https://blitzrockgyn.files.wordpress.com/2014/08/alpha.jpg
― feargal czukay (NickB), Friday, 3 July 2015 21:46 (eight years ago) link
"we are weather-beaten warriors in the populist-but-dark 2000s sci-fi action film of your choice, and we continue to fight for our mission with hard-won strength and clarity"
― A Smedley Adoption (get bent), Friday, 3 July 2015 21:51 (eight years ago) link
lol, yes
so sad! what's wrong with color? old people can be colorful.
always nice to see bands who don't succumb to this aesthetic; often, counterintuitively, they project more dignity
― drash, Friday, 3 July 2015 21:55 (eight years ago) link
I was pleased that Kajagoogoo didn't start presenting themselves this way when they made a comeback, not sure I'd go so far as to describe the result as dignified
http://discordrhyme.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/kadgagoogoo-pic-tim-anderson-dm-613355759.jpg
― soref, Friday, 3 July 2015 21:58 (eight years ago) link
the warped tour presents: kajagoogoo!
― A Smedley Adoption (get bent), Friday, 3 July 2015 22:05 (eight years ago) link
second from right has seen the writing on the wall
― a chamillionaire full of mallomars (Doctor Casino), Friday, 3 July 2015 22:05 (eight years ago) link
80s new wave haircut bands reinventing themselves as bad-ass industrial cyberpunks is different progression that some bands go through, I guess?
― soref, Friday, 3 July 2015 22:07 (eight years ago) link
but yeah, i've searched a few bands where it'd be particularly pathetic if they'd "gone gray" in this sense, but who have turned out, imo to their credit, to say "ehh, we were a comedy novelty act to begin with, and if anybody's going to come out and see us in 2015, it's to see a comedy novelty act. that's who's paying our checks so let's be good entertainers ffs."
― a chamillionaire full of mallomars (Doctor Casino), Friday, 3 July 2015 22:07 (eight years ago) link
<3 kajagoogoo forever, just to be clear
― soref, Friday, 3 July 2015 22:08 (eight years ago) link
xp Have Bentley Rhythm Ace reformed then?
― groovypanda, Friday, 3 July 2015 22:40 (eight years ago) link
haha no, was thinking of POTUS and me first and the gimme gimmes.
― a chamillionaire full of mallomars (Doctor Casino), Friday, 3 July 2015 22:58 (eight years ago) link
http://content.hollywire.com/sites/default/files/2015/04/06/Fall-Out-Boy-‘American-Beauty-American-Psycho’-Album-Review-Thumb-FDRMX.jpg
Fall Out Boy's thug gravitas.
― ... (Eazy), Friday, 3 July 2015 23:05 (eight years ago) link
http://www.reloadfestival.co.uk/img/slideshows/image/slideshow/boomtown-rats-16.png
― everything, Friday, 3 July 2015 23:08 (eight years ago) link
Bob Geldof IS Marianne Faithful AS Oliver Twist
― da croupier, Friday, 3 July 2015 23:47 (eight years ago) link
hahahaha i was looking for the best way to phrase something on that order but you nailed it
― A Smedley Adoption (get bent), Friday, 3 July 2015 23:55 (eight years ago) link
i was debating dru hill, as the ed hardy-ness of their current look undermines any evidence of "wisdom," but they're definitely darker, grittier, etc
http://resources3.news.com.au/images/2014/05/22/1226926/485487-de510036-e074-11e3-9839-f536ebd0cf5e.jpg
― da croupier, Friday, 3 July 2015 23:56 (eight years ago) link
http://www.dublinconcerts.ie/content/uploads/2013/11/ub-40.jpg
UB40
― da croupier, Friday, 3 July 2015 23:58 (eight years ago) link
http://www.tickethub.co/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/Mike-+-The-Mechanics-Tickets-Optimized.jpg
Mike & The Mechanics
― da croupier, Saturday, 4 July 2015 00:07 (eight years ago) link
http://assets.silverstone.co.uk/media/filer_public_thumbnails/filer_public/35/14/3514837a-362c-4ee2-bcbe-f48f04bdb9e6/madness_digital_presale_silverstone_webpage_image.jpg__707x398_q85_crop_subsampling-2_upscale.jpg
Madness showing a better alternative.
― ... (Eazy), Saturday, 4 July 2015 00:10 (eight years ago) link
http://www.allaccess.com/assets/img/editorial/raw/th/TheFixxpic.jpg
― cock chirea, Saturday, 4 July 2015 00:19 (eight years ago) link
http://s3.amazonaws.com/quietus_production/images/articles/7193/magazine_1318945436.jpg
Magazine
― cock chirea, Saturday, 4 July 2015 00:23 (eight years ago) link
dying at the Fixx -- three men each heard that old-timey hats were a must for classing up your look these days, but failed to coordinate on exactly which look that implied
― a chamillionaire full of mallomars (Doctor Casino), Saturday, 4 July 2015 00:48 (eight years ago) link
where's the colour??
http://cdn.ticketfly.com/i/00/00/71/18/03-og.jpg
― scott seward, Saturday, 4 July 2015 00:48 (eight years ago) link
a nontrivial number of these signal "the gravitas of the matrix without the camp value"
― A Smedley Adoption (get bent), Saturday, 4 July 2015 01:16 (eight years ago) link
When did Ray Winstone (second from right) join the Boomtown Rats, and where the fuck did he get that wig?
