Q Magazine's "25 Most Pathetic Rock Stars Ever!"

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I haven't read it so who knows their reasoning, but here's the list.

25 brandon flowers
24 roger daltrey
23 lars ulrich
22 kasabian
21 bryan ferry
20 beck
19 andrew fletcher
18 angus young
17 mike mills
16 nick cave
15 danny mcnamara
14 mick mars
13 dave rowntree
12 moby
11 nicky wire
10 britney spears
9 linkin park
8 ronan keating
7 chris martin
6 morrissey
5 paul heaton
4 brian may
3 dido
2 sir cliff richard
1 lou reed

― Sick Mouthy (Nick Southall), Thursday, 13 October 2005 09:31 (twenty years ago)

Could a list be any shittier?

― Dadaismus (Dada), Thursday, 13 October 2005 09:33 (twenty years ago)

But this is the best list ever, Dadaismus!

― Sick Mouthy (Nick Southall), Thursday, 13 October 2005 09:34 (twenty years ago)

you've not seen the wire's top 50 albums of the year then? (xp)

― Marcello Carlin (nostudium), Thursday, 13 October 2005 09:34 (twenty years ago)

dido is a rock star.

― N_RQ, Thursday, 13 October 2005 09:35 (twenty years ago)

Did Lou Reed win that too? (xpost)

― Dadaismus (Dada), Thursday, 13 October 2005 09:36 (twenty years ago)

no, but his mate has.

who fuck mick mars?

― Marcello Carlin (nostudium), Thursday, 13 October 2005 09:36 (twenty years ago)

Kasabian, because they live at home with their parents.

― mark grout (mark grout), Thursday, 13 October 2005 09:40 (twenty years ago)

Mick Mars is in Motley Crue. Who is Andrew Fletcher?

― Dadaismus (Dada), Thursday, 13 October 2005 09:40 (twenty years ago)

He's the bloke in Depeche Mode who doesn't do much.

― Marcello Carlin (nostudium), Thursday, 13 October 2005 09:41 (twenty years ago)

who fuck mick mars?

i was rather hoping marianne faithfull would have come on the thread to answer that question...

― Marcello Carlin (nostudium), Thursday, 13 October 2005 09:42 (twenty years ago)

Very dull of them. Less dull than their awards, though.

― hobart paving (hobart paving), Thursday, 13 October 2005 09:42 (twenty years ago)

Laurie Anderson is The Wire's album of the year?

― Matt #2 (Matt #2), Thursday, 13 October 2005 09:44 (twenty years ago)

I'm intrigued as to why Lou is the most pathetic. Is it because he's boring, humourless, poofy?

― Dadaismus (Dada), Thursday, 13 October 2005 09:44 (twenty years ago)

"25 Most Pathetic Music Magazines Ever"

1. Q

― Marcello Carlin (nostudium), Thursday, 13 October 2005 09:44 (twenty years ago)

is there a good reason pete doherty isn't #1 on the list?

― vacuum cleaner (electricsound), Thursday, 13 October 2005 09:45 (twenty years ago)

World capitalism

― Dadaismus (Dada), Thursday, 13 October 2005 09:46 (twenty years ago)

Surely there's a place for Liam Gallagher in there somewhere??

― hobart paving (hobart paving), Thursday, 13 October 2005 09:47 (twenty years ago)

nick cave - pathetic ?

ha ! dont tell that to the NME journo who got his ass whupped (was it swells ??) back in the heroin daze.

― mark e (mark e), Thursday, 13 October 2005 09:49 (twenty years ago)

It was Jack Barron. Whatever happened to him then?

― Marcello Carlin (nostudium), Thursday, 13 October 2005 09:49 (twenty years ago)

I'd put Dave Gahan on it in front of, errrrrrrrrrrrr, I've forgotten his name already - I mean, he actually thinks he's a rock star instead of a singer in some gay electro boyband. Bono!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

― Dadaismus (Dada), Thursday, 13 October 2005 09:51 (twenty years ago)

Come to think of it, where IS Adam Clayton in this list? The Melody Maker gossip column resident strawman of old!

― Marcello Carlin (nostudium), Thursday, 13 October 2005 09:54 (twenty years ago)

Fuck sake, where's Bobby Gillespie??!??!?!

