“Joe Cocker but please don’t hurt her!”
Letterman’s infamous introduction of Cocker many, many years ago. Apparently, Cocker was mightily pissed about it, too.
Glenn Danzig. There’s a great video on YouTube somewhere of him lipping off to some guy backstage and then being promptly knocked on his ass by him.
Also, Liam Gallagher of Oasis has always been a dick.
Ike Turner, anyone?
“Horse’s Ass” may have different meaning for different interpretations.
Based on the OP, I think it seems the intended meaning of “Horse’s Ass” for the purposes of this Thread is best expressed as Tamerlane defined it: pretentious douchebaggery.
Ike Turner was a wife beater.
Phil Spector has a history of mental cruelty, physical abuse, threatening people with loaded weapons, and quite possibly murder.
Gary Glitter is at best a child molester*, possibly a child fucker.
All these go beyond “Horse’s Ass” in my opinion.
I’d like to nominate Billy Corgan for his tendency to scold audiences for not supplying the reaction he feels he deserves.
Also, because the first sentence of his wiki entry describes him as an “occasional poet”. “Occasional poet” is clearly a euphemism for “Horse’s Ass”.
*Seriously, anyone who can be described as being “at best” a child molester has to be a major piece of shit.
Sebastian Bach.
Axl Rose?
Eddie Van Halen and David Lee Roth?
Why?
Another vote for Gene Simmons.
Sorry for the derail, but now this is bugging me. How was a “Bed-In” a joke? Light-hearted, I can understand, but a joke as in, there’s wordplay/humorous reference involved? I’m a Montrealer who used to live nearby the Queen Liz Hotel, so I’d like to know more about this.
Showing up drunk for his concerts and barfing on stage comes to mind.
I heard (on a local radio show, so who knows) he is terribly shy and anxious prior to live performances. Perhaps he used booze to get ready and over did it? Frankly, I’d give that a pass, even for numerous times given his musical contribution.
David Cassidy.
Some years ago I took a side job working security during his tour. He treated everyone like dirt, and blamed the audience when he gave a truly bad show.
Not the Biggest Horse’s Ass in Rock&Roll History, but the biggest I had to deal with personally.
Still giggling about this one. Thank you.
What I meant was, not that the Bed-In itself was a joke, just that it was carried out in a light-hearted manner as you describe. Maybe I didn’t put that across as well as I should have, but I certainly didn’t intend to bug anybody. Having lived near the hotel, perhaps you’re in a better position to know anything about it than I ever could be.
Oh, no, not at all. I just wanted to cure my own ignorance about that time in recent history. Besides, I love the Marx brothers, and was hoping there was some secret joke in there.
Darby Crash of the punk band, The Germs. He figured that since so many rock immortals achieved massive fame after an overdose death, he would kill himself by taking a huge amount of heroin. He did succeed in killing himself but he chose December 7th, 1980 to do it. His story was buried on the back page because John Lennon will murdered on the same day.
Ted Nugent.
Have to give the man credit where it’s due - his kids turned out quite all right.
I’ve worked backstage security at two of his shows in the past. While his schtick may be over the top for some, he’s a pretty good guy. He’s never played the rock star card and based on some of the things I’ve seen I wouldn’t call him an asshole. Stubborn, yes. Asshole, no.