Do You Agree With This List of Classic Rock DBs?
LOS ANGELES - OCTOBER 27: Music Producer Phil Spector speaks with his attorney Bruce Cutler at a Pre-Trial Conference at the Los Angeles Superior Court on October 27, 2005 in Los Angeles, California. Spector is charged with the February 3, 2003 shooting death of actress Lana Clarkson in the foyer of his home. (Photo by Matthew Simmons/Getty Images)
First off, this isn’t our list. “The 10 Biggest Classic Rock Douchebags” could possibly be referred to as “clickbait,” and we totally went for it.
The list, originally published in LA Weekly a few years back, is recently making the rounds again. In it, author Jonny Whiteside indicts 10 classic rockers who he claims “screwed up rock ‘n’ roll, big time.” And while there are a few names that kinda make sense to this author (Jerry Garcia for one, Phil Spector for another), there are a few headscratchers, too.
Like Bruce Springsteen, for instance. You may or may not like The Boss, but I’d never think of him as a DB. And Carlos Santana? He’s cool! Not a douche. So yes, the list is a bit suspect. So let’s use this week’s 12 Inch Poll to fix it.
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