Bands Who Hated Touring With The Black Crowes - ZZ Top, Aerosmith & Blues Traveler

[@rnrtruestories]

I'm amazed at the positive comments. I love the black Crowes, but the last time I did a video on them people complained about how they suck.

[@hippiepeace8614]

O saw them open for Tom Petty and they didn't suck then . But those people were probably Justin beiber fans

[@daveassanowicz186]

@@hippiepeace8614 They suck. Megadeth fan

[@IvanLendl87]

They were arguably the best RnR band in the world from 1991-97. Internal conflict - mostly via Chris Robinson - destroyed the band and a lot of their legacy imo. You might consider doing a video on how they had to scrap the original follow up album to Southern Harmony before eventually putting out Amorica. Was tentatively titled “Band”.

[@mikemcgrath5730]

they did when i saw them

[@eyeheartsushi2212]

Never saw them live but love their first two albums although it’s been a while since I’ve listened to them. Watching MTV in the early 90s seemed to me that Chris was doing too much weed and being just an idiot which probably turned a lot of people off. Props to Chris for scoring Kate Hudson for however long that lasted. I almost said “Kate Hudson in her prime” but I think she’s in her prime NOW 😉

[@hammill444]

One band that definitely hated touring with the Black Crowes--the Black Crowes.

[@danielc1978]

Funny...but true...

[@nurgle-j5n]

haha

[@easystreet123]

LMAO, so true

[@mikewhite4560]

TOUCHE

[@JackMagiclydelicious]

I worked for them countless times as a stagehand and yes it is true.

[@francus7227]

After their big "run," they came to Jacksonville, Fl. They played at a whiskey bar in a WHISKY TOWN. You know ..... Lynyrd Skynyrd? They started at 9:35 pm and were off the stage, in their bus, and GONE by 10:30. I never thought they were that good to start. So, i didn't buy a ticket. I just rode my bike around in the parking lot. When I saw them leaving before most people had gotten their 2nd drink.... I was thinking, "Woooo." Then the crowd came out. Bottles were being broken in the parking lot. Cuss words flying. I knew they burn their fans that night. This was probably 1998. I was surprised Page hooked up with Chris.

[@johnrwalker53]

My buddy worked catering at a Black Crowes show in the Mid-90's and he said before the show they were so wasted and the show sucked.

[@saifonlawrence2044]

Saw the Crowes back up Robert Plant. They were ignored for the most part...Plant rocked !

[@ausox211]

What did Robert Plant think? They were on that tour too.

[@DirkPiddlemark]

The Crowes are the real deal, end of story

[@buckseedamerica2743]

Jellyfish loved the Black Crowes. What a great tour!~

[@aaronbone4572]

This should be titled "Bands that hated touring with Chris Robinson" I've had the pleasure of meeting and speaking with/interviewing Steve Gorman multiple times and he is one of the most genuine and kind human beings that I have ever met.

[@Walkeranz]

Great drummer, great guy.

[@1972mrkleen]

He has a really good radio show

[@1972mrkleen]

@Dr Slaps I caught his show a few times this past year traveling through Savannah. I don't listen to it daily but from what I heard he was as good as anyone I've heard on radio lately. He's not pretentious and is very good at telling a story. His delivery is very natural and doesn't seem forced . Most radio stations regardless of genre have a preset music feed & I'm not sure how much control he has over that. I'm not sure what your criteria is in a radio personality but I feel like you don't really like the Crowes therefore you don't like him.🤔

[@1972mrkleen]

@Dr Slaps I live in south Georgia & about 20 years ago (doesn't seem like it's been that long) but there was an upstart classic rock station with a great DJ that called himself Crankin' Frank. This guy played alot of deep cuts , Heard songs I'd never heard before & then another radio station stole their advertisers & so they changed their format. I mainly listen to talk radio now, or play my own shit

[@mage1439]

@Dr Slaps That sounds like a strangely high level of vitriol just because you don't like a guy's radio show. I'd hate to see how you respond to people you genuinely don't like.

[@Captainslow556]

Chris is one of those guys who are really impressed with themselves

[@pawlpoche8736]

Likes the smell of his own farts 😂

[@davidtingley9978]

He suffers from LSD (Lead Singer Disorder)

[@jarrettstork9883]

That interview after ZZ Top kicked them off was so douchey haha

[@eyeheartsushi2212]

@@jarrettstork9883 LOL it was awful wasn’t it?

