Musicians who have (or may have?) Asperger's Syndrome.

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I'm sorry you were so devastated! What a horrible thing to have lost something as wonderful as playing music because of such a bewildering experience. This was a terrible loss.

I've never had such an experience. But I'm saddened by what happened to you, because I also had various factors rob me of being a musician at various times when I was a kid. One of them was when I was in 6th grade and couldn't practice my saxophone, which I was just learning to play that year, without having to hear my sister shrieking and pleading with my mother, saying things like, "Does she have to play?" I'll grant that no new musician sounds great. But my teacher said I was one of the best beginning band students that year, so how bad could I really have been? After all the hounding and harassment, even though I was playing up in my room, with the door shut, my parents couldn't get me to practice anymore. I still loved the instrument and the things we got to play, but I was too distressed about being heard to be able to do it anymore. I went on the play in 7th and 8th grade, but almost exclusively in band class and performances, where I could blend in and hide amongst the other instruments, never at lessons and very rarely at home, where I would stand out and be heard alone. After 8th grade, I never played my saxophone again. I was really hurt over this.

My sister had sensory issues nobody knew she had, let alone understood, so I feel some sympathy for her. But she was older than I and could've left to visit friends, go for a walk, or hang out at the nearby plaza or something. She wasn't stuck at home. Furthermore, when my younger sister took up violin, nobody was allowed to complain, even though she practiced in the middle of the living room at first. So, even though my sister may truly have been in pain, there was no reason for my mother to allow me to be put in pain as well, and to have my musical development stunted, by letting my sister go on at such high volume, for so long, whenever I played.

Anton Bruckner, a 19th Century Austrian composer of religious works and symphonies. He was picked on growing up, was described as "sensitive" and "unwilling and unable to learn social graces" after some of his friends attempted to help him with his social deficits.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TuR91m2ksaE

Steven Wilson gives me aspie vibes too. He said he didnt care much for school, On an interview I read he said that he would be fascinated by listening to broken vinyl's that he would sit alone on his family's attic and listen too which reminds me of how I could do similar things, He also doesnt like wearing shoes and prefers to be barefeet something he has had troubles with since he was a child. I remember having troubles with socks and shoes as a kid too. But he is also pretty good at networking with other musicians, So if aspie he would be very high functioning. He even looks alittle bit aspie. Well to me anyway. That and he flaps his hands constantly live.
Ohh yeah one of his most famous songs is called Trains! Hah

During a band performance with a band i played with for High School exams
i was meant to be playing the guitar and backing up the vocals with a girl singer and my brother had recorded a video tape of it.
i don't remember playing but i saw the tape he had recorded and all i was doing was looking up to the high windows and playing at the same time.
People would point to me after the concert and i never knew why,i was assuming i looked dazed or tired.
No doubt i can express myself musically but its usually when i get asked to play i shy away.
My Grandad also played at local clubs in the 70's with one guitar.

That's a cool musical background, kembleman. Welcome to WP!

How about Meg White from the White Stripes? There's something going on there.

Your step-Dad is sorta wrong. I know of a guy called Travis Meeks. He is the lead singer of the 90's group Days Of The New. The dude is famous for his tune "Touch, Peel, & Stand". He claimed the record company allowed him 2 tour buses due to his need for a calm environment to write his music. The most stressful thing about it would probably be home sickness. I know EVERY musician has suffered with that at one point if they are on the road to tour. I cannot be certain now as like you I'm a bass player with the desire to go pro and endorse Ampeg or Mesa Amplifiers and Spector basses. I started playing at 8 but have never been able to find a decent group of musicians. Good luck.

Owl city has aspergers.

If David Bowie or John Lennon are/were Aspies, then I'll stop listening to their music.

(Not because I refuse to listen to music by Aspies- I like Owl City- but I am making a statement of my certainty that they are not autistic)

"Feeling different" and "getting angry" are universal human traits.

Absolutely!

Anyone know about Ladyhawke? She's a musician and has Aspergers. For those who like Rap, Example and 50 Tyson have it. One has Asperger's, another autism respectively.

I'm surprised that more hasn't been said about Danny Elfman. I'm a die-hard Oingo Boingo fan, and based on everything I've read about him, he probably has Asperger's. He's always been known as a freak and a geek, isn't shy but has always been socially awkward, and has always had weird obsessions. He's definitely eccentric, is a self-taught genius, and has an obsessive cult following. I don't think he's been diagnosed, he just has all the signs of Asperger's.

Someone told me that I was like Danny Elfman when I perfomed as the singer and songwriter with my band...

Since none of the local karaoke DJs have a karaoke version of any of his songs and I don't have the equiptment to make my own karaoke CDs, I never realized how much my vocal style was influenced by his until I got to singing along with his songs while I was alone. All the time I've been a fan of his, and all the time I've been singing, it just didn't dawn on me until recently. Of course I have my own unique vocal style, but I was amazed at how much more natural I sound singing along with Oingo Boingo songs at home than I do when I'm singing more mainstream songs that the DJs have a karaoke version of.

Rivers Cuomo from Weezer.

Or maybe he's just a wannabe.
https://twitter.com/RiversCuomo/status/3736804616

What about Graham Coxon from Blur?