Worst-Dressed Proggers
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Topic: Worst-Dressed Proggers
Posted By: RoyalJelly
Subject: Worst-Dressed Proggers
Date Posted: October 08 2005 at 11:54
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Perhaps it's a touchy subject, but I recall in the 70's a lot of people being turned off to progressive bands merely because of their wardrobes, since visual presentation was and is so overly important in rock music. In the US, the attitude was often that real rockers wore black leather and tank tops, and those British guys are a bunch of fairies, lumping prog and glam-rock in the same basket. OK, it was dumb and unfair, but it must be admitted that some proggers were somewhere in the outer fargonosphere of good taste. Peter Gabriel was the most outlandish, but very interesting and original in his surrealistic costumes. On the other hand (while intending no disrespect toward their impeccable, influential playing), some Yes members made at times a rather silly impression in their galactic pajamas, and Steve Hackett is certainly quite special in that interstellar leisure suit. My nomination would go to Chris Squire, but I'm sure there are other suggestions. |
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Posted By: horza
Date Posted: October 08 2005 at 11:56
the shiny caped crusader mr.wakeman  oh dear !!------------- Originally posted by darkshade: Calling Mike Portnoy a bad drummer is like calling Stephen Hawking an idiot. |
Posted By: Ricochet
Date Posted: October 08 2005 at 13:53
I BETTER NOT HEAR PETER GABRIEL'S NAME IN HERE,OR ELSE...
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Posted By: adelepiani
Date Posted: October 08 2005 at 14:07
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Lol, Chris Squire has been the worst dressed prog musician until these days, lol, he's pretty funny too, he could have his own clothing company. ------------- ...Carpe Diem... |
Posted By: Eddy
Date Posted: October 08 2005 at 18:23
| you guys are bashing squire and rick LOOK AT GABRIAL AND IS FLOWER CONSTUME OR maybee HIS ELPhantitis CONSTUME GEEZE |
Posted By: goose
Date Posted: October 08 2005 at 20:51
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At least there was a point to Gabriel looking silly though... it's theatre!
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Posted By: Ricochet
Date Posted: October 09 2005 at 00:59
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I SAID NO MOCKING OF GABRIEL'S SUITE...THAT MAN WAS DAMN GENIUS CHOOSING THAT STYLE OF DRESSING ON STAGE...
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Posted By: Ivan_Melgar_M
Date Posted: October 09 2005 at 01:20
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A Photo is worth 1000 words. Iván ------------- 
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Posted By: Ricochet
Date Posted: October 09 2005 at 01:53
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...oh,dear...
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Posted By: felona
Date Posted: October 09 2005 at 02:05
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Wakeman DEFINTELY sorry guys ... perhaps its time for a makeover from Queer Eye for the Straight Guy .... ------------- I was never really sure what I was waiting for. When the moment came I was looking away ...... The Church "After Everything Now This" |
... when I saw him here in Oz on the 25th Anniversary Tour last tour he was wearing a blue satin cape decorated with planets and stars draped over tight black leggings yikes!! But he played better than he looked ... Squire also looked pretty daggy ... he had squeezed into painfully tight black leggings ... looked like a sack balanced on two overstuffed sausagesPosted By: Gabrielpenteado
Date Posted: October 09 2005 at 03:13
P-I-M-P  Check those pink leggings |
Posted By: ClemofNazareth
Date Posted: October 09 2005 at 06:05
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Rich Williams of Kansas has to be in the Top 5 list for sure (sorry Rich, yer still the greatest to me!):
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Posted By: Eetu Pellonpaa
Date Posted: October 09 2005 at 09:23
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Posted By: RoyalJelly
Date Posted: October 09 2005 at 20:04
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Dear Eetu, Thank you for the ABBA photo. That was a very special moment. |
Posted By: jotah15
Date Posted: October 09 2005 at 21:00
I couldn´t agree more. Just take a look:      -------------  www.sudakarock.com (try it!) |
adelepiani wrote:Posted By: Ivan_Melgar_M
Date Posted: October 10 2005 at 02:39
Honestly I couldn't care less how Agnetta and Anafried dressed, crappy music buth both were really pretty in the late 70's. Iván -------------
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Posted By: Lindsay Lohan
Date Posted: October 10 2005 at 03:32
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http://www.kayakonline.nl/pixbnd/his_fototoppop.jpg - Posted By: NutterAlert
Date Posted: October 10 2005 at 04:06
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Chris Squire, as already mentioned, is a serial offender. I'd also add Thijs Van Leer
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Posted By: lunaticviolist
Date Posted: October 10 2005 at 04:08
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I think Tull's outfits on the "A" tour were pretty terrible, especially Eddie Jobson's!
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