[@jarrettstork9883]

“We just didn’t dig it ya know” lol

[@chucklee4446]

In 1992 Black Crowes were touring Australia and New Zealand with Australian band, Baby Animals. Chris Robinson made a comment to Baby Animals lead singer, Suzanne DiMarchi "If you want to sing like a man, you gotta have balls" Suzi punched him and gave him a bloody nose. Chris went outside the venue to sulk. A fan whom Robinson had shoved off the stage during their set was waiting for him and beat him up again.

[@buckster2575]

Baby animals meh I seen them with Van Halen in 92.

[@toddshroyer4227]

@@buckster2575 they sucked

[@buckster2575]

@@toddshroyer4227 that's why they're gone been gone.i swear I know a guy who knew the lead singer.

[@blazingstar9638]

Omg💀💀

[@blazingstar9638]

@@buckster2575 now I’m curious what @Todd Shroyer said

[@bangslamwham88]

The common thread in these stories is always Chris Robinson, and based on the evidence it looks like Chris Robinson is full of himself.

[@sirchromiumdowns2015]

LDS= Lead Singer's Disease

[@JamesCraigWhoop]

Just need a wild drummer like The Who and it will mellow the frontman

[@WinterInTheForest]

He's a conceded dork.

[@drdrew3]

@@sirchromiumdowns2015 LDS ?

[@HighlanderNorth1]

​@@drdrew3 He just accidentally got the letters mixed up. Let me clear up any confusion and put the letters for "lead singer's disease" in their proper order: It should be "SDL". There...

[@bishlap]

so the company sponsoring/paying the Crowes asks them to stop bad-mouthing the company that's paying them and the Crowes brothers think that's censorship? Too dumb for words.

[@vids595]

Fuck zz top for being sellouts. The fans buying tickets is who's paying.

[@earsonlyaudio887]

The singer in my band once saw the Crows as a fan in a large San Diego club. Our singer was maybe 20 or so, just a kid with a dream and he placed a CD of his band on the wedge in front of Chris, with a note that basicly just said, thanks for being such an inspiration. Chris picked up the CD, read the note and kicked it off stage like he was punting a football. Super dick move.

[@wallacegrommet9343]

For real!!!??? SMH….

[@Skank_and_Gutterboy]

What a miserable son-of-a-bitch. No need to pay back this idiot, he's created his own hell. What a way to go through life, way to snatch defeat from the jaws of victory.

[@robotube7361]

That's a pretty dick and sleazy move your singer did. Basically pitching his music which is really uncool. If it was just a note he wouldnt have reacted maybe that way- but the sleazy way to pitch your music circumventing conventional channels, cutting others = sorry I cant respect that. Its cheap, disrespectful and basically makes the message sound insincere and more like a manipulative move to get chris to listen to the music. I would have done the same in his place and maybe even invited your singer in front of everyone to tell everyone what he did and shamed him in front of everyone so he would learn a lesson how not manipulate people into listening his music.

[@wellfuckyoumr]

Putting your CD on stage during a live show is a cunt move

[@Skin-deepInk]

​@😮robotube7361 agreed

[@mneugent7658]

I love that Martha Quinn interview about the Miller thing. You can see Rich sitting there thinking "yeah, this DICK got us fired and no the rest of us didn't care about anything he's rambling on about".

[@bradleylovej]

That's exactly the vibe I felt too

[@bobabooey285]

Same thing I was thinking!

[@mneugent7658]

@@bobabooey285 Yeah, when compared to the Gallagher brothers from Oasis, who both have their scars, I'd bet the issues between the Robinson's are all Chris.

[@bobabooey285]

@@mneugent7658 chris seems to speak before thinking things through

[@ericconnor8419]

He was obviously the only proper artist then, rock and roll was destroyed by corporate sponsorship he was right

[@daBEAGLE1017]

It's almost like if Tom Greene started a band.

[@Silverhands]

lol

[@lucyfuir6386]

I used to do local road crew for big venues. Every act always treated us good. I was working the black crows when they were standing there waiting to go on stage they looked at me and gave me a nod so I said have a good show. They all said thank you and shook my hand the drummer gave me a hug. But Chris looked at me said yeah right and turned his back to me while folding his arm. Rich try to apologizing I said no need I shouldn't even talk to you. He said no you have every right to say Hi to us and wish us a good show hes just a d***. All of this being said with Chris's back less than a foot away from us he heard every word said.

[@TheRoomfull]

And yet I met Chris in a bar in central Ohio after a New Earth Mud show and he bought me 2 beers and talked for 30+ mins about everything from old blues records to football to him being star struck by Robert Plant. I left thinking I just met the coolest f*cking most down to earth rockstar ever. Everyone is entitled to being a dick once and awhile I guess.

[@eyeheartsushi2212]

@@TheRoomfull Was that during Chris’s height of fame or afterwards?

