The Evil That Is The WHITE BOY 'FRO

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(why do I have to put this in clothes? why is there no category for HAIR on this board? with Gareth posting here, surely this should be a neccesity.)

Anyway! THE WHITE BOY 'FRO!!!

Who is to blame?

I blame Doug Yule. He introduced himself at Terrastock as the "guy that singlehandedly ruined the Velvet Underground." Not just that, buddy, you ruined rock boy hair for all time from the MC5 to the Jesus and Mary Chain to Justin Timberlake to ... ::shudders::

Name and shame other instances of this abomination!

― kate, Saturday, 23 November 2002 03:02 (twenty-one years ago) link

I've got to get some sleep soon. I'm losing my mind.

― kate, Saturday, 23 November 2002 03:04 (twenty-one years ago) link

Agreed. It looks pretty bad.

― man, Saturday, 23 November 2002 03:14 (twenty-one years ago) link

I know what'll liven things up. Post me PICTURES of the worst white boy fro's you can find!

― kate, Saturday, 23 November 2002 03:23 (twenty-one years ago) link

I blame the Jews. And the Italians.

― Jody Beth Rosen (Jody Beth Rosen), Saturday, 23 November 2002 03:24 (twenty-one years ago) link

You know what ... I *LIE*!!! Bob Dylan was the first! And still the most insidiously evil.

― kate, Saturday, 23 November 2002 03:24 (twenty-one years ago) link

Wow! Something we can ACTUALLY blame Jews and Italians for, and not have anyone calling us Gareth ... oops, I mean, Hitler over! Hooray!

Down with bad hair! Style fascism is where its at! Prada Meinhoff!

(I will regret this in the morning, I know it...)

― kate, Saturday, 23 November 2002 03:26 (twenty-one years ago) link

Cut your hair and get a job!

― man, Saturday, 23 November 2002 03:27 (twenty-one years ago) link

White boy fro's vs. Poodle Perms : FITE!!!

― kate, Saturday, 23 November 2002 03:34 (twenty-one years ago) link

How much did you drink tonight?

― man, Saturday, 23 November 2002 03:35 (twenty-one years ago) link

NOthing. That's the scary part. It's pure sleep deprivation and pre-tour nerves. I probably won't sleep for another four days or so.

― kate, Saturday, 23 November 2002 03:41 (twenty-one years ago) link

What kind of tour is it?

― man, Saturday, 23 November 2002 03:42 (twenty-one years ago) link

Only three more days and then I another two weeks off. Last tour was the "every other day should be a holiday tour" and this one is the "every other week should be a holiday tour".

It's the kind of WE'RE A NORTH AMERICAN BAND, WE'RE COING TO YOUR TOWN WE'RE GOING TO PARTY DOWN sort of a tour. This weekend, we will be mainly rocking, erm ... Birmingham, Exeter and Cambridge. Hooray.

Now post me some evil white boy fro's! NOW!!!

― kate, Saturday, 23 November 2002 03:45 (twenty-one years ago) link

Didn't BRMC have one of those?

― "Know what I'm sayin'", Saturday, 23 November 2002 03:52 (twenty-one years ago) link

http://www.steveniles.com/images/albums/graymatter-take_it_back.jpg

this is close but not quite At The Drive In

― Aaron A., Saturday, 23 November 2002 03:58 (twenty-one years ago) link

And what about that Toploader guy?

― Radiohead, Saturday, 23 November 2002 03:59 (twenty-one years ago) link

http://www.mtv.com/news/images/archive/sq-at-the-drive-in-cedric-bixler-serious-jac.jpg

(for posterity!)

― Aaron A., Saturday, 23 November 2002 04:02 (twenty-one years ago) link

http://www.artgarfunkel.com/images.cds/Garfunkel.jpg

― gabriel (gabe), Saturday, 23 November 2002 04:05 (twenty-one years ago) link

omg plz lol lol

― man, Saturday, 23 November 2002 04:07 (twenty-one years ago) link

http://www.randomviolins.org/~dwap/academia/bobross.jpg

― gabriel (gabe), Saturday, 23 November 2002 04:08 (twenty-one years ago) link

http://www.salon.com/music/sharps/1998/05/src/01reed.gif

― Aaron A., Saturday, 23 November 2002 04:10 (twenty-one years ago) link

Non-blacks with kinky hair!? That's an outrage! You're right. This is an evil that we must cleanse.

