up in the Jimmy
Savile sexual abuse scandal
number five Ozzy Osbourne
sure he peed on an historical Alamo
monument he was arrested for public
drunkenness and banned from the city for
10 years after urinating on the Alamo
and bit the head off a duck on a 3-1 up
in the air and they were all sitting
around the boardroom tavern I bit the
head I feel it when I’m through on the
table thinking I would see the funny
side it may be citizen fun inside of it
and about but that’s not Aussies biggest
claim to shame in the mid-80s the
vocalist was sued by the parents of a
teenager who killed himself while
listening to suicide solution Jack and
Jacqueline McCollum’s 19 year old son
John shot himself in the head the night
of October 26 1984 while listening to
the music of Ozzy Osbourne the police
photo shows the headphones were still on
when he died a few years later the
parents of another teen also alleged
their son was motivated by the hidden
messages in the song but both cases were
eventually dismissed
number four Marilyn Manson naming
himself after a serial killer and
building a career on shock value it’s
not surprising Marilyn Manson has
incited controversy throughout the years
aside from brushes with the law for
mocking sex acts and dressing as a
cardinal on stage the singer was also
twice sued by security guards for his
conduct towards them during his concerts
because of his graphic lyrics and
personas
Manson is often the target of the media
and conservative organizations that
believe he encourages bad behavior in
his fans Alan before we meet your son
tell us why are you so angry well did
the thing of it is he just he looks like
a freak
looks like he just came off another
planet what planet I do not know
number three GG Allin had such a fierce
intense fire burning inside of me
there’s so much to just want to explode
or Jesus Christ Alan GG didn’t quite
follow the same path as his namesake
during his 30 plus years on earth the
American punk rocker became infamous for
his concert antics
for instance it wasn’t uncommon for a
jockstrap wearing Allen to indulge and
self-abuse that included cutting and
slashing his own body and then bleeding
on his bandmates
if they were life meanwhile audiences
could find themselves being urinated on
again if they were lucky I beat this out
of my audience if they’re in my way I
take them out I don’t care I don’t care
about anybody when you come to my show
I’m the boss I’m the kid you do what I
say
you can challenge me I have no problem
yeah I like the confrontation yeah but
you’re gonna lose before concerts he was
also known to load up on laxatives and
well let’s just say the results were
explosive
number two Sid Vicious
she comes a punk at a time when punk
really was Punk The Sex Pistols bassist
quickly became a notorious figure due to
his drug use and attitude
then when his girlfriend Nancy Spungen
was found stabbed to death in 1978 under
mysterious circumstances
vicious was the leading and sole suspect
the whole thing lasted no more than
three minutes and out they went vicious
made no attempt to dock the cameras
waiting outside the court but he refused
to respond to any of the reporters
questions and shoved persistent
microphones out of his path after a
suicide attempt and assault charges
following an altercation at a Scott fish
concert Sid served 55 days in Rikers
Island jail the artist then died of a
heroin overdose the day after making
bail vicious nude body was found today
by his mother and a girlfriend in a
Greenwich Village apartment
one day after he was released from jail
he died of what’s described as an
accidental type drug overdose before we
unveil our top pick here are a few
honorable or in this case dishonorable
mentions mr. Pete Townsend is so this is
a head at 3:03 p.m. I went to mr.
Townsend home address in possession of
search warrant position chart and
indicate the people fitted us real nice
well the papers reported that you were
greeted with silence over there and with
cap collar from the audience is that
right come stay
anybody that wants to disarm me and drop
dead
he got sideways with the law more than
once including his 1969 arrest in Miami
on charges of indecent exposure and
public intoxication
number one product villainous
musician author psychopath although of
audit vilkin s also made a name for
himself on the Norwegian metal scene
that’s hardly what put him on the map to
notoriety Oh stunned for a while it was
just sitting on the floor and suddenly
he got up trying to get to get his knife
from the kitchen and I thought well if
he’s gonna have an i-5 on a have a knife
in 1994 the musician was jailed for
allegedly murdering mayhem guitarist
Euronymous and for his part in several
church burnings deaconess led them to a
overlock drop DT leg beyond important
Bohanon gone capella Lou shows his guru
Gollum Osama shit k bargain avoid foster
kuay teow settle selves to detroit if k
stop it on a bargain
meanwhile the musician continued to
release music and some of his writings
expressed increasingly neo-nazi views
after being released in 2009 jerkiness
was arrested again in 2013 charged with
inciting racial hatred Christian var
vicunas and his wife were arrested in
France after his spouse legally bought
four rifles authorities found the
purchase along with recent racist and
violent Internet postings from beak
Rinna’s to be red flags do you agree
with our list who’s your favorite
controversial rock star I respectfully
asked my colleagues today to part in Jim
Morris for more shocking top 10s
published every day be sure to subscribe
