amusing, subby?

No Amy Winehouse? Shenanigans !!

I had never heard this Sly Stone story:

While making There's a Riot Going On, he made Bobby Womack play for six days without sleep.

Oh, man. I would love homemade footage of the 6th day, when Bobby was getting all cranky and emotional


/on a side note, I can't believe there isnt the Wendy O. WIlliams footage on youtube of her blowing a ford pinto on Tom Snyder's "coast to coast"

Waiting for Part 2

I happen to agree with Bowie on that one.

The list is incomplete without Pat Boone. That guy's crazy.

ScubaDude1960: The list is incomplete without Pat Boone. That guy's crazy.

don't dis my cousin!

/ nah, go ahead

Bowie can do whatever the fark he wants.

Brian Wilson FTW!

HappyHarryHardOn: /on a side note, I can't believe there isnt the Wendy O. WIlliams footage on youtube of her blowing a ford pinto on Tom Snyder's "coast to coast"

Wasn't that on "Tomorrow"? As I recall, she wasn't wearing underwear and kept leaning over.

Topiary Elephants != Elephants

Yeah, I think Bowie gets a free pass on the rules of taste and decorum.

Sid Barrett was a few notes short of a symphony.

/Didn't RFTA

Chariset: Yeah, I think Bowie gets a free pass on the rules of taste and decorum.

Well, his organization is the leader in providing costumed villainy.

EviLincoln: Sid Barrett was a few notes short of a symphony.

/Didn't RFTA

7. Syd Barrett
Acid-fried Pink Floyd legend
Case History: Barrett was central to the original Pink Floyd lineup, but he hated fame, and a diet of double-dipped LSD sugar cubes helped give him a nervous breakdown. Burned out, he forgot the words and the music while playing the British TV show Top of the Pops; later, tripping again, Barrett repeated the same chord throughout his final Floyd gig. He spent the final decades of his life as a recluse in rural England, before expiring in 2006.
Crazy Moment: He once appeared onstage with Mandrax pills crushed into a Brylcreem he had put in his hair.


top 10..not bad

when you're a sperm doctor. a sperm doctor. a doctor of... sperm!

/obscure?

Britney Spears is certainly loopy, but she's way too high on the list. And Axl Rose did finally release "Chinese Democracy," whether or not he should have.

/Enjoyed the Venture reference.
//I also always had the feeling that Wendy O. Williams was just putting us on, but that's largely based on an old "Creem" interview in which she came across as very together, though that might have just been a good day.

bighasbeen: Chariset: Yeah, I think Bowie gets a free pass on the rules of taste and decorum.

Well, his organization is the leader in providing costumed villainy.



/hot

alacy52: Brian Wilson FTW!

Hindsight being 20/20, it is quite possible Phil Specter WAS trying to kill him.

Killing Nancy Spungeon was probably the sanest thing Sid Vicious ever did.

ODing on drugs and marrying your beard aren't really that crazy.

This list needs a do-over, this time including John Balance and Genesis P. Orridge.

DNRTFA...blocked at work. Was Stevie Nicks shooting coke up her butt on the list? If not, it should be.

Sarcastica75: bighasbeen: Chariset: Yeah, I think Bowie gets a free pass on the rules of taste and decorum.

Well, his organization is the leader in providing costumed villainy.



/hot

I won him in a trivia contest from David Bowie. This had to be around 1981 or 82, way before the big trivia craze. But that was David, always ahead of the trends.

Yeah, most of that list doesn't seem to attempt really to rank the nuts. Most of them got too rich and too famous and had too much of the "helluva drug".

Number one is patently obvious. Turning 3/4 of a billion into a huge debt without blow or Madoff? That IS insane.

Amusing, though.

matthew_tray: DNRTFA...blocked at work. Was Stevie Nicks shooting coke up her butt on the list? If not, it should be.

Nope, not on it. There was another Fleetwood Mac guy in it, though.

bighasbeen: Sarcastica75: bighasbeen: Chariset: Yeah, I think Bowie gets a free pass on the rules of taste and decorum.

Well, his organization is the leader in providing costumed villainy.



/hot

I won him in a trivia contest from David Bowie. This had to be around 1981 or 82, way before the big trivia craze. But that was David, always ahead of the trends.

Good times, man. Good times.

HappyHarryHardOn: .../on a side note, I can't believe there isnt the Wendy O. WIlliams footage on youtube of her blowing a ford pinto on Tom Snyder's "coast to coast"

Didn't she get arrested for public indecency after masturbating with a sledgehammer on stage? I'd rather see THAT.

Gone back and read the list, I don't see how you can rate such insanity.

