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My vote goes to Jack-Daniels-shaped-bass-player, Michael Anthony. He has remained friends with Eddie Van Halen, David Lee Roth, and Sammy Hagar. Even at their bitterest, all three of these warring parties have remained close to their bass playing buddy. That makes him the nicest guy in rock.

― Lee Drever, Wednesday, 4 January 2006 01:13 (eighteen years ago) link

michael anthony's an asshole.

― j blount (papa la bas), Wednesday, 4 January 2006 01:18 (eighteen years ago) link

i saw him stab a nun once, just to prove a point. the point? nuns bleed!

― gear (gear), Wednesday, 4 January 2006 01:20 (eighteen years ago) link

He secretly ran for president in 2004 as Michael Anthony Peroutka

― Curt1s St3ph3ns, Wednesday, 4 January 2006 01:22 (eighteen years ago) link

my dog's ass has never recovered from the savage rape he inflicted on it

― kyle (akmonday), Wednesday, 4 January 2006 01:24 (eighteen years ago) link

Nowhere near as kind as Bela Fleck.

― Pleasant Plains /// (Pleasant Plains ///), Wednesday, 4 January 2006 01:28 (eighteen years ago) link

Bass players are often nice.

― ratty, Wednesday, 4 January 2006 01:28 (eighteen years ago) link

Robyn Hitchcock seems nice, if your into raving lunatics!

― Freud Junior, Third Cousin to Chuck Norris (Freud Junior), Wednesday, 4 January 2006 01:31 (eighteen years ago) link

Guy from Fugazi was really nice when I met him.

― Tape Store (Tape Store), Wednesday, 4 January 2006 01:39 (eighteen years ago) link

HSTENZIL

― don't start a RYE-OTT! (plsmith), Wednesday, 4 January 2006 01:54 (eighteen years ago) link

The correct answer is Mike Watt.

― cdwill, Wednesday, 4 January 2006 03:51 (eighteen years ago) link

Robyn Hitchcock seems nice, if your into raving lunatics! .

he does seem nice. i did a phoner with him once, and he had a fever and some terrible intestinal flu and apologized at the start if he had to run off to vomit, but went on gamely and gave a good interview with lots of hitchcockian one-liners. then at the show a week or two later, there were only about 40 people there, but he was completely friendly and garroulous and didn't seem to mind being in a small room with a small crowd.

― gypsy mothra (gypsy mothra), Wednesday, 4 January 2006 04:00 (eighteen years ago) link

Toss up between Lou Reed and Kim Fowley.

― brettino's bounce (Da ve Segal), Wednesday, 4 January 2006 05:34 (eighteen years ago) link

roy orbison always seemed like a nice guy.

― J.D. (Justyn Dillingham), Wednesday, 4 January 2006 05:34 (eighteen years ago) link

Dave Grohl?

― Jimmy Mod (I myself am lethal at 100 -110dB) (The Famous Jimmy Mod), Wednesday, 4 January 2006 06:06 (eighteen years ago) link

i've met a couple people who say he's a prick.

springsteen maybe?

― J.D. (Justyn Dillingham), Wednesday, 4 January 2006 06:10 (eighteen years ago) link

Stuart Murdoch seems pretty harmless.

― poortheatre (poortheatre), Wednesday, 4 January 2006 08:29 (eighteen years ago) link

I did think of Orbison as totally non-threatening.

― blunt (blunt), Wednesday, 4 January 2006 08:38 (eighteen years ago) link

Toss up between Lou Reed and Kim Fowley.

BWAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA

― Mama Roux, Wednesday, 4 January 2006 08:56 (eighteen years ago) link

I don't like their music much, but The Smithereens's Pat DiNizio was remarkably friendly and easygoing when my cousin (big fan) and myself approached him after a '95 Royal Oak, MI concert. A class act!

(Incidentally, the opening act that night was a band that called themselves Sixpence, and they ROCKED! with lotsa furious downstroking from the chick guitarist with the Gibson SG. And then, right on cue, they added "-None The Richer" to their name and naturally commenced to suck. Yep, that was them.)

― Myonga Von Bontee (Myonga Von Bontee), Wednesday, 4 January 2006 09:13 (eighteen years ago) link

Either Leadbelly or that guy from Modest Mouse.

