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

"Trying to think of bands that will be forever impervious to this route, Primus maybe?"

chili peppers. they are still pretty damn goofy looking in promo shots.

more like sad religion

http://saltroads.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/Bad-Religion-750x400.jpg

just catching up to this thread and wanted to say: that Rancid photo near the top totally fucked w/ my head. wow.

EMF

http://www.clashmusic.com/sites/default/files/legacy/files/emf.jpg

unbelievable

Best of these are obviously those where new, often younger, members almost outnumber the classic/heyday line up

I dont understand why Metallica didnt just keep their 1996 look. They never looked better before or since

Maybe all the subtlety and late 90s maturity went with Newsted

http://www.bbkingblues.com/inc/artists/652.jpg

Mr. Big

wow

that photo retouching is really creepy

http://41.media.tumblr.com/ee2e071cbd4057a5ba7ede4574bf4d93/tumblr_nvgrc2y8kJ1twx6hqo2_1280.jpg

Interpol

http://cache4.asset-cache.net/gc/51871696-interpol-pose-backstage-during-live-105s-not-gettyimages.jpg

vs.

http://images.vogue.it/gallery/25921/Big/bf7c4a51-34be-439e-b0a5-32cc15d9c0aa.jpg

vs.*

http://www.downcastmusic.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/02/Interpol.jpeg

There must be a whole new set of these for 2016 summer tours.

http://media1.fdncms.com/sacurrent/imager/u/original/2521348/cultureclubhero.jpg

why do old guys like black leather so much

I'm not totally sold on Boy George's wisdom and sobriety in that pic.

"Please count from five to one, Mr. George."

Penetration

http://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0367/3569/files/VG_Penetration-33-photo-credit-Ian-West.jpg

wait, someone askes for a Penetration reunion?

also Culture Club with original line-up would be so much fun! even if they do look so serious. they all look very good by the way. way better than i do and i'm younger than those guys.

Level 42 seem to be embracing this look:

http://www.funkblog.nl/wp-content/uploads/2013/06/level-42-UK.jpg

or... maybe not?

http://i2.getreading.co.uk/incoming/article10489054.ece/ALTERNATES/s615/Level-42.jpg

(the top photo seems to be 2013 and the bottom from 2016, so maybe they've relapsed)

It's like they showed up to state fairs and street feats in 2013'in suits, watching everyone in shorts and flip-fops, and said fuck it.

http://i.imgur.com/kndqr4m.jpg

From 2012. They've since hit closing time again.

I would totes see a Penetration reunion!

level 42 were always kinda dour though, weren't they?

woah, okay, maybe not...

http://www.level42.com/wp-content/uploads/level42-bbc2.jpg

i don't think i've ever listened to a level 42 album. got so bored of that one video they would play on mtv.

they had a grand total of two hits in the u.s., right?

maybe they had a later one that i'm not aware of.

http://s4.evcdn.com/images/edpborder500/I0-001/004/255/571-2.jpeg_/tears-for-fears-71.jpeg

Tears for Fears

Big Chair II

"Yes. It is funny how time flies."

TFF have aged well

Still trying to wrap my head around the red shirt the Level 42 dude is wearing in the pic above

those are some wrinkly shirts

Didn't tears for fears always ooze sobriety and wisdom?

pearl jam looking like a bunch of gun runners from an episode of 24

https://consequenceofsound.files.wordpress.com/2016/01/screen-shot-2016-01-19-at-11-19-16-am.png?w=807

Tears for Fears were always pretty dour, though it looks like Roland succumbed to the 80s "wearing too many belts at once" craze for a time

http://bettylou.zzruss.com/tearsforfearscenter1.jpg

Hoo boy, I don't think I've ever noticed this before.

http://i.imgur.com/2iFB0kz.jpg

http://i.imgur.com/457VNqQ.jpg

Wwwweeeeeeeeeeeeeellllllllllll, yyyyyyyyeaheaheaheah

Son, she said, have I got a little story for you
What you thought was your daddy was nothin' but a...

http://www.npacvw.org/assets/img/REO-10-83f39016e4.jpg

... REO Speedwagon, not the Paul O'Grady band, in case of confusion.

the backlighting is doing no favours to the guy on the right there, holy shit

yer man in the middle is a shoo-in for the 'men who look like old lesbians' thread

Exactly.

claudia winkleman's gonna need to get her hair back from the fella on the left there before she films this week's episode of strictly

You mean Dee Dee Ramone's uncle? To be fair to them, they were never a band of lookers in their prime, they probably look better now.

http://www.montres-de-luxe.com/photo/art/default/5732406-8546190.jpg?v=1415264521

The REO photo is such a beautiful and pure expression of generations working together, Boomers dressed by a Gen X stylist who doesn't realize it's not 2004, back when the stylist last had a good paying gig overseeing a bunch of Millennial acts. How many have worn those chains and skull rings!?

yer man in the middle is a shoo-in for the 'men who look like old lesbians' thread

You mean Kevin Cookin'?

https://i.imgur.com/9lEkZER.jpg

Echo & the Bunnymen:

https://images.sk-static.com/images/media/profile_images/artists/46227/huge_avatar