S/D, C/D: Rock stars that rarely if ever acknowledge their baldness

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Was there a thread on this? Not really. Pictures work best, but off the top of my, er, head:

The Edge
Little Steve Van Zant
Paul Simon

Of course there are more ...

― Josh in Chicago (Josh in Chicago), Friday, 27 May 2005 17:23 (5 years ago) Permalink

Brian Johnson

― pdf (Phil Freeman), Friday, 27 May 2005 17:26 (5 years ago) Permalink

Fred Durst...gotta be bald under that hat...

― Jockey, Friday, 27 May 2005 17:27 (5 years ago) Permalink

Kevin DuBrow was nearly bald in 1983, but now he's got a full mane of thick black hair. Wig or cosmetic intervention?

― Johnny Fever (johnny fever), Friday, 27 May 2005 17:29 (5 years ago) Permalink

Pictures!

― Josh in Chicago (Josh in Chicago), Friday, 27 May 2005 17:32 (5 years ago) Permalink

probably a host of hip hop dudes you'd never suspect due to perpetual lid-wearing

― The Sensational Sulk (sexyDancer), Friday, 27 May 2005 17:40 (5 years ago) Permalink

now mr. stipe here was pretty open to admit it all when it was gone, but i can't help but post this photo anyway

― b b, Friday, 27 May 2005 17:41 (5 years ago) Permalink

― The Sensational Sulk (sexyDancer), Friday, 27 May 2005 17:42 (5 years ago) Permalink

― The Sensational Sulk (sexyDancer), Friday, 27 May 2005 17:43 (5 years ago) Permalink

Dave Lee Roth and (I know, not a rock stars, but) Dwight Yoakum????

― peepee (peepee), Friday, 27 May 2005 17:44 (5 years ago) Permalink

Ted Danson

― Huk-L, Friday, 27 May 2005 17:45 (5 years ago) Permalink

Marshall Crenshaw. When I saw him at the Bottom Line a few years ago, that hat he wore made him sweat so much it was ridiculous. I've seen a pic of him without the hat--he's pretty bald.

― edd s hurt (ddduncan), Friday, 27 May 2005 17:46 (5 years ago) Permalink

here's two more:

― The Sensational Sulk (sexyDancer), Friday, 27 May 2005 17:46 (5 years ago) Permalink

How do you acknowledge baldness - write a concept album about it?

― n/a (Nick A.), Friday, 27 May 2005 17:46 (5 years ago) Permalink

Say it loud!

― Huk-L, Friday, 27 May 2005 17:48 (5 years ago) Permalink

This is how you acknowledge baldness:

― The Sensational Sulk (sexyDancer), Friday, 27 May 2005 17:49 (5 years ago) Permalink

This dude from Ottawa who kicks ass, Andrew Vincent, has a song about losing his hair (and he's balding/bald/receding/whatev) called "Cover It Up" where he talks about all the pretty boys on Much Music hiding their curly locks under trucker caps, and how they shouldn't cover it up while they've still got it.

― Huk-L, Friday, 27 May 2005 17:50 (5 years ago) Permalink

SHAKIN' LIKE A HUMAN BEIN'!

― Huk-L, Friday, 27 May 2005 17:51 (5 years ago) Permalink

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― jaymc (jaymc), Friday, 27 May 2005 17:57 (5 years ago) Permalink

Oops. Well, you get the idea.

― jaymc (jaymc), Friday, 27 May 2005 17:58 (5 years ago) Permalink

― The Sensational Sulk (sexyDancer), Friday, 27 May 2005 17:59 (5 years ago) Permalink

DON'T GO THERE SULK!

― Huk-L, Friday, 27 May 2005 17:59 (5 years ago) Permalink

is that really Kenny Chesney in the Durst hat? cool!

― Matos-Webster Dictionary (M Matos), Friday, 27 May 2005 18:00 (5 years ago) Permalink

I can't get over what a weak chin Chesney has. Will someone start a thread about Rock Stars Who Rarely Acknowledge Their Weak Chins?

― Huk-L, Friday, 27 May 2005 18:01 (5 years ago) Permalink

― The Sensational Sulk (sexyDancer), Friday, 27 May 2005 18:02 (5 years ago) Permalink

YOU ARE PUSHING MY BUTTONS SULK!

― Huk-L, Friday, 27 May 2005 18:04 (5 years ago) Permalink

Another Chesney covering his head with something other than a cowboy hat:

― jaymc (jaymc), Friday, 27 May 2005 18:04 (5 years ago) Permalink

wanna know the REAL reason I quit music?

― The Sensational Sulk (sexyDancer), Friday, 27 May 2005 18:07 (5 years ago) Permalink

Is Kenny Chesney Aquaman?

― Huk-L, Friday, 27 May 2005 18:07 (5 years ago) Permalink

Is the bass player in Pearl Jam bald?

― gygax! (gygax!), Friday, 27 May 2005 18:08 (5 years ago) Permalink

Eno isn't acknowledging his baldness, he's clearly trying to draw attention away from his head with those feather things.

