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

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
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― 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

― how's life, Friday, 3 July 2015 16:16 (ten years ago)

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

― pplains, Friday, 3 July 2015 16:19 (ten years ago)

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

― too young for seapunk (Moodles), Friday, 3 July 2015 16:39 (ten years ago)

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

― how's life, Friday, 3 July 2015 17:05 (ten years ago)

Avoiding the cliche - Whitesnake.

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

― ... (Eazy), Friday, 3 July 2015 17:43 (ten years ago)

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

― ... (Eazy), Friday, 3 July 2015 17:45 (ten years ago)

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

― from batman to balloon dog (carl agatha), Friday, 3 July 2015 17:48 (ten years ago)

this is the funniest fucking thread

― da croupier, Friday, 3 July 2015 17:49 (ten years ago)

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

― from batman to balloon dog (carl agatha), Friday, 3 July 2015 17:50 (ten years ago)

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

― a chamillionaire full of mallomars (Doctor Casino), Friday, 3 July 2015 17:52 (ten years ago)

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

― da croupier, Friday, 3 July 2015 17:54 (ten years ago)

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

― passive-aggressive rageaholic (snoball), Friday, 3 July 2015 18:02 (ten years ago)

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

― a chamillionaire full of mallomars (Doctor Casino), Friday, 3 July 2015 18:03 (ten years ago)

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

― da croupier, Friday, 3 July 2015 18:09 (ten years ago)

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

Incubus

― a chamillionaire full of mallomars (Doctor Casino), Friday, 3 July 2015 18:12 (ten years ago)

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

― da croupier, Friday, 3 July 2015 18:12 (ten years ago)

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

― da croupier, Friday, 3 July 2015 18:13 (ten years ago)

awwwwwwwwwwwesome

― a chamillionaire full of mallomars (Doctor Casino), Friday, 3 July 2015 18:14 (ten years ago)

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

― da croupier, Friday, 3 July 2015 18:18 (ten years ago)

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

― the top man in the language department (誤訳侮辱), Friday, 3 July 2015 18:19 (ten years ago)

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?"

― A Smedley Adoption (get bent), Friday, 3 July 2015 18:25 (ten years ago)

I blame Chapman Baehler.

― the top man in the language department (誤訳侮辱), Friday, 3 July 2015 18:27 (ten years ago)

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

― MarkoP, Friday, 3 July 2015 18:27 (ten years ago)

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

― Pono For Pyros (zero of the signified), Friday, 3 July 2015 19:05 (ten years ago)

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

― Pono For Pyros (zero of the signified), Friday, 3 July 2015 19:11 (ten years ago)

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

― Pono For Pyros (zero of the signified), Friday, 3 July 2015 19:12 (ten years ago)

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

― Pono For Pyros (zero of the signified), Friday, 3 July 2015 19:15 (ten years ago)

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

Fun Factory

― jmm, Friday, 3 July 2015 19:16 (ten years ago)

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

― Pono For Pyros (zero of the signified), Friday, 3 July 2015 19:17 (ten years ago)

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

― drash, Friday, 3 July 2015 19:27 (ten years ago)

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

― drash, Friday, 3 July 2015 19:31 (ten years ago)

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

Jesus Jones (2004)

― groovypanda, Friday, 3 July 2015 19:39 (ten years ago)

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

The Human League

― groovypanda, Friday, 3 July 2015 19:42 (ten years ago)

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

― groovypanda, Friday, 3 July 2015 19:45 (ten years ago)

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

― A Smedley Adoption (get bent), Friday, 3 July 2015 19:51 (ten years ago)

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

Duran Duran

― a chamillionaire full of mallomars (Doctor Casino), Friday, 3 July 2015 19:56 (ten years ago)

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

― a chamillionaire full of mallomars (Doctor Casino), Friday, 3 July 2015 19:57 (ten years ago)

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

― a chamillionaire full of mallomars (Doctor Casino), Friday, 3 July 2015 19:57 (ten years ago)

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