[@rightnowiseverything2521]

So.. He's a fukin human? @The Roomfull.. That must have been awesome!!

[@TheRoomfull]

@@eyeheartsushi2212 He had went to the Oscar's with his wife at the time Kate Hudson....a few months prior to the NEM tour. The Crowes were on their first "hiatus" Not sure how the hell I would know what the height of his fame was lol? What a silly ass question. And why TF would that matter to me anyhow? He was cool and seemed very down to earth. The thing that puzzles me are the people that get all bitchy and whiny about a "stars attitude" that never stop to think about the amount of absolute f*cking MORONS these people have to put up with almost daily. Yeah they're out walking the streets incognito...shout them out and draw attention to them then crybaby when you don't get glad handed. They're human beings. Get a grip.

[@scotv5099]

@@TheRoomfull I met them at The Street Scene in Columbus next to The Newport where they were filming the Hard to Handle video and Chris joked with us about these girls that were hitting on him and I told him that Teslas lead singer was wearing a Black Crowes t shirt. He took us to their private dining room and asked the guys where they had met Tesla and Rich, who looked angry, snapped at Chris about forgetting meeting Tesla. Then Rich was kinda rude to us but Chris got them all to sign a dollar bill for us without us asking. As they stormed onstage later he immediately took my ball cap off my head and wore it for the first song! Tossing it back to me with a wink.

[@MrDlt123]

The title of this vid should be: 'Chris Robinson's huge ego and big mouth vs the World"

[@younkinjames8571]

I think the Black Crows were the best band out of all of these bands, but it does seem that if you're looking for an instant asshole, just add heroine.

[@antidoteify]

hahah or any other drug for that matter.

[@cwzrd76]

It's Speedballs..Cocaine is the asshole drug

[@cityslacker6221]

better than ZZTop? you’re out of your mind.

[@Road_Rash]

Doesn't like corporate sponsors who write big checks...still loves taking big checks from corporate sponsors...hypocrite...

[@robwalsh9843]

Chris Robinson has a good voice and he does a good job as an onstage frontman, but I wouldn't want to be in a band with the guy.

[@stephendaedalus6192]

So, Chris was fired for rolling around stabbing the stage. Let's face it, he doesn't have the talent of Kate Bush to make anyone want to endure that. And then, in retrospect, tried to make it about Aerosmith using tapes, when there is zero chance he would have mentioned that if not fired for acting the maggot.

[@eyeheartsushi2212]

😂😂😂 yep that’s definitely Kate Bush territory. WTF was Chris thinking?

[@jalspach9215]

@@eyeheartsushi2212 He wasn't. He was high AF. One can have all the talent in the world but a douche bag is a douche bag.

[@lewisfrost1815]

I think Chris Robinson’s a joke….all their good songs are covers…he thinks by having a big mouth validates his opinions…he’s a loudmouth

[@skipclone1]

Many years ago in midstate NY, I was working at a temp job at McDonald's, asking people about how long it took them to get there. I guess it was a study about opening a new location. Then in walks-The Black Crowes. I saw their van in the parking lot. They didn't order anything, just sat down at a table. From what it sounded like, they were on their way back to Atlanta. This was after their remake of "Hard to Handle' was all over MTV. They chatted a while, one of them denied smashing up hotel furniture. Then they all walked out, basically ignoring my friendly smile except for the guitarist-Rich Robinson I think?-who took a moment to give me a look of sneering contempt. Well that sure made my day. I was like, yo jerkoff, I've probably been playing guitar longer than you. Buncha dicks as far as I'm concerned.

[@durango8882]

Rock on bro, screw them.

[@skipclone1]

@@durango8882 Thank you. I mean, I didn't expect them to be angels but that was stupid and obnoxious.

[@bunberrier]

They sold out "Baitys Backstreet Music Garden" in Winston Salem many years ago. I volunteered to help manage the crowd around the stage in order to get in. TBH I didnt do a great job but I did it. There was a place where we had all put our leather jackets. At the end of the show, Chris tried my jacket on, I watched him. Then he took it off. I thought he might have made a mistake. I continued at my post then went to retrieve my coat and it was gone. I thought he took it but they wouldnt let me talk to him and he was on the bus already. I went out in the parking lot and started yelling insults, and throwing rocks at the bus windows ( it was a gravel parking lot ). I dont remember what happened in the end but he never came off the bus and I never got my coat, and I assume he stole it.