― n/a (Nick A.), Friday, 27 May 2005 18:08 (5 years ago) Permalink

Maybe, but if that's true why would he wear a beret pulled-back like this?

― The Sensational Sulk (sexyDancer), Friday, 27 May 2005 18:13 (5 years ago) Permalink

Michael Stipe was definitely part of the Don't Ask Don't Tell (About My Hariline) team circa Out Of Time and Automatic.

― miccio (miccio), Friday, 27 May 2005 18:14 (5 years ago) Permalink

there's a shot of him wearing a hat while swimming in the liners for Automatic.

― miccio (miccio), Friday, 27 May 2005 18:15 (5 years ago) Permalink

― The Sensational Sulk (sexyDancer), Friday, 27 May 2005 18:16 (5 years ago) Permalink

long, curly hair really does make for the most fucked-up of comb-overs:
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― The Sensational Sulk (sexyDancer), Friday, 27 May 2005 18:18 (5 years ago) Permalink

― Josh in Chicago (Josh in Chicago), Friday, 27 May 2005 18:24 (5 years ago) Permalink

― Josh in Chicago (Josh in Chicago), Friday, 27 May 2005 18:25 (5 years ago) Permalink

Or his alter-ego:

― Josh in Chicago (Josh in Chicago), Friday, 27 May 2005 18:25 (5 years ago) Permalink

― Josh in Chicago (Josh in Chicago), Friday, 27 May 2005 18:26 (5 years ago) Permalink

But then there's:

― Josh in Chicago (Josh in Chicago), Friday, 27 May 2005 18:26 (5 years ago) Permalink

Simon has rocked a toupee more than once.

― miccio (miccio), Friday, 27 May 2005 18:28 (5 years ago) Permalink

Kevin DuBrow was nearly bald in 1983, but now he's got a full mane of thick black hair. Wig or cosmetic intervention?
-- Johnny Fever (--...), May 27th, 2005

one of the wacky local dj's has a story about going to QR's bus pre-gig for an interview. DuBrow, bald as a cue, answers the door. Tells dj to hold on, he'll "go get him." Returns a couple of minutes later with toupee firmly in place.

― Will(iam), Friday, 27 May 2005 18:34 (5 years ago) Permalink

miccio...oh yr right i comepletely forgot the silly hat era...i was thinking he went quickly onto the shaving while forgetting about 4 yrs of j michael stipe and his silly hats.

― b b, Friday, 27 May 2005 18:38 (5 years ago) Permalink

No mention of Corgan yet? Is that because he's finally been erased from the popcult mainframe?

― Huk-L, Friday, 27 May 2005 18:40 (5 years ago) Permalink

In 30 years, has Rick Nielsen EVER been photographed without a cap?

Pics of him not wearing a cap are rarer than pics of Iggy Pop wearing a shirt.

― Polar opposite, Friday, 27 May 2005 18:44 (5 years ago) Permalink

If Corgan could acknowledge his baldness any more, he'd be selling condo space on that pumpkin of his.

― Pleasant Plains /// (Pleasant Plains ///), Friday, 27 May 2005 18:52 (5 years ago) Permalink

The Edge would actually look really cool if he didn't cover up his head.

― Orenthal, Friday, 27 May 2005 18:59 (5 years ago) Permalink

― fact checking cuz (fcc), Friday, 27 May 2005 19:10 (5 years ago) Permalink

paul simon completely and extremely publicly acknowledged his baldness in the new york times magazine a few years back. i remember the huge photo coming as quite a shock.

― fact checking cuz (fcc), Friday, 27 May 2005 19:12 (5 years ago) Permalink

― Dom Passantino (Dom Passantino), Friday, 27 May 2005 19:15 (5 years ago) Permalink

Joe Jackson

― The Mad Puffin, Friday, 27 May 2005 19:15 (5 years ago) Permalink

has acknowledged his baldness, obv

― The Sensational Sulk (sexyDancer), Friday, 27 May 2005 19:17 (5 years ago) Permalink

...but has he acknowledged his tranvestitism?

― The Sensational Sulk (sexyDancer), Friday, 27 May 2005 19:19 (5 years ago) Permalink

for the record. van zandt ain't bald so much as lost most of his scalp in a bad car accident. a little different than just the vanity of thinning hair.

― clr (clr), Friday, 27 May 2005 19:22 (5 years ago) Permalink

either the thread took a wrong turn too soon, or the original thread was mistyped.

but what's wrong with not acknowledging one's baldness? It's just hair.

Are all rock stars, male or female, obligated to have neon signs pointing to their scalp where there is no hair? Is this the class in rock school I missed?

― donut debonair (donut), Friday, 27 May 2005 19:34 (5 years ago) Permalink

Basically, my point is "not acknowledging" is not equal to "hiding or being insecure about", in this case. There's a BIG difference, in fact.

― donut debonair (donut), Friday, 27 May 2005 19:35 (5 years ago) Permalink

I don't think I've ever seen this man bareheaded offstage, or wearing a hat while on.

― j.lu (j.lu), Friday, 27 May 2005 19:37 (5 years ago) Permalink

For a while, Erykah Badu ...

