a promo photo thread for '80s/'90s bands oozing sobriety and wisdom in the present day

dark clothes! short hair! serious faces! darker/grittier/rebootier!

def leppard shaking off their hair-band past:

http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/sites/default/files/2012/08/def-leppard-publicity-2012-l.jpg

load-era metallica set the standard for this when they all cut their hair and started dressing like this right

http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-NALTARREVxQ/USZmlbCguGI/AAAAAAAAdqs/dTgqa6g7o2w/s1600/Metallica-Load-Trasera.jpg

http://i1307.photobucket.com/albums/s593/HardHarry412/Miscellaneous%2012/METALLICA_Load_insert_R_zps18a902aa.jpg

that load photo is a combo of dark/gritty meets swingers bros; it's definitely of its era.

post reunion Wonder Stuff (not sure how many of these guys were in the original line up, tho)

http://www.addictmusic.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/The-Wonder-Stuff.jpeg http://images.artistdirect.com/Images/artd/amg/music/bio/511343_the-wonder-stuff_200x200.jpg

http://www.100xr.com/artists/C/Cult/The.Cult.jpg
the cult (2007)

http://redeglobo.globo.com/platb/files/2432/2012/03/Gene-loves-Jezebel_site.jpg

gene loves jezebel

Gary Numan

http://www.blogcdn.com/www.engadget.com/media/2010/07/garynuman-diehard-07-13-2010.jpg

sorry, not a promo photo

http://resources1.news.com.au/images/2010/06/03/1225874/899073-blondie.jpg

Blondie

http://www.metropolis-records.com/images/artists/206.jpg
The Rezillos

That's a good one, all the dayglo fun sucked right out of them.

http://i.imgur.com/Oj3LcMO.jpg

Rancid

It dawns on me I have accidentally based my adult look on "Load" era Lars and/or Kirk. Whoops.

Also that Rancid photo is legit darker/grittier, maybe too dark

i thought that rancid guy was the clown from prodigy for a second there...

tbh most of these people actually do look better post-makeover. Rik Savage is almost handsome in that Def Lep photo, and, Kirk's conspicuous labret piercing aside, that second Metallica photo could be almost any band on Hydra Head or something

Also, Gary Numan looks super cool and Ian Astbury much improved without the long hair imo

gene loves jezebel on the other hand have that distinct *sigh - yeah we're still a thing apparently* vibe.

Ian Astbury much improved without the long hair imo

a goth Will Ferrell

Also, Gary Numan looks super cool and Ian Astbury much improved without the long hair imo

― Wimmels, Tuesday, June 30, 2015 4:00 PM (5 minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

hmm

http://2014.campbestival.net/media/Pop_Will_Eat_Itself_pwei1396359237.jpg

Pop Will Eat Itself (still some long hair, but they've got the ~seriousface~ thing down)

http://images.complex.com/complex/image/upload/t_article_image/q7olswqgrrxx5nslclr7.jpg

Michael "007" Bolton

http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51RZ9k5%2BTYL._SX355_.jpg

urgh God..

https://poplifer.files.wordpress.com/2013/02/suede.jpg

http://www.vanyaland.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/cranberries.jpg

http://news.bbcimg.co.uk/media/images/60875000/jpg/_60875823_duran_wireimage.jpg

http://www.mojo4music.com/media/2015/03/Blur-cover-comp-shot-770.jpg

https://culturevultureexpress.files.wordpress.com/2014/03/the-pet-shop-boys_1376537c.jpg

got a tweet from @Liz4Leader the other day telling me that Dave Rowntree is backing Liz Kendall for Labour Party leader xp

Oh come on - the PSBs always essentially looked like that.

oozing sobriety and wisdom in the present day - possible Liz4Leader campaign slogan?

http://www.liketotally80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/wang-chung-2012.jpg

Wang Chung

I like when these guys relapse. The Cult in 2012:

http://www.powerlinemag.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/the_cult_2012.jpg

haha

lollll

http://i.imgur.com/dY2Geaql.jpg

Papa Roach

http://i.imgur.com/agE3VqQ.jpg

I recently expressed admiration in another thread for this Culture Club pic in which they avoid this trap by looking old yet comfortable and alive:

http://imgick.lehighvalleylive.com/home/lvlive-media/width620/img/musikfest/photo/17345234-mmmain.jpg

http://www.ticketline.co.uk/images/artist/level-42/level-42.jpg

Level 42

(Anton Corbijn's photos of rockers aging with dignity has a big influence on this whole style.)

That Level 42 photo should be captioned "Don't worry - my sister's kid plays bass; we'll teach him the songs in a day."

somewhat dated but

http://assets.rollingstone.com/assets/images/artists/r-e-m.jpg

that's not a huge change for r.e.m. though! aside from stipe's hair, har har.

Suede starting to creep into Spitting Image territory like good Brit rockers should.

I get that this guy was always serious-faced, dark and gritty, but still I think this belongs here:

http://s3.amazonaws.com/quietus_production/images/articles/10654/michael_gira_1352805705_crop_550x366.jpg

http://i.imgur.com/FuVjlvel.jpg

http://i.imgur.com/jI4o4pMm.jpg

http://odi-music.net/uploads/posts/2008-04/1209586356_goldenearring-35yearsscaninlay.jpg

And now 15 years after that, for the band's 50th anniversary:
http://www.griendpop.nl/img/golden-earring.png

Faith No More:

http://cdn.hallels.com/data/images/full/5118/faith-no-more.jpg?w=620

threadwinner

They seem to care a lot.

http://muzikalia.com/destacados/neworder15c.jpg

http://assets.rollingstone.com/assets/images/story/082113-tears-for-fears-624-1377121809.jpg

(Tears for Fears - needs B&W filter)

Off-topic but

http://i.imgur.com/fpc5SZo.jpg

Someone needs to tell Wes Borland the Die Antwoord chick's already got a boyfriend.

http://resources2.news.com.au/images/2014/11/03/1227110/736934-88ac0ede-62f4-11e4-bdd3-73a977145716.jpg

Aqua

TFF pic could also belong on 'show me men who look like old lesbians' tbh.

xxp: Wes Borland's girlfriend:

http://vancouverweekly.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/08/inspiration_thetraitsofportraits_02.jpg

\o/

doesnt get DARKer than these

https://pbs.twimg.com/profile_images/509417407853514752/-9mXUn2B.jpeg

The Aqua shot is excellent.

http://www.soundchronicle.com/files/Barenaked%20Ladies.jpg

Barenaked Ladies

perfect

http://www.magnetmagazine.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/07/matthewsweet_hoffs550.jpg

Susanna Hoffs & Matthew Sweet

https://s-media-cache-ak0.pinimg.com/originals/a6/79/16/a679161b21b268e638e9a28232008fcf.jpg

Rammstein

I though Matthew Sweet was Keith Lemon.

