15 musicians gone broke

[Liberal_in_LA]

http://www.cnbc.com/id/39852571?__source=otbrn%7Coutbrainsshows%7C&par=otbrn

Meatloaf
Toni Braxton
Ted Nugent
Billy Joel
MC Hammer
Issac Hayes
Leif Garrett
Willy Nelson

And more

[wtmusic]

1. The Nuge went bankrupt?

My heart is breaking :cry: :rofl:

[jobycom]

4. I got a spare room, if Toni Braxton will clean the litter box now and then.

[wtmusic]

11. They should start a band together and go on tour

I might actually pay to see that one.

[jobycom]

12. I just wanted Toni Braxton as a roommate.

:shrug: But yeah, there's some legitimate talent in that group. :)

[wtmusic]

15. Get her moved in first

before you spring the cat box stuff on her. Or there ain't no chance.

[former9thward]

25. He went bankrupt about 30 years ago.

He has made a ton of money since then. Apparently learned better management skills.

[wtmusic]

30. He's on the board of the NRA now

Must pay something. :shrug:

[Ahpook]

37. That probably explains a few things

No wonder he is out there talking bullshit. Desperately trying to get noticed for a career boost.

Maybe someone knows better but I don't recall him being quite the pig he is now when he was wango tangoing back in the day? :) Bigmouth, oh yes, but full on pig?

[uncle ray]

35. i guess if you include morally, he's always been.

[wtmusic]

36. It's that Cat Scratch Feverrrrrr...

nah nah nah NAH!

[Ian David]

2. Meatloaf?? Billy Joel?? n/t

[Liberal_in_LA]

3. meatloaf's been doing commercials

[Ian David]

9. I want to direct Meatloaf in a remake of The Jazz Singer. He'd be a great cantor. n/t

[geardaddy]

10. He's also on that Donald Trump show

with some other losers like Gary Busey.

[snooper2]

6. Meatloaf went broke in the 80's and came back in early 90's with Bat out of Hell

First concert I ever went to :)

[JackintheGreen]

26. Not quite

Bat Out of Hell came out in '77.

You must be thinking of Bat Out of Hell II: Back Into Hell.

Who thought THAT title was a good idea?

[ladywnch]

31. Billy Joel was robbed by one of his managers years ago. He even wrote

a song about it. I can't remember the name of it.

[CBGLuthier]

5. musician being an elusive and slippery term

When i think of Leif Garret all i can think of is junkie. The fact he sang a song once never comes to mind.

[spanone]

7. many of these artists 'troubles' were many many years ago

very little if any info in article

[jobycom]

14. Yeah, Isaac Hayes's troubles have been over for a while.

[Initech]

8. They had to sell their Gulfstream 4s for Gulfstream 3s.

[Commie Pinko Dirtbag]

13. Wait, what, none of those was caused by the Evil Downloads?

How can it be? The RIAA told me every time you download a song without paying, an angel loses his wings, an artist becomes a pillar of salt, and Al Qaeda gets a new shoulder-mounted missile launcher!

[kickysnana]

18. +1

[HughBeaumont]

19. Hah, and who was all up in arms when Napster first came out?

The Leech Middlemen and Labels.

"They can't do that to our artists! Only WE can do that to our artists!"

[Ahpook]

38. Napster baaadd, fire goooddd

Good ole Lars :)

I've seen clips of those clowns throwing out their first record to the crowd in club days. They begged the crowd to take them home, tape them and hand them out to anyone and everyone.

Hypocrites:)

[JackintheGreen]

27. Silly Dirtbag. An angel doesn't lose its wings

It DIES. Flat out dies while crying out your name.

[wtmusic]

29. Nope. Those evil bastards actually got paid for their work. nt

[wtbymark]

16. The 3 myths of being a musician

1) you get all the girls (you're always the last one to leave the venue, nobody's hanging out till 3am for you)
2) you never have to work (after a gig, when the truck's loaded, you feel like a football team ran over you)
3) you make a ton of money (well, let me clear my throat and laugh a bit)

-support your local musician

[Sivart]

34. Girls

If you're not getting the women, you're doing it wrong.

The rest of your rules are spot on.

[HughBeaumont]

17. That's called bad deals, bad managers, in some cases, bad choices and tax evasion.

Watch the Behind the Music on Badfinger or Jim Croce. This band and this brilliant songwriter got fisted by their manager and label, respectively, and didn't receive dick for all the money they were making them. Jim's reward for this shit treatment is dying in a plane crash. Two members of Badfinger committed suicide due to the stress of squalor despite having charted hits.

This story gets repeated far too often in the Music Business. A more modern example would be Victory records and just about every artist they screw under their employ, particularly Hawthorne Heights.

You just simply cannot trust ANYone in this industry but yourself. DIY is flourishing nowadays (at the cost of ever having "Led Zeppelin" success and wealth), but at least you won't end up like Badfinger and living in poverty on friends' couches despite being on Apple records and having 4 Top Ten hits.

[Codeine]

20. Cocaine and back taxes seems to be a recurring theme there. nt

[KurtNYC]

32. You know what MC Hammer said about his last $40K after filing for bankruptcy?

"Can't touch this."

[MilesColtrane]

21. Mick Fleetwood did $8 million dollars worth of blow?

Makes Charlie Sheen look like a wuss.

[HughBeaumont]

23. If I'm paying that much for nose candy, it better be some awesome shit.

As in "Give me a porno sexual high" awesome.

[EC]

22. Meatloaf was just on Glee

and have seen him popping up all over in commercials.

[Hugabear]

40. He's on Celebrity Apprentice as well

n/t

[underseasurveyor]

24. Willy can come stay with us

ANY time :smoke:

Ted can go fuck himself!

[divine_truine]

33. no, wait! ted can smear himself with his own feces & THEN GO F himself!

my blood boils everytime i hear or see this phoney ass yellow-belly!

[underseasurveyor]

39. May he also enjoy a long slow bout of e coli.

Ted that is:evilgrin:

And welcome to this place... DU :hi:

[closeupready]

28. Olivia Newton-John, too.

Which is sad because I love her and her music.

[Hugabear]

41. The guy who wrote the brilliant opus "Wang Dang Sweet Poontang" is bankrupt?