The 50 Craziest Pop Stars Ever!

Some of those on this list:


Sir Elton John

Case History: Alcoholism, consumerism, eating disorders and snorting fat piles of womble dust have all contributed to the legend of the piano diva. While touring Germany in the '70s, he phoned his agent and demanded something be done about the wind outside that was keeping him awake. Crazy Moment: In denial, gay Elton married his female sound engineer Renate Blauel in 1984.


R. Kelly

Chart-topping R&B sensation or poster boy for urination? Both!Case History: He sleeps all day and plays basketball every midnight. He has been known not to change his underwear for days at a time and make his wife knock first before entering rooms in her own house. Then, of course, there's his alleged enthusiasm for home-video hobbyism — plus those 21 counts of child pornography he's dealt with. Crazy Moment: Secretly marrying the 15-year-old Aaliyah probably could have been better thought out.


Chuck Berry

Case History: Berry was sentenced to three years in jail in 1961 for transporting a 14-year-old prostitute across state lines for "immoral purposes," and in 1994 he was sued by 60 women for allegedly video-taping them in the bathroom of his Southern Air restaurant in Wentzville, Missouri. Craziest Moment: Protected himself from allegations of rape by insisting that female fans strip and pose, smiling, for pictures with him before he'd have sex with them.


Ike Turner

Case History Turner’s father was murdered by a racist mob when Ike was 4; a violent stepfather set a pattern Ike would grow to imitate. He bigamously married Tina Turner and totally controlled her life for 10 years. Before she left him in 1976, he had hit her, poured hot coffee on her face, burned her lips with cigarettes and made her perform while sick and pregnant. Turner estimates he spent $11 million on cocaine over 30 years. He has been married at least 13 times. Craziest Moment Used to spend $36,000 a day filling champagne buckets with cocaine and letting visitors to his Los Angeles home help themselves.


Jim Gordon

Case History Gordon was a session drummer who cowrote “Layla” with Eric Clapton — and was schizophrenic to boot. Voices in his head commanded him to eat just one mouthful of food each meal; he cracked his second wife’s ribs for bringing evil spirits into the house. In June 1983, Gordon killed his mother by hitting her with a hammer and stabbing her, and was sentenced to 16 years to life for second-degree murder. Craziest Moment Recording with Johnny Rivers in 1977, Gordon glared at guitarist Dean Parks. “You’re messing with my time,” Gordon said. “You’re moving my hands. I want you to stop it.”


Ozzy Osbourne

Case History Having helped invent heavy metal with Black Sabbath, Ozzy has worked long and hard for his “prince of fucking darkness” moniker. His exploits include biting the heads off doves and bats, urinating on the Alamo in San Antonio and, when checking into the Betty Ford Clinic, asking for directions to the bar. He also reportedly wanted to open his Live Aid set with a song called “Food Glorious Food.” Craziest Moment: After a five-day drinking binge in 1989, Osbourne says that voices ordered him to kill his wife, Sharon. He tried to strangle her, saying, “We’ve decided you’ve got to go.” He’s So Crazy: “Of all the things I’ve lost, I miss my mind the most.”


Brian Wilson

Case History: In 1966, Wilson prepared for the Beach Boys’ Smile sessions by packing $2,000 worth of hash, along with LSD and prescription amphetamines. He built a sandpit in his house, instructed his orchestra to wear toy fireman helmets — and then started hearing voices and feeling suicidal. After hospitalization, Wilson gorged on pills, steaks and cigarettes and ballooned to 300 pounds. Terrified of water, he stopped bathing. He spent three years in bed convinced that Phil Spector was coming to shoot him. Diagnosed with paranoid schizophrenia, manic depression and brain damage in the early ’80s. Craziest Moment: Meeting some youngsters backstage in 1970, Wilson introduced himself with “I’m Brian.” “We know,” one replied. “We’re your children.”


Michael Jackson

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