House Of Horrors: A Scariest Musician Smackdown

Soundcheck | Oct 31, 2013

All this week in Soundcheck's House of Horrors, we’ve been posing this question: Who is the scariest musician of all time? Today, it’s time to pit some of your nominees for scariest musician against each other in a quickfire Soundcheck Smackdown

Chris Weingarten, senior editor for Spin magazine, and Melissa Locker, freelance music writer for outlets like Time and Rolling Stone, help decide who's the scariest in each round of our smackdown, from Ozzy Osbourne and Alice Cooper, to Insane Clown Posse and Slipknot, to Kenny G and Michael McDonald. 

Who do you think wins each matchup? Who did we leave out? Tell us below. 

 

The Matchups: 

Pair #1: The Classic Matchup: Ozzy Osbourne vs. Alice Cooper


 

Pair #2: Band Throwdown: Insane Clown Posse vs. Slipknot

 

 

Pair #3: The Disturbing Voice Challenge: Tyler the Creator vs. Diamanda Galas

 

 

Pair #4: People With A “Record”: Varg Vikernes vs. Charles Manson

 

 

Pair #5: Crazy Eyes Battle: GG Allin vs. Screaming Jay Hawkins

 

 

Pair #6: So Smooth It’s Scary: Kenny G vs Michael McDonald

 

 

 

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