Musicians with disabilities other than blindness

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The drummer from Def Leppard (obviously).

― PB, Friday, 8 July 2005 21:49 (twenty years ago)

OL MOULTY!!

― Shakey Mo Collier, Friday, 8 July 2005 21:53 (twenty years ago)

Cedell Davis, struck with polio, he plays the guitar with a butterknife.

― Pleasant Plains /// (Pleasant Plains ///), Friday, 8 July 2005 21:55 (twenty years ago)

Robert Wyatt

― The Brainwasher (Twilight), Friday, 8 July 2005 21:55 (twenty years ago)

that guy from Reynols has Downs Syndrome. Victoria Williams i think has MS

― ken taylrr (ken taylrr), Friday, 8 July 2005 21:56 (twenty years ago)

Vic Chesnutt. Itzhak Perlman.

― Pleasant Plains /// (Pleasant Plains ///), Friday, 8 July 2005 21:58 (twenty years ago)

Django, Tony Iommi, Curtis Mayfield, Beethoven.

― walter kranz (walterkranz), Friday, 8 July 2005 22:09 (twenty years ago)

Isaac Hayes has Baldness

― Michael Costello (MichaelCostello1), Friday, 8 July 2005 22:11 (twenty years ago)

I remember reading that Stevie Wonder got his sense of smell knocked out as well when he was a passenger in an auto accident and took a hard shot to the head. And smell is a huge component to the sense of taste, so he's down to about 2.5 senses.

― Rock Hardy (Rock Hardy), Friday, 8 July 2005 22:15 (twenty years ago)

Wesley Willis had some disorder if I'm not mistaken. Ian Curtis of course had epilepsy.

― Ian Riese-Moraine has been xeroxed into a conduit! (Eastern Mantra), Friday, 8 July 2005 22:21 (twenty years ago)

I hear that George Jones suffers from alcoholism.

― Pleasant Plains /// (Pleasant Plains ///), Friday, 8 July 2005 22:28 (twenty years ago)

Apparently, Phish has no sense of smell either.

― Pleasant Plains /// (Pleasant Plains ///), Friday, 8 July 2005 22:31 (twenty years ago)

Ruben Studdard is morbidly obese.

― Johnny Fever (johnny fever), Friday, 8 July 2005 22:33 (twenty years ago)

Eazy-E is dead.

― Dom Passantino (Dom Passantino), Friday, 8 July 2005 22:35 (twenty years ago)

Tupac is too.

― Johnny Fever (johnny fever), Friday, 8 July 2005 22:36 (twenty years ago)

Evelyn Glenny

― Jon Benet Taxidermy (piratestyle), Friday, 8 July 2005 22:47 (twenty years ago)

Anthony Kiedis is incapable of singing. It is a triumph of the spirit.

― Dr. Gene Scott (shinybeast), Friday, 8 July 2005 22:50 (twenty years ago)

Tony Iommi
Vic Chesnutt. Itzhak Perlman
Robert Wyatt

What are their maladies?

― PB, Friday, 8 July 2005 22:52 (twenty years ago)

Wyatt fell out of a window no?

― Jon Benet Taxidermy (piratestyle), Friday, 8 July 2005 22:53 (twenty years ago)

or off a balcony. or something. someone with their brain in gear would be of more use here, sorry

― Jon Benet Taxidermy (piratestyle), Friday, 8 July 2005 22:54 (twenty years ago)

Apparently Kevin Shields is horribly dyslexic.

― Jamey Lewis (Jameys Burning), Friday, 8 July 2005 22:58 (twenty years ago)

Wyatt is paralized from the waist down (parapalegic?). Tony Iommi has the tips of a couple finger missing which admittedly doesn't count as much of a disability.

― walter kranz (walterkranz), Friday, 8 July 2005 22:59 (twenty years ago)

Joe Cocker - i believe has a neurological disorder?
Beth Orton - Crohn's disease, i think.

and there are many more...that don't come to mind right now.

