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

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