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Topic: Coolest Looking Artist or Group
Posted By: Menswear
Subject: Coolest Looking Artist or Group
Date Posted: June 16 2004 at 15:24

David Bowie...The Edge...Johnny Depp...Delores O'Riordian...Tori Amos...Annie Lennox....They all have that 'spark' that makes them cool. Whatever they do, they always seem to charm us in a strange way.

Prog lovers: Who has 'it' in the prog world? Who has that 'cool' that everyone wants?

 

Carl Palmer---ELP (early years) Boyish look and a million dollar smile

Jon Anderson---YES (early years) Cosmic and kinda lost in space, short but the charisma of a true leader

Sonya Kristina---Curved Air Alone on her island of poetry, mysterious

Alex Lifeson---Rush (in concert) Looks like he's having such a blast, smiling and giggling all the time. Makes you wanna play guitar and rock the world

Syd Barrett---Pink Floyd The definition of dazed and confused. Intense look in his eyes and fragile appearance

Frank Zappa---Frank Zappa  Arrogance and savoir-faire. He's the best, and he knows it. Even sitting on the can makes him cool.

Hey, this is FUN!!




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Posted By: Fitzcarraldo
Date Posted: June 16 2004 at 16:37

I remember, back in the early 1970s, really wanting a jacket like the one Greg Lake was wearing in the photo on the inside of the Trilogy LP cover - you know the one, the (velvet?) jacket with swallows and leaves sewn on it?

I always thought Dave Gilmour looks the epitome of cool on the cover of Ummagumma.



Posted By: richardh
Date Posted: June 16 2004 at 17:57


Posted By: richardh
Date Posted: June 16 2004 at 17:59
That 2 photos of Keiko from Ars Nova.(I don't know why the 'insert image' button is putting up 2 images.Not my doing!)


Posted By: Vibrationbaby
Date Posted: June 16 2004 at 20:09
I like the distorted images of Peter Gabriel. Especially the cover of Security.


Posted By: Jim Garten
Date Posted: June 17 2004 at 03:19
The coolest I've ever seen was Dave Gilmour on 'The Wall' tour, playing the solo from (of course) comfortably numb, standing on top of the wall with just a searchlight behind him - the solo went on & on, & you should have heard the ovation when he finished - definitely my number 1 concert memory & definitely the coolest musician I've ever seen......

This was, of course, before he discovered the joy of pies & porked out!

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Posted By: Radioactive Toy
Date Posted: June 17 2004 at 08:23

ok putting a photo of carey would be so corney!

hmm, Peter lindgren from opeth has a cool look (see blackwater park shootings.. I want that jacket!!!)



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Posted By: DoomHammer
Date Posted: June 17 2004 at 18:21

I think Richard Wright in the live in pompei  DVD was looking great, seemed very artistic, anyone who doesnt know him will say "this guy sure is an artisit" 

I remember the way he sang Echoes in this so called "live", this song makes me shiver, oh i wish i were living in the 70's



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Posted By: Joren
Date Posted: June 18 2004 at 07:11

Frank Zappa

Lemmy Kilmister (Motörhead)

Danko Jones



Posted By: bityear
Date Posted: June 18 2004 at 10:30
MANOWAR!!!

Or, rather, they're the cheesiest of them all. Ugh.

Tony Levin, he's cool. And Ian Anderson.



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Posted By: Bryan
Date Posted: June 19 2004 at 19:26

Alright people, let's face it.  Looking cool begins and ends with this photo.  One can't help but be amazed by the coolness on display in this masterpiece of photography.  Brace yourself...



Posted By: Ivan_Melgar_M
Date Posted: June 19 2004 at 20:44
Originally posted by Useful_Idiot Useful_Idiot wrote:

Alright people, let's face it.  Looking cool begins and ends with this photo.  One can't help but be amazed by the coolness on display in this masterpiece of photography.  Brace yourself...

Yikes, I want to vomit, WHAT A TERRIBLE COVER.

ELP plays Calipso? or Maybe the guests for an episode of The Love Boat. 

Iván



Posted By: Bryan
Date Posted: June 19 2004 at 21:31
Originally posted by ivan_2068 ivan_2068 wrote:

Yikes, I want to vomit, WHAT A TERRIBLE COVER.

ELP plays Calipso? or Maybe the guests for an episode of The Love Boat. 

Iván

I have a friend who I just recently got into ELP, and I showed him that album cover today.  He actually laughed out loud.



Posted By: Cesar Inca
Date Posted: June 19 2004 at 21:47

 

HI, THIS IS CÉSAR INCA.

Have you seen the photos of the guys of KANSAS in Monoliyj's inner sleeve? These guys got really neat to receive the glamourous 80s. Livgren even wears a suit and tie, looking like "the father of the bride".

This is rock'n'roll?

Regards.



Posted By: Cesar Inca
Date Posted: June 19 2004 at 21:49

 

Other cool pictures are of IQ, from The Wake (1985). New-romantic looking guys with a serious grin, like saying "I'm a prog performer, so I'm a serious musician".

Regards.



Posted By: The Wizard
Date Posted: August 06 2005 at 20:42

Jethro Tull

Ian Anderson look like such a bum yet an intellectual at the same time.



Posted By: AtomHeartMother
Date Posted: August 06 2005 at 20:46

Originally posted by Jim Garten Jim Garten wrote:

The coolest I've ever seen was Dave Gilmour on 'The Wall' tour, playing the solo from (of course) comfortably numb, standing on top of the wall with just a searchlight behind him - the solo went on & on, & you should have heard the ovation when he finished - definitely my number 1 concert memory & definitely the coolest musician I've ever seen......

This was, of course, before he discovered the joy of pies & porked out!

Were they the apple pies without crusts or Nick's much hated, round apple pies?

David deffinetly has that "ladies man tough guy" look but at the same time has the young boyish looks, he's got my vote. Roger just looks out of it especially when his mouth is haning open and his head tilted sideways with his half opened eyes, I sware he looks stoned out of his mind.

  



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Posted By: spectral
Date Posted: August 07 2005 at 05:34
dave gilmour always looked cool - in many ways the pictures in the 70s of him are timeless.  the mars volta also look rad; even if they do wear girl's trousers!!

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Posted By: Fearless
Date Posted: August 07 2005 at 13:50

 

These guys look pretty cool

 

I always thought Hackett looked pretty cool sitting in the dark out of site, very dark and mystical.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 



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