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

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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

I'm having some WS Hall of Shame feelings about the lead singer of 311, too.

from batman to balloon dog (carl agatha), Friday, 3 July 2015 17:50 (eight years ago) link

I'd like to commend the Butthole Surfers for still looking like some recently woken, distracted slobs in their last press shots i've found. when gibby makes a straight face, paul looks goofy, and vica versa

da croupier, Friday, 3 July 2015 17:54 (eight years ago) link

awwwwwwwwwwwesome

a chamillionaire full of mallomars (Doctor Casino), Friday, 3 July 2015 18:14 (eight years ago) link

Director Josh Trank Calls NKOTB Reboot A 'Dark Amblin' Tour

da croupier, Friday, 3 July 2015 18:18 (eight years ago) link

Wow, the guy on the left looks like Ron Perlman. And the guy on the right looks like he's auditioning for a telenovela.

the top man in the language department (誤訳侮辱), Friday, 3 July 2015 18:19 (eight years ago) link

less interested in "which band did this start with" than "who is the stylist/photographer/label rep primarily responsible for making this such an entrenched thing?"

A Smedley Adoption (get bent), Friday, 3 July 2015 18:25 (eight years ago) link

I blame Chapman Baehler.

the top man in the language department (誤訳侮辱), Friday, 3 July 2015 18:27 (eight years ago) link

http://www.mightofstrings.com/sites/mightofstrings.com/files/Fun%20Factory.jpg

Fun Factory

jmm, Friday, 3 July 2015 19:16 (eight years ago) link

http://www.janes-addiction.info/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/janes-addiction-members.jpg
jane's addiction

drash, Friday, 3 July 2015 19:27 (eight years ago) link

http://images.popmatters.com/music_cover_art/b/bauhaus-2006.jpg
bauhaus

drash, Friday, 3 July 2015 19:31 (eight years ago) link

http://userserve-ak.last.fm/serve/500/211854/Jesus+Jones.jpg

Jesus Jones (2004)

groovypanda, Friday, 3 July 2015 19:39 (eight years ago) link

http://www.mudkiss.com/interviews/Neds%20-Present.jpg

groovypanda, Friday, 3 July 2015 19:45 (eight years ago) link

not to be cap'n control-a-thread, but this is sort of devolving into "bands just wearing black in general"

A Smedley Adoption (get bent), Friday, 3 July 2015 19:51 (eight years ago) link

key variables imo are how sincere they wish to come off, versus how sincere you would reasonably expect the band in question to be

a chamillionaire full of mallomars (Doctor Casino), Friday, 3 July 2015 19:57 (eight years ago) link

(sub "sober" and "wise" in there too obv)

a chamillionaire full of mallomars (Doctor Casino), Friday, 3 July 2015 19:57 (eight years ago) link


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