5 Actors Turned Rocker That Haven't Embarrassed Themselves By ericsandberg  [15 more lists]

This handsome soap stud had a string of power pop hits in the 80's. How many actors do you know that actually produced enough quality material to put out a Greatest Hits album worth buying? I loved those album covers with the ugly dog, too!

OK, "The Transformed Man" was an embarrassment at the time, but viewed in the context of "Has Been", his brilliant collaboration with Ben Folds,
the joke has always been on us.

Hugh Laurie rocks. What? You say he shouldn't be on this list because he hasn't put out an album?
Well, duh! Greg House is is a multiple threat maestro when he jams on his grand piano or Les Paul. And who can forget his reverb-drenched Flying V solo, before Wilson V-napped it?

Yes, I know Bowie is actually a rocker turned actor, but "Labrynth" notwithstanding, he has been far more an embarrassment as a rocker than he has been as an actor. "The Hunger",
"Merry Christmas, Mr. Lawrence" ,
"The Last Temptation Of Christ", and his brilliant turn as Nicolai Tesla, in "The Prestige", show him to be a gifted character actor. I would rather watch all these movies than listen to his last ten albums.

Spinal Tap are some bad mother...Hush your mouth!...I'm just talkin' 'bout Spinal Tap! Sure it's a joke, but damn, they're at least better than Kiss. Unfortunately, their newly released "Back From The Dead" reveals how hard they have been practicing. By this point, they may be taking the joke a little too seriously.