Music: Which band’s history is the most interesting?

[Langdon Alger]

safe to say there has been some very interesting band stories/drama over the years. Which band do you feel has the most interesting history?

Eagles had a lot of fighting I’ve heard, but I don’t know the specifics.

Fleetwood Mac had lots of romance I’ve been told.

Ramones had lots of fighting between Joey and Johnny mostly over Johnny stealing Joey’s girl away.

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[kook10]

You're talking about Fleetwood Mac 3.0, but their original leader and blues guitar legend Peter Green was an acid casualty several years before their reincarnation.

Other interesting stories:

Badfinger
Lynyrd Skynyrd
Creedence Clearwater Revival
Tommy James

 

[MetalheadPenguinsFan]

Black Sabbath?

 

[NyQuil]

According to the Sex Pistols, they stole a lot of their gear from other bands.

Sex Pistols: We Got Our Gear in Early Days By Stealing It From Other Bands, Including Bowie

 

[Jumptheshark]

Acdc

 

[kihei]

The Beatles because they are The Beatles.

 

[CycloneLaunch]

safe to say there has been some very interesting band stories/drama over the years. Which band do you feel has the most interesting history?

Eagles had a lot of fighting I’ve heard, but I don’t know the specifics.

Fleetwood Mac had lots of romance I’ve been told.

Ramones had lots of fighting between Joey and Johnny mostly over Johnny stealing Joey’s girl away.

The History of The Eagles Part 1 is one of the best music documentaries made, has some great archival footage of the band including audio of Glenn Frey threatening to beat the shit out of Don Felder on stage the night they broke up. Cameron Crowe toured with The Eagles and you can tell he borrowed a lot from the dynamic between Henley/Frey for the movie.

 

[Roo Returns]

I'm a huge Red Hot Chili Peppers fan so I'll have to say them and their extended family and all the guys who have played in that band.

It literally started out as some kids playing in an HS band with their crazy friend introducing them, and then eventually trying to rap, all the way to multi platinum selling artists. They've had three main eras but a lot of guys have played with them over the years.

Even the guys now in the band, some of the discs/tours they've played on (Flea with Mars Volta, Klinghoffer with Gnarls Barkley and Beck) is a whose who in the world of music.

Another band that interests me is The Misfits.

 

[Bubba Thudd]

Pink Floyd?

 

[Ben Matlock]

Big Star and Badfinger come to mind. Check out the documentary Nothing can hurt me.

 

[Aladyyn]

Mayhem

 

[MetalheadPenguinsFan]

Mayhem

The early years with Dead yes?

 

[Neutrinos]

The Beach Boys are certainly in the conversation

 

[Teemu]

GG Allin

 

[Langdon Alger]

Any good stories about the bands mentioned so far? I’m guessing there are a few.

 

[MetalheadPenguinsFan]

Pantera

 

[Jumptheshark]

Tommy James of mony mony fame is interesting.

When he went to collect a royalty check he found out that his record company was run by one of the five crime families of new york city. When he wrote a number down on a piece of paper if what he thought he should get.. the mobsters each put a gun on the table and said "do you want to find out who's a quicker draw?". When he finally got out of the contract and signed with a new lable, the mob family "bought" his record contract back.

Badfinger and bay city rollers for all the wrong reasons....they still can not find all the money.

 

[Jumptheshark]

Allman brothers for all the wrong reasons

 

[Babe Ruth]

Completely subjective, but I'm interested in the history of The Doors.

Also Nirvana, Black Flag..

 

[Langdon Alger]

Completely subjective, but I'm interested in the history of The Doors.

Also Nirvana, Black Flag..

Nirvana because of how it ended?

 

[Babe Ruth]

Nirvana because of how it ended?

Yeah, partially..
Growing up I had a morbid interest in the meteoric, sort of rags-to-riches, to an early grave rock stories. Jim Morrison, Cobain, Sid Vicious, etc. Guys who had a powerful impact on music, then tragically burned up..

Also interesting to me: how big the impact of Nevermind was. In my opinion, it wasn't better than a number of rock albums that dropped around the same time.. But it was a game-changer (especially the Teen Spirit video). I remember every body going out & buying it. I've never seen an album before or after have that impact on my generation. Appetite for Destruction, Purple Rain, Thriller, some Madonna stuff.. I remember those being popular; and kids I knew imitating the style of Axl Rose or Madonna. But no band affected peers I knew, from my socioeconomic class/age group more than Nirvana..

 

[MetalheadPenguinsFan]

Completely subjective, but I'm interested in the history of The Doors.

Also Nirvana, Black Flag..

Black Flag would be sweet.

Also Eyehategod have a ton of crazy stories from back in the day I bet.

 

[Qurpiz]

All other bands might have some interesting tidbits that you could call history but nothing comes close to Mayhem.

 

[Babe Ruth]

Black Flag would be sweet.
Eyehategod have a ton of crazy stories from back in the day I bet.

Metalhead, Henry Rollins actually published a book of first-hand Black Flag (tour) accounts: Get in the Van.
It's a decent read..

 

[MetalheadPenguinsFan]

Metalhead, Henry Rollins actually published a book of first-hand Black Flag (tour) accounts: Get in the Van.
It's a decent read..

I know. I've been trying to find/buy a physical hardcover copy of it for ages but no luck. Isn't it out of print now??