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Tough one, but it's gotta to be Sonic Youth.

― JesusMaryChain, Thursday, 5 February 2004 23:35 (twenty-two years ago)

heh. good one.

― el sabor de gene (yournullfame), Thursday, 5 February 2004 23:38 (twenty-two years ago)

wrong.

http://historiadoresrevoltados.blig.ig.com.br/imagens/velvet-underground.jpg

― Alex in NYC (vassifer), Thursday, 5 February 2004 23:39 (twenty-two years ago)

SHAGGS

― dean! (deangulberry), Thursday, 5 February 2004 23:39 (twenty-two years ago)

Who Is The Coolest Band Ever?

― morris pavilion (samjeff), Thursday, 5 February 2004 23:39 (twenty-two years ago)

http://www.posterservice.com/bigpics/3456b.jpg

― Dom Passantino (Dom Passantino), Thursday, 5 February 2004 23:43 (twenty-two years ago)

Dom wins!

― Sick Nouthall (Nick Southall), Thursday, 5 February 2004 23:44 (twenty-two years ago)

Sonic Youth are not cool.
They should stop before their teeth fall out.

― 4546, Thursday, 5 February 2004 23:44 (twenty-two years ago)

Dude, I'm talking in their peak.

― JesusMaryChain, Thursday, 5 February 2004 23:46 (twenty-two years ago)

the boredoms

― gygax! (gygax!), Thursday, 5 February 2004 23:48 (twenty-two years ago)

http://www.artshack.com/iggy/stooges.jpg

― Alex in NYC (vassifer), Thursday, 5 February 2004 23:52 (twenty-two years ago)

http://www.cbgb.com/shrine/photos/New_Folder/BGR-13.jpg

― Alex in NYC (vassifer), Thursday, 5 February 2004 23:55 (twenty-two years ago)

http://www.imotorhead.com/gallery/25th/ann1.jpg

― Gear! (Gear!), Thursday, 5 February 2004 23:55 (twenty-two years ago)

Damn, Gear beat me to it. Incidentally, this thread is now officially re-titled the BANDS WAY COOLER THAN SONIC YOUTH - A PICTURE THREAD

http://www.rockinboston.com/images/mlovers69.jpg

― Alex in NYC (vassifer), Thursday, 5 February 2004 23:56 (twenty-two years ago)

http://movieboy.org/andcas12.jpg

― latebloomer (latebloomer), Thursday, 5 February 2004 23:58 (twenty-two years ago)

http://img.studenti.it/images/musica/artisti/tatu/tatu.jpg

― Dom Passantino (Dom Passantino), Thursday, 5 February 2004 23:59 (twenty-two years ago)

if that's the requirement:

http://images.amazon.com/images/P/B00004RCTL.01.LZZZZZZZ.jpg

― Gear! (Gear!), Thursday, 5 February 2004 23:59 (twenty-two years ago)

http://www.bernardoni.com/grafix/4tops.gif

― Dom Passantino (Dom Passantino), Friday, 6 February 2004 00:01 (twenty-two years ago)

http://www.panix.com/~ah/musicf/pix/95bor03.jpg

GYGAX OTM

latebloomer obv. knows the boredoms inspiration

― Jon Williams (ex machina), Friday, 6 February 2004 00:02 (twenty-two years ago)

haha, is that pic from NC? is kung fu still around even?

― gygax! (gygax!), Friday, 6 February 2004 00:03 (twenty-two years ago)

Spacemen 3, hands down. Royal Trux runners up.

― otto, Friday, 6 February 2004 00:04 (twenty-two years ago)

http://www.thesadies.net/images/sadiesimages_r1_c1_f10.gif

This is clearly the answer, actually. The Sadies will repel all boarders!

― Gear! (Gear!), Friday, 6 February 2004 00:04 (twenty-two years ago)

gygax OTM!

― ddb, Friday, 6 February 2004 00:06 (twenty-two years ago)

http://www.buyolympia.com/combined/images/bo5_wwdd_lg.gif

― Alex in NYC (vassifer), Friday, 6 February 2004 00:21 (twenty-two years ago)

The Replacements or The Geto Boys.

