I asked music industry insiders who the ugliest musicians on the planet were. The results are here.
Ugliness, like beauty, is in the eye of the beholder and everyone has a different opinion on what constitutes "ugly" I recently asked some of the Internet's top music sites to answer the following question:…
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— go to most recent comments26 - Matt
What about Ian Stewart, who basically put the Stones together but was deemed "too ugly to be a Stone" by their manager Andrew Loog Oldham? Too ugly to be a Stone? That's a special kind of ugly!
27 - Nathaniel Winn
I'm not so sure Madonna's ugly. Yeah, she's got a gap-tooth--but so does my brother. Overall, she's kinda hot.
Eddie Van Halen looks tons worse than Alex!
Forgot Neil Young! I'd trade him for Roger Waters.
28 - Aaron, Duke De Mondo
aha! great fun to be had here, even though i find shane to exhibit a wonderful beauty. i could stare at that mug for hours, long after i'd got bored lookin at, i dunno, david beckham or someone.
and honourable mention to Gillian Welch? come on now, in the right light she's very pretty.
great fun, nonetheless
29 - The Theory
Lyle Lovett?
Iggy Pop?
and is there a light to make Gillian Welch pretty? I mean, I love Gillian, but I wouldn't buy a photo album of her.
30 - The Theory
oh, and while Primus may boast one of the best bass players, ever, that doesn't mean Les Claypool becomes any prettier for it...
31 - Paul Roy
Cool list, but you missed a few good ones:
Geddy Lee of Rush
Steve Howe and Rick Wakeman of Yes
Ringo Starr
...to name a few
32 - Robert
Eric, Nice word, "avuncular"
Thank God for Dictionary.com
After looking it up to see if you were complementing me or insulting me I must say I'll take that as a complement. I really do LOVE every contributer and they all have KICK ASS websites! Including yourself.
Now.. would you like to play "horsey" with uncle Bob?
33 - BRICKLAYER
THEORY.
MORE.
REVIEWS.
PLEASE.
34 - Amanda
avuncular: like an uncle in kindness or indulgence
Uncle Bob is the best uncle I never had.
35 - Dave
Huh?
How could Gene Simmons be on the list when this guy is in the same band?
36 - Victor Plenty
Gene Simmons is spiritually uglier, that's why.
37 - Duane
This kind of stuff is really just a load of crap. It just validates the popularity of talentless but beautiful-with-makeup people, let's say, Britney. What purpose is served by declaring that Roger Waters is ugly? Sure, this would be fun on a Friday evening with a few pals and a few beers, but to post this kind of drivel in public shows a lack of class.
What next? The ugliest founding father? The ugliest classic Greek author? The ugliest Blogcritic?
There's my recommended daily allowance of moral indignation.
Carry on.
38 - Lono
seems to me you missed the top two:
Neil Young and Donald Fagan. I would link to pictures here, but this is an expensive monitor. I can't risk blowing it up.
39 - Robert
Ah Duane, take a chill pill. This serves the same purpose as Roger Waters music itself. It's called "Entertainment"
40 - Tan The Man
Fun stuff....
41 - Duane
Gee, I didn't see that "chill pill" response coming from five miles away. Good one, Robert. As far as "entertainment," your post has the same kind of "entertainment" value as a traffic accident.
42 - Robert
We all have opinions there Duane.
The only difference between mine and yours are that mine were good enough to get you to leave comments.
So, I win.
43 - Duane
OK, I concede. Hehe. I get it.
44 - JR
If staring at a traffic accident helps you figure out what went wrong, the knowledge might just save your life. That's pretty valuable to me.
45 - drake
that's actually the most attractive GG Allin photo I've ever seen.
y'all should see the gallery on his site
there's even a pic of his open casket... needless to say, not for the squeamish.
46 - The Theory
Bricklayer-
I'll try. I've rather been going through a creatively dry period and haven't had the mental stanima to gather cohesive thoughts on music. But I haven't forgotten about the place. nooooo... not by a longshot.
47 - Marty Dodge
Wow Lemmy was not number one.
How about Steve Grimmett of Onslaught, Grim Reaper and Lionsheart fame? He is one scarey looking bloke even when he sings a ballad.
Course he will kick my butt the next time he sees me...possibly...more likely his wife.
Geddy Lee defintely.
48 - Aaron, Duke De Mondo
GG Allin is, of course, the spitting imagine of V.I Lenin.