― Susan Douglas (Susan Douglas), Friday, 8 July 2005 23:01 (twenty years ago)

That one dude from 3rd bass with the cane

http://members.aol.com/WernerVWallenrod/bass/3rd.jpg

― van nostrum (Buck Van Smack), Friday, 8 July 2005 23:05 (twenty years ago)

http://www.newwestrecords.com/artists/vc/images/sxsw2002_2.jpg

Vic Chesnutt

― Pleasant Plains /// (Pleasant Plains ///), Friday, 8 July 2005 23:09 (twenty years ago)

Doesn't Arlo Guthrie have that same blood disorder that afflicted his dad?

― PB, Friday, 8 July 2005 23:10 (twenty years ago)

http://us.movies1.yimg.com/movies.yahoo.com/images/he/photo/movie_pix/oscars/73rd_academy_awards_preshow_photos/itzhak_perlman/oscars.jpg

Itzhak Perlman

― Pleasant Plains /// (Pleasant Plains ///), Friday, 8 July 2005 23:11 (twenty years ago)

http://www.paralinks.net/musicians/

― van nostrum (Buck Van Smack), Friday, 8 July 2005 23:12 (twenty years ago)

http://www.troubadourforthelord.com/Artists/Tony_Melendez/p_tmelendez.jpg

Tony Melendez. He has no arms. And he plays the guitar. With no arms. Guitar.

― PB, Friday, 8 July 2005 23:12 (twenty years ago)

Beethoven was deaf.

― Josh in Chicago (Josh in Chicago), Friday, 8 July 2005 23:14 (twenty years ago)

Anthony 'Shake' Shakir hobbles along wih a walking stick now too. It could just be getting on a bit now though.
Is Crohn's disease what the Glassjaw singer also has?

I think Tony Melendez wins here though. wow!

― Jon Benet Taxidermy (piratestyle), Friday, 8 July 2005 23:15 (twenty years ago)

Paul Johnson is crippled.
Lyle Lovett is ugly.

― oops (Oops), Friday, 8 July 2005 23:15 (twenty years ago)

Pearl Jam's guitarist, Mike McCready has Crohn's disease.

― van nostrum (Buck Van Smack), Friday, 8 July 2005 23:17 (twenty years ago)

A good number of pop/rock/rap stars seem to be functionally retarded.

― Josh in Chicago (Josh in Chicago), Friday, 8 July 2005 23:18 (twenty years ago)

http://images.google.com/images?q=tbn:XCcmtm7NQ0kJ:www.stp.uh.edu/vol64/154/shobiz/mase.jpg

― Josh in Chicago (Josh in Chicago), Friday, 8 July 2005 23:19 (twenty years ago)

Is there a medical condition that makes prickboy from Razorlight such an insufferable cunt?

― Jon Benet Taxidermy (piratestyle), Friday, 8 July 2005 23:19 (twenty years ago)

Also, ADD runs rampant, no doubt.

― Josh in Chicago (Josh in Chicago), Friday, 8 July 2005 23:20 (twenty years ago)

What did Colin Meloy say Conor Oberst suffers from a few months ago, "Indie autism" or something like that.

― van nostrum (Buck Van Smack), Friday, 8 July 2005 23:21 (twenty years ago)

haha

― PB, Friday, 8 July 2005 23:21 (twenty years ago)

Who's got Aspergers? One of the Vines? Or is it the Hives?

― k/l (Ken L), Friday, 8 July 2005 23:22 (twenty years ago)

All joking aside, Ozzy has been confirmed to have some kind of brain disease right?

― walter kranz (walterkranz), Friday, 8 July 2005 23:32 (twenty years ago)

i don't think crohns disease really counts as a disability does it?

― jed_ (jed), Friday, 8 July 2005 23:53 (twenty years ago)

not really

― Susan Douglas (Susan Douglas), Friday, 8 July 2005 23:55 (twenty years ago)

i don't think crohns disease really counts as a disability does it?

-- jed_ (colin_o_har...), July 9th, 2005.

i was thinking the exact same thing, jed. can we define disability a bit better?

