Barking Spiders Posted May 10, 2018 Share Posted May 10, 2018 Ah, remember them good old days of going through the musicians/bands wanted ads at the back of Melody Maker. I'd make a habit of auditioning for bands that were quite well known at the time just for the hell of it, knowing that was as close to being a rock star as I'd ever get. It became crystal clear I just didn't look the part . At the time I was a pretty decent drummist and not butt ugly but in the late 80s image was pretty much order of the day and I just looked well, uninteresting I spose. I wasn't 'glamorous' in a Duran kinda way and I wasn't seedy, dirty rock n' roll incarnate like Guns n Roses. Doesn't anyone else think that had they looked more the part, they might now be sunning themselves at their £10m beach hideaway in the Seychelles ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cat Burrito Posted May 10, 2018 Share Posted May 10, 2018 I definitely looked the part - I did miss the part with the £10m beach hideaway however... unless by £10m beach hideaway you mean getting signing on and going back to a grotty bedsit?! In which case, I can tick that box 100%! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EliasMooseblaster Posted May 10, 2018 Share Posted May 10, 2018 I don't know about "rock star" per se, but I think I've managed to a aqcuire a "look"...I recall going for a drink with some former colleagues a few years ago. Having not seen any of them for a while, one of them asked me, "so what are you up to these days?" Before I could reply, his wife stopped me and said "no, wait, let me guess...you're a musician, aren't you?" "Why yes," I (probably) replied, smugly, "Yes, I am. Though," I continued, somewhat less smugly, "...not really enough to make a living out of it." Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bluewine Posted May 10, 2018 Share Posted May 10, 2018 Me, I've never had rock star looks. I look like an insurance clauns adjuster. I have seen some guys that were fantastic rock musicians but didn't have the look and it held them back Blue 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
davepb24 Posted May 10, 2018 Share Posted May 10, 2018 A mate once accused me of looking like Jim Morrison... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lozz196 Posted May 10, 2018 Share Posted May 10, 2018 Yeah, around 85/86 I had a look similar to The Cult/Hanoi Rocks. Rather ironically it was at a time when I wasn`t in a band but looked like I was in one, rather than since then when I`ve been in bands but haven`t looked like I was. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
leschirons Posted May 10, 2018 Share Posted May 10, 2018 In the very early seventies, I had the look. Lots of hair, 27" waist and sprayed on pants ( as in trousers, not Y-fronts) I auditioned for T-Rex (drums) and got a second audition. Unbeknown to me, and all of us at the auditions, Bill had already been approached and had already recorded a few tracks. Anyway, obviously, I didn't get the job. My then wife to be however, still maintains to this day that I lost out because I was too good looking for Marc Bolan to have on stage with him. Well that's her story and I'm making sure she's sticking to it 😂 Probably did me a favour really as I suppose he could've offered me a lift home at some point. 7 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
skankdelvar Posted May 10, 2018 Share Posted May 10, 2018 2 hours ago, Bluewine said: Me, I've never had rock star looks. ... he said, looking like a like a total rock star 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frank Blank Posted May 10, 2018 Share Posted May 10, 2018 (edited) 1 hour ago, Lozz196 said: Yeah, around 85/86 I had a look similar to The Cult/Hanoi Rocks. Rather ironically it was at a time when I wasn`t in a band but looked like I was in one, rather than since then when I`ve been in bands but haven`t looked like I was. Some kind of inverse formula going on I think, the times when I wasn’t in a band were the times when I most looked like someone in a band. Edited May 10, 2018 by Frank Blank Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