― Joseph McCombs (Joseph McCombs), Friday, 27 May 2005 19:49 (5 years ago) Permalink

I don't think I've ever seen this man bareheaded offstage, or wearing a hat while on.

Um...he's bareheaded on the cover of the new Evens record...I've seen him play in Fugazi w/o a hat a couple of times.

― M@tt He1geson (Matt Helgeson), Friday, 27 May 2005 19:53 (5 years ago) Permalink

before the plugz..

― ZionTrain (ZionTrain), Friday, 27 May 2005 19:54 (5 years ago) Permalink

numan did acknowledge it openly.. years later

― ZionTrain (ZionTrain), Friday, 27 May 2005 19:54 (5 years ago) Permalink

Also, speaking from experience...it is kind of a difficult thing to lose your hair, and I'd say most of us baldies have gone through a period of adjustment (or denial) about it....it kinda changes your self-image....but then you shave it off and it's no biggie, eventually.

― M@tt He1geson (Matt Helgeson), Friday, 27 May 2005 19:55 (5 years ago) Permalink

there's always been a rumour that paul stanley from kiss is completely weaved.

― ZionTrain (ZionTrain), Friday, 27 May 2005 20:02 (5 years ago) Permalink

― Josh in Chicago (Josh in Chicago), Friday, 27 May 2005 21:32 (5 years ago) Permalink

x-post There's nothing wrong (obv.) with losing one's hair. But there are a startling number of rock stars whose hat covering said baldness has become an odd trademark - hey, look at this thing on my scalp meant to draw attention away from my scalp!

To me, that's as self-conscious as it gets, because every where you go you have to remember to bring along your trademark hat or bandana. I mean, out for a nice meal with the wife and kids, does Edge wear his beanie? Does Brian Johnson?

Not that I won't do the same thing when/if I lose my hair. And I totally understand. The last few times I saw Springsteen I wondered what it'd be like if he went bald. Would he return to his hat-wearing days of yore?

― Josh in Chicago (Josh in Chicago), Friday, 27 May 2005 21:38 (5 years ago) Permalink

― Josh in Chicago (Josh in Chicago), Friday, 27 May 2005 21:39 (5 years ago) Permalink

This thread seems to assume that hats and wigs are the only coverups employed. But there's a reason so many men switch to a swept back hairstyle in their 30s, and it's not just to look more "distinguished". On any live Nick Cave video from recent years, after he's possessed by the shakes, you can't help but notice his scalp showthrough. Even when these guys have every hair perfectly in place, you can usually tell when there's nothing underneath by the flattened angle it takes over the top/back. I suspect Bryan Ferry started wearing his hair this way because he DID want to look like a classic film star, but stuck with it out of necessity. Because matinee idols usually don't wear hats everywhere.

― Curt (cgould), Friday, 27 May 2005 22:38 (5 years ago) Permalink

Isn't wearing a frickin' hat or a wig every day for 30 friggin' years ACKNOWLEDGING IT

― Rickey Wright (Rrrickey), Saturday, 28 May 2005 01:00 (5 years ago) Permalink

Sorry. Aren't these guys acknowledging it in a hope-you-won't-notice kinda way?

― Rickey Wright (Rrrickey), Saturday, 28 May 2005 01:00 (5 years ago) Permalink

― Amon (eman), Saturday, 28 May 2005 01:06 (5 years ago) Permalink

Kevin DuBrow was nearly bald in 1983, but now he's got a full mane of thick black hair. Wig or cosmetic intervention?
-- Johnny Fever (--...), May 27th, 2005
one of the wacky local dj's has a story about going to QR's bus pre-gig for an interview. DuBrow, bald as a cue, answers the door. Tells dj to hold on, he'll "go get him." Returns a couple of minutes later with toupee firmly in place.

-- Will(iam) (rozelle@hillbillies), May 27th, 2005 3:34 PM.

Tesco Vee's Hate Police once sang:
"Hair don't grow on the head of Kevin DuBrow
Baldylocks, your head is like my cock"

― Amon (eman), Saturday, 28 May 2005 01:20 (5 years ago) Permalink

Phil Spector for damn sure

― Rev. Hoodoo (Rev. Hoodoo), Saturday, 28 May 2005 15:26 (5 years ago) Permalink

*In 30 years, has Rick Nielsen EVER been photographed without a cap?*

Somebody published a Cheap Trick biography about 7-8 yrs ago and though it was terribly written the book contained a lot of data about the band's early barband days like setlists (!) and a couple photos of a hatless Rick Nielsen. One from the late 60s where he was already thinning on top (proto-mullet) and one in-concert shot from about 75-76 where his dome was just about flat-out bald.

TS: Toupees Vs. Baseball Caps

― m coleman (lovebug starski), Saturday, 28 May 2005 15:54 (5 years ago) Permalink

You know, I thought I was pretty okay with being bald, but damn after seeing this thread and how much people obsess about who's bald or not, I about ready to run down to the ol' wig shoppe.

― M@tt He1geson (Matt Helgeson), Saturday, 28 May 2005 16:23 (5 years ago) Permalink