Let Them Brush Your Rock 'n' Roll Hair.

[howyadoin]

Y'know, we have some pretty heated debates around here. How 'bout a discussion of much less seriousness, but arguably just as much significance?

Let's hear your arguments, preferably with photo reference. Who's got the best hair in rock 'n' roll?

[jdwrocks]

Wayne Static of Static X. Don't need no arguments, just check out the photos.

[jdwrocks]

Aarrgghh! I wish I knew how to submit images larger than thumbnails. My computer technical knowhow is a decimal point higher than zilch.

[J. Robb]

WOOO!

http://www.concordmusicgroup.com/artists/images/little_richard.jpg

[berk]

When I was a small kid, I really liked Chuck Berry's hair, and his whole look. I wanted to look like him when I grew up.

[Jonathan Bogart]

For the record, Al Hirschfeld is never wrong:

http://kh016.k12.sd.us/hirschfeld_aerosmith.jpg

[howyadoin]

For the record, Al Hirschfeld is never wrong:

http://kh016.k12.sd.us/hirschfeld_aerosmith.jpgGood call. Kinda forgot about them when I was starting the thread.

[howyadoin]

This might seem like an odd nomination on the face of it, but this was a pretty damn influential haircut for the era:

http://www.sonicitchmusic.com/wp-content/uploads/2007/09/bob-dylan-5366.jpg

[Street Worm]

Jim Dandy (to the rescue)

http://i103.photobucket.com/albums/m139/broham_2006/RaunchnRollbackcover.jpg

but Leon Russell's got the best r&r hair w/hat~ :wink:

[J. Robb]

http://carlagirl.net/blog/uploaded_images/PhilSpectorHair-sm-723874.jpg

[Athena Bast]

This might seem like an odd nomination on the face of it, but this was a pretty damn influential haircut for the era:

http://www.sonicitchmusic.com/wp-content/uploads/2007/09/bob-dylan-5366.jpg

Ya know, I can't look at that photo without thinking of Cate Blanchett.

[bert]

http://i204.photobucket.com/albums/bb307/pretty_circles/david%20bowie/ziggy%20stardust/tonguethen.jpg

or

http://www.babble.com/CS/blogs/famecrawler/2008/02/16-22/gene-simmons-kiss-sex-tape.jpg

or

George Lynch's two tone mullet for the win!
http://bagelofeverything.files.wordpress.com/2007/06/george-lynch.jpg

[howyadoin]

http://i204.photobucket.com/albums/bb307/pretty_circles/david%20bowie/ziggy%20stardust/tonguethen.jpg

That was pretty cool, I haveta say. Even in the glam era, it really stood out.

[DonC]

I hate to admit it, but I always wanted hair like this dude. Ya see, there was this girl and she like him and I wanted her to like me. Your average 12-year-old thing.

http://www.mermu.net/ithought/images/John%20Taylor%20then.jpg

[mattx110]

http://bp3.blogger.com/_EJ6I5MkJDmk/R4TznFQJjDI/AAAAAAAAAGk/7ZgoACcLU4s/s400/paul+gilbert.jpgA bit much... It once got in a fight with a cordless powerdrill y'know.

Then a couple years ago, he discovered the benefits of letting your hair do whatever the hell it wants.http://www.rocksquad.net/paul_gilbert_goomy.jpg

[Brad Barton]

Hmm...lessee.

Devin Townsend rocks it, male-pattern style. I like that he doesn't give up and shave it.
http://img.search.com/8/8e/300px-Devin-Townsend.jpg

[Brad Barton]

Also, I always thought Johnny struck just the right chord between utilitarian and cool with the jet black slick-back. Somehow, his is cooler than Elvis's.
http://forgottenjournal.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/06/johnny-cash.jpg

[Lupek]

http://carlagirl.net/blog/uploaded_images/PhilSpectorHair-sm-723874.jpg

Yesh.

Here is your winner.

[Lupek]

This guy rocked the do too.

http://www.hitparadeitalia.it/voli/images/doctors_and_the_medics.jpg

[Jonathan Bogart]

Oh, if we're going New Wave have I got some hairdos for you:

http://www.bbc.co.uk/tyne/content/images/2006/07/26/bowwowwow1_300x400.jpg

http://blog.muchmusic.com/archives/images/flock%20of%20seagulls.jpg

http://manolomen.com/images/Robert%20Smith.jpg
IT'S EATING HIM AAAIIIAIIIIRRRRGGHH!

[bert]

Oh, if we're going New Wave have I got some hairdos for you:

http://www.bbc.co.uk/tyne/content/images/2006/07/26/bowwowwow1_300x400.jpg

http://blog.muchmusic.com/archives/images/flock%20of%20seagulls.jpg


you can't forget the Sputnik!

http://www.koelncampus.com/icoaster/files/sigue_sigue_sputnik.jpg

http://www.nostalgiacentral.com/images_music/siguesiguesputnik.jpg

[J. Robb]

Bow wow wow
http://daduke.org/img/gc.jpg

[GRANT!]