(I seem glib but I actually do find this thread kind of offensive. Kate, I know you're drunk and overtired and all, but I'm just so tired of this stereotype about how white people should look, especially since not all "white" people are wispy-haired Protestants. Maybe I'm overreacting here.)

― Jody Beth Rosen (Jody Beth Rosen), Saturday, 23 November 2002 04:14 (twenty-one years ago) link

http://www.umich.edu/~bhl/bhl/refhome/jls/sinclair/mc5.jpg

― rosemary (rosemary), Saturday, 23 November 2002 04:18 (twenty-one years ago) link

White Boy 'Fro=CLASSIC
White boys in 'fro wigs=Seriously, what the hell?

― Nate Patrin (Nate Patrin), Saturday, 23 November 2002 06:38 (twenty-one years ago) link

(PS: Loaded is my fave VU album)

― Nate Patrin (Nate Patrin), Saturday, 23 November 2002 06:41 (twenty-one years ago) link

― Leee (Leee), Saturday, 23 November 2002 07:37 (twenty-one years ago) link

So, how did everyone feel about 'White Teeth' bringing the term 'Jewfro' (back) into use?

There's no 'right' or 'wrong' way for hair to be, texture-wise, as far as I'm concerned.

― suzy (suzy), Saturday, 23 November 2002 10:03 (twenty-one years ago) link

http://bitchcakes.topcities.com/images/boyz.jpg

My hotties.

― Ally (mlescaut), Saturday, 23 November 2002 10:32 (twenty-one years ago) link

my boy booksontape rocks the jew fro like horshack 2002
http://www.rollerderbysuperstar.com/beatpunk/images/08-06-02.jpg

― chaki (chaki), Saturday, 23 November 2002 11:20 (twenty-one years ago) link

you cant forget the DICTATORS!
http://www.furious.com/perfect/graphics/dictators.jpg

― chaki (chaki), Saturday, 23 November 2002 11:22 (twenty-one years ago) link

Horshak was the Polish sweathog; Epstein was the (Puerto Rican) Jewish sweathog. Though Epstein had a pretty nasty white boy 'fro, too, come to think of it.

anyway, dave q. must be summoned to this thread, so as to post a pic of Gino "Mullet 'Fro" Vannelli.

― Tad (llamasfur), Saturday, 23 November 2002 12:42 (twenty-one years ago) link

I think starting a thread based off what you find wrong in the appearence of some of the boards regulars is really shitty and mean.

― bnw (bnw), Saturday, 23 November 2002 13:01 (twenty-one years ago) link

I'm unclear why you think that any ILXer inspired this thread. If it were the case, I'd agree with you, but I didn't think that was what kicked this off.

― Martin Skidmore (Martin Skidmore), Saturday, 23 November 2002 13:05 (twenty-one years ago) link

/ILX/ThreadSelectedControllerServlet?thread.php?msgid=3143070

― bnw (bnw), Saturday, 23 November 2002 13:30 (twenty-one years ago) link

Yep, you seem to be absolutely right. I had vaguely thought it came from talk of indie bands, but I was wrong.

― Martin Skidmore (Martin Skidmore), Saturday, 23 November 2002 13:45 (twenty-one years ago) link

Doug Yule should be blamed for everything

― DG (D_To_The_G), Saturday, 23 November 2002 15:02 (twenty-one years ago) link

this guy - hello

http://www.face-the-music.de/images/jeff_06.jpg

― Kim (Kim), Saturday, 23 November 2002 15:49 (twenty-one years ago) link

and I love gabriel for posting that pic of Bob Ross. aw...happy little trees...

― Kim (Kim), Saturday, 23 November 2002 15:52 (twenty-one years ago) link

That's not the Bob Ross who used to teach me English in school! I find it hard to imagine that there could be another person with that name!

― Martin Skidmore (Martin Skidmore), Saturday, 23 November 2002 15:56 (twenty-one years ago) link

I think Justin T. and Screech ruined it for everyone, it cannot now have non-geeky associations.*

*god forgive me, but I am starting to think JT is kind of, um, attractive. What is wrong with me????

