{"id":66420,"date":"2026-06-11T15:05:39","date_gmt":"2026-06-11T15:05:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/musicianvoice.com\/index.php\/2026\/06\/11\/lessons-in-fatherhood-from-21-iconic-rock-and-metal-artists\/"},"modified":"2026-06-11T15:05:39","modified_gmt":"2026-06-11T15:05:39","slug":"lessons-in-fatherhood-from-21-iconic-rock-and-metal-artists","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/musicianvoice.com\/index.php\/2026\/06\/11\/lessons-in-fatherhood-from-21-iconic-rock-and-metal-artists\/","title":{"rendered":"Lessons In Fatherhood From 21 Iconic Rock And Metal Artists"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<p>Even with their busy music careers taking up a good portion of their lives, these 21 rock and metal dads have still found time to share their insight about what it&#8217;s like to be a parent.<\/p>\n<p>For some, becoming a dad for the first time turned into a signal to reassess how they approached their lives.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/loudwire.com\/tags\/korn\/\" target=\"_blank\">Korn<\/a>&#8216;s <a href=\"https:\/\/loudwire.com\/tags\/jonathan-davis\/\" target=\"_blank\">Jonathan Davis<\/a> was in his 20s when his first child was born. He has spoken during interviews about how that experience made him adjust his priorities. &#8220;It totally switched me from loving my band to &#8216;I need to do music because I&#8217;m responsible for this little human,&#8221; Davis said in a 2022 conversation with Evanescence&#8217;s Amy Lee for <a href=\"https:\/\/www.interviewmagazine.com\/music\/jonathan-davis-and-amy-lee-on-juggling-rock-stardom-and-parenthood\" target=\"_blank\"><em>Interview<\/em><\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The same goes for <a href=\"https:\/\/loudwire.com\/tags\/gavin-rossdale\/\" target=\"_blank\">Gavin Rossdale<\/a> of <a href=\"https:\/\/loudwire.com\/tags\/bush\/\" target=\"_blank\">Bush<\/a>, who said having kids only made him want to work harder.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I&#8217;m really focused and present and just trying to build something worthwhile {that I can} share with my family and so I&#8217;m always working,&#8221; he told <a href=\"https:\/\/people.com\/gavin-rossdale-finding-balance-life-as-rock-star-being-a-dad-exclusive-8400083\" target=\"_blank\"><em>People<\/em><\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>READ MORE:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/loudwire.com\/bands-that-are-dad-rock-now\/\" target=\"_blank\">29 Bands That Are &#8216;Dad Rock&#8217; Now (And There&#8217;s Nothing You Can Do About It)<\/a><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p>Then, there&#8217;s <a href=\"https:\/\/loudwire.com\/tags\/ozzy-osbourne\/\" target=\"_blank\">Ozzy Osbourne<\/a>. Across 52 episodes of <em>The Osbournes<\/em>, Ozzy&#8217;s parenting philosophies and techniques were on display for the world to see. And while some of the scenes surely induced laughter, he often had a point when talking about his kids.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;When I was Jack&#8217;s age, I was drinking booze, taking drugs, taking speed&#8230;and I bit several creatures&#8217; heads off,'&#8221; he reminds viewers in the first season of the show.<\/p>\n<p>From insight into how Ozzy viewed his youth once he became a parent to <a href=\"https:\/\/loudwire.com\/tags\/duff-mckagan\/\" target=\"_blank\">Duff McKagan<\/a> of <a href=\"https:\/\/loudwire.com\/tags\/guns-n-roses\/\" target=\"_blank\">Guns N&#8217; Roses <\/a>making friends with parents dropping off their kindergarteners, here are 21 rock and metal dads and what they have said about parenting.<\/p>\n<div class=\"photogallery-wrapper blog-photogallery \">\n<h2 class=\"photogallery-title\">21 Rock + Metal Dads And What They&#8217;ve Said About Being A Parent<\/h2>\n<div class=\"photogallery-description\">\n<p>They say being in a band is like family, but it&#8217;s no match for becoming a parent.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"photogallery-credit\">Gallery Credit: <a href=\"https:\/\/loudwire.com\/author\/robc\/\" target=\"_blank\">Rob Carroll<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"photogallery-wrapper blog-photogallery \">\n<h2 class=\"photogallery-title\">29 Bands That Are &#8216;Dad Rock&#8217; Now (And There&#8217;s Nothing You Can Do About It)<\/h2>\n<div class=\"photogallery-description\">\n<p>Dad rock comes for every band sooner or later.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"photogallery-credit\">Gallery Credit: <a href=\"https:\/\/loudwire.com\/author\/robc\/\" target=\"_blank\">Rob Carroll<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><script src=\"https:\/\/diffuser.fm\/rest\/carbon\/api\/scripts.js?mver=27&#038;gver=10&#038;bid=443&#038;urls[]=https%3A%2F%2Fplatform.twitter.com%2Fwidgets.js&#038;urls[]=https%3A%2F%2Fapis.google.com%2Fjs%2Fplatform.js&#038;urls[]=https%3A%2F%2Fconnect.facebook.net%2Fen_US%2Fsdk.js&#038;urls[]=https%3A%2F%2Fassets.pinterest.com%2Fjs%2Fpinit.js\" type=\"text\/javascript\" async defer data-osano=\"ESSENTIAL\"><\/script><br \/>\n<br \/><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/diffuser.fm\/ixp\/366\/p\/rock-metal-musicians-dad-quotes\/\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Even with their busy music careers taking up a good portion of their lives, these 21 rock and metal dads have still found time&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":66421,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[37],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-66420","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-at","article","has-excerpt","has-avatar","has-author","has-date","has-comment-count","has-category-meta","has-read-more","thumbnail-"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/musicianvoice.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/66420","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/musicianvoice.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/musicianvoice.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/musicianvoice.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/7"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/musicianvoice.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=66420"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/musicianvoice.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/66420\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/musicianvoice.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/66421"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/musicianvoice.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=66420"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/musicianvoice.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=66420"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/musicianvoice.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=66420"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}