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be counting down our picks for the top
ten musicians who are the most difficult
to work with
what does chops mean see you don’t know
cuz you’re not a real vocalist before we
begin we publish new videos every day
so be sure to subscribe for more great
content for this list we’re looking at
singers and bands that have a reputation
for being difficult to work with we’ll
be discussing how their celebrity egos
substance abuse issues and problematic
personalities often got the better of
them take a few steps back to I got the
answers man you I got the answers on you
and you ain’t got the ashes number 10
Eagles by the late 70s the Eagles were
as legendary for their internal
conflicts as they were for keeping it
mellow and taking it easy much if not
all the power in the band was held by
Glenn Frey and Don Henley and this
translated into conflict for lead
guitars Don Felder especially with Frey
[Music]
at a concert in July 1980 the tension
came to a head with Frei taking offense
to a comment Felder made backstage
threatening him with physical violence
throughout the show and effectively
ending the band soon after well I was
devastated I was cut adrift and I I wish
I was pretty pretty lost really for a
while they’re regrouping in the 90s old
tensions came back now motivated by
contractual and legal matters which
resulted in Felder’s eventual dismissal
it was an incredible amount of talent
together in that band but there was a
struggle for what songs were going on
the record what lyrics were record who
was gonna sing what made the band so
great gave it it’s problem that’s right
number 9 Lady gaga
while most know her as a pop icon with
an interesting wardrobe those closer to
Lady Gaga see her a little differently
than poison you that’s probably
hopefully gaagaa is reported to be
extremely demanding towards resistance
with claims abound that she treats her
staff like servants a lawsuit between
Gaga and former assistant Jennifer
O’Neil indicated that O’Neil was
deprived of sleep privacy and subject to
instructions anytime of the day
others claim to be denied meals hotel
staff report that they weren’t so much
as allowed to speak to her and past
video crews report that working with
Gaga is not an easy experience
[Music]
number eight young thug – man Atlanta
rapper young thug has become notorious
for not being where he’s supposed to be
he’s had a lawsuit filed against him for
no shows most notably non concerts in
Texas and New York in 2016 the latter of
which triggered a three hundred and
sixty thousand dollar suit thug also
famously declined to take part in his
own video leaving its director to
creatively work around his absence and
include the few ideas thug presented the
rapper does briefly appear in his Wyclef
Jean video but only in footage he
supplied himself as he refused to get
out of his car after arriving on set ten
hours late number seven Eddie Van Halen
friction like whammy bar dive-bombs and
tapping have long been a van Halen
mainstay aside from bouts of alcoholism
guitarist Edward Van Halen is known for
bad-mouthing other band members
bottom line his work ethic shot on/off
lead singer David Lee Roth said Edie had
a completely different creative vision
than himself with Roth preferring
popular material this rift was enough
for Eddie Van Halen to construct his own
recording studio and make music with
minimal input of other band members
Roth’s former replacement Sammy Hagar
has also been open about the
difficulties and lack of chemistry with
Edie while outstate original bass player
Michael Anthony has been
characteristically mum about it I was
thrown out I was stabbed in the back and
left for dead you know and it wasn’t you
just can’t go back and hug and kiss
those kind of people that do that to you
number six gene Simmons
it’s no surprise why gene Simmons is
known as the demon best known as the
bassist and occasional vocalist with
kiss simmons is also widely known for
his right-wing political views infamous
womanizing and obnoxious language you
know how many women you slept with say
in the past five years five years no
over the last ten years yes okay ten
over two thousand two thousand his
infamous ego meanwhile makes people so
frustrated that they shy away from being
around him
white Shannon Tweed for example she’s
walked out during interviews to avoid
listening to him speak while NPR
interviewer Terry Gross has described
him as nothing more than obnoxious long
story short onstage or off Simmons isn’t
the most fun to be around any idiot can