― Dadaismus (Dada), Thursday, 13 October 2005 09:55 (twenty years ago)

As his band say at the start of every gig...

― Marcello Carlin (nostudium), Thursday, 13 October 2005 09:57 (twenty years ago)

... he's back in the dressing room snorting sherbert dabs with Stephen Pastel

― Dadaismus (Dada), Thursday, 13 October 2005 09:58 (twenty years ago)

Fuck sake, where's Bobby Gillespie??!??!?!

Probably snorting the rest of Kate Moss' leftover coke.

― nathalie, a bum like you (stevie nixed), Thursday, 13 October 2005 09:59 (twenty years ago)

Dave Rowntree more pathetic than Alex James?

― Dom Passantino (Dom Passantino), Thursday, 13 October 2005 10:01 (twenty years ago)

I know, that's rubbish too

― Dadaismus (Dada), Thursday, 13 October 2005 10:03 (twenty years ago)

"Fuck sake, where's Bobby Gillespie??!??!?!"

Most probably in a coke-addled, ego-tripping deluded daze halfway up Hamas's arse as usual.

― darren (darren), Thursday, 13 October 2005 10:16 (twenty years ago)

"I remember when I first heard Can, when I was a teenage punk rocker"

ROFFLEtastic!

― Dadaismus (Dada), Thursday, 13 October 2005 10:19 (twenty years ago)

I wish "Q" would just stop.

1/bbby glssp (blatant broken reed blowing in the wind scene following, long term inability to sing either in tune or interestingly, pitiful r&r cliche mindset, epitome of shit "record collection rock")
2/pete doherty (useless cliche r&r druggie-ism, useless music)

go on...reasons as well, plz.

also, any "music journalist/critic" who splurges out rafts of shit diatribe about how GRATE PD is = 1,000,000 x more pathetic that PD ever could be.

― Pashmina (Pashmina), Thursday, 13 October 2005 10:25 (twenty years ago)

but GRATE PD sells lots of issues and that's what it's all about!

― Marcello Carlin (nostudium), Thursday, 13 October 2005 10:27 (twenty years ago)

Not to me it isn't. I'd like to purge what knowledge I have about PD from my brain, to be honest.

― Pashmina (Pashmina), Thursday, 13 October 2005 10:32 (twenty years ago)

But Norm, Q aren't writing for us!

― Marcello Carlin (nostudium), Thursday, 13 October 2005 10:38 (twenty years ago)

Bryan Ferry, more pathetic than the guy who plays bass for Kansas?

― when something smacks of something (dave225.3), Thursday, 13 October 2005 10:42 (twenty years ago)

It would be nice, Marcello if SOMEBODY actually wrote for "people like us". I mean we aren't that small a demographic, surely?

― Pashmina (Pashmina), Thursday, 13 October 2005 10:43 (twenty years ago)

i'm so glad to see Q ripping off SOMETHING AWFUL DOT COM

― ESTEBAN BUTTEZ~!!, Thursday, 13 October 2005 10:48 (twenty years ago)

Jack Barron probably retired with brain twitchiness from Equity overindulgence

― kit brash (kit brash), Thursday, 13 October 2005 12:08 (twenty years ago)

3. Lemmy, for his horrible face spots, iron cross medallion, and "full spectrum dominance" approach to music-making.

― Momus (Momus), Thursday, 13 October 2005 14:05 (twenty years ago)

1. Momus, because it's Momus.

well not really because who really cares about momus outside of ilm?

― ESTEBAN BUTTEZ~!!, Thursday, 13 October 2005 14:09 (twenty years ago)

Oh, poor Bryan Ferry. I don't think he's all that pathetic. Certainly not top 25 material, not when there's a slot open for Gary Glitter.

― owen moorhead (i heart daniel miller), Thursday, 13 October 2005 14:14 (twenty years ago)

It would be nice, Marcello if SOMEBODY actually wrote for "people like us". I mean we aren't that small a demographic, surely?
-- Pashmina (vietgrov...), October 13th, 2005.

ahahahahahahahahaha

― N_)RQ, Thursday, 13 October 2005 14:17 (twenty years ago)

What is pathetic supposed to mean here? Lame, sad, or worthy of sympathy? And in any case, WHERE IS GARY NUMAN?

