Amy & I were watching VH1 Classic during dinner, and it was featuring a block of videos by Journey. This led us to the question that we now put to you, dear reader:
What was the ugliest rock and roll band ever?
(side questions: Can one bandmember’s ugliness bring down a whole band? And can one attractive bandmember redeem an otherwise ugly band?)
Comment away!
“Can one bandmember’s ugliness bring down a whole band?”
well, did Ringo bring down the Beatles???
There was a Trivia Pursuit question about how ugly the Rolling Stones were. I think that’s a pretty strong vote in their favor.
It’s NRBQ.
Unless Billy Ocean joins a band, in which case it’s that band.
Motorhead (Lemmy – ugh!)
Aerosmith (Steve Tyler)
When it’s a frontman it definitely brings down the whole band.
I know they’re not a rock n roll band, but we can’t leave this topic without referring to Joey Fatone from Backstreet Boys. Can Justin Timberlake’s prettiness redeem him? I don’t know…
On cable TV here in the UK they always used to show that grainy ‘More than a feeling’ video by Boston. I hated that damn song but they were also pretty scary looking.
My buddy A-Tax sez, “gotta give credit to Beavis and Butt-Head for coming up with this first, but it’s probably Grim Reaper.”
I dunno. ZZ Top? Kansas? .38 Special? They’re all pretty foul.
Pedigrees aside, The Traveling Wilburys take the title for me.
Taking in Dylan, Petty, Orbison, Lynne, and Harrison at the same time almost gives me a seizure.
And Joe Jackson was a hot piece of ass, compared to Eddie Money.
Can’t forget Joe Jackson.
Todd Rundgren was a hot piece of ass, compared to Joe Jackson…
Ohhhh, can anyone say Meatloaf? Is he a band? It was a little hard to tell under all the hair how good-looking the grateful Dead members were, but I wouldn’t say any of them stand out as real lookers. Any girl bands coming to mind?
What of bands that deliberately strive for ugliness? Insane Clown Posse? GWAR? Alice Cooper? Are these automatically eliminated from the running?
I’ll cast a vote for PIL, even though Johnny Rotten is a gimme. The other guys in the band stepped up and took their licks from the ugly stick, too.
maybe you’d have to go way back. the barbarians (with moulty)? the ventures? that band john kerry was in?
Perhaps it’s not nice to speak ill of the dead, but Joey Ramone was not an attractive man. The rest of the Ramones – they all have that shaggy hair issue like the Dead. Hard to see what’s under there. I think all these nominations just go to show that even the most wretched-looking guys can get laid so long as they are rock stars.
So, did Steve Perry’s girlfriend from his first solo album leave him just so that she would never be Sherrie Perry or because he was ugly?
So many are so ugly. Why? Generally speaking, good looking guys don’t need to waste time mastering musical technique to get girls to look at them on a stage. They just show up at homeroom. Basically, that’s the reason I never really bothered to learn music….
Yeah, thanks, Jon Entwistle.
What amazes ME is that none of you guys have offered up AC/DC yet!