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

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

everything, Tuesday, 30 June 2015 22:30 (eight years ago) link

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

soref, Tuesday, 30 June 2015 22:31 (eight years ago) link

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

Wang Chung

soref, Tuesday, 30 June 2015 22:42 (eight years ago) link

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

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

the top man in the language department (誤訳侮辱), Tuesday, 30 June 2015 22:47 (eight years ago) link

haha

drash, Tuesday, 30 June 2015 22:54 (eight years ago) link

lollll

A Smedley Adoption (get bent), Tuesday, 30 June 2015 22:59 (eight years ago) link

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

Papa Roach

pplains, Tuesday, 30 June 2015 23:16 (eight years ago) link

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

pplains, Tuesday, 30 June 2015 23:26 (eight years ago) link

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

Eyeball Kicks, Tuesday, 30 June 2015 23:36 (eight years ago) link

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

Level 42

... (Eazy), Wednesday, 1 July 2015 00:11 (eight years ago) link

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

... (Eazy), Wednesday, 1 July 2015 00:12 (eight years ago) link

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."

the top man in the language department (誤訳侮辱), Wednesday, 1 July 2015 00:32 (eight years ago) link

somewhat dated but

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

Brad C., Wednesday, 1 July 2015 00:47 (eight years ago) link

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

A Smedley Adoption (get bent), Wednesday, 1 July 2015 01:23 (eight years ago) link

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

scott seward, Wednesday, 1 July 2015 02:09 (eight years ago) link

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

anthony braxton diamond geezer (anagram), Wednesday, 1 July 2015 08:36 (eight years ago) link

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

anthony braxton diamond geezer (anagram), Wednesday, 1 July 2015 08:39 (eight years ago) link

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

anthony braxton diamond geezer (anagram), Wednesday, 1 July 2015 08:43 (eight years ago) link

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

Siegbran, Wednesday, 1 July 2015 11:34 (eight years ago) link

threadwinner

Ye Mad Puffin, Wednesday, 1 July 2015 12:16 (eight years ago) link

They seem to care a lot.

Mark G, Wednesday, 1 July 2015 12:19 (eight years ago) link

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

early rejecter, Wednesday, 1 July 2015 13:13 (eight years ago) link

(Tears for Fears - needs B&W filter)

... (Eazy), Wednesday, 1 July 2015 13:23 (eight years ago) link

Off-topic but

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

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

pplains, Wednesday, 1 July 2015 13:31 (eight years ago) link

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

arbiter of sorrow (aldo), Wednesday, 1 July 2015 14:00 (eight years ago) link

xxp: Wes Borland's girlfriend:

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

\o/

how's life, Wednesday, 1 July 2015 14:02 (eight years ago) link

doesnt get DARKer than these

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

tayto fan (Michael B), Wednesday, 1 July 2015 14:06 (eight years ago) link

The Aqua shot is excellent.

the joke should be over once the kid is eaten. (chap), Wednesday, 1 July 2015 15:17 (eight years ago) link

perfect

sleeve, Wednesday, 1 July 2015 15:34 (eight years ago) link

I though Matthew Sweet was Keith Lemon.

the joke should be over once the kid is eaten. (chap), Wednesday, 1 July 2015 15:36 (eight years ago) link

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

gatinga, Wednesday, 1 July 2015 15:39 (eight years ago) link

Sugar Ray and the NA Sponsors

... (Eazy), Wednesday, 1 July 2015 15:40 (eight years ago) link

Apologies for size, but speaking of Motorhead:

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

the top man in the language department (誤訳侮辱), Wednesday, 1 July 2015 15:50 (eight years ago) link

all bands are the worst
i hate all bands

marcos, Wednesday, 1 July 2015 15:54 (eight years ago) link

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

Gotta keep them seat belts initiated.

pplains, Wednesday, 1 July 2015 16:01 (eight years ago) link

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

More serious Barenaked Ladies

... (Eazy), Friday, 3 July 2015 15:54 (eight years ago) link

Even TG falling into the same trap!

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

holger sharkey (Tom D.), Friday, 3 July 2015 16:01 (eight years ago) link

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

got the club going UP on a tuesday (m coleman), Friday, 3 July 2015 16:03 (eight years ago) link

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

( X '____' )/ (zappi), Wednesday, 13 April 2022 23:13 (two years ago) link

Dave Foley not involved(?)


He’s lying down in that picture.

Otto Insurance (Boring, Maryland), Wednesday, 13 April 2022 23:14 (two years ago) link

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?

piscesx, Thursday, 14 April 2022 12:19 (two years ago) link

one month passes...
one month passes...

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

— Stereogum (@stereogum) November 11, 2019

deep luminous trombone (Eazy), Monday, 11 July 2022 19:00 (one year ago) link

five months pass...

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!

budo jeru, Sunday, 18 December 2022 03:40 (one year ago) link

Lol

Soda Stereo Total (James Redd and the Blecchs), Sunday, 18 December 2022 03:45 (one year ago) link

Not Another King Crimson Tour (2001)

Master of Treacle, Sunday, 18 December 2022 06:20 (one year ago) link

three months pass...

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

Maxmillion D. Boosted (jon /via/ chi 2.0), Thursday, 13 April 2023 21:21 (one year ago) link

one month passes...

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

peace, man, Thursday, 25 May 2023 12:58 (ten months ago) link

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

least said, sergio mendes (sic), Thursday, 25 May 2023 13:32 (ten months ago) link

lol

peace, man, Thursday, 25 May 2023 15:29 (ten months ago) link

I cannot match the faces in the photo to the video

Terrycoth Baphomet (bendy), Thursday, 25 May 2023 15:48 (ten months ago) link

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

Do I look like I know what a jpeg is? (dog latin), Thursday, 25 May 2023 15:58 (ten months ago) link

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

peace, man, Thursday, 25 May 2023 17:01 (ten months ago) link

three months pass...

holy shit skrillex is oozin like a mofo

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

Blues Guitar Solo Heatmap (Free Download) (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Wednesday, 6 September 2023 17:14 (seven months ago) link

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.

djh, Wednesday, 6 September 2023 20:58 (seven months ago) link

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

djh, Wednesday, 6 September 2023 21:06 (seven months ago) link


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