[@brokenfunnibones]

336

[@SexiSeahawk69]

Damn wtf… after reading this maybe i won’t go to his tour this 2024

[@Duski67]

Hung out with the Black Crowes at Gibson’s Steakhouse at the front bar. We sat next to the bass player, everyone eating huge steaks and getting hammered. Kate Hudson was there and was in a real biatchy mood. She called for a car and left alone ( with huge bodyguard ). Great times….

[@tonydeaton1967]

Seems like Chris Robinson thought more of himself than the people around him did.

[@stusrt]

Chris Robinson is so full of himself. I can see why other bands don't like him and don't want to put up with his BS

[@kiteracer2497]

Need to see him and Mustaine in a reality show and they have to live together

[@ethansloan]

I feel like Mustaine is a much more functional person, but at least Chris isn't a born-again Christian bigot. I'd take Chris over Mustaine any time.

[@FreedomIsntFree-gd2hg]

Mustaine would break him in half the first episode.

[@Skank_and_Gutterboy]

@@FreedomIsntFree-gd2hg Yep, a reality show where they live together--for one episode. After that, he's in the hospital and Mustaine is in the house, and they go back and forth bitching about the beating, how they don't like each other, how the other one plays shitty music and doesn't believe in anything, etc.

[@brockpinson949]

I was totally thinking this a few minutes ago. Sooo funny! I do think after a few beers Dave would probably beat his ass for something stupid he said. Both these bands are in my top five favorites, oddly enough. I love them both so much.

[@thomasminarchickjr.7355]

Chris Robinson’s the worst. Kate Hudson hooking up with him kept that band in the papers.

[@endlessnameless6494]

Drinking and driving kills. Could YOU be next? Stay safe, stay sober behind the wheel. Walk or take that cab.

[@DefunctGames]

"isn't this the United States, man?" Chris learned the hard way that just because you have the freedom to say something, doesn't mean you are shielded from the consequences.

[@zounds13]

These days SO many people don't seem to know that.

[@creamydistortion]

Your George W Bush killed tons of people and hasn't faced any consequences thus far. Good thing better countries are on the rise, and America is obsolete... "Stop a band from playing their music, make it harder for artists to earn money" - that is a mantra in your country. It's not even a consequence of doing something wrong, the American people do that to younger bands who are just trying to get started. The whole world is watching... We laugh at your failure.

[@creamydistortion]

@@zounds13 Look at your role models - Your precious BushObamaTrump face no consequences at all for their actions. American people deliberately hold each other back. That country is obsolete. Much better opportunities exist for good artists overseas (way more money, but also INFINITELY more respectful people to work with).

[@zounds13]

@@creamydistortion none of those people are "my precious" anything, let alone role models, and I agree that my country is fucked up in many ways. But hey, thanks for assuming that I'm ignorant.

[@stevehill5018]

I saw them warm up for Aerosmith around this time at Blossom Music in Akron. Chris kept spitting at the crowd through a good portion of the show like it was a death metal show or something. It didn't go over well. Sadly they sounded like crap too.

[@BillVoisine]

Saw them in '99. Excellent musicians and sounded great but Chris came off as a jerk. He insulted the audience several times. The band in general didn't seem to want to be there.

[@jasonmcdaniel345]

When the Black Crowes broke up a few years ago (they have since reunited), a user commented “Chris Robinson is the person I’d most want to hear sing and least want to have a conversation with.” I always thought that was a perfect description.

[@DoncampbellUSMC1041]

Come on the two brothers hated touring with EACH OTHER

[@DoncampbellUSMC1041]

How do I receive this gift??

[@shawnmason8543]

Black Crowes are hypocrites, they don’t play concerts for free. The day they want to make a stand against sponsors they should start not making money for their music.

[@gxtmfa]

4:30 kind of agree with him on that one. I’d be pissed if I found out my favorite bands are performed with backing tapes. I don’t pay money as concert goer to hear a damn tape

[@thingfish000]

I really hate it when the singer decides to let the crowd take over the singing duties. I didn't pay to hear a bunch of tone-deaf knuckle heads sing off-key.

[@enispenvy9174]

Bands who hated touring with the Black Crowes- Every band who toured with the Black Crowes

[@jasonbrauner3007]

I met Chris outside of Bimbos in San Francisco when he was doing his first solo tour. He signed a BC set list I brought with me. Then I talked to him outside after the show. He was very cool and we talked about our wives. Seemed like a normal guy. By chance I talked to him about a week later live in the radio. Once again he was nice. The Crowes have always been one of my favorite bands.

[@ndesdsadfd]

First three Crowes albums were stellar.

[@what3815]

Southern Harmony and Musical Companion is one of the greatest albums of all time. ,✅🎵

[@Rick-ne9os]

Three Snakes was a great album third best after SHMC and Amorica IMO...War Paint and Before the Frost Until the Freeze where also very good

[@jimmyparris9892]

They had three?

