http://www.thestar.com/content/dam/thestar/entertainment/music/2011/02/02/gang_of_four_outlive_their_imitators_yet_again/wogangoffour.jpeg.size.xxlarge.letterbox.jpeg
― holger sharkey (Tom D.), Friday, 3 July 2015 16:10 (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.jpgLit― a chamillionaire full of mallomars (Doctor Casino), Friday, July 3, 2015 11:29 AM (43 minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
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
http://www.inspiretoronto.com/images/bio-raine.jpg
― a chamillionaire full of mallomars (Doctor Casino), Friday, 3 July 2015 17:52 (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
http://factmag-images.s3.amazonaws.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/Kwerk280115-616x372.jpg
― passive-aggressive rageaholic (snoball), Friday, 3 July 2015 18:02 (eight years ago) link
http://images1.musicfeeds.com.au/0932780a3eaad1521ad883b3027c946b-640x360.jpg
― a chamillionaire full of mallomars (Doctor Casino), Friday, 3 July 2015 18:03 (eight years ago) link
http://cypresshill.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/jamming-fest-ch.jpeg
― da croupier, Friday, 3 July 2015 18:09 (eight years ago) link
https://consequenceofsound.files.wordpress.com/2014/12/screen-shot-2014-12-21-at-4-36-24-pm.png?w=794
Incubus
― a chamillionaire full of mallomars (Doctor Casino), Friday, 3 July 2015 18:12 (eight years ago) link
https://s.yimg.com/lo/api/res/1.2/6aa3LxdqPuuPkGpl5afApw--/YXBwaWQ9bWFnYXppbmVzO3c9NTAwO2ZpPWZpdA--/https://s.yimg.com/os/en_us/News/ap_webfeeds/bad8a4a0735aa7066d0f6a70670026bb.jpg
tbf to the backstreet boys, they're usually smiling in press shots
― da croupier, Friday, 3 July 2015 18:12 (eight years ago) link
http://mohegansun.com/content/dam/mohegansun/Images/Entertainment/Entertainers/2015/New%20Kids%20on%20the%20Block/Header-NKoTB_2015-628x378.jpg
― da croupier, Friday, 3 July 2015 18:13 (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
Sleater Kinneyhttp://2.bp.blogspot.com/-51Cr6K1rjsw/VL7h8OsM9vI/AAAAAAAACwI/xG-9Bjbblh4/s1600/sk2015.jpg
― MarkoP, Friday, 3 July 2015 18:27 (eight years ago) link
http://www.rushkorea.com/discography/img/presto_large-02.jpg
― Pono For Pyros (zero of the signified), Friday, 3 July 2015 19:05 (eight years ago) link
https://consequenceofsound.files.wordpress.com/2015/03/screen-shot-2015-03-24-at-5-25-57-pm.png
― Pono For Pyros (zero of the signified), Friday, 3 July 2015 19:11 (eight years ago) link
http://www.asburyrecords.com/public/cover/24050.jpg
― Pono For Pyros (zero of the signified), Friday, 3 July 2015 19:12 (eight years ago) link
http://www.soundpress.net/graphics-feature-articles/fa-2012-08-07-yes-oye-02.jpg
― Pono For Pyros (zero of the signified), Friday, 3 July 2015 19:15 (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
https://fanart.tv/fanart/music/9d1ebcfe-4c15-4d18-95d3-d919898638a1/albumcover/songs-for-drella-51ea19a18b6e2.jpg
― Pono For Pyros (zero of the signified), Friday, 3 July 2015 19:17 (eight years ago) link
http://www.janes-addiction.info/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/janes-addiction-members.jpgjane's addiction
― drash, Friday, 3 July 2015 19:27 (eight years ago) link
http://images.popmatters.com/music_cover_art/b/bauhaus-2006.jpgbauhaus
― 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.thepublicreviews.com/wp-content/uploads/Human-League-O2-Academy-Leeds-V2-620x330.jpg
The Human League
― groovypanda, Friday, 3 July 2015 19:42 (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
http://image.excite.it/musica/news/duranduran-wild-boys-nuovo-album-default.jpg
Duran Duran
― a chamillionaire full of mallomars (Doctor Casino), Friday, 3 July 2015 19:56 (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)
was going to suggest this 2014 press shot of James
http://i1.cdnds.net/14/21/618x412/james-band-press-shot-2014.jpg
but then I realised that they are re-enacting this early 90s picture
http://991.com/newgallery/James-Sound-173285.jpg
― soref, Friday, 3 July 2015 20:03 (eight years ago) link
http://www.footballandmusic.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2008/09/James1.jpg
― soref, Friday, 3 July 2015 20:04 (eight years ago) link
they actually look a bit more smirky in the 2014 version, I guess
― soref, Friday, 3 July 2015 20:06 (eight years ago) link
man, that a-ha elf looks spooky. don't even get me started on that one new kid. so frightening. i know it's not politically correct to say this, but all these people should retire.
― scott seward, Friday, 3 July 2015 20:38 (eight years ago) link
http://static.guim.co.uk/sys-images/Music/Pix/pictures/2013/9/23/1379932081537/Bon-Jovi-011.jpg
admittedly not an earnest promo photo, but this still feels like a place to appreciate a photo of an unsmiling bon jovi where 3/4ths of the band is wearing scarves
― da croupier, Friday, 3 July 2015 21:04 (eight years ago) link
and not like, steven tyler scarves
― da croupier, Friday, 3 July 2015 21:05 (eight years ago) link
http://beardedgentlemenmusic.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/Cynic-band-2014-620x350.jpgCynic
― July retires into a shrubbery. (Øystein), Friday, 3 July 2015 21:13 (eight years ago) link
that’s good way to put it, dr canother variable is ‘rebootier’some pr-managed (or self-aware) image recasting, (re)intro considering how they look to two audiences: original fans (now sadly older themselves, if not wiser) & ‘youth of today’: aiming for dignity/cooldon’t want former to feel embarrassed (for the band or for themselves) or to elicit latter’s ridiculealas sometimes reboot's effect (in particular pic) is what reboot was intended to avoid
(maybe missed mark with bauhaus)
― drash, Friday, 3 July 2015 21:23 (eight years ago) link
http://cegtalent.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/cmbbackstage02-e1400518650645.jpg
Color Me Badd
― da croupier, Friday, 3 July 2015 21:26 (eight years ago) link
http://thelatest.co.uk/files/2013/04/House-of-Love1.jpgThe House of Love
― everything, Friday, 3 July 2015 21:26 (eight years ago) link