― Dom Passantino (Dom Passantino), Wednesday, 4 January 2006 09:14 (eighteen years ago) link

real answer: gary glitter

― gear (gear), Wednesday, 4 January 2006 09:18 (eighteen years ago) link

Big Boi

― JoB (JoB), Wednesday, 4 January 2006 09:32 (eighteen years ago) link

the correct answer is andrew WK surely

― Hairy Asshurt (Toaster), Wednesday, 4 January 2006 11:38 (eighteen years ago) link

the nicest musician i ever interviewed was robert smith. absolutely fantastic bloke. two hours of conversation ... for an 800-word piece!

― grimly fiendish (grimlord), Wednesday, 4 January 2006 12:38 (eighteen years ago) link

oh, and my friends' band has just been on tour with the human league, and they say phil oakey is an absolute diamond. went out of his way to look after them, and repeatedly bigged them up to the audiences.

― grimly fiendish (grimlord), Wednesday, 4 January 2006 12:38 (eighteen years ago) link

I've heard that Glenn Tilbrook is a pretty decent guy.

― phil d. (Phil D.), Wednesday, 4 January 2006 12:53 (eighteen years ago) link

Steve Harris.

― jel -- (jel), Wednesday, 4 January 2006 13:31 (eighteen years ago) link

cdwill OTM.

WATT!!!!

― ddb (ddb), Wednesday, 4 January 2006 13:34 (eighteen years ago) link

Surely Ned Raggett is the nicest guy in rock / the music industry / on the internet / likely to read this?

― StanM (StanM), Wednesday, 4 January 2006 13:47 (eighteen years ago) link

Ted Leo

― Simon H. (Simon H.), Wednesday, 4 January 2006 13:53 (eighteen years ago) link

Watt a genuiunely nice guy. Moe Tucker, the nicest, most humble.

― D.I.Y. U.N.K.L.E. (dave225.3), Wednesday, 4 January 2006 14:03 (eighteen years ago) link

Surely Ned Raggett is the nicest guy in rock / the music industry / on the internet / likely to read this?
-- StanM

Possibly...as long as you're not an American white male who records for Columbia!

― Myonga Von Bontee (Myonga Von Bontee), Wednesday, 4 January 2006 14:23 (eighteen years ago) link

Guy from Fugazi was really nice when I met him.
-- Tape Store

Nice try, Tape. Let's see if it's too late:

Elbow's singer seems really nice...

― StanM (StanM), Wednesday, 4 January 2006 14:55 (eighteen years ago) link

Greg Cartwright, maybe. No idea if he actually is but he seems like it.

― TRG (TRG), Wednesday, 4 January 2006 15:13 (eighteen years ago) link

chris isaak ?

― retrokid, Wednesday, 4 January 2006 15:24 (eighteen years ago) link

Is Bill Berry eligible? There doesn't seem to be a Nicest Guy In Hay Farming thread.

― joseph cotten (joseph cotten), Wednesday, 4 January 2006 15:26 (eighteen years ago) link

Surely Ned Raggett is the nicest guy in rock / the music industry / on the internet / likely to read this?

I've had worse comments. ;-)

― Ned Raggett (Ned), Wednesday, 4 January 2006 15:28 (eighteen years ago) link

Robin Zander is the nicest rock dude I've ever met by far.

― kornrulez6969 (TCBeing), Wednesday, 4 January 2006 15:30 (eighteen years ago) link

If that was directed at me, Ned, don't worry: You gave MX-80 Sound their due in AMG, and that alone puts you in my good book! (Assuming I ever write one.)

― Myonga Von Bontee (Myonga Von Bontee), Wednesday, 4 January 2006 15:35 (eighteen years ago) link

x-post, that was.

― Myonga Von Bontee (Myonga Von Bontee), Wednesday, 4 January 2006 15:35 (eighteen years ago) link

Robin Zander and Rick Neilson were both super nice when I met them, too.
He's not rock, but Charley Pride has been exceedingly cordial both times I've done phoners with him.

― Huk-L (Huk-L), Wednesday, 4 January 2006 15:45 (eighteen years ago) link

If that was directed at me, Ned, don't worry

Hm? No, I was just being me!

― Ned Raggett (Ned), Wednesday, 4 January 2006 15:47 (eighteen years ago) link

Andrew WK, easily. Ever seen him write a paragraph on 300 kids's LPs for SIX HOURS at a record store in-store that was supposed to end in two hours?