[@rudimol6347]

Bad imitation

[@andymyers7172]

Dude, the Black Crowes are one of the best straight up rock bands around. Period.

[@lespaul678]

Why are you wearing sunglasses indoors? *sigh*

[@blacksunshine7485]

I'm a big Crowes fan and I cant tell you how many times I've felt let down by Chris Robinson. That man is a big part of the magic. But that man is also responsible for so much unnecessary crap. I wish they would just play fucking music and forget all the trivial crap. The music is what's important to me.

[@betsyj59]

Wonder what Chris Robinson thinks about corporate censorship now? There's something really poignant about him saying "Isn't this the United States?" when heard from the vantage point of 2023. Yes it is the United States where corporate and corpo-government censorship reigns supreme.

[@atlantaguitar9689]

They should send royalty checks to The Faces and Stones every time they play a note.

[@christophermerlot3366]

I saw them once in the early 1990s as the opening act of a one-off show at Toronto's Exhibition Stadium that was Aerosmith/Metallica/Warrant and them. I've always been largely indifferent to the Crowes but I can tell you they are certainly not a stadium act. More of a roadhouse band.

[@ANGUSYOUNGISMYGOD]

I'll bet Warrant felt welcome at that show. 😁

[@twistoffate4791]

@@ANGUSYOUNGISMYGOD lol

[@christophermerlot3366]

@@ANGUSYOUNGISMYGOD Especially going on before 1991-era Metallica. You are correct: we did not treat them very well. Then again I saw Judas Priest on the Ram It Down tour; the opening act was...Cinderella. You can imagine how well they were received.

[@roberts1440]

Never got that band.

[@STONESGAM]

I like the Crowes they are always good live and I have seen them numerous times. They were very young though when Shake Your Money Maker hit big and did a lot of stupid things and were overly idealistic with some of their anti-corporate stuff they did. In the present day though the Robinson Brothers are as greedy as they come and basically kicked Steve Gorman out for the reunion tour because that would be one extra additional original member to have to share the profits with and they didn't think it was worth it since he was just the "drummer". I could see Chris Robinson get annoying to deal with after awhile touring with them. He seems to have very strong and loud opinions on everything and always did a lot of drugs and booze so I see how the two combined could get annoying to deal with after awhile on tour.

[@motorcity7137]

They were and will always be a bullshit wannabe Stones. How long had the hippie thing been over when they came out wearing bell bottoms ? They even started out unoriginal

[@STONESGAM]

@@motorcity7137 Who really is 100 % original though in music especially at 21 years old. They are one of the few bands left that just play straight up classic rock. The Stones are my favorite band so I guess I enjoy a poor man's Stones.

[@tonipope3164]

Have you read Steve Gorman's book?? Pretty telling

[@harrytrent13]

@@tonipope3164 but that is just from Steve's point of view chris definitely has his problems but being that young and all of a sudden having money and being the most talked about band must be a bit of mad one your ego would go through the roof

[@johnr.8275]

@@harrytrent13 Might be Steve's point of view, but Chris is still a dick. Trust me on this one.

[@tcmalloy546]

Hahaha Chris Robinson is a 70's cover band singer, even the BEST most successful musicians don't pull the ego trips , Billy Gibbons is maybe in the top 5 best rock guitarists , his band sells millions of records , he tours year round to sold out arenas , and he is a nice dude , approachable, and he appreciates his fans

[@michaelfrazia4569]

the crowes had some killer albums..to play the kind of music they did during the height of grunge is pretty impressive...rich is a great songwriter

[@floydsemlow8253]

I never personally bought Black crowes albums but I can honestly say that this is the truest statement of the day!!

[@tonym2513]

It helped that they were pretty grungy looking too. I mean, if they would’ve came out in hair spray and spandex or hairspray and Halloween costumes like the last of the hair bands did, they probably sink. They were good at what they did imo. Head case and all.

[@michaelfrazia4569]

@@tonym2513 they looked like the stones circa sticky fingers or the small faces...when I look at the big 4 grunge bands and the crowes I think they have a totally different vibe . I think because the first album came out just before the grunge era by a year they almost rode that momentum with a really good follow up album that was even more southern rock at the height of grunge......but yeah definitely drama filled as you said...i looked back at a live show after the southern harmony album came out and they went full southern rock look...the first album they had a more grittier look like you said....their first 3 albums were almost flawless to me..the 4th a notch below but still great...great live band too...I saw them as a coheadliner with Lenny Kravitz, and then I saw them do zeppelin songs with Jimmy page...both times I saw them they were phenomenal live and I've seen em all....come to think of it they had a guns and roses look on the first album...def not hair band like you said...they would have been doomed

[@jagatheeldest5786]

Amorica is a fantastic album. Totally different from anything else during the period, and soulful as hell.