49 - Bob A. Booey
Who's Uncle Bob? Me?
50 - Vern Halen
Britain has socialized medicine, so I'll bet Lemmy could get those facial warts removed anytime. Does intentional ugliness count, or is it a lifestyle choice?
51 - godoggo
Gosh, I always thought Jimi was quite pleasant looking.
52 - Joey
All good choices.
Krieger from the Doors
Alice Cooper
Chrissy Hind (in a special way)
Mishell Shocked
The Runaways (collectively)
Old farts are always ugly, especially when in "wardrobe"
The Ramones (fer sure)
I never really liked Madonna's gapped toothed smile, nor Love's mudflapped camel toe.
Hmmm..everyone stated above certainly qualifies.
53 - uao
Duke--
GG Allin really does look like Lenin. However, I can't help thinking Anton LaVey when I see the pic above.
Funny thing on GG Allin was he was fairly thin and scrawny early in his career; when he died, he had the bulk of a jailhouse weightlifter when he died. As his own brother once pointed out, every tour of GG's ended with GG in the hospital or in prison.
54 - Aaron, Duke De Mondo
uao, i never noticed the LaVey thing, you're right! but in those concert videos, when he's jsut done a cack and then stands up pouting, i just think - camp Lenin, that's all it is. i keep hopin he'll maybe break into a yack about "Peace, Bread, Work, Freedom", but no, another shit, another fist to someones head. what a charming rascal he was.
55 - Dave
A good but flawed list.
56 - Robert
Dave, this list is 100% opinion. Opinion by its very nature cannot be flawed.
57 - Eric Olsen
re Allin: talk about a doomed aesthetic
58 - JR
Shee-it, I look more like Lenin than that dude. In fact, I used to post a picture of Lenin on my office door, 'cause frankly he was better looking than I am. Still fooled people, though.
59 - uao
Robert--
Re: Dave's comment
I don't think he was saying the opinions were flawed...
60 - Robert
uao "I don't think he was saying the opinions were flawed..."
hmm.. now I am completely confused. What flawed list was he refering to then?
61 - uao
A good but flawed list?
The faces are flawed...? Get it?
If he didn't mean that, he should have.
;-)
62 - godoggo
Yes, that would have been funny haha indeed.
63 - Mary Anne
Most were good choices and some of the runners-up and suggested ones from others are good also.
I grew up knowing Jim Skafish personally. Our Dad's were good friends. He wasn't any better looking as a child or a high schooler - and was whiny and obnoxious. A snot.
I could devulge a lot of tales of his youth ! He sux.
64 - Glen Boyd
Thom Yorke reminds me of a cross between Clay Aiken (pre "monkey-do" from this years Idol finale) with really bad teeth, and MAD magazine's Alfred E Neuman
-Glen
65 - rob
prince - annoyingly ugly
66 - reggie von woic
hehe...i'm with rob.
but madonna? come on! cut her some slack.
67 - johnson
tom petty and the heartbreakers. they embrace their ugliness, hence the name heartbreakers. gotta love em.
68 - tootles
No way on Journey. Waaaaay too many others were/are worse.
69 - Rocker
Journey UGLY? Like what the heck were you thinking? They were one of the cutting edge arena rock bands. They created that image. As for where to listen to them, I listen everywhere. I guess those with their nose too high in the air, can't come down where the really good rock is. DID YOU FORGET MEATLOAF in your consideration of ugly? Or is it just that he was sperm donor that he was left out?
70 - Der
We the people did not get to vote. De Nada.
71 - FREE SPEACH NOT ALLOWED
if personal attacks are not allowed in response to a poll that attacks musicians and labels them as ugly, then what the heck, you only have power of the delete button to send me away. That's the only difference between your attack and what my response to that attack would be. But my repsonse would just be deleted? NO FREE SPEECH ALLOWED HERE UNLESS YOU ARE THE CRITIC. NOT A VOTE OF THE PEOPLE.
72 - Kaonashi
Oh for heaven's sake Der and "Free Speech". There was never a vote. It's an OPINION PIECE. Calm the hell down.
73 - sat
madonna is a Musician??
74 - Aquiles
Roger Waters in São Paulo, day 24, march 2007, the dark side of the moon, i'am go, and you ??? hehehehehe
75 - BILL TRUDELL
How can we forget Lionel Richie