to watchmojo.com I can play any other
did I like here’s my side job right
you’re playing the idiots advocate yeah
so the more guns equals less crime you
were you
you
rockers got our attention
welcome to watchmojo.com and today we’re
counting down our picks for the top 10
controversial figures in rock history
for this list we’re considering those
artists who performed actions that were
considered controversial at the time
while it may not seem like such a big
deal today
these figures made a stir back then and
we’ll never forget it
number 10 John Lennon well Christianity
will go it will vanish and shrink we’re
more popular than Jesus
was he bigger than Jesus we’re not going
there
Lenin sparked waves of controversy when
he commented on Christianity versus the
Beatles in 1966
although the remarks were largely
ignored in Britain they sparked a
full-on hate fest especially in the
American South but are you burning your
people sir yes sir I’m Barney after a
teen magazine printed them out of
context in the States
don’t forget to take your Beatle records
and your Beatle paraphernalia to any one
of our 14 pickup points in Birmingham
Alabama and turn them in this week if
possible radio deejays called for
boycotts Doug Layton and Tommy Charles
were reminding you that our fantastic
Beatle boycott is still in effect and
even the KKK got in on the action this
is nothing but blasphemy and we’re gonna
try to stop it any terror way we can’t
and that is never good the Bible
backlash is considered one of the many
factors that led the Beatles to stop
toying we’re concerning the remark that
you made comparing the relative
popularity of the Beatles with Jesus
Christ and the Beatles were more popular
this created quite a controversy and a
furor are in this country as you are
obviously aware number 9 Axl Rose
already viewed as racist and homophobic
due to the lyrics of one in a million
axl rose sunk to a whole new level when
he started directly attacking his fans
after diving into the crowd during a
1991 concert in st. Louis when he saw a
concert goer filming the show on a
camcorder Axl left mid show thanks to
the lame-ass security I’m not home
sparking a riot that resulted in two
hundred thousand dollars in damages the
next year he incited another riot with
even more damages during the band’s
co-headlining set with Metallica and
Montreal and guns frontman Axl Rose
abruptly ended his band set with some
ominous comments about the band’s future
at least eight police and ten concert
goers sustained minor injuries in the
melee that followed then there’s the in
band feuding his domestic abuse cases
and so on and so forth when I started
doing press when the revolver first
started I was still bitter about the
whole Guns and Roses breakup and I
didn’t have anything really positive to
say number eight
Elvis Presley ten days later I got
400,000 pan lettuce not family’s hand
lettuce blaming me will never watch you
again on the put back
all good man chives and Wiggles his
backside in this but now as remembered
for his untimely death drug intake and
rock-and-roll lifestyle as he is for his
music the King changed everything when
he hit the limelight
though tame by today’s standards his hip
shaking gyrations were viewed by many
back in the day as being hyper sexual
meanwhile Elvis Presley’s music was
raucous frightening and definitely not
soft jazz because he adapted black music
some in the african-american community
labeled him racist even church groups
warned against his so-called evil ways
and oppress Lee finally learns that
vulgarity is not the way to permanent
success and if he works hard which he’s
never done before I further predict
you’ll find a less spectacular but
steadier place in our entertainment
world number seven let me kill mr. nice
it differences it most nice place about
this while his bass playing is
polarizing enough in some circles voters
I sang froid different
it’s Lemmy’s offstage life that’s caused
the biggest ripples o cultures economy
food they are a noted collector of empty
Jack Daniels bottles how much she drank
today
oh god I must be the most drunk diabetic
in the world the Motorhead basement also
has an extensive collection of German
war paraphernalia our intention is just
to make an honest portrait of who you
are and that’s it what’s real is that I
wanted to be remembered for for being
honest he’s also got a rep for it’s hard
drinking and drug taking ways as well as
for betting over 1,000 women’s July a
woman’s slim how much start winning yeah
I know they do I’ve never listened to
her but it’s the Hobby that’s led some
to call him a Nazi sympathizer that
continues to get people talking Sunset
Boulevard in an apartment crammed with
Motorhead icons and an obsessive
collection of Nazi memorabilia he still
gets through a bottle of bourbon a day
and shows no sign of slowing down
number six Gary Glitter
you
though he was charged with a DUI three
times between the 70s and the 90s that
was nothing compared to a slide to mega
controversy in 1997 that year the glam
rocker was busted for child porn
two years later he was convicted and
sentenced to jail time in a bid to
escape public and media backlash he
traveled to Southeast Asia where he was
deported arrested and then imprisoned
for the alleged molestation of minors
2012 saw the aging has been face arrest
again after being caught up in the Jimmy
Savile sexual abuse scandal
number five Ozzy Osbourne
sure he peed on an historical Alamo
monument he was arrested for public
drunkenness and banned from the city for
10 years after urinating on the Alamo