[@thismothafuckasaid7304]

Not really bc bands like Hootie Blowfish and others were top selling during Grunge era too

[@BazookaToe]

Long live The Black Crowes.

[@kattz753]

Huh. I saw The Black Crowes in a huge bar called Lulu's in Kitchener, Ontario. Someone in the audience started to throw beer bottles at them. I was always kind of confused about that - until now.

[@davemarnell8871]

Saw this band in Atlantic City this July and they were amazing. The best live show I've seen in a while.

[@teleguy5699]

@Geriatric FecalPhiliac got to love the internet. Only here can someone claim the other guy's feelings are wrong and get a like (which he probably did himself).

[@myflyisopen.8732]

I would hate to tour with them because they are one hell of an act.

[@rightnowiseverything2521]

I saw them at a winery in Woodenville Wa this summer.. It rocked and I drank to much wine.. Good times!

[@1leggedwitchywoman]

I’ve been a fan of the black crowes since they first hit the scene in 1990. I’ve seen them live many, many times-always a fabulous show! But Chris is just NOT a nice person. I’m basing that opinion off of comments I’ve personally heard him make about women who were just walking by minding their own business…Most of us were there just for the music, (although I’m sure there were some groupies along the way) and certainly not his looks but I’m thinking he didn’t realize that? I’ve seen Blues Traveler only twice. John Popper was a super nice guy both times and also played a great show. But I have to say…The Crowes music will always be magical to me regardless of what a d%ckhead Chris can be.

[@chuckselvage3157]

Black Crowes are underrated

[@rticle15]

Imo, they are great musicians and below average songwriters

[@TheRoomfull]

@@rticle15 Imo your opinion is sh!t.

[@rticle15]

@@TheRoomfull i do have their greatest hit album.

[@colinburroughs9871]

or totally overrated. One or the other.

[@nurgle-j5n]

@@colinburroughs9871 or normally rated

[@MrDavidznuff]

You can't say some thing is too comercial unless you're paying the whole festival with your own money. Hate hypocrites. Love Black Crowes music though.

[@ManiacNewf]

I saw these guys play in Calgary. The brothers were fighting during the show. Lol.

[@valleyoforion1]

The Crows biggest claim to fame was doing a live album with Jimmy Page in 1999 or so. I was at the last show of the soon to be cancelled tour at Albuquerque where the Cult opened up for them and half the audience left by the time the Black Crows got on stage. I think Jimmy Page faked an injury when he came to his senses that night…..

[@mattskustomkreations]

I was in a college hard rock / Southern rock band when SYMM came out. We were nuts about them and covered 4 or 5 of their songs. We all went to see them on that tour in Indy. Opening act was The Four Horseman. The Crowes put on a killer show. The stage set was cool- tons of candles burning on their amps, Persian rugs everywhere. We were maybe 10 rows back. Good times!

[@creamydistortion]

Nice man!! I can play a handful of them too - 'Oozone Mama', 'Soul Singing', 'Hard to Handle', 'Remedy', etc... Eddie's piano style was a huge influence on me, may he rest in peace...

[@mattskustomkreations]

@@creamydistortion Dang, didn’t know he died. 😞 I’m a drummer but I played keyboards in the band when we saw the Crowes. Needless to say I loved his piano and B-3, & Fender Rhodes work. Thorn in My Pride is a big fave.

[@ROOKTABULA]

First 2 albums were great. Singer got a _MAJOR_ case of LSD. (Lead Singer Disease).

[@JamesCraigWhoop]

There is GnR and there is Axel - James Hetfield on touring. Seems more frontman woes than Black Crowes as a whole

[@terrapin121]

They opened for the Dead at a show I went to and what I remember is everyone there ignored them,as if their show was just part of the music that plays before a concert starts

[@OTR392]

I saw them on that tour at the Tampa show in April of 1995.

[@layna8052]

You said "as if their show was just part of the music that plays before a concert starts". That's literally what an opening act is. People rarely go to concerts to see the opener, what did you expect?

[@OTR392]

@@layna8052 oh i was singing along the whole time while they opened but i was one of the only ones!

[@morbidmanmusic]

@layna8052 You're so ignorant and disrespectful to music.

[@SleepingFits]

@@layna8052 I think he's referring to the pre-recorded playlists that play before the actual bands perform, and in between band performances. No need to be a know-it-all when there are several, equally valid interpretations of the comment.

