OSJ Posted April 27, 2018 Share Posted April 27, 2018 Okay this is perhaps random as fuck, but I was blasting music while writing and the rotation included vids of Queen, Bowie, The Cramps, Stones, Aerosmith and AC/DC (which is pretty standard for me). The wifeperson commented on my tendency to play these same six bands over and over and I responded with "You have perhaps the six greatest frontmen in rock, what's not to like?" Her response was, "One of those guys looks like someone you would hang out with at the Knarr Tavern, the rest of them look like rockstars." Of course, she meant Brian Johnson, and I have to agree, Brian even in his younger days looked like the guy on the next barstool that you would watch a game of football (soccer) with while having a few pints of Guinness. Onstage he was magical, but he looked like the guy next door that helped you build a workshed, not like the voice of arguably the greatest hardrock band ever. So who ya got as the person whose looks most belied what they were as a true god/goddess of rock n' roll? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Contentious C Posted April 27, 2018 Share Posted April 27, 2018 Hopefully I can summon the spirit of @DEAN by mentioning Pete Shelley of the Buzzcocks, who just looks like some fuckin' guy. I'd expect him to, I don't know, try to spray my apartment for termites or cut me off in traffic or give me the side-eye for not wearing a nice enough polo shirt on a golf course, not blow my hair back. Though having not been around for their original heyday, perhaps I missed a point in the 80s where he looked the part. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pete_Shelley I think they still put on the best show I've ever seen (40 Watt in mid-2006, apologies to Nine Inch Nails and Sleater-Kinney for not supplanting them). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OSJ Posted April 27, 2018 Author Share Posted April 27, 2018 Good call! I stupidly forgot to mention Shane MacGowan, who before getting his teeth fixed looked like a guy who would try and bum a drink off you at the local and then get kicked out for the night for smoking meth in the men's room. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cwoy2j Posted April 27, 2018 Share Posted April 27, 2018 Eric Clapton looks like the dad who sits next to you at your kid's soccer game who is super positive about everything. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zimbra Posted April 27, 2018 Share Posted April 27, 2018 1 minute ago, cwoy2j said: Eric Clapton looks like the dad who sits next to you at your kid's soccer game who is super positive about everything. He does now. Young Clapton looked like a Philosphy TA who would get his female students drunk and tell them they were 'old souls.' My vote is for "everyone in the Traveling Wilburys." 3 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cwoy2j Posted April 27, 2018 Share Posted April 27, 2018 7 minutes ago, Zimbra said: He does now. Young Clapton looked like a Philosphy TA who would get his female students drunk and tell them they were 'old souls.' My vote is for "everyone in the Traveling Wilburys." 2 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Contentious C Posted April 27, 2018 Share Posted April 27, 2018 Hah. The Wilburys tried to cultivate that by being a little bit square, but it never really worked. Petty was still a young guy, Jeff Lynne's hair never stopped screaming "70s rocker", and Dylan/Harrison could have swaggered as legit hobos. Even Roy Orbison had too much style. You look at that guy and you see one of two people. 1: Roy Motherfucking Orbison, or 2: the best pot dealer you ever had, back when you lived in San Pedro in 1983, who had all that good Afghan shit and you remembered to buy twice as much because every time, even when you said you wouldn't, you always ended up sharing it with him. I think I'd also argue that Shane MacGowan *does* look the rockstar part since he can look like such a fucking dirtbag. I think Dylan was guilty of that, too - there's the put-together rockstar side of the coin, but the flip is "OK, you're trying too hard to veer away from being cool, and that's gone back to an altogether different sort of cool." Clapton pre-drying out & the stuff with his son - definitely a rockstar. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Death From Above Posted April 27, 2018 Share Posted April 27, 2018 I just watched Led Zeppelin - Celebration Day last week and I couldn't unsee that old man Jimmy Page looks like Bilbo Baggins. 1 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John E. Dynamite Posted April 28, 2018 Share Posted April 28, 2018 Start with Buddy Holly and trace the Steve-Allen-With-A-Guitar line until Rivers appropriates it in '94. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Control Posted May 1, 2018 Share Posted May 1, 2018 Ok maybe not a rock god but Greg Graffin comes immediately to mind. Also, 2018 Jello Biafra. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zimbra Posted May 1, 2018 Share Posted May 1, 2018 This thread made me think about which artist looks like the most like their music and it turns out the answer is Elvis Costello. Welp, see ya. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cristobal Posted May 1, 2018 Share Posted May 1, 2018 Even when he was young, Pete Townshend just looked like your college roommate that needed to level up in grooming. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SorceressKnight Posted May 2, 2018 Share Posted May 2, 2018 7 hours ago, Zimbra said: This thread made me think about which artist looks like the most like their music and it turns out the answer is Elvis Costello. Welp, see ya. Not Phil Collins? Even Collins's music looks and sounds like "that one dad of one of your group of friends who tries JUST A LITTLE TOO HARD to be 'the cool dad' and be part of the gang and it just makes them seem that much more pathetic in the process." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ryan Posted May 2, 2018 Share Posted May 2, 2018 For a joke answer, Kyle Gass of Tenacious D. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Meltzing Pot Posted May 2, 2018 Share Posted May 2, 2018 David Byrne 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rainmakerrtv Posted June 15, 2018 Share Posted June 15, 2018 On 5/2/2018 at 2:23 PM, Meltzing Pot said: David Byrne I maintain that, when is isn't making loony faces, Byrne is a legit handsome man. I've long joked that the reason Tina Weymouth always seemed so pissed off was that she married the third best looking guy in a band with three guys in it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kuetsar Posted June 15, 2018 Share Posted June 15, 2018 Rick Ocasek? He looks like someone took Elvis Costello and melted the face. . . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pete Posted June 15, 2018 Share Posted June 15, 2018 Ritchie Blackmore. I win. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OSJ Posted June 15, 2018 Author Share Posted June 15, 2018 2 hours ago, Pete said: Ritchie Blackmore. I win. C'mon Pete, the man is 73 years old! During the heyday of Deep Purple and Blackmore's Rainbow he looked every inch the rock god. I don't know what the fuck he is doing here, performing at a ren faire, I would guess? As far as the bass player goes, anyone that wears a hat like that in a public place needs to be thrown under a bus. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pete Posted June 15, 2018 Share Posted June 15, 2018 18 minutes ago, OSJ said: C'mon Pete, the man is 73 years old! During the heyday of Deep Purple and Blackmore's Rainbow he looked every inch the rock god. I don't know what the fuck he is doing here, performing at a ren faire, I would guess? As far as the bass player goes, anyone that wears a hat like that in a public place needs to be thrown under a bus. It's Blackmore's Night, the medieval folk rock band project he and his wife Candace Night are helming. Sounds like it might be right up your alley. Speaking of great hats... 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OSJ Posted June 15, 2018 Author Share Posted June 15, 2018 The hats are okay, but that's the worst fucking version of Highway Star that I've ever heard. I could do better than that (at least I know the lyrics) ;-) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pete Posted June 15, 2018 Share Posted June 15, 2018 5 minutes ago, OSJ said: The hats are okay, but that's the worst fucking version of Highway Star that I've ever heard. I could do better than that (at least I know the lyrics) ;-) The story I've heard was they hadn't finished writing the lyrics (it was their first time performing it live), so Ian went out there and winged the whole thing. Gotta love those Beat Club graphics though! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OSJ Posted June 15, 2018 Author Share Posted June 15, 2018 2 hours ago, Pete said: The story I've heard was they hadn't finished writing the lyrics (it was their first time performing it live), so Ian went out there and winged the whole thing. Gotta love those Beat Club graphics though! Okay, that makes sense. I just thought Ian was fucked up out of his mind (which he may have been). Yeah, you just don't have graphics like that anymore... ;-) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Captain Kronos Posted June 15, 2018 Share Posted June 15, 2018 On 4/27/2018 at 4:41 PM, Death From Above said: I just watched Led Zeppelin - Celebration Day last week and I couldn't unsee that old man Jimmy Page looks like Bilbo Baggins. Jimmy Page in that documentary with Jack White and The Edge looks to have aged into an Old Asian Dude - and seems likable AF. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
driver Posted June 16, 2018 Share Posted June 16, 2018 Speaking of DP, a few listens to Deep Tracks on SIrius has given me a new appreciation for the Coverdale era band. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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