and bit the head off a duck on a 3-1 up
in the air and they were all sitting
around the boardroom tavern I bit the
head I feel it when I’m through on the
table thinking I would see the funny
side it may be citizen fun inside of it
and about but that’s not Aussies biggest
claim to shame in the mid-80s the
vocalist was sued by the parents of a
teenager who killed himself while
listening to suicide solution Jack and
Jacqueline McCollum’s 19 year old son
John shot himself in the head the night
of October 26 1984 while listening to
the music of Ozzy Osbourne the police
photo shows the headphones were still on
when he died a few years later the
parents of another teen also alleged
their son was motivated by the hidden
messages in the song but both cases were
eventually dismissed
number four Marilyn Manson naming
himself after a serial killer and
building a career on shock value it’s
not surprising Marilyn Manson has
incited controversy throughout the years
aside from brushes with the law for
mocking sex acts and dressing as a
cardinal on stage the singer was also
twice sued by security guards for his
conduct towards them during his concerts
because of his graphic lyrics and
personas
Manson is often the target of the media
and conservative organizations that
believe he encourages bad behavior in
his fans Alan before we meet your son
tell us why are you so angry well did
the thing of it is he just he looks like
a freak
looks like he just came off another
planet what planet I do not know
number three GG Allin had such a fierce
intense fire burning inside of me
there’s so much to just want to explode
or Jesus Christ Alan GG didn’t quite
follow the same path as his namesake
during his 30 plus years on earth the
American punk rocker became infamous for
his concert antics
for instance it wasn’t uncommon for a
jockstrap wearing Allen to indulge and
self-abuse that included cutting and
slashing his own body and then bleeding
on his bandmates
if they were life meanwhile audiences
could find themselves being urinated on
again if they were lucky I beat this out
of my audience if they’re in my way I
take them out I don’t care I don’t care
about anybody when you come to my show
I’m the boss I’m the kid you do what I
say
you can challenge me I have no problem
yeah I like the confrontation yeah but
you’re gonna lose before concerts he was
also known to load up on laxatives and
well let’s just say the results were
explosive
number two Sid Vicious
she comes a punk at a time when punk
really was Punk The Sex Pistols bassist
quickly became a notorious figure due to
his drug use and attitude
then when his girlfriend Nancy Spungen
was found stabbed to death in 1978 under
mysterious circumstances
vicious was the leading and sole suspect
the whole thing lasted no more than
three minutes and out they went vicious
made no attempt to dock the cameras
waiting outside the court but he refused
to respond to any of the reporters
questions and shoved persistent
microphones out of his path after a
suicide attempt and assault charges
following an altercation at a Scott fish
concert Sid served 55 days in Rikers
Island jail the artist then died of a
heroin overdose the day after making
bail vicious nude body was found today
by his mother and a girlfriend in a
Greenwich Village apartment
one day after he was released from jail
he died of what’s described as an
accidental type drug overdose before we
unveil our top pick here are a few
honorable or in this case dishonorable
mentions mr. Pete Townsend is so this is
a head at 3:03 p.m. I went to mr.
Townsend home address in possession of
search warrant position chart and
indicate the people fitted us real nice
well the papers reported that you were
greeted with silence over there and with
cap collar from the audience is that
right come stay
anybody that wants to disarm me and drop
dead
he got sideways with the law more than
once including his 1969 arrest in Miami
on charges of indecent exposure and
public intoxication
number one product villainous
musician author psychopath although of
audit vilkin s also made a name for
himself on the Norwegian metal scene
that’s hardly what put him on the map to
notoriety Oh stunned for a while it was
just sitting on the floor and suddenly
he got up trying to get to get his knife
from the kitchen and I thought well if
he’s gonna have an i-5 on a have a knife
in 1994 the musician was jailed for
allegedly murdering mayhem guitarist
Euronymous and for his part in several
church burnings deaconess led them to a
overlock drop DT leg beyond important
Bohanon gone capella Lou shows his guru
Gollum Osama shit k bargain avoid foster
kuay teow settle selves to detroit if k
stop it on a bargain
meanwhile the musician continued to
release music and some of his writings
expressed increasingly neo-nazi views
after being released in 2009 jerkiness
was arrested again in 2013 charged with
inciting racial hatred Christian var
vicunas and his wife were arrested in
France after his spouse legally bought
four rifles authorities found the
purchase along with recent racist and
violent Internet postings from beak
Rinna’s to be red flags do you agree
with our list who’s your favorite
controversial rock star I respectfully
asked my colleagues today to part in Jim
Morris for more shocking top 10s
published every day be sure to subscribe
to watchmojo.com I can play any other
did I like here’s my side job right
you’re playing the idiots advocate yeah
so the more guns equals less crime you
were you
you
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