Please
Note: this list is presented in good
faith — while the majority have been
confirmed, there is no guarantee that any of these people still are, or ever
were, vegetarian.
Popstars and Musicians
Aaron BeatUp, singer, Mafia
Vs Ninja
Aaron Case, musician, Jupiter Sunrise
Aaron Dalbec, musician, Bane
Aaron Funk, a.k.a. Venitian
Snares, electronic musician
Abnegation, punk band out of Pennsylvania (vegan)
Absence, Italian XXX metalcore band (vegan)
Absone, chaoscore band (vegan)
Adalita Srsen, vocalist, Magic
Dirt
Adam Ant, singer, musician
Adam Baker, musician, Hopesfall
Adam Carson, drummer, AFI
Adam Fisher, musician, Fear Before the March of Flames
Adam Lehan, rock musician in Cathedral
Adam McGrath, guitarist, Cave In
Adam Russell, musician, Story
of the Year
Adam Yauch (Nathaniel Hornblower), Beastie Boys
Ahmet Zappa, musician, actor
Aimee Echo, singer, TheSTART
Aixa Vilar, drummer, Go Betty Go
Alan Wilder, Depeche Mode
Alanis
Morissette, singer/songwriter
Alex, musician, Panthero UK Unitd 13
Alexander Greenwald, lead singer of Phantom
Planet (vegan)
Alison Mosshard, musician, The
Kills
Allan Sentineri, musician, Joey
First, Arman2, Arma, Armageddon Halt
Allanah Currie, musician, Thompson
Twins
Ally French, musician, Bloodlined Calligraphy
Amy Ray, folk-rock musician, singer/songwriter, Indigo Girls (vegan)
Anarchoi, Australian Anarcho-punk band (vegans)
Andi
Beltramo-Shay, singer/songwriter,
vocalist, bassist, Snap-Her, former guitarist
for Nina Hagen, former bassist for The
Creamers and The De Rita Sisters
Andrew “Durty South Drew”, Oi!, Sick Soceity (vegan)
Andrew Calhoun, folk musician
Andrew White, musician, Kaiser
Chiefs
Andy Hurley, drummer, Fall Out Boy
Angela Mosshart, musician, The
Kills
Annie Haslam, lead singer for Renaissance
Annie Lennox, rock vocalist in The
Eurythmics
Anni-Frid “Frida” Lyngstad, singer, ABBA
Anthony Kiedis, singer, Red
Hot Chili Peppers
Anthony Smedile, rock drummer in Dig
Anti-Flag, punk rock band
Antonietta Scilipoti, singer, keyboard player, EVEN VAST
Apostle, Swedish death metal band (vegan)
Arco Iris, Argentinian band
Arjuna
Greist, singer/songwriter, folk
poet
Armand Majidi, drummer, Sick of It All
Avril Lavigne, singer (Note: stated
that “90 percent of the time, I eat a vegan diet.”)
Axella Johannesson, folk musician
B.B.
King, legendary blues guitarist
Barbara
Dickson, actress, singer
Barry Gibb, singer/songwriter, The Bee Gees
Bean Balek, musician, Dreaming
of A Better Day
Belinda Carlisle, singer of the Go-Go's
Ben Bridwell, singer/songwriter, guitarist, Band of Horses
Ben Carey, guitarist,
Ben Gibbard, musician, Death Cab for Cutie, The Postal
Service, All-Time Quarterback (vegan)
Ben
Godwin, singer/songwriter,
producer
Ben Karis, musician, Jupiter Sunrise
Ben Kenney, bassist, Incubus
(vegan)
Ben
Taylor, musician (vegan, son of
Carly Simon and vegetarian James Taylor)
Benjamin André/André 3000,
rapper/producer, OutKast, actor
(vegan)
Benjamin James, musician, Bottom
Line (vegan)
Benji Madden, guitarist, Good Charlotte (vegan)
Bernard Butler, rock guitarist in Suede
Bernard Fanning, musician (vegan)
Bert McCracken, singer, The
Used
Beverley Craven, British singer/songwriter
Bif Naked, Canadian punk rock singer (vegan)
Biff Butler, singer,
Bill Anderson, guitarist, chief songwriter, Meat Purveyors
Bill
Madden, musician (vegan)
Bill Meis, musician, Alove
For Enemies
Bill Steer, rock guitarist in Carcass
(vegan)
Bill Ward, drummer in Black
Sabbath (vegan)
Billy Idol, musician (Note: eats
shellfish)
Billy Joe Armstrong, singer of Greenday
Billy Martin, musician, Good Charlotte
Billy, musician, Jr. Loader
Blixa Bargeld, German composer, author, singer, musician
Blocko, UK punk rock band
Bob Dylan, folk-rock musician, legendary singer/songwriter
Bob Pyle, singer/songwriter, humourous vegan/animal rights
songs (vegan)
Bobby Alt, musician, Street
Drum Corps/S.T.U.N.
