Beck- Sad, his family is in pretty deep but he's very low ranked in the cult.
Isaac Hayes- The them song behind Shaft, master of funk, and voice of Chef who quit South Park after they were critical of his religion. Can you say 'hypocrite'? RIP
Lisa Marie Presley- Fall from her father's legendary tree.
Sonny Bono- He did some crazy shit after Cher left him; joined Scientology, became a Congressman. RIP
Doug E. Fresh- Known as the "Human Beat Box".....read wiki for more.
Nicky Hopkins- One of the greatest sessions musicans of all time. The man basically recorded with all the major artist of the 60s and 70s. I could literally write a blog about how many people and albums this mother fucker contributed to; The Rolling Stones, The Who, Steve Miller Band, The Kinks, Cat Stevens, all four Beatles, and many many more. Crazily he even recorded with Scientology founder L. Ron Hubbard on his 1982 albumSpace Jazz. The album was a fucking soundtrack to his infamous book Battlefield Earth, Jesus fucking Christ. The session is sadly over, we'll play on for you Nicky.
Edgar Winter- Yep he's albino. He had a crazy jazz-rock-blues band in the 70's, wrote the very Classic rock track "Free Ride", tour with Ringo's All-Star Band, and worked on L. Ron Hubbard's 1986 album Mission Earth. Who knew Mr. Scientology fucking made records, anyway Edgar also wrote the #1 instrumental hit Frankenstein; enjoy.
Former
Not looking so good for Scientology music wise, 3 are dead, 1 is great but past his prime, 2 are washed up, and 1 was never worth really mentioning as a musician in the first place. Oh well, here are a couple fellas that had enough of the Kool-Aide and pulled out.
Leonard Cohen- Cohen dabbled in Scientology briefly, and his song "Famous Blue Raincoat" Cohen asks "Did you ever go Clear" referencing the cult.
Van Morrison- Van again eh. Nicky Hopskins recruited Morrison into the fold in the 80s, while Morrison was dealing with depression. When his mood lifted he went back to Jesus, but in 1995 listed L. Ron as one of his favorite philosophers.
Not Scientologist but have been accused of it
Rob Thomas - Rob's a sweet boy who would never get involved in this money grubbing bullshit. Despite this though, a few years back some horrid internet rumors were spread that Rob was caught having gay man sex with Scientology guru Tom Cruise. Figuring anyone Tom fucks automatically becomes a member of the church, Rob was labeled as a member. Thomas adamantly denied the rumors saying he was not gay, was not attracted to Tom Cruise, and hilariously, deeply offended people considered him a Scientologist.
Brandy- Researching online, numerous sites list Brandy as a current or former member of the church, but the horrible singer/horrible actress disputes this. She claims to never have been involved in the church, though she admits to getting a free e-reading once with a friend. Sadly and fucking stupidly and admitted by the current president of Scientology, John Carmichael, the church counts among its members anyone who has ever had an e-reading. Wow that's a fun way to inflate your membership numbers, even better than the Mormons fucking converting people after they're dead.
*Top Secret: Secret Scientologist
Jada Pinkett Smith- Married to Will Smith, shitty actress with a shitty band (ok I've never listened to them but I'm betting they suck dick even though they were the bullshit secret band on Ozzfest 2005; lame-sauce.), and freely donates a shit ton of money to Scientology affiliated schools. I'm on to you Jada, lol remember the Matrix, ya you sucked in that. Dam did you know she went to school with Tupac; small world I guess.
Fine......it's not horrible, actually it's not half bad. See I'm fair, even though I really don't wanna be sometimes.
no, that's more than half bad. Jada does look awful pretty, but that is not a performance to be proud of.
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