80s bands sure did look weird sometimes

[Gopherbassist]

 

[Michedelic]

Nah, pretty typical. A bit outlandish, perhaps, but expressive in the context of the times. Have you ever seen Sigue Sigue Sputnik? All were children of Ziggy, and trickledown from the New Romantic phase.

 

[Gopherbassist]

Nah, pretty typical. A bit outlandish, perhaps, but expressive in the context of the times. Have you ever seen Sigue Sigue Sputnik? All were children of Ziggy, and trickledown from the New Romantic phase.

Being of their time doesn't make them less weird looking.

 

[Michedelic]

Being of their time doesn't make them less weird looking.

So, they should have looked more normal, like this?

 

[Gopherbassist]

So, they should have looked more normal, like this?
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They also look weird.

 

[Michedelic]

They also look weird.

The Beatles looked weird to everybody’s parents in 1964, with their long hair that only sissies would have.

 

[bassdude51]

Over the years, seems like about every 10 years, there is a change of culture, fashion, etc and this has been reflected with music. Over the years, just about every band has pushed the limit up a notch higher with sound, style and looks.

Gets old, doesn't it?

Elvis, Beatles, hippie bands, rock, hard rock, blues rock, metal, punk rock, glam rock, disco rock, rap, hip hop......blah, blah, blah.

Get's old, doesn't it?

 

[Michedelic]

They also look weird.

The question is, what is normal, but more importantly, why be normal?

 

[FRoss6788]

Why do you care?

Besides, "normal" isn't interesting or entertaining at all.

 

[E2942]

yeah, that was only in the '80s

guess the band
a real photo of a current band

 

[FRoss6788]

^^Slipknot^^

 

[ardgedee]

Yeah man, 80s bands looked so weird.

 

[stringthrough]

Yup, and people b*tch (with much justification) about today's music.

 

[Michedelic]

Yup, and people b*tch (with much justification) about today's music.

Which of today’s music sre you bitching about?

 

[Spectrum]

There are various kinds of weird. I like some more than others. The band in the OP looks like they are going for the Cyndi Lauper / Missing Persons vibe.

 

[PaulAtSoCalBass]

Record company, as they do, "fixed" them for their second album

 

[Nedmundo]

And thus one of my favorite music quotes, from a Berklee student I worked with painting houses in the summer of 1986: “Lots of bands these days look really weird, but sound really normal. I’d rather look normal and sound really weird.”

 

[Thumpin6string]

At least we don't have any weird looking bands now.

 

[Spectrum]

At least we don't have any weird looking bands now.

They look normal to me.

Anyway gotta go now. Time to freshen up my foot polka dots.

 

[LowWay]

Thank god today’s bands look normal.