# Rock n rollers who never screwed groupies?! **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [February 18, 2007, 4:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rock-n-rollers-who-never-screwed-groupies/392675 "2007-02-18T04:01:10Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![Scott\_O](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/8e7dd6/32.png) [@Scott\_O](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Scott_O)\ **Post date:** [February 20, 2007, 9:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rock-n-rollers-who-never-screwed-groupies/392675/41 "2007-02-20T21:40:21Z")
[QUOTE=sturmhauke] I heard that the guys in CCR kicked a drunk, horny chick off their tour bus once. [/QUOTE] “This one tears it, Mom!” ---
**Author:** ![Wee\_Bairn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/90db22/32.png) [@Wee\_Bairn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wee_Bairn)\ **Post date:** [February 20, 2007, 9:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rock-n-rollers-who-never-screwed-groupies/392675/42 "2007-02-20T21:56:24Z")
Out of what? ---
**Author:** ![pesch](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pesch/32/4925_2.png) [@pesch](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pesch)\ **Post date:** [February 21, 2007, 2:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rock-n-rollers-who-never-screwed-groupies/392675/43 "2007-02-21T02:45:17Z")
[QUOTE=Evil Captor] Anybody remember the Plaster Casters? Let’s face it, there’s some serious opportunities out there for rock stars. It’s probably just a matter of not dodging when women throw themselves at you. [/QUOTE] I keep hoping that some collectible company like Hallmark would put out a line of models based on their castings. Collect them all! ---
**Author:** ![Mister\_Rik](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mister_rik/32/491_2.png) [@Mister\_Rik](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mister_Rik)\ **Post date:** [February 21, 2007, 5:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rock-n-rollers-who-never-screwed-groupies/392675/44 "2007-02-21T05:20:06Z")
[QUOTE=Evil Captor] Let’s face it, there’s some serious opportunities out there for rock stars. It’s probably just a matter of not dodging when women throw themselves at you. [/QUOTE] Makes me wonder: howcum we never hear about female rock stars having this, um, “problem”? Aside from the occasional stalker, I’ve not heard much about male fans congregating outside of the hotel where a female rock star is staying, hoping to be invited up to her room for a tumble. Though I have heard of (and seen photos of) plenty of female fans congregating to catch a glimpse of female rock stars. I guess the basic question is, why are women so much more predisposed to chase after somebody simply because he’s famous? ---
**Author:** ![Hippy\_Hollow](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hippy_hollow/32/4841_2.png) [@Hippy\_Hollow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hippy_Hollow)\ **Post date:** [February 21, 2007, 5:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rock-n-rollers-who-never-screwed-groupies/392675/45 "2007-02-21T05:53:55Z")
[QUOTE=Phase42] Makes me wonder: howcum we never hear about female rock stars having this, um, “problem”? Aside from the occasional stalker, I’ve not heard much about male fans congregating outside of the hotel where a female rock star is staying, hoping to be invited up to her room for a tumble. Though I have heard of (and seen photos of) plenty of female fans congregating to catch a glimpse of female rock stars. I guess the basic question is, why are women so much more predisposed to chase after somebody simply because he’s famous? [/QUOTE] FWIW, I’ve heard some wild stories about The Go-Go’s when they toured in the 1980s… male fans, drugging, and drinking. ---
**Author:** ![Martha\_Medea](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/43a26b/32.png) [@Martha\_Medea](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Martha_Medea)\ **Post date:** [February 21, 2007, 12:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rock-n-rollers-who-never-screwed-groupies/392675/46 "2007-02-21T12:00:50Z")
A friend in the biz tells similar tales about Chrissie Hynde. ---
**Author:** ![Smitty](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e274bd/32.png) [@Smitty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Smitty)\ **Post date:** [February 21, 2007, 2:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rock-n-rollers-who-never-screwed-groupies/392675/47 "2007-02-21T14:44:38Z")
[QUOTE=astorian] and Jagger and Richards coming up the rear. [/QUOTE] Maybe that’s why their count with women wasn’t higher, right there! 😃 ---