[@andretempler]

I was to an Aerosmith concert in it think 99 or 2000 in Stuttgart Germany the A Little South Of Sanity tour.. The Black Crowes opened and there were maybe 100 people. Then came 20.000 people and Aerosmith started.

[@Scottocaster6668]

Even Chris's brother hates him, well he did. Hated touring with each other back then.

[@thingfish000]

They hated each other until it came time to make some money again, right?

[@thuaug4417]

stevie ray died and classic rock radio playlists had become stale & repetitive, the format needed something fresh-but-familiar, and black crowes filled the void, made to order. they were kinda like an american stones tribute band who made the jump from taverns to arenas, much like aerosmith a generation before them.

[@jera9654]

Saw em open for Robert Plant in 1990. Rolling Stones vibes.

[@bingobango4840]

Same here

[@DogTrekker]

What kind of vibe is that?

[@jera9654]

@@DogTrekker Sleeping giant.

[@ubermalice9589]

The Black Crows are garbage in my estimation.

[@larzlustie8674]

It's never been about music, it's always been about money and if you can't accept that , you'll only go so far

[@joeshoe6184]

Only go so far toward what?

[@brutallyhonest123]

@@joeshoe6184 paying your rent as a musician

[@stratocaster1greg]

I never liked that punk ass singer. His guitar playing bro is cool.

[@Corpo_Recruiter]

I saw them in 1995 with Blues Traveler. The Crows music was so good live it was spiritual.

[@michaelfrazia4569]

awesome band...love them and don't care who likes them or doesn't...they are the real deal

[@given0fox968]

Me too Pine Knob amphitheater Clarkston Michigan 👍👊🇺🇸🤘

[@robinqueefers4861]

That was the weed and acid

[@teelurizzo8542]

Did The Crowes tour w/ Blues Traveller in 1995? Didn't know that, but the curious thing is that I saw both bands that year for the first time but at separate gigs, The Crowes at George Mason University, VA (touring in supports of 'Amorica') and Blues Traveller at GWU's Lisner Auditorium in D.C. (I guess promoting 'Four').

[@roems6396]

@@given0fox968 Back before it was DTE, right? I guess they changed back to Pine Knob again. I saw Red Hot Chili Peppers there with Stone Temple Pilots opening. Also saw a great Pearl Jam concert there where Eddie Vedder came out and said he’d rather drink his own piss, than Miller Lite, who was sponsoring the venue. That’s the first thing I thought of when they said that the Black Crowes were making disparaging comments about Miller. 😂

[@blairbrownie1223]

Not the most likable crew, tbh

[@chevken1831]

For the record, I have seen both The Black Crows and Blues Traveler in concert. They were both great.

[@randysteele6741]

Same here.

[@ash80510]

Blues traveler are good guys. That's the difference.

[@cornpopsrazor5375]

Glad they disappeared....ego far bigger than their body of work.

[@kenterminateddq5311]

Has Rock N' Roll True Stories made a video on the "Amorica" raunchy album cover controversy yet? There's a topic that Rock N' Roll True Stories should talk about. They don't need to show the album cover out in the open. They can blur the image, right?

[@floridaman6982]

Tame compared to instagram lol

[@claygilchrist632]

The Crowes are a good band and should have been better but they couldn't get out of their own way. The worst was when they were working with Jimmy Page and Jimmy approached the Robinson brothers about recording new music together. Rich declined saying they "didn't need more songs." Are you effing kidding me?? What rock musician in their right mind would turn down a chance to record new music with Jimmy Page? Rich Robinson, that's who.

[@Genny-Zee]

Even Liam Gallagher was scared of the Robinsons because of their fighting

[@eyeheartsushi2212]

LOL now that’s saying something

[@paisleyprincess7996]

That’s pretty bad, coming from Liam

[@what3815]

HAHA!

[@greggfreeman4394]

Where did you hear that? I'm inclined to file that under bullshit lol

[@jimmyhall4453]

I was at the Omni when they played the last ZZ Topp show. The Black Crows put on a way better show…

[@steveshattah]

Chris Robinson is from suburban Atlanta but he has kind of a New York attitude

[@VegasInsight]

wouldn't that be every band that toured with the Black Crowes?

[@davidgutkind3115]

We all have our moments and yes, Chris seems to have a reputation. But people grow and in the end the music wins. I think the Crowes and his Chris Robinson project work are excellent and worthy of respect (in my opinion of course).

[@tyronebion342]

Black crows are insufferable 😂 I like some of their music but they especially Chris were the ones always starting shit with bands.

