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.

[@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

[@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

[@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.

[@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….

[@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

[@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).

[@daBEAGLE1017]

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

[@Silverhands]

lol

[@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.

[@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...

[@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.

[@rightnowiseverything2521]

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

[@chevken1831]

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

[@Chifan71]

Same here.

[@ash80510]

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

[@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.

[@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.

[@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

[@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.

[@MrDlt123]

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

[@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

[@bfr123456]

Saw them the first time on one of the early Companion dates with Marc new to the band and they were unbelievably great. Complete rock n roll revival type vibe. Chris was asking the crowd to show love to your neighbor and telling us we gotta stick together. One of the best rock show memories I have to this day.

[@creamydistortion]

Heck yeah - Stevie Nicks was like that too.

[@Tenebarum]

I’ve seen them twice, and they’re the best live band IMO. Chris R even came out and jammed with the opening act. Sure seemed to be cool. Maybe that was an act, but great shows.

[@andymyers7172]

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

[@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.

[@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. 😂

[@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.

[@what3815]

Black Crowes have been one of my favorite bands since they first hit the scene in 1990. I was like 15 yrs old. I have seen them live twice and was fortunate to have actually met guitarist Rich Robinson while walking down the street. Great band.

[@what3815]

@Geriatric FecalPhiliac what's a lie?

[@johnr.8275]

I met Rich once. Shook his hand and told him I had heard the afternoon's soundcheck and was pleased (they were playing Dirty Hair Halo with the venue doors open). He was actually really cool. My wife later told me he seemed befuddled by my Jacksonville Lizard Kings t-shirt.

[@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.

[@DoncampbellUSMC]

Come on the two brothers hated touring with EACH OTHER

[@DoncampbellUSMC]

How do I receive this gift??

[@ManiacNewf]

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

[@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.

[@myflyisopen.8732]

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

[@scootterpootter]

I saw them in Detroit when they opened for ZZ Top on ZZ's Recycler Tour. It was an amazing show, and I had only heard one song by the Crowes at the time. I don't seem to remember anything being said by Robinson during the show, but remember the stories a few weeks later in the news.

[@johnr.8275]

Nothing could be a more apt title for a ZZ Top album/tour than Recycler. They've been recycling the same album since Eliminator!

[@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.

[@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

[@BazookaToe]

Long live The Black Crowes.

[@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.

[@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.

[@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

[@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.

[@petemoore8923]

I like what these guys say MANY years later. You mellow with age (the voice of experience speaking) and realize none of that sh*t matters.

[@endlessnameless6494]

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

[@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.

[@atlantaguitar9689]

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

[@tomvandeuren972]

I saw them a couple of weeks ago, even though they are getting pretty old they still rock🤟🏻

[@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.

[@ziggypop79]

The crowes, whatever the line up -is one of the few bands that play completely live these days, for that they have my respect.

[@kellyreinoso4827]

Saw them in about 2001 @ LV House of Blues. It was excellent. Played over 2 hours, not one member ever left the stage the entire time.

[@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.

[@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.

[@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).

[@jonnuanez7183]

The Black Crowes were in San Diego a number of years ago, and I saw Chris Robinson walking down the street with a couple of guys. He was about 1/2 block away and I yelled out "Hey Chris, love your band and your music". Nothing. I didn't expect him to run over and invite me to rehearsal. But some sort of "thanks" would've been nice. I noticed too that they were walking towards a bad section of downtown, like why are you going there? Uh huh...

[@boofert.washington2499]

All of downtown SD is the bad part. I worked in the Gaslamp and that whole area is shit.

[@brutallyhonest123]

Probably looking for a stable of white horses

[@jonnuanez7183]

@@brutallyhonest123 In that area, yep

[@OverTheTop85]

The Black Crowes were so damn good! I heard they were touring again I'd love to see them!