get a woman when they’re on the tour
but this is a lot more important and a
lot more heartfelt than the bragging
about the other stuff would you would
you cut hold on one second
would you stop down in front of the
camera number five Knoll and Liam
Gallagher Oasis’s front siblings are
infamous for their inability to get
along and have settled disputes by
throwing fruit using instruments as
weapons filing lawsuits and generally
harassing another a carnival started to
unravel if I’m being honest when he
started his : label this tumultuous work
environment eventually led to Noah
leaving the band in 2009 and Oasis
holding following a last-minute canceled
appearance at the V Festival in
Chelmsford England just whips out a
stall over his new sound system but it’s
not just a sibling rivalry as aside from
the brothers no original band members
made it to the end of the ride the
band’s first drummer Tony McCarroll
meanwhile claimed to have been shafted
on royalties equipment funds and fire
due to personality conflicts with the
Gallagher’s I mean best and worst time
when your lives really number four Kanye
West Kanye is legendary for his inflated
ego and mistreatment of others former
bodyguard said it was easier to look
after West’s daughter than the rapper
himself his toddler like attitude also
made him a burden on the set of
anchorman 2 he was blasting his music on
set refused to turn it down for filming
and showed up on days he wasn’t
scheduled to perform and refused to
leave other ventures are also a
complicated affair with West’s
involvement as it took two years for
designer Jean two to to create only
three items for one of the rapper’s
clothing collections because Kanye
couldn’t make up his mind
I am Shakespeare in the flesh what
Disney Nike Google now who’s gonna be
the Medici family and stand up and let
me create more number three said to
Barrett Pink Floyd’s original bandleader
was often as baffling as the band’s
early material a life complicated by
schizophrenia and rampant drug use
caused him to become an unreliable and
difficult person to work with prior to
parting ways Barrett would often
seemingly forget songs or stare into the
stage lights and each wound his guitar
while the band attempted to play around
him during a rehearsal
Barrett rolled the group with an
ever-changing composition called have
you got it yet which predictably
they did not
due to his unpredictable nature David
Gilmer was brought into the fold as a
support guitarist and vocalist and
ultimately SIDS replacement you know he
heard voices and he had trouble keeping
a grip on the reality of his situation
and on top of that he did take in too
many hallucinogenics number two Mariah
Carey the og of pop divas singer Mariah
Carey is infamous for her unusual
demands and nitpicky attitude regarding
her cameo in the house
comedian Rob Hubble described her as
impossible to work with saying Kari made
a huge fuss about not wanting to sing
the song she was paid to and also not
wanting her character to get killed by
bullets but instead deflect bullets like
Wonder Woman
well one script note was like I don’t
want to do the scene elsewhere her
famous feud with fellow American Idol
judge Nicki Minaj resulted in Kari not
returning to the program Kari expected
to be the sole female judge and was
threatened by Minaj’s addition and the
two clashed on and off camera what’s her
name before we unveil our top pick here
are a few honorable mentions
magazine and now back to this bitch that
had a lot to say about me two other day
in the press Miley what’s good I hate
people I don’t know if you knew that
number one Axl Rose on a number of
occasions Rose has provoked fans to riot
so it’s hard to imagine him respecting
the people he works with from Steven
Adler to slash roses and notorious for
being flaky having once showed up late
to a concert because he was watching
Ninja Turtles – and his antics were
partly to blame for the 1992 riot in
Montreal he’d said something into the
mic and just threw it down walked
offstage Axl didn’t want to be outdone
and that’s when all hell broke loose
with the release of the long disgust
much delayed Chinese Democracy Rose
stopped answering requests and phone
calls by his record label failed to
contribute to the promotion of the album
and was later sued by former bad manager
Irving Azoff for unpaid fees we can
relate to Axl in his attitude you know
so we learned we learned quite a bit on
what not to do do you agree with our
picks check out these other great clips
from WatchMojo and subscribe for new
videos every day