Lloyd Cole now looks like Meatloaf. The Motorhead tshirt in the Culture Club pic is a stroke of genius.

http://images2.mtv.com/uri/mgid:file:docroot:mtv.com:/crop-images/2013/09/06/Sugar%20Ray%20GI.jpg

Sugar Ray

Sugar Ray and the NA Sponsors

Apologies for size, but speaking of Motorhead:

https://s3.amazonaws.com/bit-photos/large/2672835.jpeg

all bands are the worst
i hate all bands

http://i.imgur.com/mRz5i1w.jpg

Gotta keep them seat belts initiated.

http://therockrevival.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/1039847_10152616603362973_6797470622511661211_o.jpg

http://s3.amazonaws.com/dostuff-production/band_alternate_photo/custom_photos/51807/custom.jpg

311

http://www.gannett-cdn.com/-mm-/bdf953a04655efba8af4b90bfe124a3ec2f4d440/c=12-0-2958-2217&r=x404&c=534x401/local/-/media/Salem/2014/06/09/sal0612-wkbblit.jpg

Lit

http://www.904happyhour.com/userfiles/images/barenecked%20ladies%201.jpg

More serious Barenaked Ladies

http://twt-thumbs.washtimes.com/media/image/2012/09/12/20120912-182322-pic-133838412_c0-0-1393-811_s561x327.jpg?cec1294368088d4188aba53f16f451350aa12ede

Ummm

http://assets.rollingstone.com/assets/images/artists/r-e-m.jpg

https://twinpeaksfreaks.files.wordpress.com/2014/11/traces4.jpg

Even TG falling into the same trap!

https://consequenceofsound.files.wordpress.com/2012/09/throbbing-gristle.jpg

feeling this thread in my bones. and hair...

'Youthful' Wire

http://www.theglassmagazine.com/wp/wp-content/uploads/2013/11/wire1.jpg

http://www.double8tickets.com/images/category/672-a-large.jpg

http://www.thestar.com/content/dam/thestar/entertainment/music/2011/02/02/gang_of_four_outlive_their_imitators_yet_again/wogangoffour.jpeg.size.xxlarge.letterbox.jpeg

lol @ "barenecked ladies"

http://www.gannett-cdn.com/-mm-/bdf953a04655efba8af4b90bfe124a3ec2f4d440/c=12-0-2958-2217&r=x404&c=534x401/local/-/media/Salem/2014/06/09/sal0612-wkbblit.jpg

Lit

― a chamillionaire full of mallomars (Doctor Casino), Friday, July 3, 2015 11:29 AM (43 minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

Let us not forget, second guy on the right is this guy:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Death_of_Kelly_Thomas#Slidebar_Kitchen_involvement

Going back to look up some 1995-2005 bands, but good lord, they were all emitting "sobriety and wisdom" back then.

If anything, at least they've grown into their pretentiousness.

It just takes some time...

http://i.imgur.com/5biwhT4.jpg

Mötley Crüe needs to try a little harder, not completely convinced of the wisdom or the sobriety

Yeah, it's a stretch. I was specifically looking at Tommy there.

Avoiding the cliche - Whitesnake.

http://www.maximumthreshold.net/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/Whitesnake_1200x628.jpg

...other than David Coverdale looking like the guy with both a corner office and a Harley.

David Coverdale is looking okay. So's Rick Allen.

this is the funniest fucking thread

I'm having some WS Hall of Shame feelings about the lead singer of 311, too.

http://www.inspiretoronto.com/images/bio-raine.jpg

I'd like to commend the Butthole Surfers for still looking like some recently woken, distracted slobs in their last press shots i've found. when gibby makes a straight face, paul looks goofy, and vica versa

http://factmag-images.s3.amazonaws.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/Kwerk280115-616x372.jpg

http://images1.musicfeeds.com.au/0932780a3eaad1521ad883b3027c946b-640x360.jpg

http://cypresshill.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/jamming-fest-ch.jpeg

https://consequenceofsound.files.wordpress.com/2014/12/screen-shot-2014-12-21-at-4-36-24-pm.png?w=794

Incubus

https://s.yimg.com/lo/api/res/1.2/6aa3LxdqPuuPkGpl5afApw--/YXBwaWQ9bWFnYXppbmVzO3c9NTAwO2ZpPWZpdA--/https://s.yimg.com/os/en_us/News/ap_webfeeds/bad8a4a0735aa7066d0f6a70670026bb.jpg

tbf to the backstreet boys, they're usually smiling in press shots

http://mohegansun.com/content/dam/mohegansun/Images/Entertainment/Entertainers/2015/New%20Kids%20on%20the%20Block/Header-NKoTB_2015-628x378.jpg

awwwwwwwwwwwesome

Director Josh Trank Calls NKOTB Reboot A 'Dark Amblin' Tour

Wow, the guy on the left looks like Ron Perlman. And the guy on the right looks like he's auditioning for a telenovela.

less interested in "which band did this start with" than "who is the stylist/photographer/label rep primarily responsible for making this such an entrenched thing?"

I blame Chapman Baehler.