Bobby Gillespie, musician, Primal
Scream, The Jesus and Mary Chain
Bobby
Rock, musician, drummer, Nelson
Bobby Scandifio, musician, Circle
Takes the Square
Bobby Sky, singer/songwriter
Bobby Wratten, musician, Trembling
Blue Stars, Field Mice
Bonnie Raitt, musician
Boy George, pop vocalist in Culture
Club
BOYAA
T.R.I.B.E., Samoan
L.A. Rap act
Boz Scaggs, rock musician
Brad Delp (1951 – 2007), vocalist,
Brandii McCoy, The Honeybees
Brandon Barnes, hardcore punk musician, Rise
Against
Brandon Boyd, singer/songwriter, Incubus; artist
Brandon Proff, musician, Fear Before the March of Flames
Brandy, singer (vegan)
Bree Sharp, singer/songwriter
Brendon Urie, frontman, Panic
at the Disco
Brennan Chaulk, guitarist, vocalist, Christian band Haste the Day
Brett Anderson, rock vocalist in
Suede
Brian Bell, musician, Weezer
Brian Burrow, digital artist, digital musician, skateboarder
Brian Fair, frontman, Shadows Fall
Brian May, guitarist, Queen
Brian Meehan, guitarist, Kill Your Idols (vegan)
Brilliant Sins, Brit Punk Alternative band (all members vegan)
Bruce Springsteen, musician
Bryan Adams, rock musician, singer/songwriter (vegan)
Bryan Erickson, singer/songwriter, musician, Velvet Acid
Christ, Toxic Coma (vegan)
Bucky
Barrett, studio guitarist, Roy Orbison
Bulldog, musician, Freya
Butch Berry, Butch Berry Band, raw foodist (vegan)
California
Punk, band
Caninus, Pitbull Grindcore band
Captain
& Tennille, pop musicians
Captain Sensible, bassist, lead guitarist, The Damned
Carl Dalemo, musician, Razorlight
Carl Finch, musician, songwriter, record producer
Carl Schwartz, musician, Terror, First Blood (vegan)
Carlos Santana, musician
Carol Alban, musician
Carol Decker, former lead singer of T’Pau
Carrie Underwood, country pop singer, American Idol winner Season 4 (2005), 5 time Grammy winner
Casey Calvert, guitarist, Hawthorne Heights
Casey Prestwood, musician, Hot Rod
Circuit, The Don’t Tells, The Only Children (and his wife)
Catherine Malfitano, opera star
Cathy Dennis, singer/songwriter
Cattle Decapitation, gore metal band
Cecil Sharp (1859-1924), folk song and dance collector/arranger,
founder of folklore revival in
Cedric Bixler-Zavala, singer/lyricist, The Mars Volta, At the Drive-In
(vegan)
César López “Vampiro”, musician,
Jaguares
Chad Istvan, guitarist, boysetsfire
Charlie Burchill, guitarist, Simple
Minds
Charlie Heather, drummer of Levellers
Charlie Moor, musician, Dreaming
of A Better Day
Charlie Musselwhite, blues musician
Charlie Watts, drummer, The
Rolling Stones
Charlotte Froom, musician, The Like
Chely Wright, country singer
Cherem, straight edge hardcore/metal band (vegan)
Cheryl Hill, lead vocalist, guitarist, The
Cheryl Hill Band (vegan)
Chi Cheng, musician, Deftones
Chicken, musician, Western Addiction (vegan)
Chris Adler, drummer, Lamb of God
Chris Alas, drummer, Dreaming
of A Better Day
Chris Barker, bassist, Anti-Flag
Chris Bazan, musician, The A.K.A.s
Chris Bowers, lead singer, Sisters
of Sharon
Chris Brandt, musician, Halifax
(vegan)
Chris Chasse, musician, Rise
Against
Chris Conley, musician, Saves the Day
Chris
Geddes, musician, Belle and Sebastian
Chris Gray, vocalist, The Black Mafia
Chris Hannah, vocalist, guitarist, Propagandhi (vegan)
Chris Head, musician, Anti-Flag
Chris Item, musician, Denim
and Diamonds
Chris Martin, musician, Coldplay
(spouse of Gwyneth Paltrow)
Chris McLane, lead singer, Stretch Arm Strong (vegan)
Chris Shiflett, guitarist, Foo
Fighters, Viva Death, 22 Jacks, Me Frist and the Gimme Gimme’s, No Use For A
name (vegan)
Chris Snykus, musician, Jupiter
Sunrise
Chris Walla, guitarist, Death Cab for Cutie (since age
13)
Chrissie Hynde, rock musician in The
Pretenders
Christian McAlhaney, musician, Acceptance
Christiane Jarecki, frontman, S.T.U.N. (vegan) (and
his wife, Alicia Silverstone)
Christie Moore, bassist
Christopher Amott of Arch Enemy
Christopher Hamill, aka Limahl, singer/songwriter, Kajagoogoo
Chynna Phillips (and husband Billy Baldwin), singer, Wilson Phillips (vegan)
Cindy Blum, opera singer
Cindy
Jackson, model, singer
Cindy Wilson, musician, B-52’s
Ciro Pertusi, singer, Attaque
77
Citizen
Fish, Ska/Punk band
Civ, band
Clem Burke, drummer, Blondie
Cliff Revis, musician, Bottom
Line (vegan)
Colin Frangicett, guitarist, Circa Survive
Colin Kercz, musician, Most Precious Blood
Common, rapper/ hip-hop artist
Connor Lovat-Fraser, musician, Boys Night Out
Conor Oberst, musician, Bright
Eyes (vegan)
Consolidated, band
Corky Siegel, blues musician
Corrine Drewery, Swing Out
Sister
Country Joe McDonald, singer/songwriter, Country Joe & the Fish,
Crass
(Steve Ignorant), punk band
Crispian Mills, musician, Dreaming
of A Better Day
Crystal Ballroom, band
Culture, straight edge band (vegan)
Curse, German rapper
Cyndi Lauper, singer
Damian Marley, Reggae musician
Damon Albarn, musician, Blur,
Gorillaz
Dan Briggs, musician, Bewtween
the Buried and Me
Dan Palmer, guitarist, Death
by Stereo
Dan Rayner, guitarist, Pitchshifter
Dan Valentino, musician, Alove
for Enemies
Dan Yemin, musician, Paint It Black
Dana Lyons, children’s musician
Daniel Berger, musician, Remembering Never
Daniel Johns, songwriter, guitarist, Silverchair (vegan)
Daniel, musician, Cat on Form
Danii
Minogue, singer, actress (Note: eats
fish)
Dar Williams, singer/songwriter
Darren Edwards, musician, Brilliant
Sins
Darren Hayes, singer, Savage Garden (Note: fan sites state that he ate some meat during the
Affirmation World tour but is now back to being vegetarian)
Dave Aguilera, musician, Bleed
the Dream
Dave
