re: Is The Velvet Underground the "coolest" band of all time?

Meth addiction is pretty rad

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The only thing that rivals suicide in terms of coolness, is a heroin addiction.

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Or a band member murdering another band member.

All hail MAYHEM



Guy in the middle committed suicide via double barrell shotgun (legend has it, the band made necklaces out of peices of his skull, these necklaces were given to musicians that were deemed worthy)

Guy on the left was stabbed to death by another guitar player (was stabbed nearly 30 times, including 2 to the skull for good measure)

they got nothing on Big Lurch

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The victim was found in her apartment by a friend. Her chest had been torn open and a three-inch blade was found broken off in her shoulder blade. Teeth marks were found on her face and on her lungs, which had been torn from her chest. An eyewitness reported that, when Singleton was picked up by police, he was naked, covered in blood, standing in the middle of the street, and staring at the sky. Neighbors reported hearing "thrashing sounds, followed by an argument, when Singleton said 'Tynisha, you're a sock', and from there was only screaming."[4] A medical examination performed shortly after his capture found human flesh in his stomach that was not his own. The victim's boyfriend said she and the aspiring rapper used PCP the day before the alleged murder took place.[1]

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dude was by far the coolest

Dead (vocals, middle of pic) was pretty much clinically insane

From another Mayhem vocalist:

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"He [Dead] didn't see himself as human; he saw himself as a creature from another world. He said he had many visions that his blood has frozen in his veins, that he was dead. That is the reason he took that name. He knew he would die.

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Apparently an accident happened to him as a child where he fell through a frozen lake and almost drowned. From then on he was completey obsessed with dying.

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followed by an argument, when Singleton said 'Tynisha, you're a sock'

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Can we talk about the new best insult of all time?

That was my favorite part too

If you'll accept his backups as a band, then one man stand mountains above any other performer as the collect ever--it's not even close.

James Brown:
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if we are talking about individuals....

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Ray is the fricking coolest

and had the heroin addiction for good measure

The coolest band of all time is the Wyld Stallyns.

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I'll take The Replacements

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Excellent nomination. I thought of them also