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What are various bands best known for outside of their musical abilities? Kiss for example are best known for their makeup.
Simulating A Sexual Act With A Sledge Hammer - Wendy O'Williams
Wendy O'Williams, the lead singer for the punk band The Plasmatics, was well known to police for her on stage antics. Part of her act included simulating a sexual act with a sledghammer which got her in trouble with the police one day. She was arrested for assault after she decked one of the arresting police officers after she alleged that one of them groped her.
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Her reply to rumors while married to Bobby Brown - Whitney Houston
Never was this more obvious than on an interview with Diane Sawyer in 2002. When asked about her alleged abuse Whitney replied, "First of all, let's get one thing straight. Crack is cheap. I make too much money to ever smoke crack. Let's get that straight. Okay? We don't do crack. We don't do that. Crack is wack." Needless to say, most of her fans didn't believe her. The album she promoted on the interview was her lowest selling ever.
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Headlining the tragic Cincinnati concert in 1979 - The Who
On December 3, 1979, 11 teens were trampled to death when the crowd rushed to find the good seats at Riverfront Coliseum.This tragedy led to the repealing of "festival", or general, seating in Cincinnati. The Who left town shortly after the tragedy.
Rocky
Destroying Their Own Instruments - The Who
Almost every Who concert, Pete Townsend would destroy his guitar or Keith Moon would break his own drum kit.
Paul Warren
Killing other's people's songs. - William Hung
I'm not kidding. Former American Idol hopefull William Hung committed a wanton act of musical homicide when he butchered the hell out of Ricky Martin's song She Bangs.
Celeste
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