Davies, vocalist, guitarist, keyboardist,
songwriter, The Kinks
Dave Goodman, original producer of The Sex Pistols (vegan)
Dave Hause, musician, The Loved Ones
Dave Meyers, music video director
Dave Noisy, The Noisies (vegan)
Dave Rowntree, drummer, Blur
Dave Scott, bassist, Reach
(vegan)
Davey Havok, singer, AFI (vegan)
David Bowie, rock musician
David Gedge, Wedding
Present
David Marion, musician, Fear Before the March of Flames
David Savage, Psychodelicates
David Sease, musician, Stretch Arm Strong
Davy Jones, musician and actor, The Monkees
Day
of Suffering, hard metal band
(vegan)
Dead Prez (stic.man and M-1), alternative rappers (vegan)
Dean Adjukovic, vocalist, Dreaming
of A Better Day
Dee Anderson, singer, musician
Dennis Lyxzen, Swedish vocalist, dancer, International Noise
Conspiracy (vegan)
Dennis Merrich, musician, Freya,
Path of Resistance
Derek Grant, musician, Alkaline Trio
Derick Cordoba, musician, Further
Seems Forever
Derrick Green, singer, Sepultura
Des’ree, pop vocalist
Diane Hoskins, drummer, The Pennies
Diane Warren, prolific songwriter
Dick Dale, King of Surf
DIM
MAK, sXe metal band (vegan)
Dizzie Gillespie (1917-1993), jazz musician
Dolores O’Riordan, singer/musician, The
Cranberries
Don McLean, singer/songwriter, American Pie author
Donots, band (4 out of 5 members are vegetarian)
Donovan Leitch, folk music musician
Doris Pearson, Five Star
Doug Hoekstra
Doug Martsch, singer/songwriter, guitarist, Built to Spill
Doug Savor, singer, Puritan
Douglas Deakin, singer
Down
of A Nation, hardline xxx band
(vegan)
Dre, rapper (Outkast)
Drew Speziale, musician, Circle
Takes the Square
Dusty Waring, musician, Between
the Buried and Me
Dwight Yoakam, country music artist
Earth
Crisis, Straight Edge
hardcore/metal band (vegans)
Eddie Grant, musician
Eddie Jackson, bassist, Queensryche
Eddie Vedder, lead singer, Pearl
Jam
Edgar Froese, founder and head of Tangerine Dream
Edward Kowalczyk, lead vocalist, Live
Eighty-Six, UK Emo band
Eleanor Friedberger, musician, The Fiery Furnaces
Eleni Binge, singer/songwriter, drummer, percussionist, vacalist,
guitarist Beloved Binge
(vegan)
Elkie Brooks, singer, musician
Ellen Miles, singer
Ellie Lawson, English singer/songwriter
Elvis Costello, musician, singer/songwriter
Ember Swift, singer/songwriter (vegan)
Emmylou
Harris, country singer
Enrique Bunbury, musician
Eric
Johnson, world-famous guitar
virtuoso, grammy winner
Eric Wilkins, musician, Every
Day Life
Erick Edwards, musician,
Freya
Erykah Badu, R&B singer (vegan)
Eva, musician, Cat on Form
Evan Bivens, percussionist, Jump
Little Children
Evan Semoffsky, bassist, Rock ‘n’ Roll Soldiers
Exene Cervenka, musician
Faina Bryanskaya, classic pianist
Farin Urlaub, singer of the German band Die Ärzte
Fat Mike from the bands NOFX, Me First and the Gimme Gimmes (vegan)
Faye Hamlin, singer, Play
Felicia Tiller, songwriter
Fernando
A. Sanchez, aka xPsykolibertadx,
singer, Libertad Perdidia (vegan)
Fidel Madal, Argentine reggae singer
Fini
Tribe, Scottish Industrial dance
rock band
First
Step, The, straight
edge band
Fiona Apple, singer/songwriter (vegan)
Forrest Kline, musician, hellogoodbye
Fran Mark, musician, From Autumn to Ashes
Francis Lalanne, French singer
Frank Iero, musician, My Chemical Romance
Fred Mascherino, musician, Taking
Back Sunday (vegan) (Note: it is reported that Fred consumes fish and dairy on
occasion)
Fred Schneider, lead singer, B-52’s,
poet, actor
Frederick Larzon, musician, Millencolin
From
the Dying Sky, metalcore band
(vegan)
Fugazi, straightedge band
Gabe Saporta, musician, Midtown
Gary Barlow, singer, Take
That
Gary Clail, British musician
Gary Kemp, musician, Spandau
Ballet
Gavin
Randle, saxafonist, flutist,
composer
Gavin Rosedale, singer, BUSH
Gaz Jenning, rock guitarist in Cathedral
Geist, punk/hip-hop fusion band (www.geistweb.com)
Gene Blalock, musician, singer/songwriter,
Gene
Owens, musician
Geoff Rickly, vocalist, Thursday (vegan)
Geoff Tate, vocalist, Queensryche
(vegan)
George Harrison (1943-2001), guitarist, singer/songwriter, The Beatles
George Sarah, musician
Gerard Way, musician, My Chemical Romance
Ghostface Killah, rapper
Gianni Morandi, Italian singer
Gladys Knight, Gladys Knight
and the Pips
Glassjaw, hardcore band
Glenn
Gould (1932-1982), pianist, Bach
soloist
Good Clean Fun, Posicore band (vegan)
Good Riddance, punk band
Gordon Gano, lead vocalist, guitarist, banjo, fiddle player,
principle songwriter, Violent Femmes
Gordy Foreman, musician, Frenzal Rhomb
Grace
Slick, rock musician, founding
member of
Graham Nash, musician, Crosby,
Stills and Nash
Graham
Reynolds, Golden Arm Trio, The Blue Noise Band
Grease Leonard, musician, Remembering Never
Green
Rage, band (vegan)
Greg Attonito, musician, The Bouncing Souls
Greg Cipes, actor, singer, musician, composer, professional
surfter (vegan since age 8)
Greg Wood, musician, Punchline
Gregor Mackintosh, rock guitarist in Paradise Lost
Gustav Holst, classical composer
Guy Picciotto, guitarist, vocalist, Fugazi, Rites of Spring
GZA (Robert Diggs/Bobby Digital), of The Wu-Tang Clan
Hahn-Bin, violinist (vegan)
Hayley
Westenra, singer
Heath Saraceno, musician, Midtown
Heather Nova, singer/songwriter
Heather Small, singer, M-People
(vegan)
Henry Rollins, actor, writer, publisher, band frontman, Black Flag, The Rollins Band
Herbert Blomstedt, conductor of The
San Francisco Symphony Orchestra
Howard Jones, British singer/songwriter
Hrishikesh Hirway, musician, The One AM Radio
Hunter Burgan, bassist, AFI (vegan)
Ian Grushka, musician, New Found Glory
