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10-05-2010, 05:09 PM
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What level of attractiveness does your ego require for a bandmate? Would you play with an ugly guitarist (for example) if he was smoking hot on the axe? I would.
(But then again, I am startlingly manly-handsome and so ALL others are ugly compared to me which means I have no choice in bandmate-looks evaluations.) 
Continuing on from the above "aside":
Forget the "beauty in the eye of the beholder" crap-----ugly is ugly--sorry--------but would it make a difference to you?
Yes, yes, we all know "looks" are important in a band---that's a fact whether subjectively right or wrong---but, "attractiveness" can and does make a difference at differing levels to people.
Think about it. Be honest and tell us.
No insults please.
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10-05-2010, 05:22 PM
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I hope this answers your question. 
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10-05-2010, 05:30 PM
|  | Registered User | | Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: Columbus, Ohio | | | I'm as ugly as sin, as you know, MEKer, but I still get gigs. I honestly believe that if you play good music, you'll get gigs. If you don't, you'll need a gimmick like a hot singer or guitarist that'll bring the crowds. Good musicianship will usually win over eye candy unless you're at a specific kind of club.
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10-05-2010, 05:52 PM
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EXAR pedals rep for North & Central America | | Join Date: Oct 2005 Location: PDX, OR | | I'll play with anyone, but I do remember looking over at this one 300 lb hillbilly with a greasy beard and overalls that was playing guitar with my band for a couple of shows, and thinking to myself "he's driving away the chicks". Sorry to the big hillbillies in the room, but that was my honest thought. I suppose if he was neatly groomed and nicely dressed it might not have crossed my mind.
I also remember when I was a kid, seeing an Adam Ant video where the guitarist took center screen during the solo, and I thought "he is way too ugly to be in that band, never mind being up front in a video".
I also remember my mom telling me that she thought Roy Orbison would have been a bigger success, instead of fading away into obscurity, if he had been less ugly. This was before his revival in the '80s. |
10-05-2010, 06:24 PM
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Originally Posted by 5StringBlues This is my harmonica player:
I hope this answers your question. | Best looking harmonica player I've ever seen : ) The first time a Scottish guitarist friend of mine introduced me to his infamously gravelly 'old hand guitarist' father, the senior exclaimed upon sight 'ah, a bass player and he dosen't look like a d***'......I took that as a great compliment
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10-05-2010, 06:27 PM
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Originally Posted by MEKer What level of attractiveness does your ego require for a bandmate? Would you play with an ugly guitarist (for example) if he was smoking hot on the axe? I would.
(But then again, I am startlingly manly-handsome and so ALL others are ugly compared to me which means I have no choice in bandmate-looks evaluations.)
Continuing on from the above "aside":
Forget the "beauty in the eye of the beholder" crap-----ugly is ugly--sorry--------but would it make a difference to you?
Yes, yes, we all know "looks" are important in a band---that's a fact whether subjectively right or wrong---but, "attractiveness" can and does make a difference at differing levels to people.
Think about it. Be honest and tell us.
No insults please. |
You're right. A bunch of ugly guys like these: 
...Could never be in a successful band.
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10-05-2010, 06:49 PM
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EXAR pedals rep for North & Central America | | Join Date: Oct 2005 Location: PDX, OR | | | ^^^ Not a great example--the two on the left may be "homely", but not outright ugly; the two to the right of them are good-looking, more or less; and the one on the far right would be good-looking if it weren't for the wig or hairdo. |
10-05-2010, 07:01 PM
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Originally Posted by bongomania ^^^ Not a great example--the two on the left may be "homely", but not outright ugly; the two to the right of them are good-looking, more or less; and the one on the far right would be good-looking if it weren't for the wig or hairdo. | That would be Jerry Garcia's real hair.
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10-05-2010, 07:26 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Mar 2010 Location: Dayton Ohio | | | There are a whole lot of great musicians who are seriously ugly. It should probably be a part of your next ad.
Wanted:Fugly guitar player. extra large facial moles preferred, but will accept freakishly large lips.
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10-05-2010, 08:06 PM
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10-05-2010, 08:18 PM
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Originally Posted by BurningSkies That would be Jerry Garcia's real hair. | Jerry Garcia's on the left. Correct me if I'm wrong, but that's Phil Lesh on the right (also his real hair ).
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10-05-2010, 08:23 PM
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Originally Posted by Disraeli Gears Jerry Garcia's on the left. Correct me if I'm wrong, but that's Phil Lesh on the right (also his real hair ). |
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10-05-2010, 08:28 PM
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Originally Posted by Disraeli Gears Jerry Garcia's on the left. Correct me if I'm wrong, but that's Phil Lesh on the right (also his real hair ). | Seems I'm having directional trouble tonight. I swear his post was referring to the left. 
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10-05-2010, 08:37 PM
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10-05-2010, 08:45 PM
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10-05-2010, 09:01 PM
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Originally Posted by BurningSkies Seems I'm having directional trouble tonight. I swear his post was referring to the left. | Depends on whether you are looking into the picture or looking out from the picture. 
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10-05-2010, 09:09 PM
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Originally Posted by bongomania Depends on whether you are looking into the picture or looking out from the picture. |
I think I found a new hobby.
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10-05-2010, 09:12 PM
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10-05-2010, 09:12 PM
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Originally Posted by bongomania Depends on whether you are looking into the picture or looking out from the picture. | Great, just what we need, Advice dog on Acid.
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10-05-2010, 10:00 PM
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Originally Posted by capnsandwich I'm as ugly as sin, as you know, MEKer, but I still get gigs. I honestly believe that if you play good music, you'll get gigs. If you don't, you'll need a gimmick like a hot singer or guitarist that'll bring the crowds. Good musicianship will usually win over eye candy unless you're at a specific kind of club. | LOL--as sin, huh, Capn?-pshaw I say. But I agree totally on your last sentence. Yes--100%.
And lets always remember what the wife of Agamemnon, Clytemnestra, famously said when she was planning a party after Agamemnon went to besiege Troy, and her steward thought she wanted a lover for the celebratory evening:
"Gawdammit, Hercos, you damn pimp. You want a flogging? I told you that I do not need an Adonis...I need a good eff'ing musician."
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