100 Weirdest Things in Alt-Rock: Part 9
Money is a weird thing...when you don\u2019t have it, it\u2019s all you can think about...when you do have it, it\u2019s the last thing on your mind...\nIt\u2019s gotta be especially weird for successful musicians...99.9% of all rock performers come from very modest backgrounds...for years, they make sacrifices for their art, hoping and praying that one day, they won\u2019t have to worry about where their next meal comes from or how they\u2019re gonna manage to pay the rent....\nBut 99.99% of professional musicians will never hit the big time...they may make an okay living, but they\u2019ll never be rich...\nBut what about that 1/100th of 1 per cent that do hit the big time?...for them, life changes a lot and it changes fast...suddenly, they\u2019re able to do and have things that they never even dreamed of...\nSome can handle it and ease into the \xfcber-rich lifestyle with elegance and grace...others\u2013well, not so much...others still use their positions to do strange, excessive and occasionally destructive things...\nAnd, not surprisingly, things on all sides of the ledger can get quite weird...\nThis is part 9 of \u201c100 weird things about new rock\u201d...it\u2019s 10 tales of wealth, success and excess.\nLearn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices