30 Celebrities Who Try (& Fail?) As Musicians

A celebrity with a musical instrument is like a celebrity with a handgun, a fast car, or a bottle of booze. The odds of things ending well are not good. Yet year after year, models, actors, comedians — and even airhead heiresses — take to the stage to live out their rock ‘n’ roll fantasies. Because they’re famous, we grant them a cursory curiosity listen — but after that, they’re on their own. No celeb-turned-rocker gets a free ride. Not even Kevin Bacon. Read on to see how we rank the 30 most notable celebrity musicians.