I had long hair for a while and random people would say "you must be a musician!" I don't want to look "like a musician." No offense to anybody, but when I hear that, I just think "sloppy." So I cut off all my hair! Now I am a secret musician!
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Hate being told I don't look rock and roll!!!
- Thread starter Guinness20
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Rock isnt about how you look, its about telling them where to go.
DiabolusInMusic
Functionless Art is Merely Tolerated Vandalism
SOOOO wrong! He's been touring constantly since the 60's
Are we counting James Taylor or Toto as a rock and roll band? I never said he does not tour, I said he doesn't tour with any rock and roll bands.
Put a large potato in your pants. Put it up front, or you'll be sending the wrong signal........
Just be yourself, there's nothing wrong with the way you look. Next time someone says you don't look rock-and-roll, tell them, "Yeah, me and Paul McCartney get that a lot!"
My initial thought is that you should just be yourself. Wear the hair length and cut you like, and wear the clothes you like. BUT... be the best bass player you can be. Maybe to a shallow person, style invites respect. But you shouldn't care about the respect of a shallow person that much. On the other hand, skill creates respect. Learn, practice a lot, be a solid, skilled bass player, and you will be respected as a musician.
My second thought is "I'm old, what would younger me say?" And I think younger me would say that rock is rebellion, and if everyone is dressing like rockers, then those rockers are conforming little weasels, and it's time to buck that trend. Wear a pink button down pirate shirt with poofy sleeves. Wear a tee shirt that says "I LOVE QUILTING". Wear a suit and tie. As Mike Dirnt from Green Day said about the ballad "Time of Your Life": "Putting that song on our record was probably the most punk thing we could do." Is the most rock and roll thing you can do going to be dressing like other people expect you to dress?
My second thought is "I'm old, what would younger me say?" And I think younger me would say that rock is rebellion, and if everyone is dressing like rockers, then those rockers are conforming little weasels, and it's time to buck that trend. Wear a pink button down pirate shirt with poofy sleeves. Wear a tee shirt that says "I LOVE QUILTING". Wear a suit and tie. As Mike Dirnt from Green Day said about the ballad "Time of Your Life": "Putting that song on our record was probably the most punk thing we could do." Is the most rock and roll thing you can do going to be dressing like other people expect you to dress?
You can't go wrong with the Lee Sklar look.........just sayin'.
SOOOO wrong! He's been touring constantly since the 60's
Get a Cheech n Chong t-shirt, I have one! Seriously I have a friend your age who is a smokin' hot bass player in high demand. He's a clean cut kid and he wears a button up shirt with a cool skinny tie at every show. Experiment and make your own look. Let your playing do the rest.
Hopkins
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I'll trade you your 22, baby faced, with the inability to grow facial hair for my 33, rough looking, beard grows like a weed, fat, balding, and excessive body hair 
I look like the aftermath of a rock n roll lifestyle
I look like the aftermath of a rock n roll lifestyle
Be yourself1000%!! Screw those people, I'm 9 years older than you but I had/still(kinda) a "baby face", I get carded still(I have to keep clean shaven for my job), having baby face is a good thing man(esp. if i was still single)!! I also had super long hair, and as cool as it was, I still looked young ,I couldn't grow real facial hair until my late 20's. So don't try to be more rock n roll, be yourself, the most rock n roll thing you could do!!
looking "Rock and roll" is silly. I have NEVER looked "rock and roll" - ever. If I put on a shirt/tie I can look "jazz" - but never rock, even as a kid. Here's the trick: Play your instrument like a mad man and THEN you'll look plenty "rock and roll". Skill fixes pretty much everything.
'Rock and Roll' is an attitude, not a dress code.
Anyone born after MTV (and other forms of music television) foisted itself on the world, and reduced a deep listening culture that was rich with subjective possibilities for the imagination to a superficially visual one that was ripe for mindless consumerism, has to work harder on understanding that.
Don't waste a moment explaining yourself to others laboring under that handicap, as the time would be better spent on personal liberation. Never pose, always be.
Anyone born after MTV (and other forms of music television) foisted itself on the world, and reduced a deep listening culture that was rich with subjective possibilities for the imagination to a superficially visual one that was ripe for mindless consumerism, has to work harder on understanding that.
Don't waste a moment explaining yourself to others laboring under that handicap, as the time would be better spent on personal liberation. Never pose, always be.
Be yourself. If you want to create a stage persona, you can, like Kiss, GWAR and Marilyn Manson. But really, if that's not you either, then skip it.
I vote for the cocaine and and tattoos... That's if you really care what they think and wanna do the least rock n roll thing (giving a 4uck what others think). You can always just be yourself... Nate Mendel and almost all of Weezer don't come to mind when thinking about a RnR look and IMO they rock pretty hard.
Tattoos don't mean Rock n Roll (whatever that is). Trust me, I have plenty and if I'm not gigging I'm at home taking care of my family or doing something way too geeky... Like posting on TB.
Tattoos don't mean Rock n Roll (whatever that is). Trust me, I have plenty and if I'm not gigging I'm at home taking care of my family or doing something way too geeky... Like posting on TB.
Start using steroids and shave your head 
Nah man. You shouldn't care about these dudes. Are they more rock n roll than you? I think not. Most likely just some douchebags that has too little to do so they complain about things that doesnt live up to their unprofessional standards.
Nah man. You shouldn't care about these dudes. Are they more rock n roll than you? I think not. Most likely just some douchebags that has too little to do so they complain about things that doesnt live up to their unprofessional standards.