Sleater Kinney
http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-51Cr6K1rjsw/VL7h8OsM9vI/AAAAAAAACwI/xG-9Bjbblh4/s1600/sk2015.jpg

http://www.rushkorea.com/discography/img/presto_large-02.jpg

https://consequenceofsound.files.wordpress.com/2015/03/screen-shot-2015-03-24-at-5-25-57-pm.png

http://www.asburyrecords.com/public/cover/24050.jpg

http://www.soundpress.net/graphics-feature-articles/fa-2012-08-07-yes-oye-02.jpg

http://www.mightofstrings.com/sites/mightofstrings.com/files/Fun%20Factory.jpg

Fun Factory

https://fanart.tv/fanart/music/9d1ebcfe-4c15-4d18-95d3-d919898638a1/albumcover/songs-for-drella-51ea19a18b6e2.jpg

http://www.janes-addiction.info/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/janes-addiction-members.jpg
jane's addiction

http://images.popmatters.com/music_cover_art/b/bauhaus-2006.jpg
bauhaus

http://userserve-ak.last.fm/serve/500/211854/Jesus+Jones.jpg

Jesus Jones (2004)

http://www.thepublicreviews.com/wp-content/uploads/Human-League-O2-Academy-Leeds-V2-620x330.jpg

The Human League

http://www.mudkiss.com/interviews/Neds%20-Present.jpg

not to be cap'n control-a-thread, but this is sort of devolving into "bands just wearing black in general"

http://image.excite.it/musica/news/duranduran-wild-boys-nuovo-album-default.jpg

Duran Duran

key variables imo are how sincere they wish to come off, versus how sincere you would reasonably expect the band in question to be

(sub "sober" and "wise" in there too obv)

was going to suggest this 2014 press shot of James

http://i1.cdnds.net/14/21/618x412/james-band-press-shot-2014.jpg

but then I realised that they are re-enacting this early 90s picture

http://991.com/newgallery/James-Sound-173285.jpg

http://www.footballandmusic.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2008/09/James1.jpg

they actually look a bit more smirky in the 2014 version, I guess

man, that a-ha elf looks spooky. don't even get me started on that one new kid. so frightening. i know it's not politically correct to say this, but all these people should retire.

http://static.guim.co.uk/sys-images/Music/Pix/pictures/2013/9/23/1379932081537/Bon-Jovi-011.jpg

admittedly not an earnest promo photo, but this still feels like a place to appreciate a photo of an unsmiling bon jovi where 3/4ths of the band is wearing scarves

and not like, steven tyler scarves

http://beardedgentlemenmusic.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/Cynic-band-2014-620x350.jpg
Cynic

that’s good way to put it, dr c
another variable is ‘rebootier’
some pr-managed (or self-aware) image recasting, (re)intro considering how they look to two audiences: original fans (now sadly older themselves, if not wiser) & ‘youth of today’: aiming for dignity/cool
don’t want former to feel embarrassed (for the band or for themselves) or to elicit latter’s ridicule
alas sometimes reboot's effect (in particular pic) is what reboot was intended to avoid

(maybe missed mark with bauhaus)

http://cegtalent.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/cmbbackstage02-e1400518650645.jpg

Color Me Badd

http://thelatest.co.uk/files/2013/04/House-of-Love1.jpg
The House of Love

http://www.billboard.com/files/styles/promo_650/public/media/98-degrees-2013-650-430.jpg

98 Degrees

http://img.thesun.co.uk/aidemitlum/archive/02042/Spandau-Ballet_2042715a.jpg

spandau ballet

reconstituted (or just long running) boybands and metal bands seem to be particularly prone to this?

the crocodile looks like the happiest one there xp

so much charcoal grey.

yeah, i suspect the intended message of so many of these is "weather-beaten. wiser. thoughtful and earnest. but still ready to rock!... in kind of a soulful, MTV unplugged, roots-rock kinda way. just like you, there in the audience. you're grown up but the music still matters. we've all been through some hard times. it's not just about the money."

omg, hadn't even noticed crocodile, I was trying to remember if one of spandau was nicknamed 'the crocodile' for a moment xp

http://uptownmagazine.com/files/2013/12/uptown-swv-new-reality-series-2014.jpeg

SWV

we're just as boring now as your life turned out to be. won't you join us this weekend at the casino. all you can eat buffet and opening act mr. mister.

so sad! what's wrong with color? old people can be colorful.

https://blitzrockgyn.files.wordpress.com/2014/08/alpha.jpg

"we are weather-beaten warriors in the populist-but-dark 2000s sci-fi action film of your choice, and we continue to fight for our mission with hard-won strength and clarity"

lol, yes

so sad! what's wrong with color? old people can be colorful.

always nice to see bands who don't succumb to this aesthetic; often, counterintuitively, they project more dignity

I was pleased that Kajagoogoo didn't start presenting themselves this way when they made a comeback, not sure I'd go so far as to describe the result as dignified

http://discordrhyme.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/kadgagoogoo-pic-tim-anderson-dm-613355759.jpg

the warped tour presents: kajagoogoo!

second from right has seen the writing on the wall

80s new wave haircut bands reinventing themselves as bad-ass industrial cyberpunks is different progression that some bands go through, I guess?

but yeah, i've searched a few bands where it'd be particularly pathetic if they'd "gone gray" in this sense, but who have turned out, imo to their credit, to say "ehh, we were a comedy novelty act to begin with, and if anybody's going to come out and see us in 2015, it's to see a comedy novelty act. that's who's paying our checks so let's be good entertainers ffs."

<3 kajagoogoo forever, just to be clear

xp Have Bentley Rhythm Ace reformed then?

haha no, was thinking of POTUS and me first and the gimme gimmes.

http://content.hollywire.com/sites/default/files/2015/04/06/Fall-Out-Boy-‘American-Beauty-American-Psycho’-Album-Review-Thumb-FDRMX.jpg

Fall Out Boy's thug gravitas.

http://www.reloadfestival.co.uk/img/slideshows/image/slideshow/boomtown-rats-16.png

Bob Geldof IS Marianne Faithful AS Oliver Twist

hahahaha i was looking for the best way to phrase something on that order but you nailed it

i was debating dru hill, as the ed hardy-ness of their current look undermines any evidence of "wisdom," but they're definitely darker, grittier, etc

http://resources3.news.com.au/images/2014/05/22/1226926/485487-de510036-e074-11e3-9839-f536ebd0cf5e.jpg

http://www.dublinconcerts.ie/content/uploads/2013/11/ub-40.jpg

UB40

http://www.tickethub.co/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/Mike-+-The-Mechanics-Tickets-Optimized.jpg

Mike & The Mechanics

http://assets.silverstone.co.uk/media/filer_public_thumbnails/filer_public/35/14/3514837a-362c-4ee2-bcbe-f48f04bdb9e6/madness_digital_presale_silverstone_webpage_image.jpg__707x398_q85_crop_subsampling-2_upscale.jpg

Madness showing a better alternative.

http://www.allaccess.com/assets/img/editorial/raw/th/TheFixxpic.jpg

http://s3.amazonaws.com/quietus_production/images/articles/7193/magazine_1318945436.jpg

Magazine

dying at the Fixx -- three men each heard that old-timey hats were a must for classing up your look these days, but failed to coordinate on exactly which look that implied

where's the colour??

http://cdn.ticketfly.com/i/00/00/71/18/03-og.jpg

a nontrivial number of these signal "the gravitas of the matrix without the camp value"

When did Ray Winstone (second from right) join the Boomtown Rats, and where the fuck did he get that wig?