― the top man in the language department (誤訳侮辱), Saturday, 4 July 2015 01:23 (eight years ago) link
I've been second guessing that mike + mechanics one for not being earnest enough, but man it really says something about the dourness of the norm when MIKE + THE MECHANICS might be looking too vibrant in 2015 for this thread.
― da croupier, Saturday, 4 July 2015 01:29 (eight years ago) link
thumbs up! taking 2015 in stride.
http://www.drunkenwerewolf.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/Simple-Minds.jpg
― scott seward, Saturday, 4 July 2015 01:37 (eight years ago) link
See, a lot of these I passed on because I thought, "oh they haven't sobered up at all."
Like these guys.
http://i.imgur.com/fcaRoJn.jpg
― pplains, Saturday, 4 July 2015 01:47 (eight years ago) link
http://www.gloucestercitizen.co.uk/images/localworld/ugc-images/276271/Article/images/22248198/6616282-large.jpg
Big Country
― cock chirea, Saturday, 4 July 2015 01:48 (eight years ago) link
anton corbjiuoinjknkjngrgrdn
― A Smedley Adoption (get bent), Saturday, 4 July 2015 01:50 (eight years ago) link
Status Quo
http://fondosdeestrellasdelrock.com/wp-content/uploads/images/71/status-quo-0.jpg
second dude from the left - omg!
― cock chirea, Saturday, 4 July 2015 01:54 (eight years ago) link
i don't know where i was going with this
http://i.imgur.com/wNCOcas.jpg
― pplains, Saturday, 4 July 2015 02:07 (eight years ago) link
"the gravitas of the matrix without the camp value"
http://i500.listal.com/image/2961731/500full.jpg
― jmm, Saturday, 4 July 2015 02:14 (eight years ago) link
lol pplains
― a chamillionaire full of mallomars (Doctor Casino), Saturday, 4 July 2015 02:39 (eight years ago) link
http://renownedforsound.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/06/Hanson1.jpg
On the way there: Hanson.
― ... (Eazy), Saturday, 4 July 2015 02:40 (eight years ago) link
middle hanson has a real "luke in ROTJ" vibe
― a chamillionaire full of mallomars (Doctor Casino), Saturday, 4 July 2015 02:45 (eight years ago) link
Band photos where one member refuses to play along
http://hansonguy.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2013/04/promopic.jpg
― cock chirea, Saturday, 4 July 2015 02:56 (eight years ago) link
The Rubinoos
http://i.imgur.com/pfPj1pl.jpg
― skip, Saturday, 4 July 2015 03:37 (eight years ago) link
Trying to think of bands that will be forever impervious to this route, Primus maybe?
― MaresNest, Saturday, 4 July 2015 09:50 (eight years ago) link
http://cdn.images.express.co.uk/img/dynamic/35/590x/del1-455816.jpg
del amitri
― feargal czukay (NickB), Saturday, 4 July 2015 10:08 (eight years ago) link
http://www.theedinburghreporter.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2012/10/Hue-and-Cry-Press-Shot-4.jpg
hue & cry
― feargal czukay (NickB), Saturday, 4 July 2015 10:09 (eight years ago) link
http://newsimg.bbc.co.uk/media/images/46836000/jpg/_46836983_deacon_blue-1.jpg
deacon blue
― feargal czukay (NickB), Saturday, 4 July 2015 10:10 (eight years ago) link
http://cdn.images.express.co.uk/img/dynamic/35/590x/wetwetwet-446872.jpg
wet wet wet
― feargal czukay (NickB), Saturday, 4 July 2015 10:11 (eight years ago) link
Bands are so stupid sometimes
http://cdn.pitchfork.com/news/48809/3afd3183.jpg
― holger sharkey (Tom D.), Saturday, 4 July 2015 11:03 (eight years ago) link
Don't they realize EVERYONE does this? It's like "I tell you what, we had strings on our last album so when we come to play live, how about having a string section which is exclusively made up of attractive young women dressed in black?" (Actually not sure this is as much a thing as it once was).
― holger sharkey (Tom D.), Saturday, 4 July 2015 11:10 (eight years ago) link
Spandau Ballet look like a pissed-off board of directors. Kajagoogoo, otoh, look like they fleshed out the lineup with a couple of bikers. Off topic but I wonder what it's like to be the new recruits in a reformed band on tour. a paycheck, if nothing else, and maybe wish fulfillment. "man this is it, now I can die happy after playing with Simple Minds!"
― got the club going UP on a tuesday (m coleman), Saturday, 4 July 2015 11:55 (eight years ago) link
I cant fathom what its like to be 20-30 years younger and playing for Mike and the Mechanics in 2015
― Master of Treacle, Saturday, 4 July 2015 13:44 (eight years ago) link
Rancid look like a group of prison inmates about to give some teens a "Scared Straight" lecture on the dangers of the drugs & crime lifestyle
― kurt kobaïan (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Saturday, 4 July 2015 14:49 (eight years ago) link
It's just a job. And for a lot of jobbing musicians like this it's a badge of honour that they're 'pros' (calling someone 'semi-pro' is a putdown). Plus their tastes in music may be relatively similar.
― dubmill, Saturday, 4 July 2015 14:57 (eight years ago) link
That photo might well have been the photographer's idea, but of course the band ultimately approved it.
I don't understand exactly why these bands all keep going. I suppose they make a living touring (not from the awful albums they record) and get some ego validation from their fans. Better than just being a nonentity doing some soul-destroying job. But is it? Maybe some of them actually do feel trapped, but they have no alternative financially.
― dubmill, Saturday, 4 July 2015 15:07 (eight years ago) link