**Author:** ![bienville](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/4bbf92/32.png) [@bienville](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bienville)\ **Post date:** [February 21, 2007, 4:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rock-n-rollers-who-never-screwed-groupies/392675/48 "2007-02-21T16:09:58Z")
Friends of mine did a European tour a few years ago opening for Alanis Morrisette. As an _unknown opening act_ they still had girls wanting to party with them after shows. The singer is married, the rest of the guys all had girlfriends back home. Now, they’re all big drinkers so they were always up for going out after the gig, and the girls who waited at the stage door to meet them would always go along for the late night drinking. These girls were shocked, and a bit insulted when their sexual advances were not welcomed. One girl stayed with them once for the entire night, she knew that walking back to their hotel room her apartment was on the way, as they were walking she stopped and said, “O.K., so this is my place,” they said, “O.K. goodnight”, she said, “No, you don’t understand, we’re at my apartment,” they said, “great, it was nice meeting you.” She didn’t even care which one of them went up to her room with her, and she was outraged that not of them did. ---
**Author:** ![vivalostwages](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/d07c76/32.png) [@vivalostwages](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/vivalostwages)\ **Post date:** [February 21, 2007, 4:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rock-n-rollers-who-never-screwed-groupies/392675/49 "2007-02-21T16:59:04Z")
[QUOTE=Krokodil] I vaguely recall an incident where Adam Clayton (the scary-looking one) forfeited his engagement to Naomi Campbell after a booze-and-hookers binge. Probably for the best. [/QUOTE] Ah, I’d forgotten that. I was only thinking of the band as a whole. Yeah, Naomi was/is bad news. Fortunately he’s marrying someone entirely different, probably this year. ---
**Author:** ![MovieMogul](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f08c70/32.png) [@MovieMogul](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MovieMogul)\ **Post date:** [February 21, 2007, 5:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rock-n-rollers-who-never-screwed-groupies/392675/50 "2007-02-21T17:18:10Z")
[QUOTE=Scott O.] “This one tears it, Mom!” [/QUOTE] That was great, Scott O. 😃 Welcome! ---
**Author:** ![Tomcat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/8e8cbc/32.png) [@Tomcat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tomcat)\ **Post date:** [February 26, 2007, 1:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rock-n-rollers-who-never-screwed-groupies/392675/51 "2007-02-26T13:51:09Z")
[QUOTE=vivalostwages] I don’t think U2 is known for sexual escapades with groupies. [/QUOTE] There was an incident reported in Denver way back when about the them showing up at the uber-cool El Chapultepec jazz club with [underage girls](http://www.lowellsun.com/kerouac/ci_4971439) in tow: [quote] More recently, he turned away Bono of Irish mega-rock group U2. In town for a show in the late '80s, members of the group arrived at this late-night hang with underage women in tow. Krantz does not suffer bad form by big names, no matter how strong the ink.\*\* As the story goes, Bono asked Krantz “Do you know who we are? We’re U2!” to which Krantz replied “Yeah, well you two get out of here with those girls!” I’ve seen quite a few U2 concerts, and the one thing I’ve always noticed is that Bono brings a young girl up on stage to sing to and dance with…and I’ve never once seen that young girl be helped back into the audience…he’s always whispered in their ear and they walk back stage…Things that make you go ‘Hmmm…’ -Tcat ---
**Author:** ![vivalostwages](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/d07c76/32.png) [@vivalostwages](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/vivalostwages)\ **Post date:** [February 27, 2007, 2:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rock-n-rollers-who-never-screwed-groupies/392675/52 "2007-02-27T02:31:54Z")
hmmmm…I’ve seen several of their shows as well, but I always thought the gals just went back into the audience. ---
**Author:** ![Ms\_Macphisto](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/b487fb/32.png) [@Ms\_Macphisto](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ms_Macphisto)\ **Post date:** [February 27, 2007, 9:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rock-n-rollers-who-never-screwed-groupies/392675/53 "2007-02-27T09:51:56Z")
Heck, I was at a U2 concert where the girls he picked were standing directly in front of me, and at the end of the song, they were helped back into the audience, right where they started. There were rumours about Bono and some of the supermodels he was hanging around with in the early 90s, but there’s never been anything about groupies per se. In fact, there are mentions in _U2 At the End of the World_ of Bono turning down offers of sex. ---
