http://www.gannett-cdn.com/-mm-/bdf953a04655efba8af4b90bfe124a3ec2f4d440/c=12-0-2958-2217&r=x404&c=534x401/local/-/media/Salem/2014/06/09/sal0612-wkbblit.jpgLit― a chamillionaire full of mallomars (Doctor Casino), Friday, July 3, 2015 11:29 AM (43 minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
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
― 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 Kinneyhttp://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.jpgjane's addiction
― drash, Friday, 3 July 2015 19:27 (ten years ago)
http://images.popmatters.com/music_cover_art/b/bauhaus-2006.jpgbauhaus
― 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)
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
― soref, Friday, 3 July 2015 20:03 (ten years ago)
http://www.footballandmusic.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2008/09/James1.jpg
― soref, Friday, 3 July 2015 20:04 (ten years ago)
they actually look a bit more smirky in the 2014 version, I guess
― soref, Friday, 3 July 2015 20:06 (ten years ago)
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.
― scott seward, Friday, 3 July 2015 20:38 (ten years ago)
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
― da croupier, Friday, 3 July 2015 21:04 (ten years ago)
and not like, steven tyler scarves
― da croupier, Friday, 3 July 2015 21:05 (ten years ago)
http://beardedgentlemenmusic.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/Cynic-band-2014-620x350.jpgCynic
― July retires into a shrubbery. (Øystein), Friday, 3 July 2015 21:13 (ten years ago)
that’s good way to put it, dr canother 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/cooldon’t want former to feel embarrassed (for the band or for themselves) or to elicit latter’s ridiculealas sometimes reboot's effect (in particular pic) is what reboot was intended to avoid
(maybe missed mark with bauhaus)
― drash, Friday, 3 July 2015 21:23 (ten years ago)
http://cegtalent.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/cmbbackstage02-e1400518650645.jpg
Color Me Badd
― da croupier, Friday, 3 July 2015 21:26 (ten years ago)
http://thelatest.co.uk/files/2013/04/House-of-Love1.jpgThe House of Love
― everything, Friday, 3 July 2015 21:26 (ten years ago)
http://www.billboard.com/files/styles/promo_650/public/media/98-degrees-2013-650-430.jpg
98 Degrees
― da croupier, Friday, 3 July 2015 21:27 (ten years ago)
http://img.thesun.co.uk/aidemitlum/archive/02042/Spandau-Ballet_2042715a.jpg
spandau ballet
― feargal czukay (NickB), Friday, 3 July 2015 21:31 (ten years ago)