I've been second guessing that mike + mechanics one for not being earnest enough, but man it really says something about the dourness of the norm when MIKE + THE MECHANICS might be looking too vibrant in 2015 for this thread.

thumbs up! taking 2015 in stride.

http://www.drunkenwerewolf.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/Simple-Minds.jpg

See, a lot of these I passed on because I thought, "oh they haven't sobered up at all."

Like these guys.

http://i.imgur.com/fcaRoJn.jpg

http://www.gloucestercitizen.co.uk/images/localworld/ugc-images/276271/Article/images/22248198/6616282-large.jpg

Big Country

anton corbjiuoinjknkjngrgrdn

Status Quo

http://fondosdeestrellasdelrock.com/wp-content/uploads/images/71/status-quo-0.jpg

second dude from the left - omg!

i don't know where i was going with this

http://i.imgur.com/wNCOcas.jpg

"the gravitas of the matrix without the camp value"

http://i500.listal.com/image/2961731/500full.jpg

lol pplains

http://renownedforsound.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/06/Hanson1.jpg

On the way there: Hanson.

middle hanson has a real "luke in ROTJ" vibe

Band photos where one member refuses to play along

http://hansonguy.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2013/04/promopic.jpg

The Rubinoos

http://i.imgur.com/pfPj1pl.jpg

Trying to think of bands that will be forever impervious to this route, Primus maybe?

http://cdn.images.express.co.uk/img/dynamic/35/590x/del1-455816.jpg

del amitri

http://www.theedinburghreporter.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2012/10/Hue-and-Cry-Press-Shot-4.jpg

hue & cry

http://newsimg.bbc.co.uk/media/images/46836000/jpg/_46836983_deacon_blue-1.jpg

deacon blue

http://cdn.images.express.co.uk/img/dynamic/35/590x/wetwetwet-446872.jpg

wet wet wet

Bands are so stupid sometimes

http://cdn.pitchfork.com/news/48809/3afd3183.jpg

Don't they realize EVERYONE does this? It's like "I tell you what, we had strings on our last album so when we come to play live, how about having a string section which is exclusively made up of attractive young women dressed in black?" (Actually not sure this is as much a thing as it once was).

Spandau Ballet look like a pissed-off board of directors. Kajagoogoo, otoh, look like they fleshed out the lineup with a couple of bikers. Off topic but I wonder what it's like to be the new recruits in a reformed band on tour. a paycheck, if nothing else, and maybe wish fulfillment. "man this is it, now I can die happy after playing with Simple Minds!"

I cant fathom what its like to be 20-30 years younger and playing for Mike and the Mechanics in 2015

Rancid look like a group of prison inmates about to give some teens a "Scared Straight" lecture on the dangers of the drugs & crime lifestyle

I cant fathom what its like to be 20-30 years younger and playing for Mike and the Mechanics in 2015

It's just a job. And for a lot of jobbing musicians like this it's a badge of honour that they're 'pros' (calling someone 'semi-pro' is a putdown). Plus their tastes in music may be relatively similar.

Bands are so stupid sometimes

That photo might well have been the photographer's idea, but of course the band ultimately approved it.

I don't understand exactly why these bands all keep going. I suppose they make a living touring (not from the awful albums they record) and get some ego validation from their fans. Better than just being a nonentity doing some soul-destroying job. But is it? Maybe some of them actually do feel trapped, but they have no alternative financially.

omg, del amitri

tbqh it's easy to mock the sad image-making but I'd rather be most of these bands than be middle management, assuming the same pay and that you have some clarity/humility about what you do... whether that's making the fans happy or just filling out the bill under a more popular nostalgia act that actually has fans. on the bus, balancing the checkbook, having the family meet you at the end for an unforgettable trip to the grand canyon. the only trouble is how much the band's established youthful/rebellious image clashes with your own sense of how much dignity you think you require. hence these pictures I guess?

mind you, I was really charmed by that hugh grant movie where he played an andrew ridgeley type, mugging through the hits and giving thrilling winks to once-teenage idolizers. it was supposed to be the low-point rut from which love would lead him into a comeback, but I dunno, seemed okay.

I don't understand exactly why these bands all keep going. I suppose they make a living touring (not from the awful albums they record) and get some ego validation from their fans. Better than just being a nonentity doing some soul-destroying job. But is it?

Too fucking right it is.

i always think of these posts on that stage where you think they aren't popular anymore but are actually way more popular than they were when they had "buzz" :

this is sorta like the dream rocker retirement plan, though, isn't it? keep on doing yr thing, financial security and no media spotlight bullshit

― cop a cute abdomen (gbx), Tuesday, May 17, 2011 1:47 PM (6 minutes ago) Bookmark

yeah i mean we're mainly being snarky but for the most part i feel like these kinds of acts have really just had admirable career arcs, catering to a fanbase that stuck with them well after the tastemakers and the industry machinery kind of forgot they existed

― bile al (some dude), Tuesday, May 17, 2011 1:56 PM Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

just fyi every band I know dreams of getting to this stage. this stage represents total arrival. you don't have to worry about your haters and you don't have to be constantly trying to win over new people.

― w of in the attic (underrated aerosmith bootlegs I have owned), Tuesday, May 17, 2011 3:59 PM Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

i am not a rock n roll artist but i think lots of fields have their version of this and i dunno, maybe just healthy to think about different viable models of aging gracefully. not that i think all the bands have necessarily found that sweet spot, or that i will stop lolling at del amitri.

Mott

http://listeningroom.lohudblogs.com/files/2009/10/09mott_the_hoople1.jpg

OMD

http://www.omd.uk.com/images/sized/images/uploads/photos/img_3266-0x600.jpg

http://showbizgeek.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/Screen-Shot-2014-03-29-at-21.21.57.png

East 17

the pictures with multiple scarves are always my favorite

http://www.acdc.com/sites/acdc/files/imagecache/600wide_max/dotcom_0.jpg

there’s still trace of restrained, suppressed, incipient not quite sneer on angus young’s face

pop group

http://factmag-images.s3.amazonaws.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/07/TPG22July.jpg

Why is the middle guy so disgusted by the packet of rouge he found?

