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

Message Bookmarked
Bookmark Removed
Not all messages are displayed: show all messages (441 of them)

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

lol @ "barenecked ladies"

example (crüt), Friday, 3 July 2015 16:12 (eight years ago) link

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 (eight years ago) link

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 (eight years ago) link

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 (eight years ago) link

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

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

Avoiding the cliche - Whitesnake.

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

... (Eazy), Friday, 3 July 2015 17:43 (eight years ago) link

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

... (Eazy), Friday, 3 July 2015 17:45 (eight years ago) link

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

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

this is the funniest fucking thread

da croupier, Friday, 3 July 2015 17:49 (eight years 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


You must be logged in to post. Please either login here, or if you are not registered, you may register here.