― antexit (antexit), Thursday, 13 October 2005 14:56 (twenty years ago)

And fucking TOM JONES.

― antexit (antexit), Thursday, 13 October 2005 15:03 (twenty years ago)

Regarding your queries re: Pete Doherty, Bobby Gillespie...this list is for rock "stars".

(Oh you must be from Britain where people give a crap. Or coke dealers. Or Interview Magazine editors.)

(That said, the list is rubbish.)

― Matt Carlson (mattsoncarlhew), Thursday, 13 October 2005 18:25 (twenty years ago)

gary glitter, anyone?

― Mr. Snrub (Mr. Snrub), Thursday, 13 October 2005 19:26 (twenty years ago)

is the wire list out? can someone post it?

― dan (dan), Thursday, 13 October 2005 19:31 (twenty years ago)

wow i'm glad i know never to buy q magzine

― fgsgsdg, Thursday, 13 October 2005 23:08 (twenty years ago)

I flicked through this at work. Brandon Flowers got in for being a Mormon.

― Michael A Neuman (Ferg), Thursday, 13 October 2005 23:13 (twenty years ago)

THOSE KNUCKLEFUCKERS. FLETCH IS AWESOME.

― Curt1s St3ph3ns, Friday, 14 October 2005 00:05 (twenty years ago)

who's Ronan Keating?

― M@tt He1geson (Matt Helgeson), Friday, 14 October 2005 00:10 (twenty years ago)

Go ask Ronan. Personally, I didn't know he keated.

― disco violence (disco violence), Friday, 14 October 2005 00:15 (twenty years ago)

It's always the quiet ones you have to watch out for.

― M@tt He1geson (Matt Helgeson), Friday, 14 October 2005 00:24 (twenty years ago)

Q Magazine in "Not Having a Fucking Clue About Fuck All" shockah.

― The Blunnet Boy Wonder (noodle vague), Friday, 14 October 2005 00:30 (twenty years ago)

24 roger daltrey
18 angus young
16 nick cave
11 nicky wire*
6 morrissey
1 lou reed

All these dudes are totally AWESOME at being rockstars! wtf!

*if that's the one dude that disappeared, cuz mysterious disappearance is totally awesome R* behavior...if he's one of the dudes from that band that lived, then maybe he should be on the list....

― M@tt He1geson (Matt Helgeson), Friday, 14 October 2005 00:39 (twenty years ago)

Aha, Corgan isn't on there. Take that, Corgan detractors!!

― Hat (Hat), Friday, 14 October 2005 01:02 (twenty years ago)

*if that's the one dude that disappeared, cuz mysterious disappearance is totally awesome R* behavior...if he's one of the dudes from that band that lived, then maybe he should be on the list....

Nope, that's Richey. Nicky Wire is, well, the pathetic one- the one who writes all the crap political songs, and lately the crap cod-U2 songs. I'm sure the UK contingent here have a much deeper knowledge of the many, many embarrassing public statements of Nicky Wire than I.

― telephone thing, Friday, 14 October 2005 01:46 (twenty years ago)

ah okay..then he's prolly boring. screw nicky wire!

serious though fuck Q magazine....no one can say anything bad about Angus Young! It's just ridiculous! He's too fucking cool.

― M@tt He1geson (Matt Helgeson), Friday, 14 October 2005 01:52 (twenty years ago)

I know, and Nick Cave? What the fuck? Seriously, if someone has access to this article, you have got to tell me what rationale they use for Cave.

― telephone thing, Friday, 14 October 2005 01:56 (twenty years ago)

And in any case, WHERE IS GARY NUMAN?

The man has Aspberger's Syndrome! A little sympathy, please, you insensitive clod.

― ESTEBAN BUTTEZ~!!, Friday, 14 October 2005 05:36 (twenty years ago)

yeah, lay off gazza!

(though i am kinda amazed that mr. numan isn't on this list -- Q being british and all. he doesn't seem to get as much respect in his homeland as he does abroad.)

