Who's the tallest person in music?

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Angus Andrew from the Liars and Big Rock from Heltah Skeltah are both in the 6'6" range. Thurston Moore is 6'7". I've heard that Krist Novoselic is 6'8". Is anyone taller?

And what's the relationship between height and performance? Are taller performers likely to be more extroverted?

― Tom Breihan (Tom Breihan), Tuesday, 1 July 2003 12:38 (twenty-three years ago)

Him from Lift To Experience is apparently in the seven-foot range.

― William Bloody Swygart (mrswygart), Tuesday, 1 July 2003 12:40 (twenty-three years ago)

Novoselic is a total sideman, and Thurston Moore sort of has a goofy schtick onstage. But Andrew and Rock are both theatrical performers; both of them use their height to intimidate or at least loom.

Cex is about 6'2", but he plays shows standing in the audience nowadays and wears ridiculous Hot Topic platforms that add about three inches. The point seems to be to tower over the audience.

― Tom Breihan (Tom Breihan), Tuesday, 1 July 2003 12:41 (twenty-three years ago)

A lot of the advance press about the Liars said Andrew was seven feet tall. I'm just shy of seven feet, and I thought all that noise was borderline offensive. Dude is plainly not seven feet tall.

― Tom Breihan (Tom Breihan), Tuesday, 1 July 2003 12:43 (twenty-three years ago)

The guy that wears the bucket to become Buckethead is like 6'8". Then he puts on the bucket!

I'm 6'4", and I often feel weird kinda towering over audiences, so I spend a lot of time during our shows kinda crouched down or something.

― nickalicious (nickalicious), Tuesday, 1 July 2003 12:43 (twenty-three years ago)

Related question: should I be in a band?

― Tom Breihan (Tom Breihan), Tuesday, 1 July 2003 12:43 (twenty-three years ago)

Is Him really seven feet tall, William? Or is that just hype like with Angus? And who's Lift to Experience?

― Tom Breihan (Tom Breihan), Tuesday, 1 July 2003 12:44 (twenty-three years ago)

Tom Scholtz (sp?) of Boston was pretty tall.

Gene Simmons is tall....but he wears those ridiculous boots, so who is to say?

― Alex in NYC (vassifer), Tuesday, 1 July 2003 13:06 (twenty-three years ago)

david berman, reaching for the gin behind the fridge.

― adidags, Tuesday, 1 July 2003 13:13 (twenty-three years ago)

John Taylor of Duran Duran's a tall drink a' water too.

― Alex in NYC (vassifer), Tuesday, 1 July 2003 13:14 (twenty-three years ago)

Eddie Money was tall once.

― dave225 (Dave225), Tuesday, 1 July 2003 13:39 (twenty-three years ago)

what's-his-puss out of midnight oil is a man-mountain. he scary.

― bucky wunderlick (bucky), Tuesday, 1 July 2003 13:44 (twenty-three years ago)

ahem, Shaq O' made some records too!
;-)

― t\'\'t (t\'\'t), Tuesday, 1 July 2003 13:45 (twenty-three years ago)

I totally forgot about Shaq. I'm pretty sure he's the only person mentioned thus far who's taller than me. Crap. I am no longer special.

― Tom Breihan (Tom Breihan), Tuesday, 1 July 2003 14:02 (twenty-three years ago)

Mick Fleetwood ?

The original keyboard player out of The Small Faces was booted out for being too tall - but they were only 5'3"

― Robert Moore (treble), Tuesday, 1 July 2003 14:33 (twenty-three years ago)

Both Spiller and Andy Cato from Groove Armada are over 6'6" tall.

― CharlieNo4 (Charlie), Tuesday, 1 July 2003 14:46 (twenty-three years ago)

Type O Negative all look pretty tall on stage.

― earlnash, Tuesday, 1 July 2003 16:11 (twenty-three years ago)

Let's not forget Joey Ramone! He looked even taller than his 6'6" frame standing next to Tommy Ramone, possibly the shortest man in punk.

― Jeff K (jeff k), Tuesday, 1 July 2003 16:15 (twenty-three years ago)

Peter Steele = 6'6"

― Curt1s St3ph3ns, Tuesday, 1 July 2003 16:35 (twenty-three years ago)

Joe Jackson is quite tall.

― teeny (teeny), Tuesday, 1 July 2003 16:46 (twenty-three years ago)

Manute Bol and Gheorge Muresan's stripped-down garage rock duo would have to take the honors, since both are 7'7"

― ham on rye (ham on rye), Tuesday, 1 July 2003 17:02 (twenty-three years ago)

Mark Lanegan is tall.
Billy Corgan is taller than you think.
The bass player for Slobberbone.

