Guitar Players Painfully Overwhelmed by the Power of their Own Rocking: A Picture Thread

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Good God, Jack is really becoming Robert Smith, isn't he!

nabisco (nabisco), Friday, 1 April 2005 18:39 (nineteen years ago) link


i always felt that he was closer to Jacko, personally

JD from CDepot, Friday, 1 April 2005 18:40 (nineteen years ago) link

http://www.metalflakes.com/nletter/nov2000/yngwie.jpg

Alex in NYC (vassifer), Friday, 1 April 2005 18:42 (nineteen years ago) link

I don't know how to post pix, but howsaboutsome Carlos Santana?

peepee (peepee), Friday, 1 April 2005 18:47 (nineteen years ago) link

(kidding aside)
Eddie's walking that fine line 'tween pain and ecstasy here:
http://www.arthoward.com/images/eddie84.jpg

Will(iam), Friday, 1 April 2005 18:57 (nineteen years ago) link

either overwhelmed or skared to hell of the tiny turkeys in tophats coming in through the keyhole

http://www.pinkfloydsound.it/Images_storia/syd.jpg

b b, Friday, 1 April 2005 18:59 (nineteen years ago) link

Ah, "guitar face", a sadly incurable condition . . .

Drew Daniel (Drew Daniel), Friday, 1 April 2005 18:59 (nineteen years ago) link

The OPPOSITE of this phenomenon.

http://www.billyzoom.com/images/01.jpg

Ken L (Ken L), Friday, 1 April 2005 19:19 (nineteen years ago) link

http://www.thewire.co.uk/archive/interviews/images/haino.jpg

b b, Friday, 1 April 2005 19:20 (nineteen years ago) link

http://www.guitarchina.com/pic/20040417/088.jpg

ken taylrr (ken taylrr), Friday, 1 April 2005 19:22 (nineteen years ago) link

my band played a show last nite and this guy I know took pictures.

I was making a lame 'guitar face' in every one.

sigh.

M@tt He1geson (Matt Helgeson), Friday, 1 April 2005 19:33 (nineteen years ago) link

the billy zoom smile is creepy. him becoming a preacher makes perfect sense.

andrew m. (andrewmorgan), Friday, 1 April 2005 19:37 (nineteen years ago) link

the billy zoom smile is creepy. him becoming a preacher makes perfect sense.

wha?? really?

M@tt He1geson (Matt Helgeson), Friday, 1 April 2005 19:50 (nineteen years ago) link

This one is on tripod so you have to copy and paste the url but it r00lz

members.tripod.com/~bretthehitman/sonic3.jpg

absolutego (ex machina), Friday, 1 April 2005 19:52 (nineteen years ago) link

Neil,

You are one of my favorite artists ever. I love you...but for god sakes man LEARN HOW TO DRESS...jaysus.

M@tt

M@tt He1geson (Matt Helgeson), Friday, 1 April 2005 19:57 (nineteen years ago) link

I seem to recall seeing Jonathan Richman pulling plenty of guitar faces while soloing, but I can't find any online.

Ken L (Ken L), Friday, 1 April 2005 19:58 (nineteen years ago) link

M@tt: matching colours! ;-)

here's another one, in old fashioned lumberjack style:
http://www.metroactive.com/papers/sonoma/11.02.00/gifs/young-0044.jpg

willem (willem), Friday, 1 April 2005 20:02 (nineteen years ago) link

Neil,

Maybe it's not yr fault. You best go and find the designer of those shorts, the manager that oked the design, the factory workers who made them, the truckers that shipped them, the buyer that stocked them, the manager that oked the stocking, the sales person that helped you, the cashier that let you buy them, anyone in the store, anyone that knew you had them, and anyone that allowed you to leave yr dressing room in them and have a stern, stern talking-to with them. Then do the same for the sandals.

