10 Craziest Rock Managers
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But behind all these wild men and those unbelievable stories stands a person just as demented and eccentric as the players themselves; their managers. Call them wolves in rock 'n' roll clothing. Call them money hungry power trippers. You can call them whatever you like, but you have to admit stories such as Led Zeppelin manager Peter Grant dousing bootleggers' recording equipment with buckets of water or Kim Fowley hurling dog waste at his clients' The Runaways are just as outrageous as any sex and drugs tale you can pull out about your favorite guitarist.
Below is a list of the most dangerous, damaged and hard-nosed managerial masterminds who made rock more interesting by both their involvement and their lunacy.
- Don Arden (Black Sabbath, Small Faces)
- Sharon Osbourne (Ozzy Osbourne, Motorhead)
- John Sinclair (The MC5)
- Colonel Tom Parker (Elvis)
- Peter Grant (Led Zeppelin, Bad Company)
- Dee Anthony (Humble Pie, Montrose, Peter Frampton)
- Malcolm McLaren (Sex Pistols)
- Kit Lambert (The Who)
- Kim Fowley (The Runaways)
- Terry Knight (Grand Funk Railroad
- Celebrity Heavy Metal Maniacs
- Cameron Diaz
- Nic Cage
- Jada Pinkett Smith
- Mickey Rourke
- Rachel Weisz
- Jim Carrey
- Demi Lovato
- Michael Fassbender
- Lady Gaga
- Jack Black
- Band Names That Sound Like Porn Movie Titles
- Whitesnake
- Alice in Chains
- Bang Tango
- Spread Eagle
- Ultraspank
- Cheap Trick
- Gotthard
- Motorhead
- Limp Bizkit
- Bush
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