It's Thatcher's rouge.

the guy in the white shirt is totally fucking it up for the rest of them

"Trying to think of bands that will be forever impervious to this route, Primus maybe?"

chili peppers. they are still pretty damn goofy looking in promo shots.

more like sad religion

http://saltroads.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/Bad-Religion-750x400.jpg

just catching up to this thread and wanted to say: that Rancid photo near the top totally fucked w/ my head. wow.

EMF

http://www.clashmusic.com/sites/default/files/legacy/files/emf.jpg

unbelievable

Best of these are obviously those where new, often younger, members almost outnumber the classic/heyday line up

I dont understand why Metallica didnt just keep their 1996 look. They never looked better before or since

Maybe all the subtlety and late 90s maturity went with Newsted

http://www.bbkingblues.com/inc/artists/652.jpg

Mr. Big

wow

that photo retouching is really creepy

http://41.media.tumblr.com/ee2e071cbd4057a5ba7ede4574bf4d93/tumblr_nvgrc2y8kJ1twx6hqo2_1280.jpg

Interpol

http://cache4.asset-cache.net/gc/51871696-interpol-pose-backstage-during-live-105s-not-gettyimages.jpg

vs.

http://images.vogue.it/gallery/25921/Big/bf7c4a51-34be-439e-b0a5-32cc15d9c0aa.jpg

vs.*

http://www.downcastmusic.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/02/Interpol.jpeg

There must be a whole new set of these for 2016 summer tours.

http://media1.fdncms.com/sacurrent/imager/u/original/2521348/cultureclubhero.jpg

why do old guys like black leather so much

I'm not totally sold on Boy George's wisdom and sobriety in that pic.

"Please count from five to one, Mr. George."

Penetration

http://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0367/3569/files/VG_Penetration-33-photo-credit-Ian-West.jpg

wait, someone askes for a Penetration reunion?

also Culture Club with original line-up would be so much fun! even if they do look so serious. they all look very good by the way. way better than i do and i'm younger than those guys.

Level 42 seem to be embracing this look:

http://www.funkblog.nl/wp-content/uploads/2013/06/level-42-UK.jpg

or... maybe not?

http://i2.getreading.co.uk/incoming/article10489054.ece/ALTERNATES/s615/Level-42.jpg

(the top photo seems to be 2013 and the bottom from 2016, so maybe they've relapsed)

It's like they showed up to state fairs and street feats in 2013'in suits, watching everyone in shorts and flip-fops, and said fuck it.

http://i.imgur.com/kndqr4m.jpg

From 2012. They've since hit closing time again.

I would totes see a Penetration reunion!

level 42 were always kinda dour though, weren't they?

woah, okay, maybe not...

http://www.level42.com/wp-content/uploads/level42-bbc2.jpg

i don't think i've ever listened to a level 42 album. got so bored of that one video they would play on mtv.

they had a grand total of two hits in the u.s., right?

maybe they had a later one that i'm not aware of.

http://s4.evcdn.com/images/edpborder500/I0-001/004/255/571-2.jpeg_/tears-for-fears-71.jpeg

Tears for Fears

Big Chair II

"Yes. It is funny how time flies."

TFF have aged well

Still trying to wrap my head around the red shirt the Level 42 dude is wearing in the pic above

those are some wrinkly shirts

Didn't tears for fears always ooze sobriety and wisdom?

pearl jam looking like a bunch of gun runners from an episode of 24

https://consequenceofsound.files.wordpress.com/2016/01/screen-shot-2016-01-19-at-11-19-16-am.png?w=807

Tears for Fears were always pretty dour, though it looks like Roland succumbed to the 80s "wearing too many belts at once" craze for a time

http://bettylou.zzruss.com/tearsforfearscenter1.jpg

Hoo boy, I don't think I've ever noticed this before.

http://i.imgur.com/2iFB0kz.jpg

http://i.imgur.com/457VNqQ.jpg

Wwwweeeeeeeeeeeeeellllllllllll, yyyyyyyyeaheaheaheah

Son, she said, have I got a little story for you
What you thought was your daddy was nothin' but a...

http://www.npacvw.org/assets/img/REO-10-83f39016e4.jpg

... REO Speedwagon, not the Paul O'Grady band, in case of confusion.

the backlighting is doing no favours to the guy on the right there, holy shit

yer man in the middle is a shoo-in for the 'men who look like old lesbians' thread

Exactly.

claudia winkleman's gonna need to get her hair back from the fella on the left there before she films this week's episode of strictly

You mean Dee Dee Ramone's uncle? To be fair to them, they were never a band of lookers in their prime, they probably look better now.

http://www.montres-de-luxe.com/photo/art/default/5732406-8546190.jpg?v=1415264521

The REO photo is such a beautiful and pure expression of generations working together, Boomers dressed by a Gen X stylist who doesn't realize it's not 2004, back when the stylist last had a good paying gig overseeing a bunch of Millennial acts. How many have worn those chains and skull rings!?

yer man in the middle is a shoo-in for the 'men who look like old lesbians' thread

You mean Kevin Cookin'?

https://i.imgur.com/9lEkZER.jpg

Echo & the Bunnymen:

https://images.sk-static.com/images/media/profile_images/artists/46227/huge_avatar

echo and the blurrymen

vg

"look at the camera Mart.. "
"no"

http://diffuser.fm/files/2017/02/dm_tour_dates_announce.jpg

better with shades these guys

http://www.billboard.com/files/media/depeche-mode-press-photo-cr-Anton-Corbijn-2017-billboard-1548.jpg

lol, echo and the blurrymen is at the level of the Stillwater t-shirt in Almost Famous

http://cdn3-www.musicfeeds.com.au/assets/uploads/cf2bf5e939e1483928a1813b8a271fe7.jpg

Silverchair

Ian Astbury much improved without the long hair imo

a goth Will Ferrell

― Οὖτις, Tuesday, June 30, 2015 5:06 PM (two years ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

haha we were watching some doors footage a few weeks ago and a friend pointed out that jimbo resembles ferrell a little bit too

https://www.billboard.com/files/styles/promo_650/public/media/Eagles-2017-press-photo-cr-Myriam-Santos-billboard-1548.jpg

Yeah, the world doesn't need yet another Full House reboot.