― @d@ml (nordicskilla), Friday, 6 February 2004 00:23 (twenty-two years ago)

http://texaspunkjunk4.homestead.com/files/misfits.jpg

― Alex in NYC (vassifer), Friday, 6 February 2004 00:24 (twenty-two years ago)

http://www.nme.com/media/images/Pixies_L.jpg

― Nichole Graham (Nichole Graham), Friday, 6 February 2004 00:27 (twenty-two years ago)

(this was before Frank Black's second chin, obv)

― Nichole Graham (Nichole Graham), Friday, 6 February 2004 00:28 (twenty-two years ago)

What asshole lists danzig-era, or any-era, misfits? They are wrestlers.

― JesusMaryChain, Friday, 6 February 2004 00:31 (twenty-two years ago)

Relax girls, they're German.
http://www.centoteatri.com/Neubatuen/neub2.jpg

― mzui, Friday, 6 February 2004 00:34 (twenty-two years ago)

Nichole Graham wins!

― latebloomer (latebloomer), Friday, 6 February 2004 00:36 (twenty-two years ago)

You can see FB's second chin in that picture, and he's got to be at at least seven now.

― ferg (Ferg), Friday, 6 February 2004 00:37 (twenty-two years ago)

It's ucool to be cool.

― 797, Friday, 6 February 2004 00:39 (twenty-two years ago)

uncool

― 35332, Friday, 6 February 2004 00:40 (twenty-two years ago)

― Alex in SF (Alex in SF), Friday, 6 February 2004 00:43 (twenty-two years ago)

:-)

― latebloomer (latebloomer), Friday, 6 February 2004 00:48 (twenty-two years ago)

Wire

― Chief Boabab (Chief Boabab), Friday, 6 February 2004 00:53 (twenty-two years ago)

Damn silly, but still cooler than Sonic Youth....

http://www.nephilim.id.pl/images/zdjecia_fotn11.jpg

― Alex in NYC (vassifer), Friday, 6 February 2004 01:01 (twenty-two years ago)

That picture indicates otherwise Alex.

― Alex in SF (Alex in SF), Friday, 6 February 2004 01:02 (twenty-two years ago)

Have you seen Sonic Youth lately?

― Alex in NYC (vassifer), Friday, 6 February 2004 01:04 (twenty-two years ago)

No. Do you have any glamour shots of them?

― Alex in SF (Alex in SF), Friday, 6 February 2004 01:07 (twenty-two years ago)

http://www.thebluedot.com/greenberg/3/images/sonic_youth.jpg

― Alex in NYC (vassifer), Friday, 6 February 2004 01:09 (twenty-two years ago)

Haha for some reason my work is blocking that pic.

― Alex in SF (Alex in SF), Friday, 6 February 2004 01:10 (twenty-two years ago)

Thurston is like fifty years old but still dresses and acts like he is seventeen.

― 346, Friday, 6 February 2004 01:12 (twenty-two years ago)

My chronological coolness chart:

Bob Dylan -> Johnny Thunders and the Heartbreakers -> Royal Trux

― morris pavilion (samjeff), Friday, 6 February 2004 01:14 (twenty-two years ago)

Like he did when he was seventeen. What do you want him to do start bidding on Payne Stewart's wardrobe (I'm sure they auctioned it off long ago, but still)?

― Alex in SF (Alex in SF), Friday, 6 February 2004 01:14 (twenty-two years ago)

That'd be less embarassing at least.

― 443, Friday, 6 February 2004 01:17 (twenty-two years ago)

That makes no earthly sense to me.

― Alex in SF (Alex in SF), Friday, 6 February 2004 01:19 (twenty-two years ago)

The lord works in mysterious ways.

― 993, Friday, 6 February 2004 01:27 (twenty-two years ago)

You guys who are posting bands not wearing shades in their pictures are going about this all wrong. SHADES = COOL, duh!

Anyways, its VU.