― ken taylrr (ken taylrr), Friday, 8 July 2005 23:59 (twenty years ago)

Daniel Johnston

― Captain Entropy (Captain Entropy), Saturday, 9 July 2005 00:53 (twenty years ago)

Ian Dury - was crippled by polio

Mick Marrs, Motley Crue - has a degenerative bone disease that I can't remember the name of.

― VegemiteGrrl (VegemiteGrrl), Saturday, 9 July 2005 00:59 (twenty years ago)

Bill Berry's brain fucked up and now he rides a tractor.

― Justin, Saturday, 9 July 2005 01:08 (twenty years ago)

Tony Melendez. He has no arms. And he plays the guitar. With no arms. Guitar.

Post of the day.

― Steev (Steev), Saturday, 9 July 2005 01:45 (twenty years ago)

Bill Berry's brain fucked up and now he rides a tractor.

I can hardly see to type this, I'm laughing so hard.

― VegemiteGrrl (VegemiteGrrl), Saturday, 9 July 2005 01:50 (twenty years ago)

Doesn't the guy in Mystery Jets have Spina Bifida?

― hector savage, Saturday, 9 July 2005 02:48 (twenty years ago)

http://images.amazon.com/images/P/0802135838.01._AA240_SCLZZZZZZZ_.jpg

― Paul outta Santa Cruz (Paul in Santa Cruz), Saturday, 9 July 2005 02:59 (twenty years ago)

Actually he doesn't count -- as has already been pointed out, illness /= disability.

― Paul outta Santa Cruz (Paul in Santa Cruz), Saturday, 9 July 2005 03:00 (twenty years ago)

But illnesses *can* be disabling...

― scout (scout), Saturday, 9 July 2005 03:52 (twenty years ago)

Although we can't very well count depression or we'd be here all month.

― scout (scout), Saturday, 9 July 2005 03:52 (twenty years ago)

Israel Vibration

― sibsi (sibsi), Saturday, 9 July 2005 10:43 (twenty years ago)

Jeremy Dubs of the Bennies:

http://www.thebennies.com/images/benpix.jpg

(Here he is with the Pixies.)

― The Mad Puffin (The Mad Puffin), Saturday, 9 July 2005 12:33 (twenty years ago)

I remember reading in the paper about a black woman drummer who was deaf. I bet she's felt her share of discrimination in her life...

― Tuomas (Tuomas), Saturday, 9 July 2005 12:42 (twenty years ago)

Between No One Can Do It Better tand The Chronic, the D.O.C. got his throat and face seriously fucked up in a bad car accident -- hence the crazy change in the sound of his voice.

Also, isn't Neil Young an epilectic of some degree or other, I think?

― Hurlothrumbo (hurlothrumbo), Saturday, 9 July 2005 18:05 (twenty years ago)

or even an epileptic?

― Hurlothrumbo (hurlothrumbo), Saturday, 9 July 2005 18:07 (twenty years ago)

Rick Allen, the drummer for Def Leppard has one arm.

― Ravi, Saturday, 9 July 2005 18:25 (twenty years ago)

'Wesley Willis had some disorder if I'm not mistaken'

schizophrenia

― latebloomer: the Clonus Horror (latebloomer), Saturday, 9 July 2005 18:37 (twenty years ago)

Jerry Garcia - missing a finger

― Suzy Creemcheese (SuzyCreemcheese), Saturday, 9 July 2005 18:55 (twenty years ago)

Jazz trumpet player Tom Harrell also has schizophrenia. I saw him play once and it was apparent.

― nickn (nickn), Saturday, 9 July 2005 18:56 (twenty years ago)

Isn't the main guy in Geto Boys in a wheelchair?
Isn't Pete Townsend deaf now? Seriously, I think I read that.

― Orbit (Orbit), Saturday, 9 July 2005 19:01 (twenty years ago)

I'm surprised no one's mentioned the Ying Yang Twins yet. I forget which has what now, but one of them has cerebral palsy and the other has a nub instead of fingers on one of his hands.

