He even won an award for being vegan, winnign the PETA’s 2006 Annual World’s Sexiest Vegetarian. He said, “We became vegetarians a month ago. Beastie Boys band member Adam Yauch recently announced to fans that he has adopted a vegan diet to help aid in his cancer recovery. And vegan musicians are leading the trend. Vegetarian is a slippery word. That approach may not work for everyone, but he’s not wrong. For Badu, the motivation to choose to live a compassionate lifestyle was relatively straightforward. Beastie Boys band member Adam Yauch recently announced to fans that he has adopted a vegan … Spin’s headline from 6 June 2018 reads “Morrissey Eats Like a Toddler”. If you cannot afford to donate to The Diversity of Classic Rock, there are many free ways to support the blog: clicking that follow button on my website, turning off your AdBlock, following me on Facebook or Twitter, liking posts, sharing posts, leaving nice comments, or sending your music for review. She said this about why she went vegetarian: “Well, I think ever since I’ve been quite young I’ve always felt, not bad, but a bit guilty about eating meat because the fact that animals are killed and in a lot of cases in a very necessary way, you know, where it’s a big exploitation of animals. In 2018, he spoke again about how good his decision to go vegetarian is. In that same interview he said he thinks a lot of male rock stars aren’t vegetarian because of peer pressure and because of the whole fear of not being macho and not wanting to be seen as a hippie. Update 17/3/2019: Dick Dale passed away on the 16th of March 2019. “If you can watch the videos that I just posted and not give a [expletive] that it’s YOU contributing by LITERALLY EATING the creatures that are being fully tortured just for your pleasure. “I’ve always loved animals but it was around the late 80s that I realized I had to go vegetarian. One cream puff vendor didn’t take kindly to his demands and named a meat and dairy filled sandwich after him as satire. Went vegetarian in 1983 for health reasons. In 2016 at Chicago’s Riot Fest, he demanded no meat be served during his set. Whether or not their lyrics reflect what goes on their plates, VN’s profiled musicians prove again and again that compassionate living rocks. Unlike many of the rock stars who turned vegetarian, Hammett does not eat meat because of his sympathy to animals and animal cruelty. She and Paul became vegetarians in 1971. Lobbying for vegan options? He’s also been a vegetarian for as long as his career. The duo also broke into song about Wonder’s eating habits. With all the fresh produce and the liberal-minded attitude commonly found in that area, there are a lot of plant eaters to be found, and a lot of plant food to accommodate. He talked with vegan meat company The Fry Family Food Co. about his plant-based lifestyle.

The same year, he sold his house in New York—which is worth $1,300,000—and donated a portion of the proceeds to his animal rights foundation. The most famous rock star vegetarians - and why they gave up meat. The website provides resources to help people make the transition from eating meat to eating plant based: such as what dishes at restaurants are vegan, what products are accidentally vegan, and recipes. “The energy I had, the way I felt, I just tried to figure out at that point how could I keep this same feeling. Bryan Adams has sung a couple of the best love songs of our time and has become a world-renown crooner in his own right. Famous for using a talk box with his guitar as heard in “Do You Feel Like We Do”. The “I’m Yours” artist wrote on his blog at the time that he felt “stronger, fitter, healthier and more productive” as a vegan. He asked his mum where meat came from and she told him that it came from animals. Paul and Linda McCartney launch National Vegetarian Day in … The Travis frontman became vegetarian after being impressed by a very famous non-meat eater: “When Paul McCartney did a bassline for me on my album, I was trying to think of a way to say thank you. We’re all members of the animal kingdom. Besides that, he does not drink alcohol. He wrote a song called “Mystic Man”, which has lyrics that are against hard drugs and support eating vegan. What he meant was that in order to get out of being drafted and sent to Vietnam, his last resort was to go on a crash diet to become underweight. Veganism is gaining momentum around the world. Every little bit helps. All Diversity of Classic Rock content will remain free, but Patrons get some nice perks, like early access to blog posts, birthday cards, Skype calls with me, and exclusive behind the scenes posts. Plenty of awesome quotes there. The meat, dairy, and egg industries are typically rife with animal welfare violations. Her decision to give up animal products came about when she learned of the realities of food production in America. Simon from Italy ("I'm a vegan myself."

Probably the world’s most high-profile vegetarian celebrity, the former Beatle gave up meat in the mid-1970s. He said that going vegetarian made him feel more empathy towards animals. He said in 2014 that going vegetarian helps his health a lot. His daughter Stella, is a fashion designer and nothing in her line of bags or clothing uses leather or fur. As always, be kind to one another. by Lisa Mickleborough and Liz Miller. Prince’s album liner notes also included writings on animal cruelty (“the ills behind wool production”) and even has quotes from Gandhi, of course with his own twist, “2 my mind, the life of a lamb is no less precious than that of a human being.” You might recognize that the numeral 2 is Prince’s doing. The Game of Thrones star has been vegetarian for many years, and recently made the switch to veganism, according to Veganuary. “I man don’t eat up your fried chicken. She was her own person and accomplished so much in her own right: a photographer, a keyboard player, an author, an entrepreneur, and an animal rights activist.

Martin Gore – Founding member of Depeche Mode. From my research, it seems like Barry Gibb has been vegetarian since the 70s. Last year, Morrissey wrote a letter to the Irish Minister for Agriculture, Food, and the Marine asking for a ban on fur farming in Ireland. She supported PETA, the Council for the Protection of Rural England, and Friends of the Earth.