Mike Watt, close second.

― Whiney G. Weingarten (whineyg), Wednesday, 4 January 2006 15:49 (eighteen years ago) link

Greg Cartwright is a great guy.

― chris herrington (chris herrington), Wednesday, 4 January 2006 16:00 (eighteen years ago) link

I knew it!

― TRG (TRG), Wednesday, 4 January 2006 16:13 (eighteen years ago) link

The dudes from Gwar were really nice when I saw them at an in-store.

― Eppy (Eppy), Wednesday, 4 January 2006 16:25 (eighteen years ago) link

Mike Watt & Greg Cartwright thirded.
I'll add John Cowsill.
James "JY" Young (Styx) was very nice to me when I met him on a plane briefly.

― will(iam), Wednesday, 4 January 2006 17:40 (eighteen years ago) link

Fred Durst?

― yum, Wednesday, 4 January 2006 18:14 (eighteen years ago) link

STEVE HOLT!

― blunt (blunt), Wednesday, 4 January 2006 18:15 (eighteen years ago) link

If that was directed at me, Ned, don't worry
Hm? No, I was just being me!

-- Ned Raggett

Actually, I didn't REALLY think so - just wanted a half-arsed excuse to give you a shout-out!

(This very thread is encouraging goodwill-towards-all feelings in me.)

― Myonga Von Bontee (Myonga Von Bontee), Wednesday, 4 January 2006 18:21 (eighteen years ago) link

kornrules, hukl OTM. my friend was in high school with robin zander's daughter and went to a gathering at the zander household. apparently my friend's mom got the hippy van stuck just off the driveway picking up her daughter and robin got in the ol' driver's seat and rocked that fucker til it was unstucked. oh and then he offerred up something to drink with a laugh.

― jdchurchill (jdchurchill), Wednesday, 4 January 2006 21:54 (eighteen years ago) link

Bardo Pond's Gibson brothers.

― brettino's bounce, Thursday, 5 January 2006 02:11 (eighteen years ago) link

The Proclaimers were really nice, even though it was impossible to make out a single thing they were saying.

― John Justen (johnjusten), Thursday, 5 January 2006 03:03 (eighteen years ago) link

Allen Toussaint is a friendly teddybear of a guy with a wicked streak of black humor.

― Forksclovetofu (Forksclovetofu), Thursday, 5 January 2006 03:07 (eighteen years ago) link

the correct answer is andrew WK surely

Some friends of mine saw him after a show in Amarillo, TX (the cradle of rock) and they were pretty well wasted.

Andrew WK told them they needed some bread to soak up the alcohol, and then procured some from his bus.

Now THAT'S nice.

― Justin Shumaker (shueytexas), Thursday, 5 January 2006 04:23 (eighteen years ago) link

eight months pass...

jack egglestone (ex-mclusky)
jason reece (...and you will know us by the trail of dead)
mikael akerfeldt (opeth)

nicest rockstars i've ever had the pleasure to have beers with

― Charlie Howard (the sphinx), Thursday, 28 September 2006 13:34 (seventeen years ago) link

isn't steve shelley supposedly a wickedly nice dude?

― Fetchboy (Felcher), Thursday, 28 September 2006 13:43 (seventeen years ago) link

i actually saw him (steve shelley) at the montreux jazz festival in 2000 and could have said hello. they were wicked live that same night incidentally

― Charlie Howard (the sphinx), Thursday, 28 September 2006 13:47 (seventeen years ago) link

the nicest musician i ever interviewed was

Steve Wynn.

― Nathalie (stevie nixed), Thursday, 28 September 2006 13:47 (seventeen years ago) link

The nicest musician I ever interviewed was Kevin Ayers.

― Marcello Carlin (nostudium), Thursday, 28 September 2006 13:49 (seventeen years ago) link

Not really rock, I guess, but Deerhoof's Greg Saunier is about the nicest guy you'll ever meet.

― Zachary Scott (Zach S), Thursday, 28 September 2006 15:16 (seventeen years ago) link

all the guys in Arcwelder

― M@tt He1geson: Real Name, No Gimmicks (Matt Helgeson), Thursday, 28 September 2006 15:21 (seventeen years ago) link

All guys with 2 first names are nice. It's like saying, "hey, buddy buddy."

