The most outrageous lead singers in the history of punk rock according to Fuzz Music Magazine

Punk rock was always angry - the "cocky younger cousin" of the rock family. Born out of an aversion to almost everything that was going on in the '70s, the genre became a movement of disenfranchised and alienated youth. Defined by simple three-chord songs played with breakneck speed and frenetic hostility, it challenged the conventions of popular hard rock of the era. Guitar solos and melodicism were excluded. All that mattered was. passion and madness…

But it wasn't just the gruff and energetic sound that made punk so popular. Wild antics and outrageous public images of the most famous vocalists in the genre - that's the real engine of success! They got into scuffles right on stage, and sometimes went on stage without any clothes, but with the chainsaws in their hands - the people we're going to talk about today have earned a crazy reputation and made punk rock a cult! And if you think that only men are capable of such a thing... Well - you are deeply mistaken.

Billy Idol

Let's start with the most harmlessgradually progressing to the most fierce savages. To this day, many punk rock fans believe Billy Idol "poser." But he wasn't. This guy was anything but a poser. He was just "cultural punk."If I may say so, compared to other icons of the genre. As a Sex Pistols fan, Billy was fascinated by the style, its freedom and ease. Punk boiled in his veins, as did his passion for his tough-guy reputation.

He had the great fortune of bursting into the arena in an era of MTVwhich has helped him a lot in his career. But this is another reason why some punk fans dislike him. Nevertheless, Idol lived like a true rock star, and fully justified his stage name. Legend has it that one day he was partying at a hotel whole month: drinking, calling a large group of friends and girls, debauchery and beating doors... Refusing to leave his room - the police had to take him out of the establishment by force, having "pacified" the punk rocker with electric shocks beforehand.

John Lydon

Sex Pistols They were the epitome of British punk and the chaos that instantly reigned wherever the band appeared. Their musical abilities are unlikely to cause a sensory extravaganza and admiration amongst old-school music lovers, but these guys played like the deranged! They vented their disgust for the Monarchy with such devastating malice that you could involuntarily feel an army of goosebumps running through your body....

Their music was provocative: contempt for authority, a penchant for anarchy and a general sense of hatred for everyone and everything. That was, in fact, the whole character of '70s punk. But it would not have been so sought after and popular if it had not been John Lydon at the microphone. This "red-haired demon" was famous for his wild and disorderly behaviour on stage. His attitude to the press was harsh and dismissive, and his seeming indifference to self-preservation was both disturbing and intoxicating.

Iggy Pop

The "centre" of our list was Iggy Popwho was not in vain christened "the godfather of punk.". Together with his band. The Stooges he practically created the genre. The band played rough, fast music, but most of all it attracted audiences with concerts that were truly spectacular - thanks to Iggy, of course.

It was Pop's crazy antics that really made these guys famous. Deluded by the world of illicit substances and hard liquor, the vocalist thrashed around the stage, not caring about his personal safety. Or the safety of those around him, frankly. Once, during a wild dance, he fell on a glass table and his body was instantly covered with dozens of cuts. But Iggy, like a true star, continued the show. Another time he was covered in peanut butter, which he generously "treated" the audience with (to put it simply - threw it on the crowd). There were cases when a punk-rocker got so into the mood that he went to the toilet without leaving the microphone. And yet - despite all these wild antics - we had him in our favour. love.

Wendy Orlin Williams

As we emphasised at the beginning of this article, it's not just men who have given punk rock such a bad name. At the very least single woman has gone down in the history of the genre, and her name - Wendy Orlin Williams. Vocalist Plasmatics she was hotter than the Sex Pistols with her antics!

Although there's not much to say about their music, Plasmatics became known for their theatrical and provocative live performances, which saw Williams cutting musical instruments in half with a chainsaw while wearing virtually nothing! Sometimes her clothes were shaving foam.

G.G. Allin

And rounding out our list of crazy punk rockers. G.G. Allinwhich to this day remains the wildest, most provocative, shocking of its kind.....

What this man arranged at his live performances... We will not recount all his antics, for Allin's performances on stage can become a culture shock for people of delicate mental organisation. Just take my word for it: this madman outdid himself Iggy Pophaving created more than just a sad reputation.....