welcome to watchmojo.com and today we’ll
be counting down our picks for the top
ten musicians who are the most difficult
to work with
what does chops mean see you don’t know
cuz you’re not a real vocalist before we
begin we publish new videos every day
so be sure to subscribe for more great
content for this list we’re looking at
singers and bands that have a reputation
for being difficult to work with we’ll
be discussing how their celebrity egos
substance abuse issues and problematic
personalities often got the better of
them take a few steps back to I got the
answers man you I got the answers on you
and you ain’t got the ashes number 10
Eagles by the late 70s the Eagles were
as legendary for their internal
conflicts as they were for keeping it
mellow and taking it easy much if not
all the power in the band was held by
Glenn Frey and Don Henley and this
translated into conflict for lead
guitars Don Felder especially with Frey
[Music]
at a concert in July 1980 the tension
came to a head with Frei taking offense
to a comment Felder made backstage
threatening him with physical violence
throughout the show and effectively
ending the band soon after well I was
devastated I was cut adrift and I I wish
I was pretty pretty lost really for a
while they’re regrouping in the 90s old
tensions came back now motivated by
contractual and legal matters which
resulted in Felder’s eventual dismissal
it was an incredible amount of talent
together in that band but there was a
struggle for what songs were going on
the record what lyrics were record who
was gonna sing what made the band so
great gave it it’s problem that’s right
number 9 Lady gaga
while most know her as a pop icon with
an interesting wardrobe those closer to
Lady Gaga see her a little differently
than poison you that’s probably
hopefully gaagaa is reported to be
extremely demanding towards resistance
with claims abound that she treats her
staff like servants a lawsuit between
Gaga and former assistant Jennifer
O’Neil indicated that O’Neil was
deprived of sleep privacy and subject to
instructions anytime of the day
others claim to be denied meals hotel
staff report that they weren’t so much
as allowed to speak to her and past
video crews report that working with
Gaga is not an easy experience
[Music]
number eight young thug – man Atlanta
rapper young thug has become notorious
for not being where he’s supposed to be
he’s had a lawsuit filed against him for
no shows most notably non concerts in
Texas and New York in 2016 the latter of
which triggered a three hundred and
sixty thousand dollar suit thug also
famously declined to take part in his
own video leaving its director to
creatively work around his absence and
include the few ideas thug presented the
rapper does briefly appear in his Wyclef
Jean video but only in footage he
supplied himself as he refused to get
out of his car after arriving on set ten
hours late number seven Eddie Van Halen
friction like whammy bar dive-bombs and
tapping have long been a van Halen
mainstay aside from bouts of alcoholism
guitarist Edward Van Halen is known for
bad-mouthing other band members
bottom line his work ethic shot on/off
lead singer David Lee Roth said Edie had
a completely different creative vision
than himself with Roth preferring
popular material this rift was enough
for Eddie Van Halen to construct his own
recording studio and make music with
minimal input of other band members
Roth’s former replacement Sammy Hagar
has also been open about the
difficulties and lack of chemistry with
Edie while outstate original bass player
Michael Anthony has been
characteristically mum about it I was
thrown out I was stabbed in the back and
left for dead you know and it wasn’t you
just can’t go back and hug and kiss
those kind of people that do that to you
number six gene Simmons
it’s no surprise why gene Simmons is
known as the demon best known as the
bassist and occasional vocalist with
kiss simmons is also widely known for
his right-wing political views infamous
womanizing and obnoxious language you
know how many women you slept with say
in the past five years five years no
over the last ten years yes okay ten
over two thousand two thousand his
infamous ego meanwhile makes people so
frustrated that they shy away from being
around him
white Shannon Tweed for example she’s
walked out during interviews to avoid
listening to him speak while NPR
interviewer Terry Gross has described
him as nothing more than obnoxious long
story short onstage or off Simmons isn’t
the most fun to be around any idiot can
get a woman when they’re on the tour