[@paisleyprincess7996]

Loved the Southern Harmony album…They def were great albums. If it wasn’t the brothers fighting like crazy, it’s Chris and his Diva shit…

[@blahblahblah6]

from what I've heard, the band members don't even get along.

[@aweigh1010]

black crows have always sucked.

[@youtoo2233]

Can't stand the singing in this band, especially live, I don't know how Jimmy Page toured with them for a while

[@chaddynski2299]

Because page is a fan

[@youtoo2233]

@@chaddynski2299 yeah they play some blues rock like Page likes but I don't really care for their version of it

[@quinnrivera5075]

Saw them at the Aragon in Chicago. They came on 2.5 hours late. Chris Robinson was so high he could barely walk. About 15 seconds into the first song Robinson yelled “we ain’t doing any MTV bulls*it”. Someone from the crowd threw a plastic cup full of booze that hit him in the face… and the show was over about 18 seconds into the first song. Lights came on and that was that.

[@aliceborealis]

Chicago don't take no mess.

[@creamydistortion]

@@aliceborealis Chicago smells like a mess, and the people are really intensely negative. The crazy thing is, some psychos are actually proud to be from that disgusting place. I did a show there once, tried giving the city a chance, not to just follow the negative media stuff - but the thing is, 100% of the people we interacted with there WERE full-on negative. It's like they're suicidal or something...

[@ExcitedAnacondaSnake-hg8ec]

Black crowes= rebels without a clue

[@standupstraight9691]

It's pathetic when a band says they are anti establishment, they are the establishment.

[@drewjohnson4794]

Not Metal music. It's the only music genre that is actually outside the establishment. Except for Metallica but they earned it. To bad for them but money helps I'm sure. Slipknot is also total establishment cheese. They are the kiss of Metal. Most Metal is as real as it gets though.

[@standupstraight9691]

@@drewjohnson4794 . If you get paid, youre part of the establishment. No shame in it, thats the way society works. To say one is anti establishment is childish and naiive. Black Crows look like they grew old but not "up"

[@NitroModelsAndComics]

By all accounts it would be easier to cite who enjoyed touring with the Crows. Those brothers were incendiary around each other. I was in a band with my brother so I know of what I speak.

[@lonniedillman9647]

They started the concert in Shreveport by using every swear word my Marine Corps Drill Instructor used. ...I came for music...walked out. When I hear them on the radio..I turn it off.

[@ghostface_grilla1155]

I never realized Peter Griffen was the singer for Blues Traveler

[@eyeheartsushi2212]

😂😂😂

[@1irishanml]

It always amazed me he was upset that Aerosmith used recorded harmony vocals. Big deal. Most of the harmonies on record are Tyler. How is he supposed to cover all the harmonies. It's just childish that a supposed professional musician didn't get why using recorded harmonies gives you the best possible album to live sound. It's just childish. I watched queen live in 78 they used recorded vocals to cover the opera parts on Bohemian. Not a big deal. One of the best live shows I've ever seen. Chis was way too full of himself as most young men are. It's not like Tyler's lead vocals were a recording. Just a silly thing to get upset about.

[@markrottjakob2670]

There is no band that went from hard rocking to hippie quicker than the Black Crowes.

[@mattgilbert7347]

WEED

[@creamydistortion]

@@mattgilbert7347 LSD

[@TheJpep2424]

they've always been hippies

[@markrottjakob2670]

It was the heroin

[@johnr.8275]

It was Chris. Chris wanted TBC to be the Grateful Dead, which we all know they aren't. The rest of the band begrudgingly went along with it, but they didn't like it. At all.

[@busterassgood]

Saw the Crowes on that ZZ Top tour right b4 they were officially kicked off. The show was in Charleston WV right b4 "She Talks To Angels" was released.

[@boofert.washington2499]

Didn't they just say it was Aerosmith that kicked them off the tour?

[@brianfergus839]

@@boofert.washington2499 I recommend you watch the video before posting

[@angelareal8599]

One more thing. Rich kids from Atlanta. Do you know how many killer bands were in Atlanta in the late Eighties? A lot. The difference being those bands didn't have a Daddy, that got them a showcase with several record companies. Some people today call that an industry plant. I saw Chris play with Phil Leah in San Francisco on 05. He didn't know words. He blows

[@jpalberthoward9]

As regards the ZZ Top situation, I would quote Chuck Berry. "Honor the contract"

[@InfamousGUNN]

This Band was Americas Oasis great band but full of shit! Read into that as much as you want ! I saw them live once they were fucking amazing and then they were gone not because of radio play they were gone because of attitude just like Oasis! Prove me wrong 🧐