Why is there a teen in the Eagles? Is he one of Glenn Fry's love children?

No, that's Timothy B. Schmit. Been with the band since '77.

Ha, I think that literally is Glenn Frey's son.

http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_mVfzh7wtz_I/TLmXwdQjQgI/AAAAAAAAATY/m950deIea_0/s1600/ABBA2010.jpg

http://loudwire.com/files/2016/04/Ihsahn1.jpg
I am the math teachers

Why is there a teen in the Eagles? Is he one of Glenn Fry's love children?

― Moodles, Wednesday, November 29, 2017 2:30 PM (yesterday) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

and the prize for grossest headline goes to

http://ultimateclassicrock.com/eagles-deacon-frey-family-blood/

aww abba look great imo, good model of how to age gracefully

https://i.imgur.com/Zo0JqGi.jpg

Ugh, I said it upthread but bands are so stupid.

The The never oozed gaiety and playfulness in the old days either tbf

(actually I don't know if I've ever seen a promo photo of any live lineup before!)

the lighter side of Matt Johnson

https://cdn-img.pressreader.com/pressdisplay/docserver/getimage.aspx?regionKey=xo3M5BidPnc2b21dN8Jq3Q%3D%3D&scale=100

http://www.insidehampshire.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/Matt-Johnson.jpg

ha ha

http://diffuser.fm/files/2017/02/dm_tour_dates_announce.jpg

saw ESPN the other night, they had Dave Gahan on!

l-r

Steve Nicol, Dave Gahan, Steve Mcnanaman

http://diffuser.fm/files/2017/02/dm_tour_dates_announce.jpg

One guy's having fun. The rest...

Spin Doctors to perform at CRAFT: Beer, Spirits & Food Festival at @BethelWoods, Oct. 13! Read more:https://t.co/NuhrwncMKZ pic.twitter.com/6Lqt5G7xme

— Happenings Magazine (@HappeningsMag) October 9, 2018

treasure trove:

https://www.ambientlightblog.com/so-pop-festival-to-hit-new-zealand-australia/

I’d be very disappointed if Eiffel 65 and Blue didn’t use this opportunity to get on stage together for a joint performance of Blue.

https://scontent-atl3-1.cdninstagram.com/vp/609b1a6cea7c90763043feb6fa873c7e/5C447EBA/t51.2885-15/e35/28152530_1793894250915538_5892482155568693248_n.jpg

From that link ^^, 2 Unlimited oozing sobriety:

http://i65.tinypic.com/2rqoh0x.jpg

Embrace.

http://i1349.photobucket.com/albums/p745/theseventhhex/Embrace-New-2_zps0abhojat.jpg

... also suitable for the 'Band photos where one member refuses to play along' thread, somebody didn't get the memo about hands in pockets.

Photosensitivity etc aside, why oh why do people in bands STILL think sunglasses are cool?

...or not tucking in shirts.

(xp) Useful for hiding bags under the eyes, crow's feet etc, tbf

quite the polar opposite of old bastard couldn't gaf swag - old tryhard, self-conscious, po-faced not swag at all!

At some point Martha Stewart untucked her shirt and never tucked it back in. I have noticed this phenomenon with many casual-dress celebrities since.

On the other hand shirts keep getting made with less and less fabric so it’s hard to keep them tucked in past a certain point of middle aged spread.

Tell that to this guy!:

https://i.imgur.com/V71g8Le.jpg

That is one long shirt - I assume that's why he hasn't got his hands in pockets.

Judging by the creases running across the fabric, it may have been purchased en route to the photo shoot, unpackaged/unpinned, and donned... (Wrong size? Too late now.)

Sunglasses guy needs a keyboard skinny tie if he really wants to look cool.

I am the math teachers

― Øystein, Thursday, November 30, 2017 7:04 PM

Underrated post imho.

Danny McNamara's haircut worked quite a bit better at 27 than it does at 47

Tucked in shirts are annoying and make me feel more bulbous

If u fly on airplanes, you may have seen ads for these: https://www.untuckit.com/

(I think their length looks weirdly abbreviated)

Yeah that's a solution to something that wasn't a problem really

See also the back cover of Karyobin. They look like a firm of solicitors. Yet they're way more radical than "you."

— Ferrante Spartacus (@marcellocarlin) November 23, 2018

feeling this Marcello tweet today.

Judging by the creases running across the fabric, it may have been purchased en route to the photo shoot, unpackaged/unpinned, and donned... (Wrong size? Too late now.)

― my guitar friend wants his money (morrisp), Thursday, November 22, 2018 12:09 PM (yesterday) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

The creases indicate that he's got his thumb hooked on his pocket from the OUTSIDE of his untucked shirt. This man plays by his own rules.

Yeah I meant the horizontal chest creases; but you’re right, too — he’s thumbing the fabric into his pocket, very cool

So how do we promote this new album? Tell you what, why don't we take some moody b+w photos of us dressed in black? I bet no-one's done that before.

https://www.officialcharts.com/media/654699/suede-2018.jpg

Teenage Fanclub

http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_5XYiqHni398/S72054Z5MOI/AAAAAAAADGg/v23yWYDi87c/s1600/41EXKD6MBKL._SL500_AA300_.jpg

http://i63.tinypic.com/34xso.jpg

This is a gem

https://consequenceofsound.net/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/Live-and-BUSH.jpg?quality=80

great find. and in case anyone was wondering how the special guest was doing these days:

http://www.canadianamphitheatre.net/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/1000-x-580.jpg

Our Lady Peacoat

Look forward to seeing them in their 70s.

there's no one laughing

Cherry Poppin Daddies

https://img-dev.evbuc.com/https%3A%2F%2Fcdn.evbuc.com%2Fimages%2F68371289%2F302496356207%2F1%2Foriginal.20190812-183857?auto=compress&crop=top&fit=crop&h=333&w=500&s=e879736489f7e99ec133bd37ed604406

Hahahahahahaha

Milady Respectin' Daddies

flavor-saver toward the back still a bit "I'd hit that"

I guess that's more of a soul patch

great find

are the Jayhawks doing this right

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/EJSGLXZVAAAHb1m?format=jpg&name=large

https://cdn.wegow.com/media/artists/candlebox/candlebox-1492554434.97.2560x1440.jpg

is there an equivalent thread for like old hyped-up Gen-X internet celebrities? because i just googled "Seanbaby 2019" and found a listicle he wrote entitled "5 Annoying Things They Don't Tell You About Being A Parent"

just looked that up and tbh respect for carrying over the exact same voice and style for two decades into daddy concerns

while still working Star Wars jokes in to keep it real

and still got the mohawk i see

my capacity to find him hilarious and cool at age 16 versus 38 is one of the biggest gulfs of unrecognizability between me and my youth, but so it goes with that kinda thing i guess - Jerky Boys probably occupy a similar niche for a lot of people. hats off to him for seemingly managing to make this a career tho.