leschirons Posted May 10, 2018 Share Posted May 10, 2018 11 minutes ago, skankdelvar said: ... he said, looking like a like a total rock star I would've agreed had it not been for the giraffe print giant table cloth behind him. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mikel Posted May 10, 2018 Share Posted May 10, 2018 Back in the early 70s I looked the part. Skinny, long haired and had no problem getting women. The down side? I didnt have the rock star talent. Still dont. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cat Burrito Posted May 10, 2018 Share Posted May 10, 2018 Many years ago (early 90s) Live at The Marquee. We went to obscurity after the show! (in case you haven't grasped that this is Basschat, I'm on the bass - one would hope that didn't need pointing out!?). 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cosmo Valdemar Posted May 10, 2018 Share Posted May 10, 2018 1 hour ago, Lozz196 said: Yeah, around 85/86 I had a look similar to The Cult/Hanoi Rocks. Rather ironically it was at a time when I wasn`t in a band but looked like I was in one, rather than since then when I`ve been in bands but haven`t looked like I was. Pics, Lozz! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The59Sound Posted May 10, 2018 Share Posted May 10, 2018 I think attitude is as important as the look. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
skankdelvar Posted May 10, 2018 Share Posted May 10, 2018 28 minutes ago, Cat Burrito said: Many years ago (early 90s) Live at The Marquee. Oh yes. Deffo a rock star. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Count Bassy Posted May 10, 2018 Share Posted May 10, 2018 (edited) 6 hours ago, EliasMooseblaster said: I don't know about "rock star" per se, but I think I've managed to a aqcuire a "look"...I recall going for a drink with some former colleagues a few years ago. Having not seen any of them for a while, one of them asked me, "so what are you up to these days?" Before I could reply, his wife stopped me and said "no, wait, let me guess...you're a musician, aren't you?" "Why yes," I (probably) replied, smugly, "Yes, I am. Though," I continued, somewhat less smugly, "...not really enough to make a living out of it." Was it the old clothes, holes in your shoes, and empty wallet that gave it away? Edited to add: PS that's a comment on most musicians I know - not on your good self of course. Edited May 10, 2018 by Count Bassy 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lozz196 Posted May 10, 2018 Share Posted May 10, 2018 1 hour ago, Cosmo Valdemar said: Pics, Lozz! Pretty much none exist, Ben. A couple of me looking rather like Sid Vicious before the hair got longer, but none us took cameras around back then, we`d have just lost or broke them when hammered, which was every night. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EliasMooseblaster Posted May 11, 2018 Share Posted May 11, 2018 11 hours ago, Count Bassy said: Was it the old clothes, holes in your shoes, and empty wallet that gave it away? Edited to add: PS that's a comment on most musicians I know - not on your good self of course. To be fair, even now that I have a regular income I have a dreadful habit of not buying new clothes until the old ones start falling apart. At least back then I had the excuse that I was skint! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bertbass Posted May 11, 2018 Share Posted May 11, 2018 Always. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
police squad Posted May 11, 2018 Share Posted May 11, 2018 That's me at the front. The guy with the tats ended up drumming with Bernie Torme. This is 1990 and that's Dover Castle at the back Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MacDaddy Posted May 11, 2018 Share Posted May 11, 2018 19 hours ago, Lozz196 said: Yeah, around 85/86 I had a look similar to The Cult/Hanoi Rocks. Rather ironically it was at a time when I wasn`t in a band but looked like I was in one, rather than since then when I`ve been in bands but haven`t looked like I was. where's the empathy button when you need one Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Leonard Smalls Posted May 11, 2018 Share Posted May 11, 2018 Here's me looking rockfish at the Marquee, 1990-something... 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
uk_lefty Posted May 11, 2018 Share Posted May 11, 2018 (edited) I think I "looked the part" of cheap Mark King immitator but only playing fingertyle (if you ignore the shorts that I still get stick for off the band!!!)... Only problem being thirty years late! Edited May 11, 2018 by uk_lefty Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steve Browning Posted May 11, 2018 Share Posted May 11, 2018 Nuremberg - 1993. To answer the question - no!! 2 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Burns-bass Posted May 11, 2018 Share Posted May 11, 2018 I don’t look like a rock star but my mother in law owns a house in the Seychelles that’s forms the entire of my wife’s retirement provision. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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