Gallery of unfortunate band photos

Frightened Rabbit:

http://cdn.pitchfork.com/media/frabbitphoto452.jpg

Man, that band looks like it needs some exercise.

are there any indie bands who've forgone the oblig staging of (completely unremarkable singer) foremost, other members aligned due to some coefficient of instrument played/stature/idiosyncracy?

I thought it had long been standard to deemphasize the charismatic singer/frontman in the photo as a kind of fuck you to celebrity. Maybe that was more true in my college days though.

Like Fugazi photos often have Joe Lally, the most introverted band member, in front or at least sharing the front.

Frightened Rabbit, or Faith + 1?

http://www.brightestyoungthings.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/07/faith1eh3.jpg

I thought it had long been standard to deemphasize the charismatic singer/frontman in the photo as a kind of fuck you to celebrity. Maybe that was more true in my college days though.

― Ground Zero Mostel (Hurting 2), Friday, 27 August 2010 02:33 (1 hour ago)

true but that was a reaction to a long established protocol for diffidently conveyed hierachy, which now seems to have been restored

http://ezpicshare.com/images/art733-1282877352.jpg

some do it more subtly than others

all bands should look like that.

The Wiggles?

the decemberists

http://cdn.pitchfork.com/media/decemberists452.jpg

They all look vaguely embarrassed to be there.

except for the one holding the flowers

wow, that's some serious moon face he's got there

saw decemberists pic on a rare visit to pfk and thought of starting/reviving a 'terrible looking indie band' thread, so yeah

'how do we get the requisite emphasis on lead singer/songwriter without it seeming ~too~ obviously hierarchical?'
'is that srsly necessary? that's some serious moon face he's got there'
'yeah i dunno,.....just get him to hold some, like, candy canes, or a broken ragdoll'
'flowers it is'

Beardo #1 looks like a veteran surfer, beardo #2 looks like a university professor, beardo #3 looks like a comic book writer.

lol i can get behind that

beardo 3 looks like a douchebag

He does if you cover over guy-with-flowers.

Chick is longingly staring at fields of alfalfa.

Elevator conversation yesterday, circa 5pm:

Guy from neighboring office: so what are you listening to
Me: Mobb Deep. Because it's cold and rainy.
Guy: Ever heard of the Decembrists?
Me: um, yeah I know who they are. They're from Portland.
Guy: Well, I used to manage them.
Me: Really? Why did they fire you?
Guy: Well, I let them go. This is back when they were a jam band.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tarkio_%28band%29

I tried to steer the conversation to general music industry malaise type stuff rather than admit that I fucking hate this ludicrous band

loool

will anyone rep for'em? (dpn't look at me)

*jumps into line of fire* i liked the first couple of albums! maybe even the first three! i don't recall. and moonfaced smugness aside i don't suppose i have anything much against them now, although i haven't listened to them in a few years, or their last couple of albums.

also, if you covered over the two on the right in that there photo, i could imagine it being a photo of a band i'd like.

or there last couple of albums at all, i should say.

"The Crane Wife" is pretty awesome, to my recollection. Other than that they're pretty dire, although I embarrasedly admit I liked their goofier first couple albums a fair bit during the middle of the last decade.

yep, crane wife...fantastic...rest of their output...craptacular.

Saw them at a festival last year while they were touring for their last album, the rock opera. It was like watching a high-school production of "The Black Rider" made into a comedy. There was something very Rushmore about it.

beardo 3 looks like a douchebag

― Yeah, there's an ass for that. (chrisv2010), Thursday, 9 December 2010 18:47 (2 hours ago)

nah, he's cool - used to live in my town!

Apropos bit from M Perpetua's tumblr thingy today:

But just in recent memory, one thing that comes to mind is how the Decemberists went from being considered a fairly hip band in the early to mid 00s to being deeply uncool right now. But you know, I think the Decemberists were always deeply uncool and just lucked out in their cultural moment, things just went back to a natural balance and they have the modest, unapologetically dorky cult audience they deserve, a la They Might Be Giants. I think something the Decemberists and Arrested Development have in common is that their music and their fans exemplify a stereotype no one wants to be associated with — effete, wimpy, affected, unsexy. Overly “public radio,” you know? The music is weighed down by cultural baggage.

I still think Picaresque is a great album. It bothers me, though, that they made a whole EP about the Táin, without even bothering to find out how to pronounce the title. Also, in Táin stakes, they're no Horslips. But I digress.

all music is weighted with cultural baggage. I could care less about their fans or their stereotype - the songwriting (especially the lyrics) is just atrocious.

tarkio's omnibus is filled with mispronounced/misused words too

but then again they misspelled their own name so the d's are clearly on another level

guy from belle & sebastian

http://cdn.pitchfork.com/media/Murdoch.jpg

that's just creepy

he looks like Greg Germann

http://www.imdb.com/media/rm509385216/nm0314524

grr
http://ia.media-imdb.com/images/M/MV5BMTYwNjA3MDMxOF5BMl5BanBnXkFtZTYwNjAxMTUz._V1._SX214_CR0,0,214,314_.jpg

why does photoshop make everybody look washed out and shiny?

hate this aesthetic

yeah it makes everyone look like mannequin/alien clones

see when i see this thread i always have to go and look at this one i started.

i'm sorry but none of these bands look very interesting. they need swords or something...

i could look at band pictures all day. bad and good.

hahaha omg love that thread

~~~memories~~~

Okkervil River (esp. the guy in the middle)

http://cdn.pitchfork.com/media/oriver.jpg

itt:p4k

old dude on the far right looks like he's posing for a nice classic band photo on the set next to them and accidentally got cut into the photo, lol

dude from vampire weekend

http://cdn.pitchfork.com/media/Rostam.jpg

ilxor this could be a standout thread for you imo

keep it bookmarked

doctor probably told him he should wear transition lenses and still wants to be "eccentric" or "kooky" is my guess.

To be fair, one of his many activities is designing eyewear.

I absolutely love the Devo/Body Count photo and I don't understand the inclusion of it in this thread.

https://s1.ticketm.net/dam/a/f70/ebf9681f-d70f-443b-87d4-7367c10e6f70_RETINA_PORTRAIT_3_2.jpg
Didn't anyone tell the pixies that past a certain age, you're supposed to use your band photos to ooze wisdom and sobriety?

I think they’re showing us they can still bend at the knee

go team! let's get those six figures!

Kim hasn’t changed a bit

thought this was the up-the-arse thread for a second