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Rod Stewart – Rockers Too Sexy For Their Own Good
Rod Stewart is obviously one of the greatest blues-tinged rock singers of all time. But despite his undeniable talent as both a singer and a songwriter, Stewart's music has often been overshadowed by his playboy image.
His multiple marriages and long parade of public sexual co
Peter Frampton – Rockers Too Sexy For Their Own Good
Peter Frampton may very well be one of the most underrated guitar players in the rock idiom. He began his career as the lead singer of a one-hit pop band called the Herd, but proved his instrumental chops in Humble Pie before he became one of the most in-demand session guitarists in rock music.
His early
Heart – Rockers Too Sexy For Their Own Good
Rock and roll is a male-dominated business with a male-dominated perspective on women. It's been a tough road for female rockers, and when Heart first came on the scene in the '70s, they actually had to sue their first record company for putting out promotional materials suggesting they were secretly lesbian lovers.
They suffered similarly in the '80s, when the advent
Robert Plant – Rockers Too Sexy For Their Own Good
The music of Led Zeppelin was extremely diverse, encompassing elements of blues-based hard rock, folk, progressive rock and even world music. But the heart of Zep's mystique for many fans seemed to lie in
Mick Jagger – Rockers Too Sexy For Their Own Good
No list of rockers too sexy for their own good could possibly be complete without Mick Jagger. The Rolling Stones singer has always trod the line between being one of the greatest rock front men of all time, and the biggest horndog in the history of the world this side of Warren Beatty.
Jagger's reputed list of conquests is too extensive to list here, reportedly encompassing more than 4,000 women including An
No. 6: Rockers Who Died at 27 – 10 Most Popular Stories From UCR’s First Two Years
For reasons that defy all logic, the list of musicians whose lives ended at the tragically young age of 27 features some of classic rock's most popular, important and influential names.
This so-called "27 Club" has been a source of conversation for some time, so sadly it makes sense that our list of Rockers Who Died at 27 is the sixth
No. 5: Strangest Deaths in Rock – 10 Most Popular Stories From UCR’s First Two Years
Rock and roll musicians lead unusual lives. So it makes sense that they would also sometimes reach the end of their days in odd or bizarre ways.
Apparently our morbid curiosity about this kind of thing is shared by a lot of our readers, since the Strangest Deaths in Rock feature is
No. 4: Hottest Rockstar Wives – 10 Most Popular Stories From UCR’s First Two Years
The good book quite clearly states it's wrong to covet another man's wife, and yet somehow you sinners made our Hottest Rockstar Wives countdown the fourth most popular story ever published on Ultimate Classic Rock.
Judging by the fact that several of the rock stars who married t
No. 3: Musician Mug Shots – 10 Most Popular Stories From UCR’s First Two Years
Rebellion and legal trouble seem to go hand in hand with rock and roll, so its only natural that many of our favorite rock stars have wound up posing for these Musician Mug Shots, our third most popular feature.
Within its pages you'll find out exactly what Jimi Hendrix,