[@raymondbonington9355]

Well they def are touring ,I was on my way to fulham v Aston Villa football match last night and came out of Hammersmith station and they were at the odeon ,

[@johnr.8275]

The current act on tour isn't The Black Crowes. It's Chris and Rich and some guys who they can pay less than former, better members. Somehow they managed to rope Sven back into it. Save your money or go see Rival Sons instead.

[@OverTheTop85]

@@johnr.8275 Sorry man those aren't the Black Crowes! Not even close, listened to about ten of their songs after I saw your post. Thanks for the offer but I'll pass. As soon as I heard that guitar and distorted vocals on "Do Your Worst" I knew this wasn't good in my opinion. That Jack white, Raconteurs sound is like nails on a chalkboard to me.

[@johnr.8275]

@@OverTheTop85 I don't like Do Your Worst, either. Jay Buchanan is a ridiculously good singer, though. With all due respect, I feel a little bad for you that you don't like The Raconteurs. Consolers of the Lonely is one of the greatest albums ever made, period. Different strokes for different folks...

[@KCNYC]

They sound like crap now

[@s3any1977]

I went to see them live recently on the Moneymaker tour and it was the best gig I have seen this year. Chris's voice was really on point. It also didn't hurt that the support was Reef who were also excellent.

[@porridgesilt]

Reef? Holy shit, that’s so awesome!

[@arthurballs9632]

​@@porridgesilt Saw them at Brixton Academy, London in September 2022 with Reef opening. I'm hard pushed remembering a support act so well received. Reef certainly are a great live band.

[@jeffdrake429]

Saw that show at red rocks in 21. They were great, but miss Gorman.

[@williamrullo7956]

I met Popper years ago just before they made it big. He was a very nice, happy guy. I saw the Black Crows twice with a friend that was a fan. The show started out with a bang, then 3 songs in I was falling asleep. About the 5th song, their infantile lead singer stopped the show, had a hissy fit and refused to go on till someone with a laser light was removed. I went back to sleep after that. The second time I saw them was the same as the first except they had security running around the crowd removing people for smoking pot. Lamest 2 concerts I've ever been too.

[@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?

[@johnhickman106]

That interview.... Jesus, he was LOADED.

[@Road_Rash]

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

[@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

[@JamesCraigWhoop]

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

[@brassteeth3355]

I'm a long time fan of theirs and still listen to them frequently. I recall their tickets being more expensive than most others

[@johnzook8386]

Never saw the Crowes live, but the video's of them backing Jimmy Page were outstanding. Listening to them work with Page through the Zep stuff was really great.

[@stephenstone8480]

I saw Jimmy Page and the Crowes in Camden, NJ in 2000...it was a killer show...

[@rlinhares]

I saw them in Rio back in 200 I think. It was awesome.

[@creamydistortion]

@@stephenstone8480 Yes there are a LOT of killers in Camden...

[@stewmeat9261]

agreed, I have the Live at the Greek album with Page. I can't play it below full blast

[@DustyRay-x4i]

I seen Blues Travelers and The Black Crowes at the Sunrise Musical Theater in Sunrise Florida and I can honestly say I went because of the Black Crowes. Great concert.

[@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…

[@davidconley3610]

I saw the show with them opening for ZZ in Roanoke Virginia and They put on a great show!!

[@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.

[@caitlingold4325]

Another great vid! Keep up the good work

[@enispenvy9174]

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

[@markferguson3745]

Right before they " broke " , BT used to play regularly at a local club where I worked the door. I would stand outside, even when it was brick cold in the NY winter. I always thought they were a novelty act as well.

[@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.

[@peterbland7227]

Back in the early 80s, a band I had a mate that was also a sound an for big shows. He observed “rock stars experience prolonged adolescence”. Case in point.

[@chickenhappy3607]

Their first 2 albums were brilliant

[@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…..

[@zanderkahres8112]

More black crowes content is always welcomed🤝

[@ROOKTABULA]

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

[@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

[@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.