― Eisbär (llamasfur), Friday, 14 October 2005 06:05 (twenty years ago)

No Gary Glitter? No Jonathan King?

― Geir Hongro (GeirHong), Friday, 14 October 2005 10:59 (twenty years ago)

No Mike Rutherford? No Tony Banks?

― Dadaismus (Dada), Friday, 14 October 2005 11:01 (twenty years ago)

In fact it's just another ordinary list...

― Sociah T Azzahole (blueski), Friday, 14 October 2005 11:01 (twenty years ago)

I JUST CALLED TO SAY, I WILL NOT BE RENEWING MY SUBSCRIPTION TO Q

― Sociah T Azzahole (blueski), Friday, 14 October 2005 11:02 (twenty years ago)

Well, there's 'pathetic' which is akin to a small puff of breath.
and there's 'loathsome' which is akin to being pursued by crowds with torches.

― mark grout (mark grout), Friday, 14 October 2005 11:02 (twenty years ago)

I don't think there's anything particularly pathetic about either mike rutherford or tony banks.

― Pashmina (Pashmina), Friday, 14 October 2005 11:03 (twenty years ago)

(yeah I know yer just baiting geir there)

― Pashmina (Pashmina), Friday, 14 October 2005 11:03 (twenty years ago)

(but still....)

― Pashmina (Pashmina), Friday, 14 October 2005 11:03 (twenty years ago)

Subscription?

I subscribed once, I got a free kettle and some mugs.

Ah no that was Select magazine. The kettle lasted longer than the magazine!

― mark grout (mark grout), Friday, 14 October 2005 11:03 (twenty years ago)

GEIR HAVE YOU EVER HEARD "THE LIGHT"? WHAT DID YOU THINK OF IT?!?!

― Pashmina (Pashmina), Friday, 14 October 2005 11:04 (twenty years ago)

gary glitter and jonathan king they said rock STARS!

― Marcello Carlin (nostudium), Friday, 14 October 2005 11:05 (twenty years ago)

(yeah I know yer just baiting geir there)

Ha ha, i won't bother saying that the most pathetic thing about Jonathan King was that he discovered Genesis and he should have been imprisoned for that

― Dadaismus (Dada), Friday, 14 October 2005 11:06 (twenty years ago)

You mean Jenny's sis

― Sociah T Azzahole (blueski), Friday, 14 October 2005 11:07 (twenty years ago)

no, jk doesn't go for the girls.

― Marcello Carlin (nostudium), Friday, 14 October 2005 11:09 (twenty years ago)

pFF, THE MOST PATHETIC THING W/R/T JONATHAN KING & GENESIS WAS HOW HE OOps caps lock off was always banging on about how he "discovered them" back in the '80's when they were hot shit commercially, but he never seemed to mention how he actually dropped them after 1 album, leaving that weirdo tony stratton-smith to pick them up as the lame ducks of the charisma label blah blah bl;ah look what you've done dada, you've started me off droning about the best british band of the seventies drone drone drone very boring but not as boring as "Q" magazine's latest list feature.

― Pashmina (Pashmina), Friday, 14 October 2005 11:13 (twenty years ago)

Heh heh. What was JK doing hanging about with a bunch of public schoolboys barely out of short trousers anyway?

― Dadaismus (Dada), Friday, 14 October 2005 11:16 (twenty years ago)

Where are all of the Happy Mondays, Kermit inclusive?

― js (honestengine), Friday, 14 October 2005 15:19 (twenty years ago)

two months pass...

Dude, i think you need to look up the definition of rock star......

― ____, Saturday, 24 December 2005 11:00 (twenty years ago)

where's fred durst?

― latebloomer (latebloomer), Saturday, 24 December 2005 14:35 (twenty years ago)

or scott stapp? i mean, i know it's a UK-centric list mostly, but...

― latebloomer (latebloomer), Saturday, 24 December 2005 14:38 (twenty years ago)

16 nick cave

I really hope he does a follow-up to "Scum" in response to this.

― clotpoll, Saturday, 24 December 2005 19:41 (twenty years ago)

where's fred durst?

OTMFM

― Mr. Snrub (Mr. Snrub), Saturday, 24 December 2005 22:39 (twenty years ago)

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