State of these nobheads

https://mm.aiircdn.com/5/5ddcf739a80a7.jpg

Not really getting a lot of sobriety or wisdom from that pic.

Alice / Vincent has been sober for 35 years tbh and seems to be fairly together

dunno about Perry but I wouldn't go to him or Depp for wisdom

I have always read this thread title as entirely ironic

The Metallica photo is hilarious. Should've called the album, i dunno, Voodoo Lounge or something

why oh why do people in bands STILL think sunglasses are cool?

sunglasses are cool! they are!!!!!!!!!!!!

Sunglasses, ammo belts, fur hats, etc do not look cool when a stylist puts them on a veteran badboy in an attempt to look tough when he'd really rather be practicing his putting or detailing his Mustang or whatever.

so cool

It's surprising how un bendy they are of gender these bands. What a crap era it's been for rock fashions this last 30 years.

when o when will Alice Cooper relax his unbending stance on gender norms

p sure these guys are not sober by any definition but
https://www.billboard.com/files/styles/article_main_image/public/media/los-lobos-cr-bmi-2017-billboard-1548.jpg

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/EOgi1SpW4AAiASM?format=jpg&name=large

Who is that?

Not much sobriety there

sobriety is relative

https://www.ilxor.com/ILX/ThreadSelectedControllerServlet?boardid=41&threadid=45848

Thought for a minute that it was Bowling For Soup, and how great it was that one guy had lost so much weight... except:

https://tonedeaf.thebrag.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/bfs-768x435.jpg

image filters that attempt to convey a sense of oozing sobriety and wisdom in the present day

This has just reminded me that about a year ago I was introduced to a member of the Barenaked Ladies at a gig and *all* I could think about was *that* thread.

We're jumping on the road with @Nickelback this summer.
Looking forward to seeing you there.
Tickets go on sale 1/23 at 10am local. Get more info here: https://t.co/XJOgJq9lqO#stonetemplepilots pic.twitter.com/b7jEAxovq2

— Stone Temple Pilots (@STPBand) January 21, 2020

photoshop collages that attempt to convey a sense of oozing sobriety and wisdom in the present day

Playing an album "from cover to cover" = odd metaphor

there's just one stylist that styles all these bands right

Every 40+ year old guy who wants to look respectable but still cool just happens to have exactly the same misguided idea of how to try to pull that off

I'd like to see some pics of 80s/90s bands actually looking cool in the present day

I don't know which STP member that is second from left, but I coulda swore Scot Weiland died years ago.

Nickleback looking very "Table for 4 at Buffalo Wild Wings".

I had no idea Rascal Flatts had changed their name.

Part of me has kinda wanted to see Nickelback for a while (supposedly they're a good, entertaining live act) but if there's ever a band that should not do a "plays their classic album in full" tour...

in that photo i have no idea which band is STP and which is Nickelback

maybe one of them is "Tyler Bryant and the Shakedown"?

I think they might've just put the wrong text on a Riverdance promo.

Pretty sure they picked two guys from each band, took the photo on the right, gave haircuts to the longhairs, and then photographed the same four dudes for the one on the left

Rusty McGonigle and the Sepia Dads

depressing yet great thread

It could be argued that when you crop the group photo so you're only seeing the models from the shoulder up, you're not gonna get the maximum value from your western wear interstate billboard.

this is such an all time great thread title

That Stone Temple Pilots post linked above should be introduced as Exhibit A in the trial of Stone Temple Pilots v. Guided by Voices.

in that photo i have no idea which band is STP and which is Nickelback

Me neither. Going from the photos if I had to guess I would go Nickelback on the right. But the fact those photos look slightly smaller makes me think that's more likely STP

I like how Nickelback’s portrait also looks ready for a Wall Street Journal story. And how you know the band or their manager made the designer resize STP’s portrait 20% smaller.

I feel bad that I actually know what Chad Kroeger looks like...and also how to correctly spell his name.

I clicked on the STP tweet, the replies are pretty funny — it’s a steady stream of fans complaining about the Nickelback pairing (“please kick your manager in the balls”), and a sprinkling of “Come to Brazil!” tweets.

At last, the state fair-ening of the '90s alternaboom has begun in earnest. In a parallel universe, a bloated Nirvana is somewhere in rural Kansas waiting backstage for Matchbox 20 to finish their opening set.

I heard a commercial AM station segue from Pink Floyd's "On the Run" into Pearl Jam's "Evenflow" the other day.

I don't know why I'm posting that to this thread, but it somehow made sense to do so.

Yeah, one gets tired of noticing "___ is on the OLDIES station now?!?!?!?"

Eventually you give up and just accept that the Monkees and Nirvana are equally oldie

Prince and KC and the Sunshine Band back to back

Little River Band, badasses:

https://s.hdnux.com/photos/01/02/64/46/17516935/3/920x920.jpg

NB that only one of those people was in Little River Band in the 1980s, and for the last 22 years it has contained no original or success-era or Australian members

Hey, take it easy on them.

That's hilarious. At least Foghat still have their drummer.

lol

Chris Marion – keyboards, vocals (2004–present)
Rich Herring – guitar, vocals (2006–present)
Ryan Ricks – drums, vocals (2012–present)
Colin Whinnery – guitar, vocals (2018–present)

the other guy was a hired bassist from 1980-96, who was rehired as lead singer when a similarly longtime hired guitarist got the URL transferred to his ownership from the founding guitarist in the year 2000; he then sued the original members for using "the voices of the Little River Band" on their posters in Australia.

So much drama in the LRB...

hee

https://images.kerrangcdn.com/SmashingPumpkins-JonathanWeiner-2020.jpg?auto=compress&fit=crop&w=1008&h=567

those shoulder pads DO NOT convey sobriety and wisdom

It does confirm that there's a men's room nearby.