but this is a lot more important and a
lot more heartfelt than the bragging
about the other stuff would you would
you cut hold on one second
would you stop down in front of the
camera number five Knoll and Liam
Gallagher Oasis’s front siblings are
infamous for their inability to get
along and have settled disputes by
throwing fruit using instruments as
weapons filing lawsuits and generally
harassing another a carnival started to
unravel if I’m being honest when he
started his : label this tumultuous work
environment eventually led to Noah
leaving the band in 2009 and Oasis
holding following a last-minute canceled
appearance at the V Festival in
Chelmsford England just whips out a
stall over his new sound system but it’s
not just a sibling rivalry as aside from
the brothers no original band members
made it to the end of the ride the
band’s first drummer Tony McCarroll
meanwhile claimed to have been shafted
on royalties equipment funds and fire
due to personality conflicts with the
Gallagher’s I mean best and worst time
when your lives really number four Kanye
West Kanye is legendary for his inflated
ego and mistreatment of others former
bodyguard said it was easier to look
after West’s daughter than the rapper
himself his toddler like attitude also
made him a burden on the set of
anchorman 2 he was blasting his music on
set refused to turn it down for filming
and showed up on days he wasn’t
scheduled to perform and refused to
leave other ventures are also a
complicated affair with West’s
involvement as it took two years for
designer Jean two to to create only
three items for one of the rapper’s
clothing collections because Kanye
couldn’t make up his mind
I am Shakespeare in the flesh what
Disney Nike Google now who’s gonna be
the Medici family and stand up and let
me create more number three said to
Barrett Pink Floyd’s original bandleader
was often as baffling as the band’s
early material a life complicated by
schizophrenia and rampant drug use
caused him to become an unreliable and
difficult person to work with prior to
parting ways Barrett would often
seemingly forget songs or stare into the
stage lights and each wound his guitar
while the band attempted to play around
him during a rehearsal
Barrett rolled the group with an
ever-changing composition called have
you got it yet which predictably
they did not
due to his unpredictable nature David
Gilmer was brought into the fold as a
support guitarist and vocalist and
ultimately SIDS replacement you know he
heard voices and he had trouble keeping
a grip on the reality of his situation
and on top of that he did take in too
many hallucinogenics number two Mariah
Carey the og of pop divas singer Mariah
Carey is infamous for her unusual
demands and nitpicky attitude regarding
her cameo in the house
comedian Rob Hubble described her as
impossible to work with saying Kari made
a huge fuss about not wanting to sing
the song she was paid to and also not
wanting her character to get killed by
bullets but instead deflect bullets like
Wonder Woman
well one script note was like I don’t
want to do the scene elsewhere her
famous feud with fellow American Idol
judge Nicki Minaj resulted in Kari not
returning to the program Kari expected
to be the sole female judge and was
threatened by Minaj’s addition and the
two clashed on and off camera what’s her
name before we unveil our top pick here
are a few honorable mentions
magazine and now back to this bitch that
had a lot to say about me two other day
in the press Miley what’s good I hate
people I don’t know if you knew that
number one Axl Rose on a number of
occasions Rose has provoked fans to riot
so it’s hard to imagine him respecting
the people he works with from Steven
Adler to slash roses and notorious for
being flaky having once showed up late
to a concert because he was watching
Ninja Turtles – and his antics were
partly to blame for the 1992 riot in
Montreal he’d said something into the
mic and just threw it down walked
offstage Axl didn’t want to be outdone
and that’s when all hell broke loose
with the release of the long disgust
much delayed Chinese Democracy Rose
stopped answering requests and phone
calls by his record label failed to
contribute to the promotion of the album
and was later sued by former bad manager
Irving Azoff for unpaid fees we can
relate to Axl in his attitude you know
so we learned we learned quite a bit on
what not to do do you agree with our
picks check out these other great clips
from WatchMojo and subscribe for new
videos every day
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