What artists have been accused of influencing their fans to do absolutely crazy or insane things for them?

One artist that comes to mind is Ozzy Osbourne. In the 1980s, a lady alledged that Ozzy drove her son to commit suicide.

Michael Jackson.

Influenced a bunch of morons to travel from all parts of the globe (with many female fans carting their wailing kids as well) to stand outside a courtroom for 15 minutes - multiple times!

VoicesCarry said:

And teens in glasses and unflattering baggy t-shirts to cry uncontrollably and tell him they love him at his very sightm, also screaming my-cal over and over again

John Lennon inspired one fan to assassinate his hero. Sad but true.

Selena...we all remember what happened there.

And someone sent Bjork a mailbomb (it was intercepted in time, nobody was hurt) and the same guy (right?) sent her a videotape of his own suicide.

Anxiety said:

Was that a fan or a disgruntled employee who'd just been caught embezzling?

Reagan was shot by a fan trying to impress Jody Foster.

mj,elvis...especially MJ...ALOT of diehard fans. you've all seen living with mj.

Then there was the case of Judas Priest who were in a legal dispute about at least one of their fans committing suicide.

VoicesCarry said:

from what i remember, maybe a bit of both. the murderer was the president of selena's fan club, if i remember correctly. i'm sure there are some selena fans on here who can give the whole story, but i think it was a fan who got close enough to selena's camp to work for her, then things got dodgey and out of hand and finally things got psychotic and fatal.

Ediots burning milli vanilli albums because they did not sing on them.....who cares, makes ZERO differance to the music pleasure.....

Anxiety said:

Man, the video of that dude talking and painting his face is some of the most disturbing footage I've ever seen.

Anxiety said:

from what i was told, that woman was in love with her, and it was a case of fatal attraction

Prince and JW cult following fans

you don't know how funny i thought that fans where converting to JW because he converted lol
that was hilarious and sad all at the same time

POOK said:

You can say that about basically any artist, though.
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VoicesCarry said:

WHEN LAST TIME YOU SEE EAR WRAP AT PEARL JAM SHOW?

I forgot to mention this:

I read that back in 1987, when The Smiths broke up, the fans were devastated. One fan in Denver was so heartbroken that he hijacked a local radio station and demanded the DJ to play non-stop Smiths. It lasted for about 5 or 6 hours. He then said that the act was worth every moment in jail.

Now that's a true fan.
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POOK said:

I saw a lot of Eddie Vedder hair

Marilyn Manson. Did you ever see the pictures of the teenagers at his concerts carving his name into their chest?

TheJourney4all7 said:

And then there's EvilWhiteMale.