Gallery of unfortunate band photos

http://www.brightestyoungthings.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/07/faith1eh3.jpg

I thought it had long been standard to deemphasize the charismatic singer/frontman in the photo as a kind of fuck you to celebrity. Maybe that was more true in my college days though.

― Ground Zero Mostel (Hurting 2), Friday, 27 August 2010 02:33 (1 hour ago)

true but that was a reaction to a long established protocol for diffidently conveyed hierachy, which now seems to have been restored

http://ezpicshare.com/images/art733-1282877352.jpg

some do it more subtly than others

all bands should look like that.

The Wiggles?

the decemberists

http://cdn.pitchfork.com/media/decemberists452.jpg

They all look vaguely embarrassed to be there.

except for the one holding the flowers

wow, that's some serious moon face he's got there

saw decemberists pic on a rare visit to pfk and thought of starting/reviving a 'terrible looking indie band' thread, so yeah

'how do we get the requisite emphasis on lead singer/songwriter without it seeming ~too~ obviously hierarchical?'
'is that srsly necessary? that's some serious moon face he's got there'
'yeah i dunno,.....just get him to hold some, like, candy canes, or a broken ragdoll'
'flowers it is'

Beardo #1 looks like a veteran surfer, beardo #2 looks like a university professor, beardo #3 looks like a comic book writer.

lol i can get behind that

beardo 3 looks like a douchebag

He does if you cover over guy-with-flowers.

Chick is longingly staring at fields of alfalfa.

Elevator conversation yesterday, circa 5pm:

Guy from neighboring office: so what are you listening to
Me: Mobb Deep. Because it's cold and rainy.
Guy: Ever heard of the Decembrists?
Me: um, yeah I know who they are. They're from Portland.
Guy: Well, I used to manage them.
Me: Really? Why did they fire you?
Guy: Well, I let them go. This is back when they were a jam band.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tarkio_%28band%29

I tried to steer the conversation to general music industry malaise type stuff rather than admit that I fucking hate this ludicrous band

loool

will anyone rep for'em? (dpn't look at me)

*jumps into line of fire* i liked the first couple of albums! maybe even the first three! i don't recall. and moonfaced smugness aside i don't suppose i have anything much against them now, although i haven't listened to them in a few years, or their last couple of albums.

also, if you covered over the two on the right in that there photo, i could imagine it being a photo of a band i'd like.

or there last couple of albums at all, i should say.

"The Crane Wife" is pretty awesome, to my recollection. Other than that they're pretty dire, although I embarrasedly admit I liked their goofier first couple albums a fair bit during the middle of the last decade.

yep, crane wife...fantastic...rest of their output...craptacular.

Saw them at a festival last year while they were touring for their last album, the rock opera. It was like watching a high-school production of "The Black Rider" made into a comedy. There was something very Rushmore about it.

beardo 3 looks like a douchebag

― Yeah, there's an ass for that. (chrisv2010), Thursday, 9 December 2010 18:47 (2 hours ago)

nah, he's cool - used to live in my town!

Apropos bit from M Perpetua's tumblr thingy today:

But just in recent memory, one thing that comes to mind is how the Decemberists went from being considered a fairly hip band in the early to mid 00s to being deeply uncool right now. But you know, I think the Decemberists were always deeply uncool and just lucked out in their cultural moment, things just went back to a natural balance and they have the modest, unapologetically dorky cult audience they deserve, a la They Might Be Giants. I think something the Decemberists and Arrested Development have in common is that their music and their fans exemplify a stereotype no one wants to be associated with — effete, wimpy, affected, unsexy. Overly “public radio,” you know? The music is weighed down by cultural baggage.

I still think Picaresque is a great album. It bothers me, though, that they made a whole EP about the Táin, without even bothering to find out how to pronounce the title. Also, in Táin stakes, they're no Horslips. But I digress.

all music is weighted with cultural baggage. I could care less about their fans or their stereotype - the songwriting (especially the lyrics) is just atrocious.

tarkio's omnibus is filled with mispronounced/misused words too

but then again they misspelled their own name so the d's are clearly on another level

guy from belle & sebastian

http://cdn.pitchfork.com/media/Murdoch.jpg

that's just creepy

he looks like Greg Germann

http://www.imdb.com/media/rm509385216/nm0314524

grr
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why does photoshop make everybody look washed out and shiny?

hate this aesthetic

yeah it makes everyone look like mannequin/alien clones

see when i see this thread i always have to go and look at this one i started.

i'm sorry but none of these bands look very interesting. they need swords or something...

i could look at band pictures all day. bad and good.

hahaha omg love that thread

~~~memories~~~

Okkervil River (esp. the guy in the middle)

http://cdn.pitchfork.com/media/oriver.jpg

itt:p4k

old dude on the far right looks like he's posing for a nice classic band photo on the set next to them and accidentally got cut into the photo, lol

dude from vampire weekend

http://cdn.pitchfork.com/media/Rostam.jpg

ilxor this could be a standout thread for you imo

keep it bookmarked

loving this new DN

dn vmic

thx

u shd get rid of the 'imo' tho, make it looks it look kinda insincere

imo

en ingles = makes it look kinda insincere

hahaha my eye completely glossed over that

I absolutely love the Devo/Body Count photo and I don't understand the inclusion of it in this thread.