The great Rock & Roll ego is one of the enduring cliches of modern music. From band members travelling in separate limousines to singers refusing to go onstage because they’ve been given the wrong brand of mineral water, it is the greatest obstacle to an audience’s affections (though evidently an infinitely surmountable one).
Louis Barabbas performing on stageBut what does it really mean to have a rock and roll ego?
Albert Freeman (@AlbFreeman) says
I’m glad you have highlighted insecurity and naiivity as being as culpable as arrogance. I don’t think we will ever get to the stage, however, when nobody falls into this trap. There will always be successful artists who, several years into their careers, will reflect on their naive early days, and there will always be others who’s youthful inexperience betrays them meaning thry end up pulling pints for the next generation.