More then one vote, guests welcome.
Other mentions.
1-Bix Beiderbecke.
2-Tommy Bolin.
3-Tim Buckley.
4-Gene Clark.
5-Rory Gallagher.
6-Andy Gibb.
7-Bob Hite.
8-Randy Jo Hobbs.
9-Frankie Lymon.
10-Jimmy McCulloch.
11-Robbie McIntosh.
12-Miss Christine.
13-John Philips.
14-Robert Quine.
15-David Ruffin.
16-Dylan Thomas.
17-Gene Vincent.
18-Dennis Wilson.
19-Danny Whitten.

I might have left out some names (sorry about that) but these people have lived self-destructive lives, after the date of Brian Jones death, I relazied, how many others have died thru drinking & drugs.
Some are still around to talk about it (Steve Tyler/Alice cooper) but a lot don't, I forgot Marianne Faithful, but I was just looking at musicians, there's so many others, there's thousands, people who live self-destructive all the time.

Edith Grove wrote on Jul 4^th, 2008 at 10:51pm:


Yeah, some people have changed their lives around, & Alice cooper is one of them, he's been sober for over 25 Yrs. he's a born again Christian, but back in the 70's, he used to drink 30 Beers a day, & drink  Seagrams VO at night, he was such an alcoholic that he almost lost all things in his life, he was a serious case that some people thought he would die.

What about that Libertines dude?

as far as I'm concerned there's a huge amount of daylight between this guy and whoever comes second




GG Allin

imho it's a no brainer - and he's not even on the list

corgi37 wrote on Jul 5^th, 2008 at 5:47am:


The Macarena? Now wasn't that a dance craze that swept Australia several years back???

Self destructive? I'm not sure that just because someone dies young or even used drugs for awhile necessarily make them self destructive. Does the fact that someone actually survives drugs, like Keith, make them less "self destructive".....?????

Does he get paid well to do shit like that????

left shoe shuffle wrote on Jul 5^th, 2008 at 8:19am:


Oh. Kinda like Joey.

Chet Baker

Charlie Parker

Cant believe Iggy isnt on that list.

however, as said above, GG Allin takes the biscuit.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/GG_Allin

..and an account of his final show, and death a short time later :

http://home.nyc.rr.com/alweisel/spinggallin.htm

Happy reading, everyone.

Gazza wrote on Jul 5^th, 2008 at 11:50am:

Gee thanks a lot, Gaz!!  I was gonna just go with Leftie's explanation and leave it at that and then you have to go and wiki it(and I always click on a link )...

back in the day i would have to say keith richards.

i bet kurt cobain and sid vicious were pretty hard on themselves aswell

stonedinaustralia wrote on Jul 5^th, 2008 at 5:24am:


how fake.

thats black magic marker and heinz ketchup.

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Factory Girl wrote on Jul 5^th, 2008 at 3:49pm:


Click those links, or Google "GG Allin"... 

Factory Girl wrote on Jul 5^th, 2008 at 4:09pm:



On the bright side, at least he didnt smell any worse AFTER he died than when he was alive....

My dear Gazza,

Death has a reason for the death smell.   GG Allin, in life, had no reason.

I'm very open minded about musicians and their music, but if you need to do all this sick shit for attention.... he KNEW he WAS a LOSER.

Gazza wrote on Jul 5^th, 2008 at 11:50am:



Thanks gazza for the reminder, yes, Iggy was a very self destructive guy in a big way, so was the guy who helped him in the 70's Bowie, he was so addicted to Cocaine, he weighed 90 pounds, & was a walking skelton, & in Frank Sinatra Jr. words "He's the most insane looking human creature I ever had the misfortune to lay my eyes on" after seeing him at the Grammy awards in '75.

Factory Girl wrote on Jul 5^th, 2008 at 4:09pm:



He had some good songs

I chose mine in terms of drug abuse and how they could and couldnt handle it, hence not goin for keith, cos at least he went for the best stuff and played etc

but you forgot, as mentioned above GG Allin, and also Iggy Pop! he had a terrible time, tho he was never relly self destructive, except when he was really down in the dumps circa 75

you also forgot probly one of the most, along with morrison i'd say, Bob Dylan! his whole life is tryna escape the fame of bob dylan and destroying himself and ppl around him because of it, also he was on heroin, coke and speed for like 2 years straight pretty much, lol, im sure he slept sometime tho, but he was buzzed thru 65/66 kinda thing - then theres the alcoholism thing in later life

HJW

robpop wrote on Jul 6^th, 2008 at 8:03pm:


this is a tough question, but i am going to have to say the latter.

left shoe shuffle wrote on Jul 6^th, 2008 at 8:40pm:


Destroying themselves doesnt just mean early death, look whose on the list keith, still goin, and ron wood gave himself a bit of destruction thurout his life

but  if you read that clinton heylin bio of dylan, behind the shades, amean he did destory himself, for example, deciding to do that never ending tour thing, it was to keep from goin crazy he said to keep his mind of rage or someting weird u'no, thats kinda tour regime at his age is self destructive

homesickjameswilliamson wrote on Jul 6^th, 2008 at 9:45pm:

homesickjameswilliamson wrote on Jul 6^th, 2008 at 8:10pm:


having a addiction four decades ago and still being active today is hardly a good indication of being successfully self-destructive.

Dont know how you can say he's trying to escape 'the fame of Bob Dylan' when in the last few years hes averaged 100 shows a year in every corner of the planet for 2 decades, written the first of 3 volumes of his autobiography, issued numerous volumes of archives celebrating his past achievements. collaborated in a lengthy and high profile documentary about his life and career, hosted 75 editions of his own radio show, appeared in commercials for women's underwear and exhibited his own paintings.

While he values his own privacy, he certainly strikes me as someone who's increasingly become more at ease with his own celebrity.

Ten Thousand Motels wrote on Jul 7^th, 2008 at 9:52am:


he got away with it, though. Fortunately for him, she didnt have a leg to stand on...

£24 million (plus £35,000 a year) out of a personal fortune estimated by the judge of £450 million ? (Mills claimed it was £800 million and was looking for about five times what she ended up with)

I doubt he'll miss it.

"  Fortunately for him, she didnt have a leg to stand on... "


!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Pdog wrote on Jul 7^th, 2008 at 12:01pm:



Both brain dead. Both full of shit.

Factory Girl wrote on Jul 7^th, 2008 at 2:59pm:



I take it you know who he is now!!!
HaHa!

Comparing GG to Iggy is like comparing Oscar The Grouch to Marlon Brando...

GG wins the self destructive artist hands down, and Paris comes in 2nd, and they both spread alot of STD's....

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nothing fake about GG, he was a truly disturbed sociapathic performer. he actually stuck a chair leg in his ass in a friends house in SF back in the day. He ended up going to SF General, my friend was shocked, he didn't realize GG was for real when he told him he could stay over. See GG wrote songs like my friend did, but this guy was not living them out. My buds band was supposed to open for GG, GG cancelled. My friends band went on to get pretty famous, they were called The Dwarves. GG is 100% for real.

Gazza wrote on Jul 7^th, 2008 at 3:40pm:


They were many incarnations of different bands GG played with. His brother was there for the entire thing. He's also a good musician and a bit more sane. He still tours and plays with the Murder Junkies. Some of GG's stuff was catchy and funny, some flat out stunk. There was a bootleg phenomina going on around him, and he was the least bit interested anyways. There's a good Doc. that I would suggest seeing for historical and clinical purposes, for those who are mildly interested and want to see the real deal behind rock and rolls most destructive performer ever!

Pdog wrote on Jul 7^th, 2008 at 3:53pm:



Merle Allin is a legend in his own right. Not only for documenting GG's entire career, but many other New York gigs.

I have a DVD of Dee Dee rehearsing with GG. He was in the band for about a week.

GG Allin on the Jerry Springer show.  He explains a lot.  Not the typical Jerry Springer bullshit.  Also he meets the 17 year old Liz Mankowski for the first time.  Her parents are there also. 

I remember this from back in the day. 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u2LvZd_9aMU

I had to choose Kurt Cobain because he committed suicide. Did Sid Vicious commit suicide as well ~ In that case it's a tie for first place.

These 2 fvckers didnt know the value of life! Suicide is a deadly mixture of self indulgence and self hate knowing that by giving in, they will die, and thats just fine coz they dont care about anything or anyone. It's sad.

Bitch wrote on Jul 8^th, 2008 at 4:59pm:


Suicide is rather complex an issue, but to be honest I'm not that sure Cobain killed himself.

I mean, even without putting much faith to what that private investigator says (http://www.cobaincase.com/, those 'buy the tapes' sections really don't add to the guy's credibility), there was indeed some weird stuff going on with the case... No fingerprints found, strange positioning of the gun for a person to be able to pull the trigger, crazy levels of heroin in his blood that would be more than enough to instantly kill ten people like him before ever having the time to shoot the gun... I don't know, one too many coincidences that just don't add up.

There's more info here:

http://www.justiceforkurt.com/

Gazza wrote on Jul 7^th, 2008 at 3:40pm:



I've never heard any of his music either---although it included punk, spoken word, country, and "Rolling Stones-influenced rock". Don't know as I want our Stones to be compared in any way to GG Allin! Kinda wish I hadn't read that part..