Ian McKaye, singer and guitarist, Fugazi
Ian Parton, musician, The
Go! Team
Ian Stuart/Ian Stuard
Donaldson, skinhead rock band Skrewdriver
founder (vegan)
Ilan Chester, musician
Harry Perry,
India.Arie, singer
Infinito 2017 (Marcellous
Lovelace), rapper (uncofirmed)
J Beatz, singer/songwriter, musician, multimedia artist, Aguafuego
(vegan)
J.D. Fortune, vocalist, INXS
J.P., musician, Vigilante Resistance
J.S. Clayden, vocalist, Pitchshifter
Jack Caron, bassist, With Honor
Jack Dangers, musician. Meat Beat Manifesto (vegan)
Jack Irons, musician, Pearl
Jam
Jack Johnson, musician
Jackie Quinn, Christian vocalist
Jacob Bannon, musician, Converge
Jade Puget, guitarist, AFI
James Hurst, guitarist, North
and South
James McCartney, singer (son of Paul and Linda McCartney) (vegan)
James Taylor, singer/songwriter
James Yorkston, Scottish folk musician (vegan)
James, band (vegan)
Jamie Hince, musician, The
Kills
Jamie Williams, musician, Tilly and the Wall
Jamie, musician, Cat on Form
Jane Siberry, singer
Jane Sytek, folk-rock musician, Sytek and Davies
Jane Weidlin, guitarist, vocalist, The Go-Go’s
Jared Leto, vocalist, 30
Seconds to Mars
JaRule, rapper
Jarvis Cocker, singer, PULP
Jason Bowld, drummer, Pitchshifter
Jason Clark, musician,
Pretty Girls Make Graves
Jason Navarro, musician, The Suicide Machines
Jason Orange, singer, Take
That
Jason Schwartzman, drummer, Phantom
Planet
Jason Trachtenburg, singer/songwriter, keyboardist, Trachtenburg
Family Slideshow Players
Jason Whalley, musician, Frenzal Rhomb
Jay Aust, guitarist, With Honor
Jean-Luc
Dancy, singer/songwriter
Jeff Ament, bassist, Pearl
Jam
Jeff Aust, guitarist, With Honor
Jeff
Beck, Guitarist
Jeff Dahl, rock musician
Jeff Walker, rock vocalist in Carcass
Jefferey S. “King” Coffey, drummer, arranger, Butthole Surfers
Jeph Howard, bassist, The Used
Jeremy Cunningham, bassist of Levellers
Jeremy Hiebert, musician,
Comeback Kid
Jeremy Jeffers, bassist, Stretch Arm Strong
Jeru the Damaja, musician
Jess, singer/songwriter, Unmaintained
Jessica Cody, vocalist, Brunswick
Spirit
Jim Kerr, rock musician, Simple
Minds
Jimmy Pearl, rock vocalist in Love/Hate
Jimmy Ryan, vocalist, Christian band Haste the Day
Jimmy Somerville, Scottish pop singer
Joalby Lopez, multi-lingual singer/songwriter
Joan Armatrading, rock musician, 70’s icon
Joan Baez, folk singer
Joan Jett, rock artist
Joan Osborne, rock vocalist
Jodi
Shaw, musician (vegan)
Joe Elliot, guitarist in Def
Leppard
Joe Jackson, musician
Joe Leeway, musician, Thompson
Twins
Joe Principe, musician, Rise
Against
Joe Trohman, musician, Fall Out Boy
Joel “Chopper” Green, Christian bassist, Emery
Joel Madden, lead vocalist, Good Charlotte (vegan)
Joey Pearson, singer, actor
Joey Ramone (1951 – 2001), singer, The Ramones
Johanna Fateman, musician, Le Tigre
John Butler, guitarist, John
Butler Trio
John Cage, composer
John Campbell, bassist, Lamb of God
John Danworth, producer
John Darnielle, musician, The
Mountain Goats
John Denver (1943-1997), country/pop musician, singer/songwriter
John Feldmann, musician, Goldfinger, Electric Love Hogs (vegan)
John Jorgenson, guitarist, Hellecasters, Elton John
John K. Sampson, The
Weakerthans
John K. Samson, Canadian rock musician singer-songwriter, The Wakerthans (vegan)
John Lennon, singer/songwriter, The Beatles
John Morrissey, singer/songwriter, frontman, The Smiths
John Power, singer (vegan)
John Ross, drummer, With Honor
Johnette Napolitano, rock vocalist in Concrete
Blonde
Johnnie Whitney, musician, Blood Brothers (vegan)
Johnny Cash, country musician (deceased)
Johnny Marr, guitarist, The
Smiths
Johnny Rotten, singer, The Sex Pistols
Johnny Stephens, rock musician in Meat
Beat Manifesto
Jon Anderson, rock vocalist in Yes
Jon Sevink, fiddle player of Levellers
Jonah Matranga, singer/songwriter, Gratitude
Jonathan Richman, musician, vegan
Jordy Samolesky, musician, Propagandhi
Josh Bradford, guitarist, Silverstein
Josh Elmore, musician, Cattle Decapitation
Josh Wink, famous DJ
Joshua Bessom, musician, Lazy
Preacher
Josie Outlaw, musician, The A.K.A.s
Joss Stone, singer
Jovanotti, Italian singer
Joy
Askew, musician,
singer/songwriter
Juan Gabriel, singer
Judith Durham, lead singer, The
Seekers (vegan)
Juha, artist and musician, Ghalib El
Khalidi (vegan)
Julian Cope, British rock singer/songwriter
Julian Lennon, singer, musician (son of John Lennon and Yoko Ono) (unconfirmed)
Juliana Hatfield, musician
Julie Felix, folk singer/songwriter
Julie Ritter, rock vocalist in Mary’s
Danish
Junto!, Canadian punk rock band (vegan)
Justin Brannan, musician, Most Precious
Blood
Justin Pearson, musician, The Locust
Justin Perry, musician, The A.K.A.s
Justin Sane, musician, Anti-Flag
Justin Timberlake, singer, N’Sync
Justine Frischman, lead singer of Elastica
Kafkas, German punk rock band
Karen Goldberg, musician
Karl Buechner, musician,
Freya
Kate Bush, rock vocalist (note:
reportedly now eats fish)
Kate Pierson, rock vocalist in The
B-52’s (since 1973)
Kathy Coppola, musician,
Circle Takes the Square
kd lang, singer (vegan)
Keith Murray, musician, activist, We Are Scientists
Keith Potger, guitarist/vocalist, The New Seekers
Kelly Osbourne, musican
Ken Owen, rock drummer in Carcass
Keni St. George, singer, musician
Kenny Loggins, singer/songwriter
Kevin Eubanks, musician, Jay
Leno Show (note: reportedly said he loves seafood)
Kevin Godley, video director, producer, editor, composer
Kianna Alarid, musician, Tilly and the Wall
Kim Andrew, singer, Brilliant
Sins (vegan)