― Pleasant Plains (Pleasant Plains), Tuesday, 1 July 2003 17:08 (twenty-three years ago)

Isn't Sly Stone like 6'6"?

― nickalicious (nickalicious), Tuesday, 1 July 2003 17:11 (twenty-three years ago)

to answer your question, Tom, yes, you should be in a band, and you should be the drummer, so that you're always sitting down and noone can tell how tall you are until they see you walking around, and realize you weren't standing behind the kit. that would be kind of a fun mindfuck for people.

― Al (sitcom), Tuesday, 1 July 2003 17:31 (twenty-three years ago)

Shaq is still the frontrunner.

― NA. (Nick A.), Tuesday, 1 July 2003 17:36 (twenty-three years ago)

I think Tom and Ray Cummings should have an ILM tall-off.

― Lee G (Lee G), Tuesday, 1 July 2003 17:54 (twenty-three years ago)

Bass player from Slobberbone - good call, saw them live and he is really tall...

Also, underated tall guy - Nick Cave, but I think he looks taller because he weighs like 95 pounds....

and don't forget Glenn Danzig!!!

― Matt Helgeson (Matt Helgeson), Tuesday, 1 July 2003 18:29 (twenty-three years ago)

john tesh is really tall. so is randy newman.

― amateurist (amateurist), Tuesday, 1 July 2003 18:35 (twenty-three years ago)

Spiller, of Groovejet fame, is 7' tall.

― Martin Skidmore (Martin Skidmore), Tuesday, 1 July 2003 18:45 (twenty-three years ago)

Velvet Crush drummer, Ric Menck, is damn tall.

― blutroniq (blutroniq), Tuesday, 1 July 2003 18:53 (twenty-three years ago)

I don't know who Ray Cummings is, but I know he can't fuck with this tallness.

― Tom Breihan (Tom Breihan), Tuesday, 1 July 2003 18:56 (twenty-three years ago)

No one has mentioned the brothers Good of the Sadies?

― ham on rye (ham on rye), Tuesday, 1 July 2003 20:31 (twenty-three years ago)

the two frontpeople in my drummer's other band are both at least 6'6". hilariously the other guitarist is about 5'3" so it makes for a rather bizarre spectacle on stage.

― electric sound of jim (electricsound), Tuesday, 1 July 2003 22:11 (twenty-three years ago)

just as well prince isn't tall.

― frenchbloke (frenchbloke), Tuesday, 1 July 2003 23:01 (twenty-three years ago)

i saw lift to experience live, i don't recall anyone who was overly tall.

― keith (keithmcl), Tuesday, 1 July 2003 23:52 (twenty-three years ago)

And one of them just got kicked out of the band, so Mr. Alleged-Tall-Guy might not even be "in music."

― miloauckerman (miloauckerman), Wednesday, 2 July 2003 00:39 (twenty-three years ago)

didn't he just get kicked out months ago?

― frenchbloke (frenchbloke), Wednesday, 2 July 2003 06:04 (twenty-three years ago)

Fish, ex-Marillion singer is v tall

― Robin Goad (rgoad), Wednesday, 2 July 2003 08:14 (twenty-three years ago)

I don't think it was official until the last couple of weeks. Putting the boot the lead singer sent him on EBay was classic.

― miloauckerman (miloauckerman), Wednesday, 2 July 2003 11:15 (twenty-three years ago)

MC 900 Ft. Jesus!

― Tuomas (Tuomas), Wednesday, 2 July 2003 11:18 (twenty-three years ago)

They might be giants....

― johnboy, Wednesday, 2 July 2003 15:34 (twenty-three years ago)

... and I know exactly what John (Duran Duran) Taylor's height is, too. Not surprisingly enough. It's 6'2". Simon LeBon is about that same height, too. This is interesting considering how this means Duran Duran represent all the various types of heights out there. Nick Rhodes is only about 5'7" tall (I'm 5'8" tall and I remember being about one inch taller than he was), and Warren Cuccurullo is only about 5'5" tall or so (I know I tower over him). Wes Wehmiller, who was the bassist in their touring band when John wasn't a member, was fairly tall -- maybe about 6' tall. Joe Travers, who was their touring band's drummer, is about my height, i.e. 5'8". Andy Taylor looks to be a good three inches shorter than Nick Rhodes, so a little simple math means he's about 5'4" tall (unless he magically grew during his thirties). And I have no idea how tall Roger Taylor actually is; I will find out next year, though, as I AM going to as many of Duran Duran's 2004 live shows in the U.S. as possible.

Thus concludes another episode of "My, Dee is a saddo Duran Duran fan". Tune in next week when I give you the birth weights of all the band members! (kidding....)

― Innocent Dreamer (Dee the Lurker), Wednesday, 2 July 2003 15:42 (twenty-three years ago)

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