Top 5: musicians who straddle the line of genius/insanity

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March 19, 2008

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Brilliant, self-destructive, esoteric, wacky…all good descriptors of the following:

1. Anton Newcombe/Brian Jonestown Massacre

45% genius/55% insanity

2. Wayne Coyne/The Flaming Lips

75% genius/25% insanity

3. Tom Waits

80% genius/20% insanity

4. Frank Zappa

50% genius/50% insanity

5. Ted Nugent
20% genius/80% insanity (and counting)

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