Kirk Hammet, guitarist, Metallica
Kirsty Hawkshaw, Opus III
Kitchie Nadal, Philippine musician
Kool Savas, German rapper
K-os, emcee
Kovas, songwriter, record producer, recording artist
Kraftwerk, band
Krist Novoselic, bassist, Nirvana,
Flipper
Kristy Hanson, singer-songwriter
Kristy Hawkshaw, musician, Opus
III
KRS-One, rapper, emcee
Kula
Santeri, band
Kurhaus, German hardcore band
Kurt Ballou, musician, Converge
Kurt Cobain, singer/songwriter, Nirvana
Kyle Bishop, guitarist, The Black Mafia
Kyle
Vincent, recording artist,
singer/songwriter (vegan)
Larry Mullen Jr., drummer and founder of U2
LaToya Jackson, singer
Laura Nashman, Celtic musician
Laura Nyro, rock vocalist and pianist
Leah Harlow, singer, guitarist
Lee “Scratch” Perry, reggae artist
Leed Dorrian, rock singer in Cathedral
Leigh Chantelle, singer/songwriter
Lene Lovich, rock vocalist
Lenny Kravitz, singer/songwriter
Leonard Cohen, singer/songwriter, poet and musician
Lex Feltham, musician, Frenzal Rhombe
Liam Wilson, bassist, The Dillinger Escape Plan
Linda
Gentille, pianist, teacher
(vegan)
Linda Perry, musician, songwriter, 4 Non-Blondes
Lindsay “The Doctor” McDougal, musician, Frenzal Rhombe
Link Wray, guitarist
Liona Boyd, musician, Saints
Alive
Lisa Marx, musician, Day
of Contempt
Lisa-Marie
Presley, singer, daughter of
Elvis
Little Richard, musician, actor, Songwriter’s Hall of Fame,
Hollywood Walk of Fame, Rock and Roll Hall of Fame
Living
Colour, band
Los Dolares, Anarchist punk band
Louise Burns, musician, Lillix
Luke Gallo, musician,
Piebald
Mae Moore, Canadian singer/songwriter
Magpie, singer, musician
Marc Bolan, singer, T. Rex
Marc Lavoine, French singer
Margi Coleman, singer and producer
Marie-Lynn Hammond, singer/songwriter, playwright, Stringband
Marilyn, band
Marisa Robles, harp concertist
Mark “Barney” Greenway, singer, Napalm
Death
Mark D. Clayden, bassist, Pitchshifter
Mark Houlihan, musician,
Jupiter Sunrise
Mark Owen, Take That (note: might no longer be vegetarian)
Mark
Renburke, recording artist,
musician
Maroon, East German straightedge band (vegans)
Marta, musician, Bleeding
Through
Martello Luca, guitarist, EVEN
VAST
Marten Andersson, musician, bass guitarist for Lizzy Borden, George Lynch, Starwood, Legacy (vegan)
Martin Barre, guitarist, Jethro
Tull
Martin
Gore, singer/songwriter,
guitarist, keyboardist, Depeche Mode
Martin Kemp, actor, musician, Spandau
Ballet
Marty Balin, rock musician, founding member of Jefferson Starship
Marty Larson-Xu, musician, Rock ‘n’ Roll Soldiers
Masta Killa, rapper, Wu
Tang Clan
Matt Archer, rock drummer in Paradise
Lost
Matt Skiba, musician, Alkaline Trio
Matthew Chalk, vocalist
Matthew Friedberger, musician, The Fiery Furnaces
Matthew Johnson, musician
Matthew Vale, musician, The
Fight
Matty Miller, bassist, Most Precious
Blood
Maxine Andrews, singer in The
Andrews Sisters
Mean Pete Kowalsky, musician, Remembering Never
Meatloaf, rock musician, actor, Fight Club, Rocky Horror Picture Show
Mel C, singer, Spice Girls
Melanie
Safka, folk singer/songwriter
Melissa Etheridge, rock singer/songwriter (note:
allegedly stated in a 1998 interview that she is no longer vegetarian)
Melissa Lubofsky, lead vocalist, guitarist, Demimonde Slumber Party (vegan)
Michael “Spider”
Cotterman, musician, The
Loved Ones
Michael Amott, guitarist of Arch
Enemys
Michael Bluejay, musician, activist
Michael
Bolton, vocalist
Michael Diamond, aka Mike D, Beastie
Boys (vegan)
Michael Feinstein, composer (vegan)
Michael Franks, jazz musician (vegan)
Michael Franti, poet/musician, Spearhead
(vegan)
Michael
Hedges (1953-1997), acoustic
guitar genius
Michael Jackson, rock musician and actor, The King of Pop
Michael Laughlin, musician, Cattle Decapitation
Michael Madruga, musician, Fear Before the March of Flames
Michael Mish, children’s musician
Michael Schenker, pop singer/songwriter
Michel Sardou, French singer
Michelle Malone, singer (vegan)
Michelle Rangel, musician, Go Betty Go
Mickey Madden, bassist, Maroon 5 (vegan)
Mike D’Antonio, bassist, Killswitch Engage
Mike De Eyre, keyboardist, bassist, The Black Mafia
Mike Dirnt, bassist, Green
Day
Mike Einziger, guitarist, Incubus
Mike Gordon, bassist, Phish
Mike Joyse, drummer
Mike Love, rock musician in The
Beach Boys
Mike
Ness, singer, Social Distortion
Mike Ski, musician, The A.K.A.s
Mike Sneeringer, musician, The Loved Ones
Mikey Way, musician, My Chemical Romance
Millencolin, Swedish punk/ska band
Minor
Threat, harcore
band, head of the straight-edge movement
Missy Higgins, Australian singer/songwriter
Moby
(vegan)
Montserrat Caballe, opera singer
Mos Def, hip hop artist, actor
Most Precious
Blood, band (vegans)
Murphy Lee, musician, The
St. Lunatics
Mushroom, musician, Massive
Attack
Mutabaruka, reggae artist and poet
Mya, singer
Mylène Farmer, singer-songwriter
Natalie Imbruglia, Australian singer, actress
Natalie Merchant, rock vocalist in 10,000
Maniacs
Nate Mendel, bassist, Foo
Fighters
Neil Boshart, musician, Silverstein
Neil Codling, keyboardist with Suede
Nekro, singer, Fun
People
Nellie McKay, singer/songwriter (vegan)
Nelly, rap musician
Nick Holmes, rock singer in Paradise
Lost
Nick Kershaw, singer/songwriter
Nick Krill, musician, The
Spinto Band
Nick
Nick Zinner, guitarist, Yeah Yeah Yeahs (vegan)
Nico, German model, actress, singer, Warhol
Spuerstar, The Velvet Underground
Nicole
Tieri, singer, American Idol
contestant
Nina Hagen, singer/songwriter, actress
No
Enemy, experimental punk band
Nolwenn, French winner of Staracademy
2002
Nonmipiaceilcirco!, Italian band (vegan)
