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The 9 Biggest Wusses in Rock Today

By CRACKED Staff December 18, 2006 159,266 views
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Let’s be honest, there were some pretty amazing rockers who were also mega-wusses like Freddie Mercury and Prince. But we put up with it because those guys could kick ass musically. Sadly, today we have a class of rockers that might have inherited Elton John’s style but certainly not his talent. This new generation of pussiness must be stopped, for the sake of the ears and eyes of music fans everywhere so CRACKED is outing the biggest wusses in rock today.

The Smashing Pumpkins’

Billy Corgan and James Iha

Can you imagine the fights these two guys had when the band was together? It probably looked like two five-year-olds slap-fighting over a Matchbox car. Corgan would pull on Iha’s highlighted hair. Iha would use his perfectly manicured hands to slap Corgan. Corgan would cry and his eyeliner would start to run. Embarrassed that his makeup was ruined, he would scream “I’m going to start MY OWN band and it’s going to be called Zwan and we’re going to be the best!” and run off.

Chris Cornell


Witness how far this former grunge star has fallen from his bad-ass heyday. Ten years ago Chris Cornell was a borderline metalhead with long hair and a guitar tuned to dropped D. Now look at him. The decline started with his joining the skeletal remains of Rage Against the Machine to form Audioslave and churning out a few albums of middle-of-the-road rock for dads to listen to on the way to weekend softball games. And the fall has continued now that he’s pooped out that gutless theme song for the new James Bond movie (see video evidence below).

Moby


Aside from being a wimp who makes music for car commercials, this guy is the living embodiment of the uber-liberals that give Democrats a bad name. When he’s not entertaining clueless baby boomers at MoveOn.org events, he’s busy writing liner notes that lecture you about the joys of veganism. Speaking of veganism, his hairless pale, fragile frame looks like he hasn’t ingested any iron in years.

Belle & Sebastian

Yes indie dorks and twee-lovers, even we admit their lyrics are smart, they’re good song writers. But come on people, their songs sound like kittens purring into a microphone! These guys are so wimpy they make Bert and Ernie look like M.O.P. They make a child’s tea party look like a public beheading.

And BB815 is an IDIOT.

9/10/2009 1:15:18 PM
SKROD07

:( I love Belle & Sebastian and Voxtrot. Granted, I can see how they made this list, ..well that's about it. I like them, but I definitely see how they made the list, hah.

9/10/2009 1:12:16 PM
SKROD07

oh god zwan! XD worst cd i ever bought all their song were uber-long! guh.

8/25/2009 8:18:39 AM
CaptainWargles

I can explain how Voxtrot survived Austin, Texas. Austin is the complete opposite of everything Texas is known for, and is SWARMING with hipster indie douchebags just like these guys. Not only would they survive here.... they'd THRIVE here.

8/22/2009 12:39:14 PM
arrix

f**k Sufjan, Cat Stevens is a wuss.

And you're forgetting the king of all wusses. The one and only, evermopey, never-leaves-home-without-making-sure-there's-sand-in-his-vagina-to-cry-about-in-some-s****y-song, Ben Gibbard of death cab for cutie. He somehow made singing just soft enough to be drowned out by the instrumentals cool. And the lyrics are like a tangent of interlinking thoughts plucked from the head of a child with severe attention deficit disorder, hopping from one idea to another with effectively no transition in most cases.



"There things take my time and energy
Don't stand too close without apologies
Cutthroat; cut out candid glimpses and
Wind me up; i'm ready
Can't escape this line of best fit
I remember being inside something more than you..."


What the f**k? And I know girls who think this guy is the greatest songwriter of all time. Leonard Cohen should smack him in his pouting face with a mallet.

8/22/2009 1:56:12 AM
gdbg12

@BB815

Emo is short for "Emotive Hardcore" not "Emotional"

Jus so you know.

8/20/2009 2:40:26 AM
twenty7

@ks6621,

Devin Townshend could start a band with everyone here, and his influence alone would make it hardcore

8/17/2009 6:34:09 AM
TheGreenSaga

@greenhaze,

Because Michael Jackson danced around grabbing his c**k and singing about kicking people's asses and zombies apocalypses. As effeminate as he was, there's just no denying how incredibly badass he was to balance it all out

8/17/2009 6:28:53 AM
TheGreenSaga

Panic at the Disco's douche level went from "dangerously douchey" to "somewhat tolerable" when they dropped the exclamation point and the guyliner with their second album.

8/15/2009 10:11:50 PM
12skipafew

That Panic at the Disco picture is so f*****g hilarious I don't actually believe it's real. It just looks so photoshopped. Especially the skinny girl-boy, all the way to the right...
Why isn't Michael Jackson on this list? He's effemminate.

8/15/2009 4:44:41 PM
greeenhaze

BB815, you're an absolute idiot. Emo was a hardcore spin off. Think Rites of Spring or whatever. Bright eyes and that Indian chap aren't emo, they're singer songwriters. Stop talking s**t brah

8/15/2009 2:37:28 PM
ACardboardRobot

hm i agree that some of these people should be on this list
conor oberst is my favorite musician and i like to dream we're spooning
but i do find his lyrics really good
his voice could use some fixing but i like it just the way it is

you should make fun of scene people and theyre noise

8/15/2009 12:07:36 PM
vinnie100391

I don't care if Panic! is pansy, I like them. So nyah.

8/14/2009 3:29:22 PM
izzilla

I'm going to kidnap Billy Corgan, Sufjan Stevens and everyone else on this list, tie them up and force them to listen to Strapping Young Lad, Clutch, Blade of the Ripper, Destruct A Thon and Scissorfight

8/14/2009 12:32:30 PM
ks6621

I absolutely adore Brandon Flowers. I'd be his groupie whore any day. I like Oberst, but I definitely agree that he is a totally puss.

8/14/2009 12:31:20 PM
thingsthatrhyme

Most bands with members under 30 are incredible pussies. It used to be the other way around. What happened?

That's right, the hippies from the sixties had kids and they grew to be even more delicate and p***y than their worthless parents.

8/14/2009 12:30:12 PM
ks6621

I like Oberst, Belle & Sebastian, Smashing Pumpkins and the Killers. But then again I am likely a p***y.

8/14/2009 6:42:18 AM
Ignorance

Democrats give themselves bad names. Go go, communist healthcare.

8/13/2009 1:36:40 AM
Kindahuge

i like bright eyes. and I guess whoever made this was too much of a fan of fallout boy to put them on here...

8/7/2009 1:25:59 PM
jordannn

How pathetic is it that my two favorite singers - Conor & Sufjan - are both on this list? And that I used to adore Moby & Chris? I am really pathetic.

Meh.

7/23/2009 8:06:17 PM
JPeaslee
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