Travie McCoy

Tagged the Berlin Wall

Travie McCoy is an American rapper and lead singer of the band Gym Class Heroes. While on tour in Germany, He was arrested for tagging (graffiti) the remains of the Berlin Wall. How did the Berlin police know it was him? Well because he wrote Travie McCoy in blue bubble letters and he tweeted his intentions. After he got released on a $2,000 bail, Travie also tweeted the picture of his tag.

Izzy Stradlin

Peed in the aisle of a plane.

Izzy Stradlin, who is a co-founder and former guitarist for the band Guns N’ Roses had a little too much to drink on a flight in 1989. He got up and went to the plane’s bathroom but it was occupied. He waited a couple of minutes but decided he couldn’t wait any longer. Izzy shouted out “I’m not waiting any longer,” then undid his zipper and peed in the aisle. It goes without saying that Izzy was promptly arrested. His publicist tried to spin the story and claimed that Izzy was just exercising his first amendment right of free speech. He said “Relieving himself in the gallery was just his way of expressing himself.” Needless to say the judge didn’t buy the excuse. Izzy plead guilty to a misdemeanor charge. He also had to write an apology letter to the airplane crew.

Ozzy Osbourne

Peed on the Alamo.

While we are on the subject of peeing let’s talk about Ozzy Osbourne. When your nickname is ‘The Prince of Darkness” you can probably start some trouble, which Ozzy Osbourne is known for. Ozzy, the English singer for the band Black Sabbath and later had a successful solo career, was always pulling stunts. Whether it was biting the head off a dove onstage or getting arrested for public drunkenness he was in and out of jail and the newspapers. One of his “most offensive” stunts was in 1982 when Ozzy was performing in San Antonio. Word got out that after the show Ozzy went out and peed on the Alamo. Protestors just about started a mini riot they were so mad at him. But it turns out that Ozzy didn’t pee on the Alamo, he peed on the sidewalk next to the cenotaph across the street, which is the monument that honored all who died in the battle fighting for Texas. Ozzy got arrested for public intoxication and got a 10 year ban from the city. Later in his life Ozzy made right and donated $10,000 to the Daughters of the Republic of Texas who take care of the Alamo.

DMX

Told a parking attendant he was an FBI agent.

The American rapper known as DMX had a very interesting day on June 24th, 2004. DMX drove his Ford Expedition truck to JFK Airport to catch a flight. He was high on drugs so he crashed into the parking lot exit gate. When an attendant came over to him to see what was going on DMX told him he was an FBI agent late for a flight. DMX then sped through the parking lot and then got into a fight with a man over a parking spot. DMX was still claiming he was a FBI agent and even had a siren turned on in his truck. When the police got there DMX was arrested and his truck was searched. They found several rocks of crack cocaine and other various prescription drugs. DMX had to pay the driver of the other vehicle over $200,000 when it was all said and done. Later in an interview with a radio station DMX spoke about the incident, “He (the other driver) was just totally disrespecting my authority. Not that I had any authority…but what if I really did have the authority?”

Marilyn Manson

Sexually harassed a security guard.

Rock singer Marilyn Manson has been in the news dozens of times being a controversial stage personality. Usually it’s just about his influence on youth culture but sometimes it’s a bit more serious. On July 30th, 2001, Marilyn Manson was arrested for assault, battery and criminal sexual misconduct. While performing his “Dope Show,” Manson grabbed the security guard, Josh Keasler, who was working the front of the stage and essentially used him as a stripper pool. Josh said Manson wrapped his legs around him (Manson was wearing only a G-string) and rubbed his crotch on Josh’s head. Josh also claimed Manson spat on him as well. Manson almost had to file as a sex offender but a judge later reduced the criminal sexual conduct charge to a misdemeanor disorderly conduct charge. The judge gave his reasoning being that by his estimation Manson didn’t gain any sexual gratification from his act.

Jim Morrison

Asked a crowd if they wanted to see his pecker.

Speaking of rockstars getting in trouble for being sexually explicit onstage, Jim Morrison, singer of The Doors, once got arrested for asking a crowd of people if the wanted to see his manhood. Morrison was no stranger to getting in trouble with the law for what he did onstage. Most of it was fueled by alcohol. While at Miami’s Dinner Key Auditorium on March 2nd, 1969, Morrison asked 10,000 fans “Do you want to see my cock?” The next day it was in every Florida newspaper. The State’s Attorney’s office issued a warrant for Morrison’s arrest. Morrison stood trial for Indecent Exposure and Open Profanity. No one could actually prove that he whipped out his willy but he still got a 6 month jail sentence. Morrison then appealed the judgment but died in Paris while it was still pending. Morrison was posthumously pardoned by the state of Florida in 2010.

Keith Moon

Trashed an entire Holiday Inn

Keith Moon, who was the drummer for the English band, The Who, was known for his eccentric self destructive behavior. He was a party animal to say the least. He was also one of the best drummers in all of rock history. Moon was notorious for destroying his hotel rooms, he would throw televisions out of upper story windows, light beds on fire and blow up toilets with cherry bombs. This man probably got banned from the most hotels in human history. Pete Townsend, The Who’s guitarist said that they got thrown out of every hotel they ever stayed in.

Keith Moon had one of the most iconic examples of rockstar buffoonery. While leaving a hotel in a limo he told the driver to turn around and go back because he forgot something. When the limo returned Keith Moon ran up to his room. Then a few moments later a tv crashed through the window and landed in the pool. When Moon got back in the limo he muttered the legendary phrase “I nearly forgot.”

Another unforgettable Keith Moon hotel trashing was on August 23rd, 1967. He told the hotel staff he was celebrating his 21st birthday, when in fact it was just his 20th. That Holiday Inn in Flint Michigan got absolutely annihilated. It all started with a food fight but quickly escalated from there. Fire Extinguishers went set off, beds were light on fire, toilets were exploding left and right and Moon even drove a Lincoln Continental into the pool. He was naked all while this was happening. After it was all said and done, Moon was arrested but the police took him to a dentist first for emergency dental work because he broke a tooth trying to get away. The hotel sent The Who a bill for $24,000 and banned the group from ever staying at their entire chain of hotels in the country.

GG Allin

Throwing Feces

No other rockstar got in more trouble than the infamous GG Allin. Just the names of the bands he was the frontman for screams trouble. Bands like The Texas Nazis, The Murder Junkies and The Scum Fucks. GG (who’s real name was Jesus Christ, not kidding) claimed he got arrested more than 50 times while touring. He was the king of lewd acts. That was the main reason people went to his shows, to see a maniac do crazy sh**. He also said for his last show he was going to blow his head off on stage. People believed him too, he was crazy enough to do it.

Perhaps one of the most memorable things GG did on stage was on February 18th, 1992 at the Cavity Club in Austin. It was just like any other Murder Junkies’ show, devolving into mayhem within the first song with GG hitting other people and himself, completely nude. But on this night GG decided to poop onstage. This wasn’t anything new, this was one of GG’s signature moves. But on this night, when the police showed up to break up the show, GG was throwing his feces at anyone he could see. One of the police officers that helped file the police report witnessed “people running away from the stage gasping and covering their faces.” A fan in the audience said that “the band member that was nude threw feces… striking him in the head.” Before GG went to jail, the police had to take him to the emergency room because he gave himself a pretty nasty gash to the head. Just another successful GG Allin Show.

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