Norm Dave Murray, musician, Remembering Never
Norman Blake, Teenage
Fanclub
Norman, musician (vegan)
Nya, singer, poet
“O”, musician, Undercover Slut
Ocean, singer/songwriter, producer, surfer (vegan)
Oi
Polloi, Scottish anarcho-punk
band (vegan)
Oliver Brown, drummer, Rock ‘n’ Roll Soldiers
Olivia Namubiru, singer
Olivia Newton-John, singer (Note: eats fish)
Olli-Pekka “Oppu” Laine, bassist, Amorphys
Omar
Hakim, singer, writer, drummer
for Madonna, David Bowie, David Sanborn, Sting, Mariah Carey, Miles Davis, Dire Straits, Weather Report
Omar
Rodriguez-Lopez, guitarist, The Mars Volta (vegan)
Operation:
Cliff Clavin/Disarm, punk band
Oubliette, band
Ozzy Osbourne, rock vocalist in Black
Sabbath
Pablo Molina, singer, Abed
Nego
Paka, musician, Caustic Uproar
Pat Thetic, musician, Anti-Flag
Patrick Vogel, musician, Crispus
Attucks. (vegan)
Paty
Manterola, Mexican singer, actress
Paul & Linda McCartney, rock musicians and activists
Paul Delaney, musician, None
More Black
Paul Kelly, singer/songwriter
Paul Koehler, drummer, Silverstein
Paul Mazurkiewicz, musician,
Cannibal Corpse
Paul Southern, Psychodelicates
Paul Waggoner, musician,
Between the Buried and Me
Paul Winter, New Age musician
Paula Cole, singer/songwriter
Paz Lenchantin, singer/songwriter, A Perfect Circle, Zwan
Peggy van Zalm, singer/songwriter
Percy Grainger (1882-1961), composer, pianist, saxaphonist
Perry Farrell, musician, Jane’s
Addiction, Porno for Pyros
Pete Mosely, bassist, Yellowcard
Pete Wenz, musician, Fall Out Boy
Peter Barnes, founder of Working
Assets
Peter Buck, guitarist, R.E.M.
Peter Cunnah, Ream
Peter Frame, rock music historian
Peter Gabriel, musician
Peter Jonas, director of the Munich Opera (
Peter Tork, actor, composer, director, producer, singer, The Monkees
Phil Collen, rock guitarist in Def Leppard (vegan)
Phil Lesh, , bassist, The
Grateful Dead
Phil Ramone, record producer
Philip Glass, composer
Pierre de Reeder, musician, Rilo
Kiley
Pink (Alecia Moore),
singer/songwriter (vegan)
PinkLogik, a.k.a. Jules,
writer/producer of electronica music
Pitchshifter, band
PJ Caruso, musician, Punchline
Point
of No Return, Brazilian
XXX HC (vegan)
Polly Jean Harvey, P.J. Harvey
Prince, singer/songwriter, actor, Purple Rain (vegan) (Note: on
Princess Superstar, vocalist
Prodigy, rap musician, Mobb
Deep, Havoc
Promoe, Swedish rapper (vegan)
Propagandhi, political punk rock band — all vegan members
Purification, Italian straight edge band (vegan)
Q-Tip, rap artist
Quinn Allman, musician, The
Used
Rachel Barton, classic violinist
Rachel Rosen, musician, Most Precious
Blood
Rachel Trachtenburg, percussionist, backing vocals, Trachtenburg
Family Slideshow Players
Rachelle Ferrell, R & B singer (vegan)
Raekwon, rapper, Wu Tang
Clan
Raffi,
children’s musician
Rahil
Babooram, Carribean
singer/songwriter (vegan)
Raw
Youth
Ray Cappo, vocalist, Youth of Today, Reflex from Pain, Shelter,
Betterh Than a Thousand
Ray
Davies, lead vocalist, guitarist,
songwriter, The Kinks
Rebel MC, pop rapper
Redemption, Italian XXX (vegan)
Refused, Swedish hardcore punk band (vegan)
Reggie Riot, musician, Three
Man Riot
Reid Jamieson,
singer/songwriter (vegan)
Reinhard Mey, German songwriter
Reprisal, Italian XXX (vegan)
Reverendo Ragga, Spanish reggae singer, producer and percussionist
Rick Rubin, record producer, Beastie
Boys, Slayer, founder of American
Records, Def Jam Records
Ric Sanders, violinist, Fairport Convention
Richard Butler, Psychedelic
Furs
Richard Johansson, keyboard player, Elegant
Machinery
Richard Thompson, musician
Richard Wagner (1813-1883), composer, inventor of music drama (note: some sources report he enjoyed steak)
Richie Havens, folk-rock musician
Rick Allen, musician, Def
Leppard
Rick Davies, folk-rock musician, Sytek and Davies
Rick Springfield, rock musician and actor
Ricky Wilson (1953-1985), guitarist, B-52’s
Rikki Rocket, drummer, Poison
(vegan)
Ringo Starr (and his wife, Barbara Bach), drummer in The Beatles
Riot/Clone, punk band
Risen, straight edge band (vegan)
Rivers Cuomo, singer, Weezer
Rob Beloved, singer/songwriter, guitarist, vocalist, drummer,
percussionist, Beloved Binge
(vegan)
Rob Burke, musician, DroppingDaylight
Rob Ehrenbrand, bassist, boysetsfire
Rob Fusco, vocalist, Most Precious
Blood
Rob Pilatus and Fab Morvan,
singers (?), Milli Vanilli
Rob Zombie, musician
Robert “Mutt” Lange, recored producer (husband of Shania Twain)
Robert
Lopez, a.k.a. El Vez (vegan)
Robert
Paterson, composer
Robert Tepper, singer/songwriter
Robin Gibb, singer/songwriter, The Bee Gees
Robyn Hitchcock, singer-songwriter
Roger Kuhn, singer/songwriter
Roland Z, acoustic guitarist/muscian
Ron Welty, drummer, The
Offspring, Spinning Fish
Rory Block, blues guitarist/singer
Roscoe
Beck, bass player, Eric Johnson, Robben Ford
Rose Munter, singer, Play
Ross Abel, musician, TAFT (vegan)
Ruben Studdard, singer, American
Idol winner, Season 2
Russ Rankin, vocalist, Good Riddance, Only Crime (vegan)
Russell Lissack, musician,
Block Party
Russell Simmons, producer, director, composer, co-founder Def Jam Records (vegan)
Rusted
Root, eclectic world beat band
from
Ryan McReynolds, singer/songwriter (vegan)
Ryan Yankee, musician, Lost
Intention
RZA (Robert Diggs/Bobby Digital), of The
Wu-Tang Clan, producer, rapper
Sade, singer
Sage Francis, hip-hop artist
Sally French, English singer/songwriter
Sandie Shaw, International singer, artist, psychotherapist
Sanjaya Malakar, American Idol finalist,
was raised vegetarian and stated it’s the diet he still mainly follows (??)