― Leon Neyfakh (Leon Neyfakh), Saturday, 9 July 2005 19:25 (twenty years ago)

Roky Erikson- Schizophrenia
Anton Newcombe - I'd lay money on undiagnosed paranoid shizophrenia

― Orbit (Orbit), Saturday, 9 July 2005 19:30 (twenty years ago)

i remember reading that phil ochs lost the top end of his vocal range after being strangled with a cord during a mugging in morocco.
he was kind of paranoid schizo too....

― m0stly clean (m0stly clean), Saturday, 9 July 2005 19:44 (twenty years ago)

just now, everybody go back up and have a look at Frank's shorts in that Pixies pic. nice.

― ken taylrr (ken taylrr), Saturday, 9 July 2005 19:48 (twenty years ago)

Tim Armstrong

― Aja (aja), Saturday, 9 July 2005 19:51 (twenty years ago)

Someone on one of the Cr!mson boards last year was suggesting that Fr!pp has undiagnosed Aspergers.

― Rock Hardy (Rock Hardy), Saturday, 9 July 2005 19:53 (twenty years ago)

phil ochs lost the top end of his vocal range
That reminds me, Miles Davis lost his voice when he yelled at Morris Levy while he was supposed to refrain from talking after a throat operation- that's why he always talked in that whisper.

― k/l (Ken L), Saturday, 9 July 2005 21:27 (twenty years ago)

woah, what does Tim Armstrong have? besides a tattoo of a spider web on his head

― matlewis (matlewis), Saturday, 9 July 2005 21:33 (twenty years ago)

Jazz pianist Michel Petrucciani had some growth-inhibiting bone disease.

― k/l (Ken L), Saturday, 9 July 2005 21:39 (twenty years ago)

Jazz trumpet player Tom Harrell also has schizophrenia. I saw him play once and it was apparent.

Eeeek! I meant wasn't apparent.

― nickn (nickn), Saturday, 9 July 2005 21:59 (twenty years ago)

Also Les Paul had his arm set after a break such that it won't bend at the elbow. He had it set in the guitar playing position. But maybe that makes it not a disability.

― nickn (nickn), Saturday, 9 July 2005 22:00 (twenty years ago)

http://www.bbc.co.uk/totp2/ugotthelook/images/michael_jackson.jpg

― - (smile), Sunday, 10 July 2005 00:09 (twenty years ago)

Gary Numan has Asperger's Syndrome.

― Deluxe (Damian), Sunday, 10 July 2005 01:16 (twenty years ago)

I think Evelyn Glennie is the most impressive I've seen/heard in person. It's sort of extra cool that she doesn't like a big deal made of it--she's a fantastic musician, not a fantastic nearly-deaf musician.

― I.M. (I.M.), Sunday, 10 July 2005 03:00 (twenty years ago)

I'm not sure what exactly's wrong with him, but: Biz Markie.

― Bobby Peru (Bobby Peru), Sunday, 10 July 2005 03:29 (twenty years ago)

Biz Markie has no disabilities -- that's all skill!!

― Hurlothrumbo (hurlothrumbo), Sunday, 10 July 2005 04:03 (twenty years ago)

I believe the disability he suffers from is one that was known in Victorian times as "The Vapors."

― k/l (Ken L), Sunday, 10 July 2005 04:06 (twenty years ago)

IRA GLASS WAS IN 3RD BASS?!?!?

― jaymc (jaymc), Sunday, 10 July 2005 05:08 (twenty years ago)

Isn't the main guy in Geto Boys in a wheelchair?
Isn't Pete Townsend deaf now? Seriously, I think I read that.

you mean bushwick bill? he's a midget.
pete has tinnitis. i dunno if he's deaf.

― oops (Oops), Sunday, 10 July 2005 05:20 (twenty years ago)

Gene Vincent's bum leg.
Dizzy Gillespie's puffy cheeks.

The Winters Brothers' and Hermeto Pascoal's lack of protective pigmentation.

― k/l (Ken L), Tuesday, 12 July 2005 21:34 (twenty years ago)

Thom Yorke's lazy eye.
GG Allin's plumbing.

― Cheek0 (Cheek0), Tuesday, 12 July 2005 21:43 (twenty years ago)

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