― anode (anode), Friday, 6 February 2004 01:38 (twenty-two years ago)

How on Earth are Sonic Youth even remotely cool? They're ugly as fuck! Especially that broad!

― Mr. Snrub (Mr. Snrub), Friday, 6 February 2004 01:58 (twenty-two years ago)

Hey! When you guys post pictures, could you PLEASE put the name of the band somewhere so I see to whom you're referring? I can't just LOOK at a picture and think to myself, "Oh! Good call on the Modern Lovers!" or whoever. OK? OK.

― Mr. Snrub (Mr. Snrub), Friday, 6 February 2004 02:08 (twenty-two years ago)

My pictures were of The Beatles, Alicia's Attic, and Bone Thugs N Harmony.

― Dom Passantino (Dom Passantino), Friday, 6 February 2004 02:10 (twenty-two years ago)

So wait cool = beautiful now? Poor Rusted Root fans. They never had a chance.

― Alex in SF (Alex in SF), Friday, 6 February 2004 02:56 (twenty-two years ago)

Cool as in cool image: Devo! ;)

― Geir Hongro (GeirHong), Friday, 6 February 2004 03:01 (twenty-two years ago)

B-b-but they are UGLY, Geir. How can they possibly be cool?

― I wanna be snrubbed (Alex in SF), Friday, 6 February 2004 03:03 (twenty-two years ago)

Note: I don't think Sonic Youth is particularly cool (whatever the fuck that really is) but they sure as hell ain't disqualified from coolness because they are old or unattractive.

― Alex in SF (Alex in SF), Friday, 6 February 2004 03:06 (twenty-two years ago)

Someone upthread mentioned Wire, god bless him.

― latebloomer (latebloomer), Friday, 6 February 2004 03:36 (twenty-two years ago)

devo is through being cool

― gygax! (gygax!), Friday, 6 February 2004 03:42 (twenty-two years ago)

http://www.ideageneration.co.uk/Press%20Office/HipHopYears/content%20JPGS/021-Beastie-Boys-MC.jpg

― Alex in NYC (vassifer), Friday, 6 February 2004 03:46 (twenty-two years ago)

http://perso.club-internet.fr/sebonnev/Images/img/image_groupe8.gif

― Alex in NYC (vassifer), Friday, 6 February 2004 03:49 (twenty-two years ago)

http://www.schizo-archives.com/autograph/echo.JPG

― Alex in NYC (vassifer), Friday, 6 February 2004 03:50 (twenty-two years ago)

Alex, uh, um...

Do you still hate me?

― Aja (aja), Friday, 6 February 2004 03:50 (twenty-two years ago)

hey, Prince Paul, nice ass!
http://www.altrap.com/features/interviews/daddyo/stetsasonic.jpg

― Begs2Differ, Friday, 6 February 2004 03:50 (twenty-two years ago)

hey, Zombies, nice glasses!
http://us.ent1.yimg.com/images.launch.yahoo.com/000/003/495/3495291.jpg

― Begs2Differ, Friday, 6 February 2004 03:52 (twenty-two years ago)

this is the singer for Bersuit. they are from Argentina. "Patetico" means "pathetic."
http://www.chilarock.com.ar/chilarock/bersuit_patetico.jpg
this is what their concerts inevitably turn into:
http://www.agb.com.ar/Bersuit%2030-06-01/Bersuit-10-G.jpg

― Begs2Differ, Friday, 6 February 2004 03:56 (twenty-two years ago)

http://hem.passagen.se/hanell/cave/nick.jpg http://www.fromthearchives.com/bp/BP_Photo82.jpg

― Alex in NYC (vassifer), Friday, 6 February 2004 03:58 (twenty-two years ago)

The Strokes.

Fuck you.

― nate detritus (natedetritus), Friday, 6 February 2004 04:02 (twenty-two years ago)

The Strokes.

Fuck you.

Yeah, this guy is just coolness personified, isn't he.

http://www.cheesy.blogger.com.br/bigodim.jpg

― Alex in NYC (vassifer), Friday, 6 February 2004 04:04 (twenty-two years ago)

oh knock it off you two and revel in the coolness of Sly and the motherfuckin' Family Stone:
http://www.britannica.com/psychedelic/images/opsyroc079p1.jpg

― Begs2Differ, Friday, 6 February 2004 04:07 (twenty-two years ago)

They'd be perfectly cool if not for the white guy's psychedlic pants-suit (with white boots, no less).

― Alex in NYC (vassifer), Friday, 6 February 2004 04:08 (twenty-two years ago)

Much cooler: the Last Poets!

http://hip-hop.pl/ksiazka/pic2_7.jpg

― Alex in NYC (vassifer), Friday, 6 February 2004 04:09 (twenty-two years ago)

Alex? Do you hate me?

You probably will if I keep asking you this, huh?

― Aja (aja), Friday, 6 February 2004 04:10 (twenty-two years ago)

I don't hate anyone. relax. Stop asking, for chrissakes.

― Alex in NYC (vassifer), Friday, 6 February 2004 04:14 (twenty-two years ago)

Thank God! Sorry about what I said the other day. I however do not regret saying that.

― Aja (aja), Friday, 6 February 2004 04:17 (twenty-two years ago)

What a boring thread.

― 8539, Friday, 6 February 2004 04:17 (twenty-two years ago)

What a boring post.

― Alex in NYC (vassifer), Friday, 6 February 2004 04:21 (twenty-two years ago)

What a clever post.

― 2442, Friday, 6 February 2004 04:23 (twenty-two years ago)

what's with the digits?

― Alex in NYC (vassifer), Friday, 6 February 2004 04:25 (twenty-two years ago)

I like

None of this 2442

― Aja (aja), Friday, 6 February 2004 04:26 (twenty-two years ago)

http://www.nipoweb.com/japon/jpop/imagenes_jpop/pizzicato.jpg

You know they're cooler than you.

― Jole, Friday, 6 February 2004 04:28 (twenty-two years ago)

what's with the digits?
-- Alex in NYC (vassife...), February 6th, 2004.

What's with the letters?

― 8492, Friday, 6 February 2004 04:28 (twenty-two years ago)

I asked first.

― Alex in NYC (vassifer), Friday, 6 February 2004 04:29 (twenty-two years ago)

http://www.nipoweb.com/japon/jpop/imagenes_jpop/pizzicato.jpg

Really they are cooler than all y'all.

― Jole, Friday, 6 February 2004 04:30 (twenty-two years ago)

http://www.odarainternet.com.br/supers/musica/imagens/ska-specials.jpg

― zappi (joni), Friday, 6 February 2004 04:34 (twenty-two years ago)

The numbers suit my lack of personality.

― 36577, Friday, 6 February 2004 04:36 (twenty-two years ago)

i am not a number i am a.....oh wait a minute....

― no.6 (joni), Friday, 6 February 2004 04:38 (twenty-two years ago)

also...

http://gd.times.lv/good.jpg

― zappi (joni), Friday, 6 February 2004 04:41 (twenty-two years ago)

1st 2nd 3rd 4th 5th Fall lineups

― Silly Sailor (Andrew Thames), Friday, 6 February 2004 05:20 (twenty-two years ago)

http://www.nipoweb.com/japon/jpop/imagenes_jpop/pizzicato.jpg

"We're still winning"

― Jole, Friday, 6 February 2004 05:29 (twenty-two years ago)

IMHO, the following band has never stopped being "cool" ever since it first entered the music scene:

http://deanna.ladyinterference.com/ilx/Roxy_Music_1975_05.jpg

― Mellow Dee (Dee the Lurker), Friday, 6 February 2004 05:29 (twenty-two years ago)

http://www.hunter-mott.connectfree.co.uk/images/mth_1973.jpg

― Rocco, Friday, 6 February 2004 15:34 (twenty-two years ago)

Izzat `the Hoople? NICE!

― Alex in NYC (vassifer), Friday, 6 February 2004 15:43 (twenty-two years ago)

http://www.seahaas.com/toddrundgren/utopiaa.jpg

― Pashmina (Pashmina), Friday, 6 February 2004 15:47 (twenty-two years ago)

Check out the Ankhuitar!