Jesus, what were the photos they rejected like?

https://img.discogs.com/E6rdYy626ch501C0moSGPIPGW0s=/600x399/smart/filters:strip_icc():format(jpeg):mode_rgb():quality(90)/discogs-images/A-290351-1314858806.jpeg.jpg

Kingdom Come ^^^^

It’s gotta be tough to be a 55 year old rock and roll guy. pic.twitter.com/Dj61aSLwfr

— 🔪🔪bЯyan🔪🔪 (Moderna gang) (@murderxbryan) April 15, 2021

this apparently in earnest response broke my brain

I think only Les Claypool has figured out how to be a 55 year old rock and roll guy without look like a tool. It probably helps if looking weird was always part of your thing. pic.twitter.com/tQFrjtILz4

— All Cops Are Mega Doo-doo (@Pro_Savage) April 15, 2021

Les just looks like he put together his own eccentric look, while the dudes above look like they shop at the rock store or something. It's the off-the-shelf quality of all their gear that makes it look so dorky.

les also looks like a tool though
but like steampunk or something

there's something goofy about it that is endearing to me

https://translucidmind.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/Screenshot_2-1080x675.jpg

lonely techno baldie, thinking baout things

Being a lonely techno baldie is not age dependent tbf.

It's hard to buy into this image of Sven Väth as a deep thinking elder statesman after Von Südenfed depicted him as a fearful bed-wetter.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CZy_5-OvvLg

hah I'd forgotten about that, it's a great track

sad lol at Offspring, perfect fit for this thread.

(xp re SV)

Or if you've ever seen him. Great example for the thread.

It looks like a watch ad.

all time

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GJIgF-9jl9M

gude laune!!

Cruello di Vil there on the right in the Offspring! If your bosses make you dress like that, you might as well start waiting tables at a theme restaurant.

uh show some respect, don't give silly names to respectable elders like *checks notes* Noodles.

on a similar note:

cannot get over how hard the Offspring are aging into MST3K villains pic.twitter.com/Iy74y2Zqe7

— quote tweet of 3rd reply screenshot (@bshoup) April 16, 2021

lol

Steps

https://celebmix.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/steps-premiere-super-fun-lyric-video-for-new-single-to-the-beat-of-my-heart-01.jpg

Foreigner: not sober!

Mexico City, let’s get ready to rock!
Tickets available now at https://t.co/XxQ2OfrGXj pic.twitter.com/QTTYNNImvm

— Foreigner (@ForeignerMusic) February 21, 2020

There’s seven people in Foreigner? And at least one of them doesn’t trust the other six not to steal his wallet.

steps have aged better than s club 7

Update: @SpinDoctorsBand will replace Natasha Bedingfield today at the @johnsoncontrols World Sound Stage with @RadioMilwaukee. pic.twitter.com/2TeFzzIFz1

— Summerfest (@Summerfest) September 16, 2021

The Boo Radleys:

https://www.nme.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/08/Boo-Radleys-Promo-July-202166351-1-696x442.jpg

The Boo Radleys:

🖼

Sice Rogan?

heh

I can’t believe I was never aware of this thread before, this is great

the new Porcupine T(h)ree:

https://i.redd.it/1hzuf72kmlw71.jpg

It's tough for these bands. because they are going to be criticized either if they are trying to look young, or if they look too much like people their own age.

Xp Seems like that band have always looked more or less like that though.

if you're not gonna look cool dont take band pictures. like obviously porcupine tree is gonna look like the second shift at guitar center.

if you're not gonna look cool dont take band pictures

aka the My Bloody Valentine rule

"This rustic folk trio, known for their contemplative anthems about life in nature, return with uh hold on I'm getting a new signal here, apparently this is...Interpol?" pic.twitter.com/QsDgsPINL9

— Ned Raggett (@NedRaggett) January 26, 2022

Luv 2 go hiking in white Vans w/black socks

Just not the same without Carlos.

Turn Down that Loud Noise

https://scenestr.com.au/media/k2/items/cache/e5514d8bf6472607358a133db9c4c2ff_XL.jpg

It’s finally here. Season 6. Sorry it took 27 years. pic.twitter.com/GB9q3t16Zf

— Scott Thompson (@ScottThompson_) April 13, 2022

'Bell.. Biv.. Devoe!'

Dave Foley not involved(?)

holy shit that's a name I haven't heard in a long long time
also prompted me to remember Four On The Floor, which also aired in the late 80s in the UK

Dave Foley not involved(?)

xp i always get them mixed up with Four On The Floor! I wonder why; they were on Channel 4 around the same era maybe?

Kasabian dragging the thread up into the 2000s

https://i.guim.co.uk/img/media/b4e3d2f4d333d1061142453d6cc737012c28d581/748_642_4196_2519/master/4196.jpg?width=465&quality=45&auto=format&fit=max&dpr=2&s=45a23b93d3d10b3fd2e056bfbd235b14

The Black Crowes announce 2020 reunion tour dates https://t.co/tXmqQadttj pic.twitter.com/EA6TxRCU3v

— Stereogum (@stereogum) November 11, 2019

First time seeing this picture of King Crimson where they look like Sugar Ray pic.twitter.com/4OUhPfqiOC

— stú (@rinbcage) December 15, 2022

actually they look like everclear!

Lol

Not Another King Crimson Tour (2001)

I know this doesn't strictly meet the thread title's intent, but feels like the thread has evolved over time.

Welcome to today's game of "new Hold Steady promo photo" or "dads waiting in the pickup line at a Brooklyn elementary school"?

https://f4.bcbits.com/img/0030966724_10.jpg

Attack Attack! in 2023

https://images.discovery-prod.axs.com/2023/02/uploadedimage_63dd38c996963.jpg

(of 2008 Stick Stickly fame)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KDzt6yI3Dw8

now it takes all five of them to look like one crab :( ;_;

lol

I cannot match the faces in the photo to the video

Stick Stickly in presaging 100gecs-style hyperpop by a good few years shocker

xp: just checked their wikipedia and only two of the original band members are still in it.

holy shit skrillex is oozin like a mofo

https://i.postimg.cc/zXmjj3Wd/mysteryman.jpg

Must admit I enjoyed a mooch through this thread, though many of the images are long gone.

I've some sympathy for those who have to be photographed despite being fatter, balder, less beautiful etc ... It must be weird.

(Not that I have to be photographed but I can feel the pain, nevertheless).