Musicians who have (or may have?) Asperger's Syndrome.

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I've always thought that Andy Partridge from XTC has AS. Listening to his music, he seems to have traits of it.

I wonder if Florian Schneider from Kraftwerk is an aspie.

Yep, Buckethead. He is superb! I always wondered about Thelonious Monk.

I think Frank Zappa and Les Claypool from Primus have it

me...

I think Billy Corgan is. His younger brother is an autistic playwright.
The song, "Spaceboy" from Siamese Dream is about his brother, too.
I've heard about the few of us aspies who completely shave their heads
because of the vicious dichotomy of the ~ keeping hair/ losing hair ~ dilemma...
Well, BC also shaves his head to help 'curb his narcissism'. He tends to also
be a constant whiner, and is known to keep everyone at a distance with
snide remarks and alienating comments. Remember that b*tch Sharon Ozborne?
She remarked back in 2000 that SHE fired BC as a client because he allegedly was
making her sick.

Can a snotty, gangly, aspie-ego-queen musician really give you cancer?

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I think often when considering whether a musician or other type of artist has AS, far too much attention is paid to how 'shy' they seem or how eccentric.
From what I've read about Frank Zappa, I think he may have AS.
But there are alot of different factors like
motor control problems nd what they were like as a kid.
Now take David Byrne, at the mo' I'm reading 'Fa Fa Fa Fa Fa Fa' (it's about the adventures of Talking Heads), as a kid he was always perculiar and quite withdrawn, however he'd seem withdrawn in an aloof but none the less out going manner, like at 'Rizz-Dee' (RISD) Tina Weymouth said something about how she remembers seeing him around and thinking 'that guy is somebody to steer clear of'.
Also he had a problem with the pitching of his voice when he started out singing in bands.
Another noteworthy thing is that when they initially played gigs as Talking Heads his movements where quite jerky, and though these devloped so he seemed less like a 'deer caught in head lights' as the band played more gigs, it took him until about 1980 when he was hanging around with Toni Basil and TwlaTharp (can't spell her name, they both dancers/dance instructers) and he had dancing lessons until his movements become more fluid (like what you ee on 1983's Stop Making Sense Concert_.
His interests where also quite perculiar, as a kid he wanted to be either an astronaut or secret agent or peven better both at tghe same time.
Once he covered his younger sister in stamps.
Tina Weymouth also commented about how the greatest trauma in his life was the birth of his sister when he was about 8, as he wasn't any longer an only child.
His dad was an enginer who apparently once fixed a submarine engine ith a coat hanger, his favourite drug was cocaine as it made him talk lots (a stimulant drug, he was also known as an inattentive and implusive driving so perhaps he was a little ADD?).
AnywayI hope you enjoy that little ramble... I know it is a bit of a mess...

Brian Jones, Peter Gabriel, Pete Ham, Jimi Hendrix, Laura Nyro, and Mozart are some of my guesses.

I'm fairly convinced Tori Amos is..

Her mannerisms and way of describing things, I think people just assume she's drunk..

If it turns out Björk has asperger syndrome i'd think it was really cool to have it. She's a genius and i don't find it all unlikely that she'd have it, but it's probably not a problem for her. She lives life on her terms and doesn't care to much what others think and i wish i could do that more.

I'm not sure, but Thom Yorke of Radiohead always strikes me as someone who possibly has AS; after reading some of the stuff he puts on the Radiohead Blog, and listening to a lot of his lyrics, it does seem to be a possibility. If he's not an aspie, he's a very eccentric NT anyway. Judging purely on what little Talking Heads stuff I've heard, David Byrne seems to fit into the category too.

I do agree with the whole Richard James Dean/AS thing I myself take influence from him in my own music

Sharaku Kobayashi from Metronome.
I'm VERY convinced he's HFA/AS
He shows it ESPECIALLY when talking on stage

screams autistic.
And hes BRUTALLY smart.
I could go one, but I'll spare you all.

I myself and a musician with As My Project you can hear my stuff at the link provided

I dont see a mentioned of david gilmour from pink floyd possabilly having AS , I dont think yd barrett did