I remember some article about the band Elastica. They were on top of the charts, on the covers of magazines, they were "it." In contrast to the popstar image, they stayed in the hotel room, played Scrabble, went to bed early.
One of the more interesting visits was Winger, a mid-range hair metal band of the era. They were extremely polite, very well informed about the business of their tour when I talked with them, and they bought a good number of 50s era jazz cds to listen to in their bus.
It's may be because Rod Morgenstien (their drummer) is basically a Jazz Fusion musician.