Santeri Kallio, keyboard player, Amorphis
Santiago Zanella, singer, Attaque
77
Sarah Connor, German pop singer
Sarah Cracknell, St. Etienne
Sarah Washington, singer
Savage Garden, band
Scott Crouse, musician, Path
of Resistance
Scott Hackwith, rock vocalist in Dig
Scott Huchabay, musician (vegan)
Scott
Lahteine, computer musician,
programmer (vegan)
Scott Lucas, singer, guitar/bass player, Local H (Note: Eats “things that swim”)
Scott Schoenbeck, musician,
Dashboard Confessional
Seal, singer
Sean Muttaqi, musician, Vegan
Reich (vegan)
Sebastian
Thomson, drummer, Trans Am (vegan)
Sentence, XXX metalcore band (vegan)
Serj Tankian, musician, System of a Down
Shane Gallagher, guitarist, +44,
Mercy killers, The Nervous Return
Shane MacGowan, singer of The
Pogues
Shane Told, vocalist, Silverstein (vegan)
Shania
Twain, singer (vegan)
Shankar and Caroline, world musicians
Shelter, Krsha-core band
Shirley Bassey, singer, Dame Command of the British Army
Sid Fletcher, bassist, singer, Sectioned
Vegan
Simon Cowell, British BMG executive, American Idol judge
Sinead O’Connor, Irish singer (vegan)
Sinitta, band
Siousie Sioux, Siouxsie &
the Banshees
Skeeter Davis, country music singer
Sole, musician (vegan)
Sophie B. Hawkins, singer/songwriter, activist
Sophie Monk, Australian popstar, actress
Stacy Dupree, vocalist, keyboardist, Eisley
(vegan)
Stalins
War, punk band
Stand, band
Starlit, Industrial/Metal/Alternative band (vegan)
Statement, band (vegan)
Stephen Admonson, rock bassist in Paradise
Lost
Steve Burke, musician,
Cornerkick
Steve Howe, guitarist in Yes
Steve Jocz, drummer, Sum 41 (vegan)
Stephen Marley, Reggae musician
Steve Marshall, singer
Steve
Morse, guitarist, Deep Purple,
Steve Perry, lead singer, Journey
Steve Shebby, bassist, Bandcamp
(vegan)
Steve Vai, rock guitarist, David
Lee Roth, Whitesnake, Frank Zappa
Stevie Nicks, rock musician in Fleetwood
Mac
Stuart Murdoch, musician,
Belle and Sebastian
Sudarshana,
Argentinian straightedge pop punk
band
Sunrise, Polish XXX blackmetal band (vegan)
Susanna Hoffs, The Bangles
Suzanne Vega, folk-rock vocalist/songwriter
Tanita Tikaram, singer/songwriter
Ted Leo, musician
Tennessee Thomas, musician, The Like
Terry Geezer Butler, Black Sabbath bassist
(vegan)
TFBUNDY,
The
Beloved, band
The
Goosebumps, band
The Grouch, musician,
Living Legends
The Prids, band, (vegan—all three members, plus light guy and
Tech/roadie)
The
Propagumbhis,
The Roots, rap group
The
Secretions, band
The
Shamen, band
The Sugarcubes,
Thom Yorke, singer/songwriter, Radiohead (vegan)
Thomas Barnett, musician, Strike Anywhere
Thomas D., rapper and songwriter
Thumb,
band
Tim Butler, musician, The
Psychedelic Furs
Tim Finn, rock musician
Tim McIlrath, musician, Rise Against
Tim Payne, bassist, Thursday (vegan)
Tim Rayner, guitarist, Pitchshifter
Tim Reece, musician, The Album Leaf
Tim Rogers, lead vocalist/guotarist, You Am I
Tim Wheater, flutist
Timothy B. Schmit, bass guitar player, singer, Poco, The Eagles (unconfirmed)
Tina Trachtenburg, musician, Trachtenburg Family
Slideshow Players
Tina Turner, singer
Tobi Vail, musician, The
Go Team; activist
Toby Morrell, Christian vocalist, Emery
Toby Morse, musician, H2O
Todd Kowalski, musician, Propaghandi (vegan)
Todd Mackey, vocalist, With Honor
Todd Rundgren, rock musician
Todd Sines, techno musician
Todos Tus Muertos,
punk/hardcore/reggae band
Tom Abram, guitarist, Eldest
Son
Tom Bailey, musician, Thompson
Twins
Tom Higgenson, vocalist, Plain White T’s
Tom Keeley, guitarist, vocalist, Thursday (vegan)
Tom Morello, guitarist, Audioslave,
Rage Against the Machine
Tom Petta, musician, Big
Wig
Tom Scholz, inventor, guitarist, songwriter, founder,
Tommy Giles Rogers Jr. , musician,
Between the Buried and Me
Tommy Scott, musician, Space
Tony Hicks, Hollies
Tony Levin, musician
Tony Lovato, guitarist and singer
Tony McPhee, blues guitarist and singer, The Groundhogs
Tootsie,
band
Tracy Chapman, singer/songwriter, musician
Tradition
Dies Here, punk/harcore band
(vegan)
Travis Barker, drummer, Plus-44,
Blink 182, Box Car Racer, The
Transplants, the Aquabats, The
Vandals, The Suicide
Machines, Snot
Travis Miguel, guitarist, Atreyu
Travis Morrison, musician, The
Dismemberment
Travis Ryan, musician, Cattle Decapitation
Trembling
Blue Stars, pop band (vegan)
Troy Oftedal, musician, Cattle Decapitation
Truth
In My Hands, Italian straight
edge hardcore band (vegan)
Truth
in My Hands, straightedge
hardcore/punk band
TV Smith, singer/songwriter
Tyler Rann, musician, Midtown