Adam Ant is a crazy motherfarker. He broke up with Heather Graham, and if you've heard him sing then you KNOW he's a nut. Good music though.

Needs Wesley Willis and the KLF.

bigbadideasinaction: KLF

The KLF weren't insane. They did a lot of insane stuff, yes, but they were not insane themselves.

Gotta love Iggy Pop: "I'd sometimes wake up with bumps on my head, blood on my shirt and something green coming out of my penis."

Davie Bowie is the coolest man to have ever lived. He looks sexier in his farking mugshot than you or I ever did on prom night. The man reinvented the dandy persona, and remains the patron saint of metrosexuality. He is probably responsible for getting me laid at least a good ten times.

Not too bad a list... for Blender.

FTFA
"(Brian Wilson) spent three years in bed convinced that Phil Spector was coming to shoot him."

In retrospect, the crazy part is not is not that he felt threatened by Phil Spector... but the fact that he though he could hide from him by being "in bed".

GG Allin is nowhere NEAR as close to the top of the list as he should be.
Take his funeral, for example.

Or actually performing. (new window)
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uPTheme: GG Allin is nowhere NEAR as close to the top of the list as he should be.
Take his funeral, for example.

Or actually performing. (new window)
(New windows due to various states of safe for workness.)

You are not kidding..That guy makes Axl look normal.
No crazy list is complete without Darby Crash!

/Janis Joplin?

HappyHarryHardOn: I had never heard this Sly Stone story:

While making There's a Riot Going On, he made Bobby Womack play for six days without sleep.

Oh, man. I would love homemade footage of the 6th day, when Bobby was getting all cranky and emotional


/on a side note, I can't believe there isnt the Wendy O. WIlliams footage on youtube of her blowing a ford pinto on Tom Snyder's "coast to coast"

Here are some clips.

Link (new window)

though I would say someone that's suicidal is not in their right mind, calling Ian Curtis crazy is a bit of a stretch, especially as far up the list as he is.

Glitchwerks: bigbadideasinaction: KLF

The KLF weren't insane. They did a lot of insane stuff, yes, but they were not insane themselves.

Maybe, but actually burning a million pounds sterling should at least earn them an honourary spot on the list.

From tfa, referring to Chuck Berry: "In 1994 he was sued by 60 women for allegedly video-taping them in the bathroom of his Southern Air restaurant in Wentzville, Missouri."

Jesus, our memes are so powerful, they're bleeding back in time.

/will eventually get as tired of 'Wentz' as everyone and their monkey yelling, "I'm Ricks James, biatch!" But for now, I'm lovin' it.
//Wentz

Also from tfa, regarding Chuck Berry: "Protected himself from allegations of rape by insisting that female fans strip and pose, smiling, for pictures with him before he'd have sex with them."

You know, I'm not sure if there is an explicit definition of "WIN" floating around the intertubes, but I nominate THIS.

Bowie could fark mules on stage and he would still rule. Some of those crazy bastards made some of the greatest music of all time. I cut 'em some slack.

So Brian Wilson "spent three years in bed convinced that Phil Spector was coming to shoot him." Who hasn't?

Weird Wilson moment: on that sitcom with Bob Saget the Beach Boys came to the house one time to play music with John Stamos. Right. Brian Wilson was with them, which really surprised me. He looked terrified the whole time, and out of it, like he was going to puke from fear. They should have left the poor guy home. How strange is it that he's the only surviving brother?

radioman_: So Brian Wilson "spent three years in bed convinced that Phil Spector was coming to shoot him." Who hasn't?

I gotta tell you, I lol'd. Good stuff.

I was at the Greensboro, NC GnR show where Axl made everyone wait two and half hours from the time the opening act ended (Skid Row) until he felt like coming on stage. Was a good show anyway. Except for the angry white trash I was sitting next to. Ah well.

No Prince?

/Just ask Kevin Smith

Couple points: Serge Gainsbourg was a sick fark, but he did give us Charlotte Gainsbourg, so I'm willing to give him a pass.

Can you really consider Daniel Johnston in this list? Does it count when you've been diagnosed with manic-depressive psychosis? He's a genius though, no doubt.

And do you have to be a criminal to be considered crazy? Because I'm willing to nominate Wayne Coyne (the beautiful bastard). Just watch Christmas on Mars, and tell me he's not slightly bonkers.

No James Brown?

Link (new window)

I once worked with a big guy who at one time worked security for G-n-R at the height of their popularity. He said Axl was really nice, quiet, smart, ---and pretty crazy. Said he insisted on having green silk scarves placed over every and any lamp shade at all times -always. The dude forgot about draping a dressing room lamp one time and when Axl saw it he completely lost it. Had a full-blown meltdown.


//That said, I've worked for far crazier...