Popstars & musicians

* Abnegation (punk rock band out of Penn.) (vegan) * Bryan Adams * Rose Alba * Rick Allen (Def Leppard) * Dee Anderson * Joan Armatrading * Joan Baez (folk singer) Source: A Teen's Guide to Becoming a Vegetarian * Gary Barlow (Take That) Source: internet * Shirley Bassey * Jeff Beck * The Beloved * Norman Blake (Teenage Fanclub) * Blur * Michael Bolton * Elkie Brooks * Peter Buck (REM guitarist) * Kate Bush * Terry "Geezer" Butler (Ozzy Osbourne Band) * B52s * BOYAA T.R.I.B.E (Samoan L.A Rap Act) Source: WOM Music Magazin 1995 * Montserrat Caballe (Opera singer) Source: Magazines and TV interwievs * Vivian Campbell (Def Leppard) Source: Kerrang!, not sure about the issue * Carcass Source: Aarschok Magazine and Carcass lyrics * The Captain & Tennille * Belinda Carlisle * Gary Clail * Jessica Cody (vocalist for Brunswick Spirit) Source: The Daily Gleaner * Leonard Cohen (Canadian poet and musician) Source: Toronto Vegetarian Assoc. 1996 pamphlet * Phil Collen (Def Leppard) (vegan) * Consolidated * Julian Cope (British singer/songwriter/neo-Druid w/ cult following) Source: artist's LPs "Peggy Suicide" and "Jehovahkill" * Elvis Costello * Sarah Cracknell (St Etienne) * Beverley Craven * Peter Cunnah (Ream) * Dick Dale (King of surf) Source: Watt July issue '96 * John Dankworth * Dave Davies (Kinks) * Carol Decker * Cathy Dennis * Des'ree (British pop singer) Source: VH1 television * Corinne Drewery (Swing Out Sister) * Earth Crisis (Hardcore Band) (vegan) Source: Lyrics * Earth Crisis (vegan) * Melissa Etheridge Source: interview on VH-1 Naked Cafe * Julie Felix * Fini Tribe * Peter Frame (music historian-rock) * Michael Franks (jazz singer) * Justine Frischman (lead singer of Elastica) Source: Seventeen magazine * Fugazi (straightedge as well) * Peter Gabriel * Jerry Garcia (lead guitarist/vocalist for Grateful Dead, deceased) Source: A Teen's Guide to Becoming a Vegetarian * David Gedge (Wedding Present) * Boy George * Dizzie Gillespie * Gary Glitter * Kevin Godley * Eddie Grant * Martin Gore (Depeche Mode) * Kirk Hammet (guitarist with metallica) Source: mtv * Vijay Hariharan (drummer for Puritan) (vegan) Source: personal acquaintance * George Harrison (musician, Beatles/solo) * Polly Jean Harvey (Rid of Me; To Bring You My Love) * Julianna Hatfield Source: Seventeen magazine, Dec 1993 * Kirsty Hawkshaw (Opus III) * Tony Hicks (Hollies) * Doughttp://www.hidwater.com/doug/ Hoekstra (Singer/Songwriter (appearing at Bottom Line in NYC June 28th)) * Susannah Hoffs (ex Bangles) * Whitney Houston * Chrissie Hynde * Billy Idol * Indigo Girls * Eddie Jackson (Bassist with Queensryche) Source: Rip, April '92 issue * Eddie Jackson (bassist for Queensryche) * Joe Jackson * LaToya Jackson * Michael Jackson * Wendy James (Transvision Vamp) * Howard Jones (British singer/songwriter) * Martin & Gary Kemp (Spandau Ballet) * Nik Kershaw * Gladys Knight * Kraftwerk * Lenny Kravitz * K D Lang (vegan) * Annie Lennox (singer, Eurythmics/solo) * Living Colour * Lisa Loeb (singer) Source: Metro Cafe - T.V. * Lene Lovich * Willy M (London Beat) * Marilyn * Johnny Marr * Sarah McLachlan (singer/songwriter) Source - -- Nettwerk's WWW site * Paul & Linda McCartney -- The Vox Pop of Vegetarianism and -- Linda's New Factory Source: VegSocUK - the McCartneys are VegSocUK's patrons * Meatloaf * Yehudi Menuhin * Natalie Merchant (ex- 10,000 Maniacs) * Moby (vegan) * Morrissey (singer, also The Smiths) * Mutabaruka * Dave Navarro (Guitar player with Red Hot Chili Peppers, formerly of Janes Addiction) (vegan) * Olivia Newton John * Chris Novoselic (Nirvana) * Jason Orange (Take That) * Mark Owen (Take That) * Sinead O'Connor (vegan) * Ozzy Osborne * Doris Pearson (Five Star) * Linda Perry (4 Non Blondes) * Steve Perry (Lead singer Journey) Source: S.P.I.N. Steve Perry Info Network * Prince * Jackie Quinn * Rebel MC * Marisa Robles * Rikki Rocket (rock group Poison) (vegan) * Henry Rollins (Singer, writer, actor, publisher) Source: An interview with Rollins somewhere on the Net * Doug Savor (singer for Puritan) Source: personal acquaintance * Tom Scholz (Mastermind behind the rock-n-roll band Boston) (vegan) * Dave Scott (bassist w/ Reach) (vegan) * Sandi Shaw * Shelter (krsna-core band) Source: numerous interviews and the song "civilized man" from the Mantra album * Seal * Captain Sensible * The Shamen * Sinitta * Siouxsie Sioux * Grace Slick (Singer with Jefferson Airplane, Jefferson Starship) Source: Grace talked about it during her workshop for The Learning Annex, San Francisco. * Heather Small (M-people, vegan) * Robert Smith (The Cure) * Jimmy Somerville * Ringo Starr (and his wife, Barbara Bach) * Keni St George * Sting (singer/bassist, Police/solo) * Michael Stipe (REM) * Geoff Tate (Vocalist for Queensryche) (vegan) * Richard Thompson (singer/songwriter) Source: August/September Dirty Linen Magazine * Tanita Tikaram * Steve Vai (guitarist (David Lee Roth, Whitesnake, Frank Zappa)) Source: Personal knowledge/Guitarist magazines * Sarah Washington * Charlie Watts (Stones) * Jane Weidlin (ex Go-Go's) * Alan Wilder (Depeche Mode) * Vanessa Williams (pop singer) Source: Teen's Guide to Going Vegetarian * Womack & Womack * "Weird" Al Yankovic (vegan) Source: John "Bermuda" Schwartz, drummer of Al's band * Yazz (vegan) * Dweezil, Moon, Ahmet, Diva Zappa (Children of Frank Zappa. Dweezil and Ahmet have rock band "Z". Moon is an actress. Diva hasn't chosen a carreer yet. All are drug and alcohol free as well.) Source: April 1993 Playboy Interview with Frank Zappa. Liner notes from "Confessions" (1991 Dweezil Zappa). Personal Conversations with Dweezil. * Benjamin Zephaniah (vegan)