**Author:** ![mamboman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/ecb155/32.png) [@mamboman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mamboman)\ **Post date:** [February 27, 2007, 10:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rock-n-rollers-who-never-screwed-groupies/392675/54 "2007-02-27T10:18:21Z")
[Quote=sturmhauke] I heard that the guys in CCR kicked a drunk, horny chick off their tour bus once. [/QUOTE] [QUOTE=Scott O.] “This one tears it, Mom!” [/QUOTE] Ewwwww. Puts a whole new slant on “Fortunate Son”. mm ---
**Author:** ![mamboman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/ecb155/32.png) [@mamboman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mamboman)\ **Post date:** [February 27, 2007, 10:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rock-n-rollers-who-never-screwed-groupies/392675/55 "2007-02-27T10:30:17Z")
How about clean livin’ Cliff Richard? There is no-one more Rock and Roll than Cliff. And I may be hideously wrong or brilliantly right here, but _Frank Zappa_? he always seemed a home-lovin’ guy. And I can’t imagine Tom Waits’ name appearing in any Red-Schnapper related rock legends. mm ---
**Author:** ![Tomcat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/8e8cbc/32.png) [@Tomcat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tomcat)\ **Post date:** [February 27, 2007, 11:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rock-n-rollers-who-never-screwed-groupies/392675/56 "2007-02-27T11:48:57Z")
[QUOTE=vivalostwages] hmmmm…I’ve seen several of their shows as well, but I always thought the gals just went back into the audience. [/QUOTE] Just MMVarying…Colorado, Czech Republic and Poland I clearly remember the girls walking to the backstage area; women I was with were jealous. -Tcat ---
**Author:** ![sturmhauke](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e47c2d/32.png) [@sturmhauke](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sturmhauke)\ **Post date:** [February 27, 2007, 1:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rock-n-rollers-who-never-screwed-groupies/392675/57 "2007-02-27T13:19:32Z")
[QUOTE=Scott O.] “This one tears it, Mom!” [/QUOTE] Apparently I’m the only one who doesn’t get it. ---
**Author:** ![nashiitashii](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/7c8e57/32.png) [@nashiitashii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nashiitashii)\ **Post date:** [February 27, 2007, 4:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rock-n-rollers-who-never-screwed-groupies/392675/58 "2007-02-27T16:08:36Z")
[QUOTE=mamboman] And I can’t imagine Tom Waits’ name appearing in any Red-Schnapper related rock legends. [/QUOTE] Yeah, I wouldn’t suspect him of sleeping around with groupies. However, after seeing the random photos in his latest CD’s booklet (Orphans), I wouldn’t think twice about him spending half of the night drinking, then taking photos of places where he pissed in public. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![flight](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/bbce88/32.png) [@flight](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/flight)\ **Post date:** [February 27, 2007, 5:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rock-n-rollers-who-never-screwed-groupies/392675/59 "2007-02-27T17:46:45Z")
[QUOTE=Phase42] Makes me wonder: howcum we never hear about female rock stars having this, um, “problem”? Aside from the occasional stalker, I’ve not heard much about male fans congregating outside of the hotel where a female rock star is staying, hoping to be invited up to her room for a tumble. Though I have heard of (and seen photos of) plenty of female fans congregating to catch a glimpse of female rock stars. I guess the basic question is, why are women so much more predisposed to chase after somebody simply because he’s famous? [/QUOTE] Because men are already predisposed to chase after them because they have a vagina? There just aren’t a lot of men who both consider themselves available (not committed to a relationship) and wouldn’t already want to sleep with them. ---
**Author:** ![foolsguinea](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/foolsguinea/32/14751_2.png) [@foolsguinea](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/foolsguinea)\ **Post date:** [March 5, 2007, 3:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rock-n-rollers-who-never-screwed-groupies/392675/60 "2007-03-05T03:22:19Z")
[QUOTE=Poysyn] I am going to call slight BS on this - I have met Queenscryche, both backstage and the night before the concert, while perhaps they were not Metallica or Motley Crue, they were not choirboys. Although they were very nice guys. [/QUOTE] Yeah, I didn’t really think they never shagged groupies; but that story popped into my head, so I was fishing to see if anyone could confirm whether they did in fact indulge. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rock-n-rollers-who-never-screwed-groupies/392675.md?page=2) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rock-n-rollers-who-never-screwed-groupies/392675.md?page=4)