am compiling a list of american musical anti-heroes based on my semi-loathing of the 'american icon' issue of rolling stone. here is what i have thus far:

iggy pop

perry farrell

henry rollins

steve albini

tom verlaine

mike patton?

trent reznor?

i know. not a long list. what are the qualities of an anti-icon? to be a hero of the substrata is not merely enough but to have inspired people to leave or siginificantly change their situations in life -- to aspire or regress without a hint of that power making it into mainstream attention, either critical or 'man on the street.'