Top Ten Rock Star Un-Rocking Moments

By Brent Chittenden

A lot of the time, we tend to think of rock stars almost like gods. They can do no wrong, the around surrounded by money and power and women and drugs and just so out of touch with the common person.

But in the age of the internet and reality television, the rock god has been de-mystified a little. We discover a lot of them do the same things we do... and it kind of hurts. What do you mean Iggy Pop makes commercials for life insurance? No one could beat up Danzig, he knows Jeet Kune Do or something.

With that in mind, I have assembled this list of Top Ten Rock Star Un Rocking Moments. You will laugh, you will cry, you may not see some of these people the same way again.

10) Danzig Has Cats

When I was growing up, Danzig was one of the most feared me in metal. He was built like a brick shit house, he sang about dark stuff like demons and wicked women demons and he knew Jeet Kune Do (the martial art created by notable bad ass Bruce Lee) so if you did make fun of him, he would round house you, he'd sing about the decapitation afterwards. But under all that, he's a regular guy and apparently he has cats. Sure people might make fun of him over this picture but at least we know he takes care of his cats.

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10 Uses of Bodily Functions in Recordings

Can you name the track that features the sound of a member of the band vomiting his guts out?  The French singer who kept a fart on her record?  The NME has these answers and more.

Top Ten Artists Who Should Be In The Rock & Roll Hall Of Fame (revisited)

By Brent Chittenden

This past September, I created a list of the top ten artists that I felt deserved a nomination into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame with the promise that we would eventually revisit it. Given this past week's inductions (and the fact that the nomination committee agreed with me on two of my selections, Public Enemy and Rush) as well as new eligible candidates, I felt the time was right to revisit the subject. Hell, maybe we'll turn this into a yearly list. First, the rules of the list:

Number 1: We are only looking at musical acts this round, no producers, managers, etc. We’ll tackle them in another list.

Number 2: Anyone who has declined their nomination is not eligible for this list mainly because according to the Hall’s official website, they are inducted anyways (The Sex Pistols and Axel Rose).

Number 3: We are going with the HoF’s rules in terms of eligibility. But bear with me as my math can sometimes be suspect but I've done my best.

Now that we have that out of the way, here are the Top Ten Artists That Deserve To Be In The Rock N Roll Hall Of Fame.

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Today Is the 101st Anniversary of the Sinking of the Titanic. Time for Some Nautical Disaster Songs.

Countless songs have been written about the cruelty of the sea and the Titanic disaster of April 15, 1912, generated more than a few--and only a tiny handful involve Celine Dion or James Cameron.  For example:

The Huffington Post as a few more here.  Meanwhile, here's the Tragically Hip singing not about the Titantic but about an unspecified naval tragedy.  The Lusitania?  MV Goya? SS Thielbek? RMS Lancastria?

None of the above, actually.  Gord Downie says the inspiration was the sinking of the Bismarck in 1941.

Top Ten Covers (You Might Not Have Heard)

By Brent Chittenden

I think every music fan has a cover or two that they love and I'm no exception. But for every cover everyone knows, there are a few that escape notice. B sides to Japanese singles, songs for tribute albums, hidden tracks. These covers might not be as well known as others but that doesn't mean they aren't great. This is a list of those not so well known covers, our Top Ten Covers (you might not have heard)!

10) Nick Cave - Mack The Knife

Taken from the documentary September Songs, the producers got the perfect guy to cover this song from the Three Penny Opera.

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