The best moustaches in rock music

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― Geir Hongro (GeirHong), Friday, 29 April 2005 11:44 (twenty years ago)

http://www.kafejo.com/muziko/sparks/img/diff.gif

― hmmm (hmmm), Friday, 29 April 2005 11:49 (twenty years ago)

http://queen.wz.cz/pics/freddie/freddie65.jpg

― jaymc (jaymc), Friday, 29 April 2005 11:49 (twenty years ago)

http://www.awildorchid.com/fred09.jpg
Birth of Darth Vader

xpost!

― willem (willem), Friday, 29 April 2005 11:58 (twenty years ago)

oh come on, greg norton, SURELY! http://www.thirdav.com/zinestuff/hd_bam.jpg

― bg (creamolafoam), Friday, 29 April 2005 11:59 (twenty years ago)

http://www.bbc.co.uk/arts/images/multimedia/sixties/mank_jimi.jpg

― willem (willem), Friday, 29 April 2005 12:03 (twenty years ago)

martyn ware, on the right:

http://ex-rental.com/blindyouth/leagueearly1.jpg

sadly i haven't time to find a good pic of midge ure, but you know what i'm talking about. pointy sideburns + pencil 'tache = so a good look. no, really.

― grimly fiendish (grimlord), Friday, 29 April 2005 12:05 (twenty years ago)

ah, indeed, and here it is:
http://www.80smusiclyrics.com/images/midge.jpg

and that was in the days before we had triple blade razors too...

― bg (creamolafoam), Friday, 29 April 2005 12:09 (twenty years ago)

midge ure is a good one.

also classic:
http://members.aol.com/olandem4/vusmph02.jpg

― willem (willem), Friday, 29 April 2005 12:09 (twenty years ago)

the one to rule them all:
http://www.vh1.com/shared/media/news/images/w/White_Stripes_The/sq-intvw03-mtvnews.jpg

― willem (willem), Friday, 29 April 2005 12:12 (twenty years ago)

good work, bg!

can i also offer this:

http://www.dr.dk/skum/barometer/billeder/bonnie_prince_billy.jpg

― grimly fiendish (grimlord), Friday, 29 April 2005 12:16 (twenty years ago)

I can't dig a pic up now, but I attribute the mid '90s mustache resurgence to Trans Am, who rocked some really silly mustaches circa 1996.

― BlastsOfStatic (BlastsofStatic), Friday, 29 April 2005 12:24 (twenty years ago)

http://www.musicobsession.com/Pictures/l/o/loudonwainwright332502.jpg
That it's not much of a 'stache is entirely appropriate.

― Myonga Von Bontee (Myonga Von Bontee), Friday, 29 April 2005 12:33 (twenty years ago)

ihttp://www.wherewelive.org/images/captain_beefheart_full.jpg

― Stewart Osborne (Stewart Osborne), Friday, 29 April 2005 12:46 (twenty years ago)

Bugger

http://www.andyfreeberg.com/photos_mus/capt_beefheart.jpg

― Stewart Osborne (Stewart Osborne), Friday, 29 April 2005 12:46 (twenty years ago)

That's better

― Stewart Osborne (Stewart Osborne), Friday, 29 April 2005 12:47 (twenty years ago)

now that's a moustache.

maybe i should have another shot at growing one ...

― grimly fiendish (grimlord), Friday, 29 April 2005 13:04 (twenty years ago)

http://www.punk77.co.uk/graphics/stranglers/dave3.jpg

Dave Greenfield of the Stranglers

...and briefly (and lamentably)...JAZ COLEMAN....

http://www.anirrationaldomain.net/images/band79-82/band81occult.jpg

― Alex in NYC (vassifer), Friday, 29 April 2005 13:08 (twenty years ago)

Bowie w/ facial hair...

http://members.ol.com.au/rgriffin/GoldenYears/GYjpegs/78/7809Vogue.jpg http://www.teenagewildlife.com/Othermedia/Pictures/Auliac/beard-small.jpg

― Alex in NYC (vassifer), Friday, 29 April 2005 13:10 (twenty years ago)

http://www.jimcroce.com/images/gallery/7b.jpg

Enlarge the topic to "Best facial hair" and MUNGO JERRY OWNS, BEEYOTCHES!

http://www.reclaimthepants.com/mungojerry.jpg

― The Mad Puffin, Friday, 29 April 2005 13:47 (twenty years ago)

http://www.spectropop.com/recommends/LeeHazlewood/LeeHazlewood.jpg

― mentalist (mentalist), Friday, 29 April 2005 13:49 (twenty years ago)

http://img.epinions.com/images/opti/06/9c/143722-resized200.jpg

― mentalist (mentalist), Friday, 29 April 2005 13:50 (twenty years ago)

http://users.libero.it/tassadar/pf/mason1.jpg

― Elvis Telecom (Chris Barrus), Friday, 29 April 2005 15:51 (twenty years ago)

http://www.animetion.co.uk/pocking/scatman.jpg

― Ludo (Ludo), Friday, 29 April 2005 18:59 (twenty years ago)

oh just click it then.. i better read a faq.

― Ludo (Ludo), Friday, 29 April 2005 19:00 (twenty years ago)

http://www.hootpage.com/watt-perry04a.jpg

― dapes, Friday, 29 April 2005 20:01 (twenty years ago)

I mean really now.

― Austin Still (Austin, Still), Friday, 29 April 2005 20:04 (twenty years ago)

Also obvious.

― Austin Still (Austin, Still), Friday, 29 April 2005 20:06 (twenty years ago)

http://www.netsummary.dk/tommy_seebach_apache.jpg

― Open your eyes; you can fly! (ex machina), Friday, 29 April 2005 20:08 (twenty years ago)

― Austin Still (Austin, Still), Friday, 29 April 2005 20:09 (twenty years ago)

http://nowyoudidit.com/RockPhoto/zappa.jpg

― jaymc (jaymc), Friday, 29 April 2005 20:10 (twenty years ago)

okay, I'm getting away from rock here, but I don't give a shit.

Perhaps we need a "Best moustache with dangling cigarette" subcategory.

― Austin Still (Austin, Still), Friday, 29 April 2005 20:11 (twenty years ago)

― Austin Still (Austin, Still), Friday, 29 April 2005 20:16 (twenty years ago)

http://www.foundryfilm.com/musicvideos/creeper/images/Dead_jpg

― jotai, Friday, 29 April 2005 20:52 (twenty years ago)

http://www.foundryfilm.com/musicvideos/creeper/images/Dead_jpg.jpg

Ack, I suck at HTML.

― jotai, Friday, 29 April 2005 20:54 (twenty years ago)

figured this would be near the top
http://home3.inet.tele.dk/c-4/photogallery/Giorgio_Moroder.jpg

― andrew m. (andrewmorgan), Friday, 29 April 2005 21:24 (twenty years ago)

http://images.amazon.com/images/P/B0002X9NWQ.01._SCLZZZZZZZ_.jpg

― mutton, Friday, 29 April 2005 21:56 (twenty years ago)

http://images.windowsmedia.com/img/prov_ap/200_80/pic200/drP000/P003/p00304yr199.jpg http://images.bidville.com/imagehost/2004/10/31/14/198733.jpg

― Pleasant Plains /// (Pleasant Plains ///), Friday, 29 April 2005 22:08 (twenty years ago)

http://www.imotorhead.com/gallery/art/images/lemmy%20cartoon1.jpg

that's supposed to be Lemmy

― ken taylrr (ken taylrr), Friday, 29 April 2005 22:29 (twenty years ago)

http://members.aol.com/dohtemarts/lief.jpg

― ken taylrr (ken taylrr), Friday, 29 April 2005 22:31 (twenty years ago)

Perhaps we need a "Best moustache with dangling cigarette" subcategory.

no, because mr domino would just own it. best pic on ILM evah.

― grimly fiendish (grimlord), Saturday, 30 April 2005 15:32 (twenty years ago)

The festive guy between Lemmy and (John Lee Hooker?) -- is that from the "Apache" video? Gracious!

― Joseph McCombs (Joseph McCombs), Saturday, 30 April 2005 16:11 (twenty years ago)

Grimley -

That's actually the other Fats. Waller, not Domino. But I'll be sure to pass on your kind words.

― Austin Still (Austin, Still), Sunday, 1 May 2005 02:35 (twenty years ago)

dammit people, the winning answer here is:
The best moustaches in rock music (0 new answers)

― Kimm, Sunday, 1 May 2005 02:44 (twenty years ago)

ihttp://www.shure.com/otws/interviews/winter2001/photos/tap_break.jpg

― Michael J McGonigal (mike mcgonigal), Sunday, 1 May 2005 02:48 (twenty years ago)

xx-post: gah. my old-jazz'n'blues-man-spotting powers are weak. good job my dad doesn't read ILM, 'cos he'd bust my balls for that :)

― grimly fiendish (grimlord), Sunday, 1 May 2005 09:37 (twenty years ago)

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