History Main / TheRockStar

* Cole Saint Clair of ''WolvesOfMercyFallsSeries'', former lead singer of NARKOTIKA, an in universe popular rock band. He's loud and abrasive, and utterly charmed by himself. Flashbacks make it clear he had that "rolling in girls and money" thing down pat.

* This is a bit of a stretch, but her lifestyle and personality fit: LadyGaga.

* Imp y Celyn ("Buddy") in ''Discworld/SoulMusic'' is the Literature/{{Discworld}}'s first (and, despite the attempts of people like Crash to follow in his footsteps, only) Music With Rocks In star.

* ''[[ComicBook/TwoThousandAD 2000AD]]'' had ''Comicbook/{{Zenith}}'', an 80s superhero who was also a Music/NewWave/Glam popstar.

* In the film ''{{Rock Star}}'' an average guy suddenly becomes the lead singer of a highly successful Music/{{heavy metal}} band, and he finds himself unprepared for the debauchery and hedonism of the rock star lifestyle.

* Creator/MarvelComics' ''ComicBook/{{Dazzler}}'' was originally a mutant who can change sound waves into light waves, and uses this as part of her disco stage show.

* The UrExample would be 19th-century violinist Niccolo Paganini. He reputedly sold his soul to the devil for his abilities and learned his signature move of playing on one string in prison, where he was only allowed one string. He had long fiery-red hair (at the time a sure sign of demonic influence) and at a time when bright colours were the height of fashion dressed only in black. He was almost as well known for drinking, gambling and womanising as he was for playing the violin.
* Franz Liszt was inspired by Paganini to become a piano virtuoso. The term "Lisztomania" was coined in 1844 to describe the effects of his performances and his fame.

* Lord Raptor from ''VideoGame/DarkStalkers'', who's also a zombie. A cameo in ''MarvelVsCapcom'' shows he plays alongside a self-playing guitar and his audience is made up of mohawk donning Skeletons.

* Music/DavidBowie, whose exploration of this trope (i.e., ''The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders from Mars'') in TheSeventies paved the way for him to outright live it.

* ElvisPresley.

* DavidBowie, whose exploration of this trope (i.e., ''The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders from Mars'') in TheSeventies paved the way for him to outright live it.
* MichaelJackson.

* Music/TheRollingStones.

* ''TAbletopGame/{{Shadowrun}}''. The supplement ''Shadowbeat'' had rules for {{PC}}s to be musicians, including rock stars.
* ''Cyberpunk 2020''. {{PC}}s could be Rockerboys, with "Charismatic Leadership" that allowed control of other people by playing music.

* MarvelComics' ''{{Dazzler}}'' was originally a mutant who can change sound waves into light waves, and uses this as part of her disco stage show.

* TheWho are living examples of four different garden-variety rock-star stereotypes: the MemeticSexGod (Roger Daltrey), the hotel-wrecking, drug-running madman (Keith Moon), the tortured artist trying to keep his head and his band together (Pete Townshend), and TheQuietOne who's nevertheless NotSoAboveItAll (John Entwistle). It could be argued that any example of this trope will fall under one or more of these categories.

* TheWho are four different garden-variety rock-star stereotypes: the MemeticSexGod (Roger Daltrey), the hotel-wrecking, drug-running madman (Keith Moon), the tortured artist trying to keep his head and his band together (Pete Townshend), and TheQuietOne who's nevertheless NotSoAboveItAll (John Entwistle). It could be argued that any example of this trope will fall under one or more of these categories.

* Lord Raptor from ''DarkStalkers'', who's also a zombie. A cameo in ''MarvelVsCapcom'' shows he plays alongside a self-playing guitar and his audience is made up of mohawk donning Skeletons.

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* Lord Raptor from DarkStalkers, who's also a zombie. A cameo in MarvelVsCapcom shows he plays alongside a self-playing guitar and his audience is made up of mohawk donning Skeletons.

* All five Dethklok members in ''WesternAnimation/{{Metalocalypse}}''

!! Examples

* TheRollingStones.

* MarvelComics' ''Dazzler'' was originally a mutant who can change sound waves into light waves, and uses this as part of her disco stage show.

* MarvelComics' ''{{Dazzler}'' was originally a mutant who can change sound waves into light waves, and uses this as part of her disco stage show.

* MarvelComics' ''Dazzler'' was originally a mutant who can change sound waves into light waves, and uses this as part of her disco stage show.
* The comic ''[[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Greatest_Hits_(comics) Greatest Hits]]'' is about a {{Beatles}} {{Expy}} rock group called The Mates who also have superpowers, but those powers are unrelated to their rockstarness.
* Todd Ingram, in both the ''ScottPilgrim'' graphic novels and [[ScottPilgrimVsTheWorld movie]], cites this as the reason why he's allowed to be a KarmaHoudini. [[spoiler:It fails. Miserably.]]
* ''[[ComicBook/TwoThousandAD 2000AD]]'' had ''{{Zenith}}'', an 80s superhero who was also a Music/NewWave/Glam popstar.

* Quite a few in ''ScottPilgrimVsTheWorld'' but Envy Adams takes the cake easily.

* Charlie from ''{{Lost}}'' was one of these.
* ''QuantumLeap'': Sam leaps into a Glam-rocker, complete with face paint (''a la'' {{KISS}}).

* TheBeatles.

* ''{{Shadowrun}}''. The supplement ''Shadowbeat'' had rules for {{PC}}s to be musicians, including rock stars.

* All five Dethklok members in {{Metalocalypse}}