Unborn, militant straight edge band (vegan)
Upheaval, straight edge death metal band (vegan)
Vanessa Amorosi, Australian singer
Vanessa Williams, pop singer
Vegan
Reich, hardcore punk band (vegan)
Vegan Uprise, death metal band (vegan)
Venis Envy, musician,
Rollergirls
Veronica Finn, musician, Innosense
Victoria Adams, a.k.a. Posh Spice singer, Spice Girls
Victoria Paterson, violinist
Vidar
Vaaer, a.k.a. Ildjarn, black metal musician, Thou Shalt Suffer, Emperor (vegan)
Vijay Hariharan, drummer, Puritan
(vegan)
Viktoria Mullova, virtuoso violinist
Vivian Campbell, Def Leppard
Voets Klaas, singer, Belgian hardcore band Nine Days’ Wonder
Wayne Static, singer of the metal group Static-X
Weird Al Yankovic, parody singer/songwriter (vegan)
Wendy James, Transvision
Vamp
Wendy O. Williams, rock vocalist in The
Plasmatics
Why?, cLOUDDEAD, hip hop artist (vegan)
Will
Tuttle, pianist, composer,
educator, author (vegan)
William (Billy) Dean Martin, musician, Good Charlotte
Willy M, London Beat
Womack
& Womack, singers, musicians
Woody Brown, musician, The
Modern Society
Xylon, musician (vegan)
Yazz, British pop singer (vegan)
Yehudi Menuhin (1916-1999), American-born violinist, violist,
conductor, knighted, created a life peer as Baron Menuhin
Youth
of Today, hardcore
band
Z Berg, musician, The Like
Zach Addikt, drummer, Fiat
Lux
Zach Blair, guitarist, Rise
Against
Zearle, hip hop artist, poet
Ziggy Marley, reggae musician
ZSK,
German skatepunk band
TV Personalities
Andrea Arnold, children’s TV
Andrew G (Andrew Jonas Gunsberg), Australian television and
radio personality (vegan)
Angela Groothuizen, Dutch TV presenter, ‘de Uitdaging
Angela Leven, Viola Leven and Laten Veven Groonthuizen, Dutch TV
Anke Engelke, German comedy star
Anna
Nicole Smith (1967 – 2007), 1993 Playboy
Playmate of the Year, The Anna Nicole
Show
Anthea Turner, TV personality/presenter, was vegetarian, but gave
it up (her vegetarian sister, Wendy Turner-Webster, is trying to re-convert her)
Antoinette Hertsenberg, Dutch TV, TROS
TV
Apu, fictional character on The
Simpsons (vegan)
Barbara Edwards, BBC TV, first woman weather forecaster
Barbara
Walters, actress, producer, news
anchor, talk show host
Bob Barker, game show host
Dan Abrams, newscaster, NBC
News’ Chief Legal Correspondent, The Abrams
Report
David Suzuki, naturalist, nature show host
Diane Kemp, Gardener’s
World (UK)
Diane Louise Jordan, producer, British TV, Blue Peter
Dick Smothers, comic, The
Smothers Brothers
Doug Henning, magician
Fearne Cotton, co-host of The
Saturday Show BBC1
G. Gordon Liddy, Watergate criminal, talk show host, author
Gareth Jones, children’s TV
Helen Tsai, The Vegan Vixens Show
Hennie Huisman, Dutch TV
Holly Hallstorm, The Price is
Right model
Holt, Dutch TV
Jo Stevens, MTV’s The Real
World, San Francisco (vegan)
Joe Longthorne
John Norris, MTV News reporter (vegan)
John Simpson, TV journalist
John Tesh, pianist/composer and TV personality, Entertainment Tonight
Julia Carling, TV presenter
Julia Roberts, TV presenter, QVC,
The Shopping Channel, Sports
Julie Snyder, Canadian talk show host
Kaye Adams, TV presenter, Loose
Women ITV
Kim Somers, The Vegan Vixens Show
Kimberly Brook, The Vegan Vixens Show
Lisa Simpson, fictional character on The Simpsons
María
Celeste Arrarás, anchor of Telemundo’s Al Rojo
Vivo
Marian Chanter, Krypton Factor
Winner
Merv Griffin, talk show host, The
Merv Griffin Show (1962-1987), Game Show creator/producer (Wheel of Fortune, Jeopardy), Hotel
owner, Beverly Hilton, resorts, wine
company owner, Mount Mervillian
Michael Orock, magician, clown (and his wife)
Michaela Strachan, television presenter, Wide Awake Club, co-host, Hitman
and Her
Michel Drucker, French TV host
Mr. (Fred)
Rogers (1928 – 2003), TV
personality
Neil Hamburger, comedian
Nick Miller, newsanchor,
Pamela Armstrong, UK newsreader
Penny Junor, UK journalist
Phil Cool, British comedian and impressionist
Philippa Forrester, children’s TV (Note: eats
fish)
Red Ronnie, Italian TV presenter (vegan)
Sean Hughes, Irish comic (note: may eat
fish)
Simon Hickson, Live &
Kicking
Stacey Grenrock-Woods, comic, TV personality, The Daily Show
Sunny Subramanian, The Vegan Vixens Show
Sy Sperling, President (and client!) of The Hair Club for Men
Tina Landini, UK personality
Trevor Williams, British TV
Vanessa Warwick, MTV Veejay
Victoria Wood, British comedienne
Viola Holt, Dutch TV, De 5
Uur Show
Wai
Lana, yoga instructor
Wendy Turner, British TV, Absolutely
Animals, Pet Rescue (vegan)
William Woolard, British actor
Xavier
Rudd, Blues musician