How could so many people let you down?

best,

bb

b b, Friday, 1 April 2005 20:03 (nineteen years ago) link

Curious George Finds the Ether Bottle (Rock Hardy), Friday, 1 April 2005 20:10 (nineteen years ago) link

http://www.cyberscriptus.org/cyber50/kerryslayer.jpg

57 7th (calstars), Friday, 1 April 2005 20:15 (nineteen years ago) link

http://music.iupui.edu/albright/nuge.jpg

Jena (JenaP), Friday, 1 April 2005 20:18 (nineteen years ago) link

http://www.rockmusica.net/palsa/photos/0206slay.jpg

57 7th (calstars), Friday, 1 April 2005 20:22 (nineteen years ago) link

this may border on the kiddie-porn...but im not sure how no-ones put this up yet.

http://www.weidenbach.net/images/storage/kidsing.jpg

b b, Friday, 1 April 2005 20:38 (nineteen years ago) link

Is that Frances Bean?

Yngwie AlmsteenMay (sgertz), Friday, 1 April 2005 20:40 (nineteen years ago) link

for ken L.

http://www.playinginfog.com/images03/jonathan-richman1.jpg

ken taylrr (ken taylrr), Friday, 1 April 2005 22:08 (nineteen years ago) link

http://www.chrisjeffs.co.uk/ruyter-suys.jpg

chris j (chris j), Friday, 1 April 2005 22:36 (nineteen years ago) link

Kerry King is scary.

sundar subramanian (sundar), Friday, 1 April 2005 22:49 (nineteen years ago) link

ihttp://www.east-village.com/evalbum/albums/Live%20Music%20Gallery%20(by%20Shell%20Sheddy)/Joan%20Jett%20at%20Don%20Hills.jpg

mookieproof (mookieproof), Friday, 1 April 2005 23:11 (nineteen years ago) link

Don't forget one of those Eric Clapton "crying" faces:

http://images.art.com/images/products/regular/10113000/10113031.jpg

Sara Sherr, Saturday, 2 April 2005 00:27 (nineteen years ago) link

Is anyone in doing that in Greenpoint tonight?

dan. (dan.), Saturday, 2 April 2005 01:29 (nineteen years ago) link

http://wildcat.arizona.edu/photo_spreads/dave_matthews_6-19/dmb1.jpg
Ooh! Ow! I am bad and hated!

http://www.zenorecords.com/wipers/gallery/g93h-1.jpg
Whereas I, Greg Sage, suffer the pain of rocking as no other has ever rocked!

brianiac (briania), Saturday, 2 April 2005 12:04 (nineteen years ago) link

http://sk.grumblemutterspit.org/images/spsk.jpg

57 7th (calstars), Saturday, 2 April 2005 12:47 (nineteen years ago) link

is the guy on the left steve albini? he's scary

manuel (manuel), Sunday, 3 April 2005 01:38 (nineteen years ago) link

Steve should eat some carbs.

57 7th (calstars), Sunday, 3 April 2005 01:40 (nineteen years ago) link

http://www.perrific.com/concerts/EvilBeaver/111601/EB9.jpg

Palomino (Palomino), Sunday, 3 April 2005 12:57 (nineteen years ago) link

two weeks pass...
Tears are actually streaming down my face.

JM = King of Night Time World

JM+pink polo = KoNTW^2

rogermexico (rogermexico), Saturday, 23 April 2005 18:47 (nineteen years ago) link

ihttp://www.azbandwatch.com/images/Steppchild.jpg

Mike Dixn (Mike Dixon), Saturday, 23 April 2005 19:07 (nineteen years ago) link

Ta-da! Close thread forever, please...

http://www.imagestation.com/picture/sraid155/p1591dec734bf62d33e9bf0f8a1077a7e/f5666514.jpg

Ian Christe (Ian Christe), Sunday, 24 April 2005 02:03 (nineteen years ago) link

one month passes...
Revive! On the occasion of Jon Pareles' 6.5.05 Coldplay rant, which included this picture and caption:

http://graphics8.nytimes.com/images/2005/06/02/arts/05pare2.jpg
Fran Healy of Travis has been influenced by Coldplay

rogermexico (rogermexico), Sunday, 5 June 2005 17:46 (eighteen years ago) link

!

