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Worst dressed bands?
- Thread starter Swerve
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90s Dave was my first thought as well, with the baggy pants, Stefan dressed like a wannabe skateboarder, Boyd with his weird leather vest and fishnet phase, and Carter wearing hockey jerseys to every show. But they’re an incredibly tight band, always have been, with thousands of taped live shows to prove it.
Honorable mention goes to RCHP, providing that worst-dressed can also include not-dressed.
At the right time, they could have been considered the best dressed... I think the scale tips the other way now.
I will say... they get points for the coolest logo. If you flip your monitor upside down it reads the same.
Angel
I will say... they get points for the coolest logo. If you flip your monitor upside down it reads the same.
Angel
I like to think that I am who I am... HOWEVER.
When our family band first started playing we (my sons and I) always dressed alike. It was the '90s and into the 2000s. When we saw cool shirts (western shirts, tshirts) we'd buy 3.
Here are some MATCHING clothes we wore:
We wore complete Dickie uniforms. One time We showed up at a bar on 6th Street in Austin and they thought we were the AC repairman they were waiting for. We ended up getting a residency there
We wore pajamas to a sorority pajama party, fortunately they wore mostly nighties.
We wore overalls to the only blues bar on 6th Street once.
We wore western shirts and boots (even the boots matched) to our first Austin festival playing straight up blues.
When we played at a Strip Club every Tues for a month, we wore our own band t-shirts we sold...the best part is when the strippers tipped Us! Ok maybe not the best part.
We stopped dressing alike in the 2010s. But before we completely stopped we would just say blue shirts tonight, black shirts tonight or red shirts tonight etc.
Nowadays I wear mostly western shirts, jeans and chucks-aka converse or cowboy boots.
Bottom line, I got no biness criticizing what others wear.
When our family band first started playing we (my sons and I) always dressed alike. It was the '90s and into the 2000s. When we saw cool shirts (western shirts, tshirts) we'd buy 3.
Here are some MATCHING clothes we wore:
We wore complete Dickie uniforms. One time We showed up at a bar on 6th Street in Austin and they thought we were the AC repairman they were waiting for. We ended up getting a residency there
We wore pajamas to a sorority pajama party, fortunately they wore mostly nighties.
We wore overalls to the only blues bar on 6th Street once.
We wore western shirts and boots (even the boots matched) to our first Austin festival playing straight up blues.
When we played at a Strip Club every Tues for a month, we wore our own band t-shirts we sold...the best part is when the strippers tipped Us! Ok maybe not the best part.
We stopped dressing alike in the 2010s. But before we completely stopped we would just say blue shirts tonight, black shirts tonight or red shirts tonight etc.
Nowadays I wear mostly western shirts, jeans and chucks-aka converse or cowboy boots.
Bottom line, I got no biness criticizing what others wear.
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OK, I’ve gotta listen to that. I skimmed some Ween this am. I was intrigued.
No-one in the history of ever dressed worse than manowar
Yeah, "airbrushed romance novel barbarian" is definitely cringe AF.
Google “Swedish dance bands”, click on ‘images’, and have at it.No-one in the history of ever dressed worse than manowar
Their looks suited their music perfectly, especially since they came out of the USC frat scene. But most bands in the 90s got away with this same look and nobody cared.
I was going to submit 80s Rush but yeah, the kimonos take the cake.
I played drums in a band years ago with dudes who prided themselves on looking like they just got mugged on the way home from a fishing trip. Just awful. Nothing I could do but hide behind those drums and play the songs. The tunes were good, but the ripped cargo shorts... not so much.
Black Flag roadie band whose name I can't repeat in polite (or any) company, ca. 1984. Hats or headbands on heads, socks on feet, nothing in between.
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