― Nicole (Nicole), Saturday, 23 November 2002 16:49 (twenty-one years ago) link

Escape now, Nicole! Dan and I will be happy to provide crack rescue service in the nick of time, doubtless.

― Ned Raggett (Ned), Saturday, 23 November 2002 17:03 (twenty-one years ago) link

It's too late for me, save yourselves!

― Nicole (Nicole), Saturday, 23 November 2002 17:47 (twenty-one years ago) link

I think starting a thread based off what you find wrong in the appearence of some of the boards regulars is really shitty and mean.

I agree, and curly/frizzy/kinky hair is WONDERFUL. My love for Jeff Lynne's big hair is as big as Kate's love for Julian Casablancas' big ass.

― Jody Beth Rosen (Jody Beth Rosen), Saturday, 23 November 2002 22:11 (twenty-one years ago) link

I think starting a thread about white bot fro's is always welcome. Name and Shame! Starting with me:

http://photos.groups.yahoo.com/group/12ftlizards/vwp?.dir=/&.src=gr&.dnm=This+is+a+lie.jpg&.view=t&.done=http%3a//photos.groups.yahoo.com/group/12ftlizards/lst%3f%26.dir=/%26.src=gr%26.view=t

http://www.maths.tcd.ie/~sboyle/2000/big/BeachBoys,Simon,Mark,Andrew.jpg

Fortunately I have see the error of my ways, and now rely on a numerical haircut.

Next up: white boy dreads: Evil Or Dud?

― Andrew Farrell (afarrell), Monday, 25 November 2002 12:30 (twenty-one years ago) link

OH MY GOD BOB ROSS! THE HAPPY MOUNTAINS MAN!! *faints*

― katie (katie), Monday, 25 November 2002 13:27 (twenty-one years ago) link

(I would like to play my: "I was drunk and shouldn't have been posting" ILx card above now, thanks. Caling someone "shitty and mean" for being a bit insensitive is um a bit overkill. Sorry!)

― bnw (bnw), Monday, 25 November 2002 14:14 (twenty-one years ago) link

Oh my god! Someone on IL*!!! Making *FUN* of someone! Based on something shallow and SUPERFICIAL, like their APPEARANCE and their HAIR CARE TECHNIQUES!!!

How OFFENSIVE and TERRIBLE is that?!?!?

Oh god, I can never bring my faint-hearted lilly-livered sensitive new age soul to read this site again.

― kate, Tuesday, 26 November 2002 13:41 (twenty-one years ago) link

I think that if ppl grow their hair so they look like privet hedges, then someone should come along with a pair of shears and do a nice bit of topiary.

― MarkH (MarkH), Tuesday, 26 November 2002 13:45 (twenty-one years ago) link

Oh my god! Someone on IL*!!! Making *FUN* of someone! Based on something shallow and SUPERFICIAL, like their APPEARANCE and their HAIR CARE TECHNIQUES!!!
How OFFENSIVE and TERRIBLE is that?!?!?

Oh god, I can never bring my faint-hearted lilly-livered sensitive new age soul to read this site again

"Are you being sarcastic? Dude I don't even know anymore"

― Ronan (Ronan), Tuesday, 26 November 2002 14:36 (twenty-one years ago) link

http://www.collectinghollywood.com/DDiamo1.jpg

Scronch

― Chris V. (Chris V), Tuesday, 26 November 2002 15:07 (twenty-one years ago) link

I count three white guy fro's.

http://www.grudge-match.com/Images/kotter.jpg

― Chris V. (Chris V), Tuesday, 26 November 2002 15:10 (twenty-one years ago) link

did u guys know that when u look down at a single afro hair srand under a microscope its shaped like an almond, and when u look down at a single strand of sraight hair its flat.......
maybe this is called a gene.......

― helen koskinas (helen koskinas), Monday, 9 December 2002 12:29 (twenty-one years ago) link

i meant strand.

― helen koskinas (helen koskinas), Monday, 9 December 2002 12:30 (twenty-one years ago) link

i have nightmares that look like this...

http://www.thestrokes.com/photos/7c/7c22.jpg

― kate, Wednesday, 11 December 2002 19:25 (twenty-one years ago) link

My friend Josh had an amazing enormous not-just-white-boy-but-BLONDE-afro that was honest-to-god at least 2 feet in diameter. He played saxophone in a funk/jazz band that sounded great.