latebloomer: Pain Don't Hurt (latebloomer), Sunday, 5 June 2005 19:01 (eighteen years ago) link

exhibit A: the guitar

http://www.furtherimages.com/phishtabw3.JPG

exhibit B: the Loaf Pinch

ihttp://tadd.txt-nifty.com/blog/IMGP1435.JPG

Suzy Creemcheese (SuzyCreemcheese), Sunday, 19 June 2005 17:22 (eighteen years ago) link

six months pass...
what a bunch of posing fags

your own ugly momma, Tuesday, 10 January 2006 06:13 (eighteen years ago) link

-- Alex in NYC (vassife...), April 2nd, 2005 3:13 AM. (vassifer)

I don't think ILM is aware of how less fun it's going to be around here now that basic cable has a new employee.

Pleasant Plains /// (Pleasant Plains ///), Tuesday, 10 January 2006 20:32 (eighteen years ago) link

-- Alex in NYC (vassife...), April 2nd, 2005 3:13 AM. (vassifer)
I don't think ILM is aware of how less fun it's going to be around here now that basic cable has a new employee.

-- Pleasant Plains ///

True; but, if nothing else, at least the pages will load faster without all those huge suitable-for-framing images all the time!

Myonga Von Bontee (Myonga Von Bontee), Tuesday, 10 January 2006 20:56 (eighteen years ago) link

where is alex these days? i don't see him around much.

M@tt He1geson (Matt Helgeson), Tuesday, 10 January 2006 21:31 (eighteen years ago) link

To Lurkdom or Bust: Alex in NYC says Kinda Bye for a Little While...

Then again, maybe you were trying to be funny.

Pleasant Plains /// (Pleasant Plains ///), Tuesday, 10 January 2006 21:40 (eighteen years ago) link

Sorry, but ol'Mick's drum face owns all of these

http://www.cdshakedown.com/05_2003/Fleetwood_Mac_Mick2.jpg

Elvis Telecom (Chris Barrus), Wednesday, 11 January 2006 00:11 (eighteen years ago) link

http://www.worth1000.com/entries/89500/89563wCfB_w.jpg

literalisp (literalisp), Wednesday, 11 January 2006 02:25 (eighteen years ago) link

http://www.jeffhughart.com/images/satan_guitar.jpg
i was looking for mark mckinney; close as i got

literalisp (literalisp), Wednesday, 11 January 2006 02:32 (eighteen years ago) link

http://images.barnesandnoble.com/images/8970000/8977747.jpg

literalisp (literalisp), Wednesday, 11 January 2006 05:16 (eighteen years ago) link

http://www.nealschon.net/pollstar_may_2002.jpg

rogermexico (rogermexico), Monday, 16 January 2006 09:13 (eighteen years ago) link

Mayer: "It's kind of like being given a nickname; it's something out of your control becoming a novelty. I don't know how it started, and when I'm playing, it feels like playing; it feels right for playing. I don't think I'd be able to play as well if I thought about keeping my face still, but I guess it's pretty weird looking, huh? With people who draw attention to the guitar face, I'm the first they've ever seen of that and don't realize that is a physical tradition of playing guitar. So, I think anyone who talks about the guitar face has never seen B.B. King play guitar; B.B. King does it too. Everybody does it! "

marc h. (marc h.), Monday, 16 January 2006 22:57 (eighteen years ago) link

marc h. (marc h.), Monday, 16 January 2006 22:59 (eighteen years ago) link

five months pass...
And, yeah, that's Steven Seagal.

