The music industry is filled with creative artists and the combination of fame, fortune idealism or drugs can create great history or captivating myths.
But the fact remains that the rock music industry has a lot of shocking stories to tell. Hence, here is a compilation of some of the dark tales in the rock music industry.
Ozzy Osbourne – he is always one of the most talked-about public figures in rock and roll history. And this is yet another controversial story about Ozzy, this time about him snorting ants. Yes, you read it right, Ants. This tale was highlighted in his wife, Sharon Osbourne’s book. Back in 1982, while on tour with Mötley Crüe, it is said that Ozzy strikes a deal with Sixx on who could do an extreme stunt. Nikki Sixx set himself on fire; so Ozzy replied by snorting a line of ants off the pavement that some of them even came out of his mouth after.
Ian Watkins – the lead singer of Welsh band Lostprophets in 1997. Watkins was known for influencing fans to do horrible things and sexual abuse towards children. He is involved in child pornography, appeared in videos to attempt raping children and even confessed to raping an infant. Watkins was charged to a 29-years imprisonment after pleading guilty.
Tim Lambesis – he is the lead vocalist of As I Lay Dying, a Christian Rock band from San Diego. Lambesis was married to his wife, Meggan, for eight years and adopted kids from Ethiopia, until their divorce in 2012. Lambesis has constant arguments with custody and financial matters. Then Lambesis asked another member in his gym if he knew any hitman that he can hire to kill his wife. The man reported it to the police and Lambesis was set up in a sting, where he met an undercover agent which he paid a thousand dollars to kill his wife. Tim Lambesis was arrested and is facing nine years in prison and ten thousand dollars in fine.
Courtney Love – a member of the band called Hole and wife of late Nirvana singer Kurt Cobain. Love is known for her extreme and crazy behavior. Frances Bean Cobain, Kurt and Courtney’s daughter had a restraining against her mother for harassing her. Frances described Courtney as a compulsive hoarder and violent addict. In 2012, Love took a rant on Twitter against her daughter and former Nirvana member Dave Grohl, implying that Dave has sexual relationship with her daughter. Of course, the rant was completely untrue.
If you know any dark or even embarrassing stories in the rock music industry, have fun and write them down!