Top 5 nicest guys in rock (according to me)

[invisible airwave]

Ginger Baker?

 

And Morrissey?

[canadianice]

Me

[goose]

I'm no Neil basher but if you think he gives off a vibe of being nice then you have much to learn about his public persona. Geddy and Alex both come across as pretty cool dudes though.

I wouldn't confuse not being nice with being introverted or private. No need to give Neil another bad rap.

 

All I have to say is that both Geddy and Alex are better persons than Neil and that's an undeniable fact.

Neil's shyness leads to him being misunderstood, but there's plenty from his words and actions to suggest that there's an ugly side to him.

Who doesn't have an ugly side? And does that necessarily make some one a bad person? Alex and Geddy have some cracks in the armor too.

Agreed. Peart is shy, but remarkably open. That lends itself to being seen in a negative light.

[custom55]

I've meet the original members of YES.

 

I can vouch for Jon and Rick as great guys.

[Rick N. Backer]

I posted this a while back, but when I was a kid, I met then Aerosmith guitarist Jimmy Crespo .. here's the story:

 

This was around 1980 - My Dad had ordered a beautiful Guild 12 string acoustic guitar for me ( Dad really encouraged me with the acoustic at that age, if ya know what I mean ) from a store called The Guitar Trader in Red Bank, NJ .... My Dad and the owner of the store were friends, and because the store was all the way down in Red Bank, NJ ( 2 hours away ), we'd always go down on the weekend ..

 

But the store owner called on a weekday and told us the guitar was there - and being the impatient kid I was, and being the great Dad I had, we drove down on a weekday night after the store had closed to pick up the guitar ... The owner said he would wait, and he had some repairs to do on other things anyway ..

 

So we get there, and the owner lets us in - and leads us into the back where my new Guild was ... and on our way into the back, I see a skinny guy with long hair working on a guitar in the repair area ... And I kinda recognized him, but wasn't sure ... So we ask the owner, and he said "Oh yeah, that's Jimmy - he's got a gig a Nassau Coliseum this week and is getting his guitars ready"

 

It turns out that it was Jimmy Crespo, who had just taken over for Joe Perry in Aerosmith .... The owner leads us back there and introduces us - I was a big Aerosmith fan, so I was pretty star-struck ... Jimmy Crespo could not have been kinder or more receptive - when he found out why we were there, he wanted to see my new Guild - Jimmy stopped everything he was doing and spoke with us for a while ... He was so nice, and even my Dad ( who was a guitar player too, but Aerosmith or KISS was not quite his cup of tea ) loved Jimmy Crespo ..

 

He was so respectful and took the time to show me his guitars and told me about how it was pretty overwhelming coming in for Joe Perry ..... He left a huge, lasting impression on me ....

 

Great story. At the risk of sounding like a “true fan,” who worships obscurity, Rock in a Hard Place is one of my favorite Aerosmith albums. Lightning Strikes and the title track are two of their best tunes. And they have many.

[MMCXII]

..on the verge of turning into a Neil bashing thread which is typical :/

 

Any way I'll put a vote in for Jason Bonham

[Hatchetaxe&saw]

The nicest ones I've met:

 

Rick Wakeman

Steve Hackett

Fish

Jon Anderson

King's X - all three - gentlemen

 

Biggest surprise: Steve Howe, was expecting a cold fish because of the stories I'd read & heard, but he was lovely.

Didn't you meet Dave Gregory?

 

I met all of Big Big Train except for DG!

 

A nice bunch of people too. Nick D'Virgillo was so friendly.

[Nate2112]

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[Hatchetaxe&saw]

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GG was a pussycat...

[Lorraine]

Me

 

[bluefox4000]

Sting............

 

Seriously i can't say any of em........cause i don;'t know any of em, lol

 

Sting could for real be a teddy bear......i just don't know.

 

Mick

Edited November 24, 2017 by bluefox4000

[The Cat 3]

Robin Zander

 

I've met Robin Zander three times and each and every time he was super nice.

[The K Man]

Hard to take any list seriously that has three same guys from the same band as 1-3.

 

Based on what I have seen or heard, I think guys I would put in the conversation would be Brian May, Neal Morse and Devin Townsend.

[KenJennings]

John Petrucci.

 

More than just a pleasant handshake and an autograph, there was absolutely no arrogance or excessive ego from him. Looks you in the eye, takes the time to chat, and actually wants to hear what you think. Really, genuinely nice guy. All of the guys from DT were friendly, but Petrucci in particular impressed me.

Edited November 24, 2017 by KenJennings

[New Digital Man]

Billy Sheehan is always super nice to everybody!

[Mr. Not]

[TheAccountant]

Never met any rock stars so I can't say from personal experience. That being said, I do know a guy who drove for a long time for a limo service and he told me that by far and away the nicest band he ever drove for was REO Speedwagon. He said that they were polite, said "please", "thank you", "your welcome", "yes sir" & "no sir" to him.

 

In addition they tipped him big time. I did not ask how much but he said it was a very big tip. Most importantly of all, Kevin Cronin invited him to the backstage party after the show. There he met a lady who he wound up getting married to. More than 20 years latter (plus 2 kids) he is still married to her.

[Lorraine]

Who's that?

[Lorraine]

Sting............

 

Seriously i can't say any of em........cause i don;'t know any of em, lol

 

Sting could for real be a teddy bear......i just don't know.

 

Mick

 

 

Teeheehee

[Presto-digitation]

Eric Carr might be the single nicest human being to carry the tag “rock star.”

[The Analog Grownup]

Never met any rock stars so I can't say from personal experience. That being said, I do know a guy who drove for a long time for a limo service and he told me that by far and away the nicest band he ever drove for was REO Speedwagon. He said that they were polite, said "please", "thank you", "your welcome", "yes sir" & "no sir" to him.

 

In addition they tipped him big time. I did not ask how much but he said it was a very big tip. Most importantly of all, Kevin Cronin invited him to the backstage party after the show. There he met a lady who he wound up getting married to. More than 20 years latter (plus 2 kids) he is still married to her.

 

I think we have a winner!

[PolarizeMe]

Who's that?

Seth Putnam (A**l C*** aka AxCx) Edited November 27, 2017 by PolarizeMe