Edward Bax (EdBax), Tuesday, 27 June 2006 14:43 (seventeen years ago) link

http://www.sarasotabluesfest.com/images/1999/seagal4.jpg

Edward Bax (EdBax), Tuesday, 27 June 2006 19:10 (seventeen years ago) link

Neil,

Maybe it's not yr fault. You best go and find the designer of those shorts, the manager that oked the design, the factory workers who made them, the truckers that shipped them, the buyer that stocked them, the manager that oked the stocking, the sales person that helped you, the cashier that let you buy them, anyone in the store, anyone that knew you had them, and anyone that allowed you to leave yr dressing room in them and have a stern, stern talking-to with them. Then do the same for the sandals.

How could so many people let you down?


I hope you people are joking. last I heard he played music, not modeled pretentious clothing that only pretentious people would consider. I think its really endearing that he looks like a dirty bag. no joke. what kind of integrity would he have if he dressed in Armani? neil young poops all over lenny kravitz

marbles (marbles), Tuesday, 27 June 2006 20:17 (seventeen years ago) link

Maybe it's not yr fault. You best go and find the designer of those shorts, the manager that oked the design, the factory workers who made them, the truckers that shipped them, the buyer that stocked them, the manager that oked the stocking, the sales person that helped you, the cashier that let you buy them, anyone in the store, anyone that knew you had them, and anyone that allowed you to leave yr dressing room in them and have a stern, stern talking-to with them. Then do the same for the sandals.

How could so many people let you down?

I hope you people are joking. neil young poops all over lenny kravitz. what kind of integrity would he have if he dressed in Armani? fashion sucks

marbles (marbles), Tuesday, 27 June 2006 20:20 (seventeen years ago) link

pic 3 = guitar player collapsing under the weight of his own rocking

Abbadavid Berman (Hurting), Wednesday, 28 June 2006 01:42 (seventeen years ago) link

The Quad Guitar was invented and designed by Michael Angelo Batio. It was built by Wayne Charvel in Southern California. The guitar was originally built in conjunction with Gibson Guitars. Wayne later changed the necks and neck logos to say “Ritz” Guitars which at the time was his new guitar company. The 2 top necks have 7 strings while the bottom 2 necks have 6. The Quad Guitar is actually 4 separate guitars with back plates determining it’s shape. The Quad was stolen in El Paso, Texas after the second show of the “Nitro” “OFR” tour. The seven string guitars were returned to Michael by Simon Jones at a show in England in November 2004. The full story, is printed below. The 2 photos on this page were taken in Reseda, California on the set of the “Nitro” “Freight Train” MTV video.

HALF of the “QUAD GUITAR” RETURNED! When Michael was performing in England in November 2004 a young fan named Simon Jones and his Father showed up with a guitar case, opened it up and there to Michael’s astonishment were 2 of the 4 guitars that made up the famous “Quad Guitar”. As stated above, the “Quad Guitar” was stolen on the second show of Nitro’s “OFR” tour in El Paso, Texas. Michael was one of the very first Rock guitarists to use 7 string guitars. Pictured below, in England are Michael, Simon Jones and the Left and Right handed 7 string guitars that made up the top part of the “Quad Guitar”. Thanks to Simon and his father for recovering and returning Michael’s guitars to him.

http://www.angelo.com/M_Angelo_Batio_Quad_Two.jpg

as cleaned on tv (daggerlee), Wednesday, 28 June 2006 04:10 (seventeen years ago) link

In the video for Freight Train (or whatever it's called) the quad flies out of outer space like an x-wing fighter.

Abbadavid Berman (Hurting), Thursday, 29 June 2006 00:38 (seventeen years ago) link

two weeks pass...
http://blog.wfmu.org/photos/guitar_face/index.html

fongoloid sangfroid (sanskrit), Wednesday, 19 July 2006 14:08 (seventeen years ago) link

notable omissions-
Dean Ween (king of the 'pinch face!!!)
King Buzzo
Steve Malkmus

that Billy Corgan pic's pretty straight, i've seen better

WHITE SANTANA!!!

edde (edde), Wednesday, 19 July 2006 15:37 (seventeen years ago) link


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