He cut off his 'fro. They literally fired him the next day, and hired another dude with a white-boy-afro, only it was way limp and not-nearly as full, and was shaped more like a mullet, thus his hairstyle was dubbed "frullet".

True story.

― nickalicious (nickalicious), Wednesday, 11 December 2002 19:35 (twenty-one years ago) link

Whether or not it is racist, my drummer had his white boy fro cut all off on Saturday right before he got married. Though supposedly it had nothing to do with that.

― Sarah McLusky (coco), Wednesday, 11 December 2002 20:04 (twenty-one years ago) link

helen, that's not quite true. It's straight hairs that are perfectly round. They get curlier the flatter they are.

― Kim (Kim), Thursday, 12 December 2002 04:31 (twenty-one years ago) link

four months pass...

mines growing in as we speak.

― Chris V. (Chris V), Thursday, 8 May 2003 16:04 (twenty years ago) link

Doug Yule was a fro-come-lately. Those dudes from the Hendrix Experience were rocking that thing years before:

http://www.britannica.com/psychedelic/images/opsyroc007p4.jpg

― arch Ibog (arch Ibog), Thursday, 8 May 2003 16:15 (twenty years ago) link

Only one of those Doo's is an actual Fro. The others are PERMS, which are even MORE EVIL!!!

― kate, Friday, 9 May 2003 08:25 (twenty years ago) link

Lee Oskar!

http://www.artistdirect.com/Images/Sources/AMGCOVERS/music/cover200/drd300/d307/d307176kok7.jpg

http://www.boblewisaudio.com/Images/Leeandharold.jpg

― weatheringdaleson (weatheringdaleson), Friday, 9 May 2003 08:48 (twenty years ago) link

four years pass...

Wow! Something we can ACTUALLY blame Jews and Italians for, and not have anyone calling us Gareth ... oops, I mean, Hitler over! Hooray!

Down with bad hair! Style fascism is where its at! Prada Meinhoff!

(I will regret this in the morning, I know it...)

-- kate, Friday, November 22, 2002 10:26 PM (5 years ago) Bookmark Link

― and what, Tuesday, 25 December 2007 19:03 (sixteen years ago) link

hahahahaha ok fuck every single person that posted here in agreement, for real

― pretzel walrus, Tuesday, 25 December 2007 21:50 (sixteen years ago) link

u mad

― El Tomboto, Tuesday, 25 December 2007 21:54 (sixteen years ago) link

wispy-haired protestant

― mookieproof, Tuesday, 25 December 2007 23:38 (sixteen years ago) link

lol but jbr otm

― chaki, Tuesday, 25 December 2007 23:46 (sixteen years ago) link

I know it wasa already done, but hey, it's a different photo..
http://www.godhaven.org.uk/blogimages/hendrix.jpg

― Andi Mags, Thursday, 27 December 2007 22:59 (sixteen years ago) link

http://jenniferweiner.blogspot.com/jackosbourne.jpg

― Andi Mags, Thursday, 27 December 2007 23:02 (sixteen years ago) link

I thought that was a young Ed at first glance.

― Bob Six, Thursday, 27 December 2007 23:16 (sixteen years ago) link

CLAPTON CIRCA CREAM WAS WORKING THAT THANG

http://www.cream2005.com/images/photos/photo47_425x585.jpg

― scott seward, Thursday, 27 December 2007 23:19 (sixteen years ago) link

http://images.forbes.com/images/2004/12/03/cream_420x315.jpg

― scott seward, Thursday, 27 December 2007 23:20 (sixteen years ago) link

and then he just totally ditched it

http://artfiles.art.com/images/-/Eric-Clapton-Photograph-C12148014.jpeg

― scott seward, Thursday, 27 December 2007 23:21 (sixteen years ago) link

three man army wins the redhead fro award:

http://www.alexgitlin.com/npp/tma1.jpg

― scott seward, Thursday, 27 December 2007 23:24 (sixteen years ago) link

Uhm.. Outfit on right is MY WANT.

― Andi Mags, Friday, 28 December 2007 00:13 (sixteen years ago) link

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