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Well a pit orchestra is a covers band…..
I think the main idea is to look like adults providing musical services. If you try to look like a musician you'll usually end up looking foolish. The musicians you are trying to emulate didn't look like musicians, they looked like themselves playing music. If you're not naturally cool, wearing a professional-ish style uniform is always the safer option. I think the Foos look great in this photo. Obviously from some sort of awards night or tribute type show……even the Foo Fighters do corporate gigs and when they do they leave the rock-star gear in the closet.
...a covers band intentionally trying to blend into a black background and not be seen very well.
I don't understand what it means to "try to look like a musician," and obviously the point is to not look foolish.
The Foos are a come-as-you-are band, and they typically dress like their audience (the suit jackets in that shot are a rarity in the hundreds of pictures and videos I've seen of them). But kudos to them, they can get away with it. Now, 80% of the local cover bands dress like that. It's not unique, it's cliché and tired, and it's not what I would recommend to a TB member who asked what he could do to look good/better on stage.
Of course, a lot of local cover bands couldn't care less about dressing more classy, because that would make playing music approach that of a "job," and I've lost count how many times I've been told by local musicians that they already have a job, they are up to their elbows in some kind of crap 40+ hours a week, they have families, mortgages, blah blah blah, and their music is pure fun for them, an escape. Being asked to take a look in the mirror and go beyond black/black or jeans and a tee is patently offensive, because that makes playing music a "job."
Interestingly, to others around them (namely the client/talent buyer and the audience paying the 500% mark-up on food and beverage items) it IS a job, and they would greatly appreciate local weekend warriors taking it a bit more seriously.
The posters on this thread advocating style and fashion choices, and giving aesthetics some thought beyond what is all-too-common and typical on the weekend cover band circuit, are directly speaking to the OP.
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buldog5151bass
Kibble, milkbones, and P Basses. And redheads.
People here complain that decent gigs are getting harder and harder to get, yet are unwilling to do everything they can to separate themselves. I've said it before, any successful spends time and money cultivating an image. Even those bands who look like they don't give a #$&&#@ about how they look - you'd probably be surprised how much thought (and $) went into that image.
Dress like you wanna get laid....
And not by an ugly chick!!
This guy's got a good look.
J/K. I got some good ideas from doing a Google Image search for Les Claypool. He has some good subdued looks, but always stands out from the crowd.
My favourite was with my last band: Grey (almost black) jeans, black leather boots, black shirt, and black vest. I have black hair too.
BRIGHT RED BASS.
BRIGHT RED BASS.
I was going for Freddie Mercury meets David Lee this past Saturday -might need to change that shirt in retrospect! LOL oh well the fans seemed to like the getup 
It seems being thin and good-looking is the biggest part of a good stage look. I should lose some weight.
alas, there IS some truth to that! its almost impossible to hide fat. but I do think that there are stage clothes that go better with certain body types than others!
We're all in our mid early or 30s. We play original hard rock and some Metal. For us the only reason we care at all about image is because everyone knows if you have more females at your shows you'll have much bigger crowds. That said we're not super picky. It's rock so it would be kind of silly to have a bunch of rules. But one line that does get thrown around is "just don't dress like a hobo"
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dumb hats never help
Try to look like you're in the band, not going fishing.
