Not that anyone here cares, but pretty much everywhere. Including one shot in his god damn face, so yeah the guy's tough. And I'm not defending his music in any fashion, I'm just saying, after something like that, you can't say that he's not pretty tough.

Modern, I don't know, I first thought of Pete Steele of Type O Negative, even if he's just a big hippy teddybear on the inside.... maybe Henry Rollins, maybe Ozzie for after all the drugs he's done, he's still walking.

Otherwise, Johnny Cash by far.

Young Johnny Cash, can't beat him, RIP Johnny

Yeah, Pete Steele!

That man is a goddamn monster.

Danzig and Rollins both would look PUNY standing next to him.

I'm gonna say Johnny Cash, by far.

However, honorable mentions go to:

Glenn Danzig
Jamie Jasta
Otep (I wouldn't be caught dead picking a fight with that woman)
Henry Rollins
Frank Sinatra
Dr. Dre ("ya'll rap about guns like I ain't got none"...nuff said)
Devin Townsend (angriest man in metal)

Yeah...get 'em all in a ring, see who comes out. My bet'd be on Johnny, but I'd be willing to bet that Dre might give him a run for his money.

Sinatra is a good choice. Didn't he supposedly have mafia connections?

Don't screw w/ a man like that :)

Wait, wait, I change my vote from danzig to big lurch, the rapper that after smoking? some sherm killed a woman, cut open her chest, and ate part of her lungs.

Without a doubt it's Oscar de la Hoya. He came out with a latin CD a few years ago. I take Oscar in a heartbeat over ANYONE.

Hell yeah! That woman is a BEAST.

I'd also have to go with Angela Gossow from Arch Enemy there.... she gives me the creeps.

Why does Danzig hate his days with the misfits so much? I liked the misfits but i really dont like danzig anymore.

Didn't the drummer from Def Leppard play with only one arm? I'd say in terms of having a positive "hard" attitude, he prevails. As far as bad attitudes go - Danzig, no doubt. I'm also going to mention Dave Mustaine, who if my recollection is accurate, was pronounced dead by doctors, then came back to life.

Angela Gossow is hot.

Oscar Dela Hoya - HAHAHAHAH. That's hilarious. Is his CD any better than Shaq's?

Johnny Cash.
Is The Man.

Reminds me of a funny joke:

What has 7 (or is it 9?) arms and sucks?

Def Leppard.

gwar. They're psycho....

I thought Vinnie Paz was a pro boxer. Tough son of a gun though, he faught Roy Jones junior after recovering from a broken neck.My vote goes for JIM MORRISON.THE KING OF ORGIASTIC ROCK

ROFL

Yup, Johnny Cash was one,

this cowboy was another:


http://img4.photobucket.com/albums/0...joe/waylon.jpg

Motherfuckin' Hank Rollins hands down in a flat out fight, but Cash could kick your ass just by looking at you.

I could go out and get my ass shot if I wanted to also, but if I did you wouldnt see me bragging about being dumb enough to let it happen.

Henry Rollins.....

.... nuff said!!

Ahahahahaha... For some reason, that makes me laugh.

Yes, Johnny Cash is (was?) a badass. He'd put some major ownage on all these guys posing like hardasses.

James Hetfield (Can't believe has not been mentioned)
Johnny Cash (The one and only RIP)
David Allen Coe (Does'nt care who you are)
Hank Williams Jr (The king of I'm drunk- lets fight)

And it seems like i heard the entire band of Lynard Skynard liked to brawl back in the day. I just thought of someone else, I bet Ted Nugent would'nt take no shit off anyone either.

Thank you for mentioning Hank Williams, about time he got his respect in this thread.... but James Hetfield? Dude, anyone as whiny as him automatically loses all his toughness. He could be the world champion of bareknuckles boxing and he'd still be a pussy if he whined as much as Hetfield.

Hanging out with Lars doesn't help.

one in the mouth, one in the right hand (into the thumb, out the pinky,) one in his arm, and the other 6 in the leg

Johnny Cash (may he rest in peace), Waylon Jennings (rest in peace as well), and Merle Haggard were all pretty goddamn tough, especially in their early days. I'd pick these three hands down over anyone else mentioned, and yes, that INCLUDES 50 cent.

Also, Sharon Osbourne is not someone who I'd want to be on the bad side of, either. She inherited a lot of her tricks from her father, who managed Black Sabbath in their early days, and was pretty tough in his dealings.

Peter Grant, who managed Led Zeppelin during the 70's, was a particularly iron fisted giant who literally beat the living hell out of more than one individual on Zep's rise to power. If there's a list of tough-ass people in the music biz, he should be on it. Read Hammer of the Gods for the details.

In a similar vein as Jennings and Haggard, David Allan Coe was also not someone I'd want to take on.

God bless you. Those Napster-hatin' sons of bitches.

I'll agree with crow_daw, who coincidentally named the same two people I came into this thread to nominate; 50 is tough as hell for surviving nine shots...but Johnny Cash's stare alone could set the tone anywhere he wants the tone set.

how about hands down Johnny Cash for the hardest man in music.

i take rollins in a fight over anyone in the world... but johnny cash was a serious hard ass back in the day... men cringed at a stare from those cold ass eys... u knwo ur hardcore when u can kick someones ass w/o moving a muscle...

and if u wanna play a mental game here id take maynard james keenan over anyone... some of his words scare the fuck out of me