― IPSISSIMUS (Uri Frendimein), Thursday, 28 September 2006 15:36 (seventeen years ago) link

There was a NYT review of a Foo Fighters show recently (Sanneh?) that scoffed at Grohl being NGIR, bcuz in a nutshell, "A rockstar acting nice to a journo is trying to close the deal."

so journos been pwned.

― Dr Morbius (Dr Morbius), Thursday, 28 September 2006 15:45 (seventeen years ago) link

Is James Taylor nice?

is James Taylor rock?

Do you want to kill James Taylor?

Sweet Baby James?

― PappaWheelie burried Paul. All the clues are there mann! (PappaWheelie 2), Thursday, 28 September 2006 15:47 (seventeen years ago) link

I had drinks with Nash & Blackie after an Urge Overkill show once...they even paid for a round...nice dudes...

― hank (hank s), Thursday, 28 September 2006 15:58 (seventeen years ago) link

Ryan Adams

― music fan (music fan), Thursday, 28 September 2006 16:14 (seventeen years ago) link

xxpost

all guys with two first names seem to be hairdressers. Why is this?

― winter testing (winter testing), Thursday, 28 September 2006 18:20 (seventeen years ago) link

Kid Congo Powers.

― Jay Vee's Return (Manon_69), Thursday, 28 September 2006 18:36 (seventeen years ago) link

xpost: cuz another fuckin limey ran out of things to make fun of?

― Dr. Alicia D. Titsovich (sexyDancer), Thursday, 28 September 2006 18:36 (seventeen years ago) link

all these seemed to be nice people when I talked to them or drank with them or had email with them: Grandmaster Flash; Steven Drozd; her from Jucifer; Cian Ciaran; Carl Hancock Rux; Josh Roseman; E.G. Daily; Mikey Dread

― Haikunym (Haikunym), Thursday, 28 September 2006 18:38 (seventeen years ago) link

Some punks I knew ran into Joe Strummer in a bar in NYC, when he was singing for the Pogues. They had a couple of drinks together and on his way out left $50 for the bartender, giving his snaggletoothed grin and saying "I did that 'cause I got class." Seems like he was pretty down-to-earth, at least at that point in his career.

― bendy (bendy), Thursday, 28 September 2006 19:06 (seventeen years ago) link

Sean Lennon bought me dinner because he couldn't sneak me into a 19+ show a few years back.. then let me hang out with him/Cibo Matto for a few hours. Very nice folks!

― his sister pam (hissisterpam), Thursday, 28 September 2006 19:15 (seventeen years ago) link

Scott McCaughey, hands down.

― Dave Depper (Dave Depper), Thursday, 28 September 2006 19:46 (seventeen years ago) link

Mike Watt seconded or thirded or whatever.

― Shakey Mo Collier (Shakey Mo Collier), Thursday, 28 September 2006 19:51 (seventeen years ago) link

kristin hersh - talked to her three times, wonderful and friendly to a fault.

― J.D. (Justyn Dillingham), Friday, 29 September 2006 05:29 (seventeen years ago) link

of course, she's not a guy.

― J.D. (Justyn Dillingham), Friday, 29 September 2006 05:29 (seventeen years ago) link

From limited personal experience: Ben Harper, Nick Hexum, and Chris Connelly.

― Joseph McCombs (Joseph McCombs), Friday, 29 September 2006 22:10 (seventeen years ago) link

Perry Farrell is especially nice, full of wonder at having met a new person!

The again he generally has no idea where he is most of the time.

― Dr. Gene Scott (shinybeast), Friday, 29 September 2006 22:22 (seventeen years ago) link

AWWW. I have a little crush on Phil Oakey (even the Phil Oakey of 2006) and this helps that. Plus it's sweet to know that one of your teen idols is sweet. Aw. That's so, so good to know.

― Phoenix Dancing (krushsister), Saturday, 30 September 2006 00:52 (seventeen years ago) link

From personal experience: Clint Conley, David Gedge, and Jad Fair.

― Kate Silver (Kate Silver), Saturday, 30 September 2006 01:32 (seventeen years ago) link

Robyn Hitchcock seems nice, if your into raving lunatics!

I didn't get an extremely nice vibe from him. I mean he didn't seem like a bad guy, but he seemed a bit neurotic, fussy and unapproachable.

― A-ron Hubbard (Hurting), Saturday, 30 September 2006 01:48 (seventeen years ago) link

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