Sinners that in your opinion have made so many good songs

[Drago]

Word is that John Denver had some rather unsavoury aspects to his private life that probably qualify as sins.

 

[PeteXXX]

Gary Glitter

At least he had a snow plough named after him! 😋

 

[PeteXXX]

Where's Rolf Harris when you need him on a list!?

 

[Drago]

That chap from the Lost Prophets was a very bad sort indeed.

 

[lenfield]

Gary Glitter

At least he had a snow plough named after him! 😋

and an orifice!
(cockney rhyming slang)

 

[Drago]

Bucks Fizz were sinners. Well, their music was criminally bad.

 

[lenfield]

Chuck Berry, trafficking a minor for prostitution, voyeurism, etc


View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6ROwVrF0Ceg

 

[lenfield]

James Brown, domestic violence


View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QE5D2hJhacU

 

[lenfield]

Lemmy got a 15-year-old girl pregnant


View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3mbvWn1EY6g

 

[PeteXXX]

Amongst other assorted indiscretions, Ozzy Osborne was once arrested for relieving himself at the Battle of the Alamo Cenotaph in San Antonio, Texas while intoxicated.

 

[Drago]

Cliff Richard sinned when he had it away with Jet Harris' wife.

 

[Vapin' Joe]

The Rolling Stones, with a history of drug offences, under age sex (Bill Wyman and Brian Jones) and convictions for urinating in a public place.

 

[Drago]

John Lennon was unkempt and had long hair, a sin if ever there was.

 

[CarbonClem]

I saw the end of a Tom Meighan (ex Kasabian) set the other night he was a support act. I dont think he should have a platform anymore tbh. But those Kasabian tunes do rock.

 

[Poacher]

Roy Harper created some wonderful songs, but sailed close to the wind at times, and was unsuccessfully prosecuted in 2015 for under-age sex.
He didn't help himself much with the lyrics of "Forbidden Fruit", but remains a hero of mine.