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

Being a lonely techno baldie is not age dependent tbf.

It's hard to buy into this image of Sven Väth as a deep thinking elder statesman after Von Südenfed depicted him as a fearful bed-wetter.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CZy_5-OvvLg

hah I'd forgotten about that, it's a great track

sad lol at Offspring, perfect fit for this thread.

(xp re SV)

Or if you've ever seen him. Great example for the thread.

It looks like a watch ad.

all time

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GJIgF-9jl9M

gude laune!!

Cruello di Vil there on the right in the Offspring! If your bosses make you dress like that, you might as well start waiting tables at a theme restaurant.

uh show some respect, don't give silly names to respectable elders like *checks notes* Noodles.

on a similar note:

cannot get over how hard the Offspring are aging into MST3K villains pic.twitter.com/Iy74y2Zqe7

— quote tweet of 3rd reply screenshot (@bshoup) April 16, 2021

lol

Steps

https://celebmix.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/steps-premiere-super-fun-lyric-video-for-new-single-to-the-beat-of-my-heart-01.jpg

Foreigner: not sober!

Mexico City, let’s get ready to rock!
Tickets available now at https://t.co/XxQ2OfrGXj pic.twitter.com/QTTYNNImvm

— Foreigner (@ForeignerMusic) February 21, 2020

There’s seven people in Foreigner? And at least one of them doesn’t trust the other six not to steal his wallet.

steps have aged better than s club 7

Update: @SpinDoctorsBand will replace Natasha Bedingfield today at the @johnsoncontrols World Sound Stage with @RadioMilwaukee. pic.twitter.com/2TeFzzIFz1

— Summerfest (@Summerfest) September 16, 2021

The Boo Radleys:

https://www.nme.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/08/Boo-Radleys-Promo-July-202166351-1-696x442.jpg

The Boo Radleys:

🖼

Sice Rogan?

heh

I can’t believe I was never aware of this thread before, this is great

the new Porcupine T(h)ree:

https://i.redd.it/1hzuf72kmlw71.jpg

It's tough for these bands. because they are going to be criticized either if they are trying to look young, or if they look too much like people their own age.

Xp Seems like that band have always looked more or less like that though.

if you're not gonna look cool dont take band pictures. like obviously porcupine tree is gonna look like the second shift at guitar center.

if you're not gonna look cool dont take band pictures

aka the My Bloody Valentine rule

"This rustic folk trio, known for their contemplative anthems about life in nature, return with uh hold on I'm getting a new signal here, apparently this is...Interpol?" pic.twitter.com/QsDgsPINL9

— Ned Raggett (@NedRaggett) January 26, 2022

Luv 2 go hiking in white Vans w/black socks

Just not the same without Carlos.

Turn Down that Loud Noise

https://scenestr.com.au/media/k2/items/cache/e5514d8bf6472607358a133db9c4c2ff_XL.jpg

It’s finally here. Season 6. Sorry it took 27 years. pic.twitter.com/GB9q3t16Zf

— Scott Thompson (@ScottThompson_) April 13, 2022

'Bell.. Biv.. Devoe!'

Dave Foley not involved(?)

holy shit that's a name I haven't heard in a long long time
also prompted me to remember Four On The Floor, which also aired in the late 80s in the UK

Dave Foley not involved(?)

xp i always get them mixed up with Four On The Floor! I wonder why; they were on Channel 4 around the same era maybe?

Kasabian dragging the thread up into the 2000s

https://i.guim.co.uk/img/media/b4e3d2f4d333d1061142453d6cc737012c28d581/748_642_4196_2519/master/4196.jpg?width=465&quality=45&auto=format&fit=max&dpr=2&s=45a23b93d3d10b3fd2e056bfbd235b14

The Black Crowes announce 2020 reunion tour dates https://t.co/tXmqQadttj pic.twitter.com/EA6TxRCU3v

— Stereogum (@stereogum) November 11, 2019

First time seeing this picture of King Crimson where they look like Sugar Ray pic.twitter.com/4OUhPfqiOC

— stú (@rinbcage) December 15, 2022

actually they look like everclear!

Lol

Not Another King Crimson Tour (2001)

I know this doesn't strictly meet the thread title's intent, but feels like the thread has evolved over time.

Welcome to today's game of "new Hold Steady promo photo" or "dads waiting in the pickup line at a Brooklyn elementary school"?

https://f4.bcbits.com/img/0030966724_10.jpg

Attack Attack! in 2023

https://images.discovery-prod.axs.com/2023/02/uploadedimage_63dd38c996963.jpg

(of 2008 Stick Stickly fame)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KDzt6yI3Dw8

now it takes all five of them to look like one crab :( ;_;

lol

I cannot match the faces in the photo to the video

Stick Stickly in presaging 100gecs-style hyperpop by a good few years shocker