― Alex in NYC (vassifer), Friday, 6 February 2004 15:49 (twenty-two years ago)

IT ROCKS!!1

― Pashmina (Pashmina), Friday, 6 February 2004 15:49 (twenty-two years ago)

How the hell has anyone mentioned any band that isn't the Velvet Underground? Didn't Reed INVENT cool?

― Stupid (Stupid), Friday, 6 February 2004 15:51 (twenty-two years ago)

Lou Reed is an asshole.

― Pashmina (Pashmina), Friday, 6 February 2004 15:51 (twenty-two years ago)

Even though he made some really good records. Did you see the VU? reunion? Shiny shiny, YEAH!! Shiny boots of leather W00T!! very embarrassing.

― Pashmina (Pashmina), Friday, 6 February 2004 15:54 (twenty-two years ago)

http://www.amarillonet.com/images/headlines/030803/clash.jpg

― rainman (rainman), Friday, 6 February 2004 15:56 (twenty-two years ago)

U just cant touch theeese!
http://www.dustygroove.com/images/products/outkast~~~~_ghettomus_101b.jpg

― Jay Kid (Jay K), Friday, 6 February 2004 15:57 (twenty-two years ago)

"Lou Reed is an asshole.
-- Pashmina"

Exactly.

― Stupid (Stupid), Friday, 6 February 2004 15:58 (twenty-two years ago)

Didn't Reed INVENT cool?
god damn it I've been dead for YEARS and I'm still cooler than any Lou Reed or OutKast or Sly Stone or anyone else.
http://www.rhino.com/features/photos/79874cabcalloway.jpg
Don't tell me you didn't know I lurked here.

― Cab Motherfuckin' Calloway, Friday, 6 February 2004 15:58 (twenty-two years ago)

Chrissie Hynde = the nucleus of cool.

― Jeanne Fury (Jeanne Fury), Friday, 6 February 2004 16:01 (twenty-two years ago)

"Lou Reed is an asshole.
-- Pashmina"

Exactly.

-- Stupid

By this logic, Noel Gallagher is the coolest man alive.

― Pashmina (Pashmina), Friday, 6 February 2004 16:02 (twenty-two years ago)

http://www.nipoweb.com/japon/jpop/imagenes_jpop/pizzicato.jpg

"What!! We're STILL winning!?!?!!?"

― Jole, Friday, 6 February 2004 16:03 (twenty-two years ago)

Is that Pizzicato Five?

― Alex in NYC (vassifer), Friday, 6 February 2004 16:04 (twenty-two years ago)

yep.

― Jole, Friday, 6 February 2004 16:05 (twenty-two years ago)

Oscar Wilde invented cool.

― LondonLee (LondonLee), Friday, 6 February 2004 16:07 (twenty-two years ago)

http://www.english.uwosh.edu/henson/images/nietzsche.gif

― Jay Kid (Jay K), Friday, 6 February 2004 16:13 (twenty-two years ago)

The inventor of Cool

http://users.snowcrest.net/cafemocha/images/CHColdMiser.jpg

― Alex in NYC (vassifer), Friday, 6 February 2004 16:15 (twenty-two years ago)

http://home4u.hongkong.com/_H4U/entertainment/stars/ann/image/faye02.jpg

"I'd like to cast my vote for P5."

― Jole, Friday, 6 February 2004 16:18 (twenty-two years ago)

http://www.schillerinstitute.org/graphics/photos/hist_other/mckinley.jpg

9 out of 10 assasinated presidents agree:"Pizzicato 5 are the coolest!"

― Jole, Friday, 6 February 2004 16:21 (twenty-two years ago)

http://1.im.cz/n/photo/01/47/15mnepr-topsirka.jpg

"I agree!"

