David Bowie
Sure, he could sound like John Lennon on one album and Luther Vandross on the next. But that was the problem with David Bowie — in his heyday he seemed more of a theatrical chameleon who tried on personas than an impassioned rock singer. Bowie’s restless experimentalism allowed him to pull off being coolly [...]
25) Gwen Stefani: I was having a discussion with a friend of mine of similar age and he was saying how much he didn’t care for Ms. Stefani’s music and I pretty much agreed with him. Fair enough. But then I started to wonder, wouldn’t Ms. Stefani be doing something completely wrong for her career [...]
Chris Acland (Lush): The drummer for the British shoe-gazing pop band, Lush, who once performed at Lollapalooza, hanged himself in his parents’ house at the age of 30, devastating his fellow bandmates and permanently ending the group who made some pretty engrossing music.
Graham Bond: Bond was a major player on the British blues-rock scene and [...]
10) Biggie Smalls: Rappers are given far more leeway because being a big, ugly dude makes you more menacing. No one’s going to believe you’re from the street if you look like you get your nails done. Yet, usually you have to have a certain brickwall look to you. Biggie, on the other hand, looked [...]