[@janetstreet7264]

I loved the Black Crowes in the '90's. I haven't kept up with them since the turn of the century.

[@johnr.8275]

One of their best eras was March 2005- August 2006. Then the wheels came off (again).

[@madbrad6282]

I’ve heard, from someone who works for ZZ Top, has worked for Joe Perry, and the Black Crowes, the Black Crowes were one of the most professional bands he’s ever worked with.

[@Mr1Tanker]

I know somebody who knows somebody.... 🙄

[@nolongerblocked6210]

Sure the whole band is... except Chris, he's a D I V A

[@johndalton3180]

When Chris Robinson calls John Popper "Hoss" is always makes me laugh. "Play the harmonica, enjoy yourself."

[@jpalberthoward9]

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

[@mrkrinkle72]

Always thought they stunk.

[@forgettablelisa]

That interview with them about getting kicked off tour was like a Mr. Show sketch, they are like caricatures of a rockstar lol.

[@zounds13]

That's how I always felt about Chris. It's good to hear that he may have finally grown up a little.

[@VegasInsight]

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

[@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...

[@LDM662]

I wondered back in the 70's and 80's if there were backing tracks back then.

[@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

[@amishmafia2019]

I arrived late to the Aerosmith/Black Crowes concert in Philly and missed the opening band. I asked how the Black Crowes were and one of the fans told me "boring".

[@bigpoppa5732]

They were really good Live!! I enjoyed what they did with Jimmy Page.Ego killed the band

[@crazeyjoe]

I wished that Cry of Love and Brother Cane would've gotten as big as the BCs.

[@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

[@phoenixrivers5414]

He cut the show short when they were paid to play at Riverbend in Chattanooga, Tennessee. He seemed pissed of the whole set. We all cheered for them to come back out since the show was soo short but they never did. I love the Black Crowes and I hate to hear bad stories about Chris but facts are facts. I saw ZZ Top at Riverbend and they played a 2 hour set! Billy and Dusty would chat with the audience between songs, tell us how much he appreciates us, how much he loves Chattanooga, shared stories, and even told us he wanted to throw a party/show at the top of the incline and everybody's invited lol. Billy was Jimi's favorite for a reason.. ZZ Top has more of a right to be pompous than The Black Crowes as they are multiple times the legends. Yet, they were one of the kindest, coolest, down to earth bands I've still ever seen play. Kid Rock even played Riverbend at the pinnacle of his career and was thrilled to play for us (honestly put on the best live show I've ever been to and I wasn't a huge fan). So it definitely says something about how Chris views himself for him to be the "diva" amongst legends who've achieved far more than he has. That being said I still don't dislike the guy and I still love The Black Crowes music.

[@ghostface_grilla1155]

I never realized Peter Griffen was the singer for Blues Traveler

[@eyeheartsushi2212]

😂😂😂

[@Steely_Fran]

I lived in New Orleans from January 1998 - July 2004. Bobby Sheehan also played bass for John Mooney, so I would see him play occasionally. In the summer of 1999, some friends of mine, along with a bunch of other NOLA musicians, put on a Rolling Stones tribute show. Bobby showed up and sat in on a few songs. After the show, I was at a party with my friends in who played that night, and Bobby was there. He was a cool guy, really down to Earth. He hung out for a while and fun with the rest of us. About 2 weeks later, I heard that he died of an overdose. He was great musician and really nice guy.

[@IvanLendl87]

What if anything does this have to do with The Black Crowes?

[@starshinestudiosofficial]

@@IvanLendl87 This relates to Blues Traveler

[@steveshattah]

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

[@joshualoveless20]

I worked with a stage crew that had to do a set up for the Black Crowes. They were told by one of their handlers not to look at them or speak to any of the band if they saw them while they were working on the stage. That's the type of Guys they are.

[@christopherbjorklund3204]

Lack of humility and ego ruins you in any business. Artists forget, song writing is the art. Once you record it, sell it, tour it and enter contracts, your in the music business.