― Jole, Friday, 6 February 2004 16:25 (twenty-two years ago)

"I'm Special. FUCK OFF."

http://www.pretendersarchives.com/Gallery/Gal-CHjacket.jpg

― Jeanne Fury (Jeanne Fury), Friday, 6 February 2004 16:36 (twenty-two years ago)

the only way VU could be cooler is if they were black, right?
So it is either VU or some really cool black band. Sly Stone might be close, but not quite. I forget, what do the Bad Brains look like?

― Mitchell (Mitchell), Friday, 6 February 2004 17:38 (twenty-two years ago)

Huh????/

― Pashmina (Pashmina), Friday, 6 February 2004 17:44 (twenty-two years ago)

way to forget the P-Funk, you boring honkies

― nate detritus (natedetritus), Friday, 6 February 2004 17:51 (twenty-two years ago)

Oh, the answer remains firm: the Velvet Undergound are indisputably the coolest band EVER. I was solely concentrating on bands who were cooler than Sonic Youth (which is a mighty big list).

― Alex in NYC (vassifer), Friday, 6 February 2004 18:18 (twenty-two years ago)

If the Velvet Underground were Fonzie, Sonic Youth wouldn't even be Potsie....they'd be Ralph Malph.

― Alex in NYC (vassifer), Friday, 6 February 2004 18:19 (twenty-two years ago)

http://images.amazon.com/images/P/B00005JGAB.01.LZZZZZZZ.jpg

― no opinion, Friday, 6 February 2004 19:51 (twenty-two years ago)

http://www.whysanity.net/muppets/mimages/church.gif

― nickalicious (nickalicious), Friday, 6 February 2004 19:56 (twenty-two years ago)

http://gothic.pit.ktu.lt/music/images/a1.jpg

― Alex in NYC (vassifer), Friday, 6 February 2004 20:13 (twenty-two years ago)

I think pearl jam is very cool.

whose that in the picture before this/

― panda (latebloomer), Friday, 6 February 2004 20:18 (twenty-two years ago)

Alex, I think most bands are cooler than snc yth, but perhaps alien sex fiend is pushing it a bit?

― Pashmina (Pashmina), Friday, 6 February 2004 20:57 (twenty-two years ago)

Entirely, but I'm in an ASF mood at the mo'....

In Praise of ..... ACID BATH by ALiEn SeX FiEnD

― Alex in NYC (vassifer), Friday, 6 February 2004 21:12 (twenty-two years ago)

i know theyve been mentioned already, but can we please get some boredoms pics in here?

― Felonious Drunk (Felcher), Friday, 6 February 2004 21:35 (twenty-two years ago)

whoops, didnt see that one earlier, well, here's another
http://www.artistdirect.com/Images/Sources/AMGPORTRAITS/music/portrait200/drp000/p033/p03375r53uk.jpg

― Felonious Drunk (Felcher), Friday, 6 February 2004 21:37 (twenty-two years ago)

i don't want to clog up the thread, so here's a link to a huge pic that makes me giddy.
http://www.consume.com.au/images/hires/borbw1.jpg

― Felonious Drunk (Felcher), Friday, 6 February 2004 21:38 (twenty-two years ago)

http://www.petshopboys.co.uk/images/mediaRoom/photos/behaviour/behaviour_11.jpg

― daavid, Saturday, 7 February 2004 00:13 (twenty-two years ago)

http://saintetienne.com/images/finisterre_ica.jpg

― Gear! (Gear!), Saturday, 7 February 2004 00:28 (twenty-two years ago)

http://www.mekons.de/fgsallyguitar1.jpg

― Gear! (Gear!), Saturday, 7 February 2004 00:32 (twenty-two years ago)

http://www.buoy.com/~bonfire/group2.jpg
http://www.buoy.com/~bonfire/acdc79.jpg

― Anthony Miccio (Anthony Miccio), Saturday, 7 February 2004 00:44 (twenty-two years ago)

Not a band, but...

http://home.sprintmail.com/~sknolle/mitchum/images/CalypsoLP.jpg

― Gear! (Gear!), Saturday, 7 February 2004 01:35 (twenty-two years ago)

over before it started

― gabbneb (gabbneb), Saturday, 7 February 2004 01:44 (twenty-two years ago)

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