Hair is overrated.

http://thescenestar.typepad.com/photos/uncategorized/2008/05/14/stipe.jpg
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/c/c7/Moby.jpg
http://www.clipov.net/pic/sinead_o_connor+%5Bnothing_compares_2_u%5D+1990+5-02+vault_tv+clear.jpg

[GRANT!]

Can we include facial hair in this thread?

http://www.cd1059.com/Portals/50/images/ZZ%20top.jpg

What's the name of that one guitar player that looks like a wizard (he's not in ZZ Top)? He was pretty big in the 70s and 80s I think.

[Jonathan Bogart]

What's the name of that one guitar player that looks like a wizard (he's not in ZZ Top)? He was pretty big in the 70s and 80s I think.
I know you don't mean Roy Wood, but here he is anyway:

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/arts/graphics/2007/08/18/wood300.jpg

[Brad Barton]

Can we include facial hair in this thread?What's the name of that one guitar player that looks like a wizard (he's not in ZZ Top)? He was pretty big in the 70s and 80s I think.Was it Uli Jon Roth? I'm not certain, but I think he sported a Gandalf beard at times.

http://yehao.com/UliJonRoth/NewPics/urijonroth.png

[howyadoin]

Hair is overrated.

http://thescenestar.typepad.com/photos/uncategorized/2008/05/14/stipe.jpg
Y'know, it was a coincidental reading of an interview with Michael Stipe that finally convinced me to shave my head.

[GRANT!]

I know you don't mean Roy Wood, but here he is anyway:

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/arts/graphics/2007/08/18/wood300.jpg

Not sure if it's him. The guy I'm thinking of played with Joe Cocker... I think.

[Jonathan Bogart]

Not sure if it's him. The guy I'm thinking of played with Joe Cocker... I think.
Then you're thinking of Leon Russell ... more a pianist than a guitar hero, but possessor of one of the all-time great beards of rock & roll.

http://www.swampland.com/img/Image/articles/leonrussell/leonrussell_main.jpg

[Slam_Bradley]

Also, I always thought Johnny struck just the right chord between utilitarian and cool with the jet black slick-back. Somehow, his is cooler than Elvis's.
http://forgottenjournal.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/06/johnny-cash.jpg


Which helped to beget...

http://www.pestaola.gr/images/chris_isaak.jpg

[elheffe]

I'd say Jenny Lewis:

http://harpmagazine.com/img/concerts/jenny%20lewis.jpg

[GRANT!]

Then you're thinking of Leon Russell ... more a pianist than a guitar hero, but possessor of one of the all-time great beards of rock & roll.

http://www.swampland.com/img/Image/articles/leonrussell/leonrussell_main.jpg

I think that's the one. I remember seeing him play guitar though.

[GRANT!]

I'd say Jenny Lewis:

http://harpmagazine.com/img/concerts/jenny%20lewis.jpg

I can't stand her bangs.

That sounded sort of gay...

[Lupek]

Buzz Osborne from The Melvins has quite a R&R do

http://www.funcoast.com/files/imagecache/16_column/files/story/images/fc.melvins.jpg

[Spike-X]

I can't stand her bangs.

That sounded sort of gay...
Sort of?










?

[Jonathan Bogart]

http://harpmagazine.com/img/concerts/jenny%20lewis.jpg
Yeah, the hair's not the first thing I notice there.

[The Confessor]

George Lynch's two tone mullet for the win!
http://bagelofeverything.files.wordpress.com/2007/06/george-lynch.jpg


Pfftt! George Lynch's two-tone mullet would cower in fear when faced with...

The Bolton <<<Shudder!>>>

http://img301.imageshack.us/img301/1057/michaelboltonya9.jpg





Of course, Michael Bolton's hairdo is mild in comparisson to what I consider to be the all time worst Rock 'n' Roll haircut ever. Ladies and Gentlemen, I give you Dave Hill from Slade...



http://img389.imageshack.us/img389/6854/sladedavehill02yz4.jpg
http://img128.imageshack.us/img128/4175/sladedavehill01pr7.jpg

[howyadoin]

Ladies and Gentlemen, I give you Dave Hill from Slade...


http://img389.imageshack.us/img389/6854/sladedavehill02yz4.jpg
http://img128.imageshack.us/img128/4175/sladedavehill01pr7.jpgSo that's where all those rockabilly chicks get their inspiration.

[berk]

I like the long hair from the early 70s precisely because it was just guys growin their hair long, as opposed to the elaborate do's of the 80s and onwards, the perms, the highlights, etc, etc. Obviously that meant you got some pretty weird looking hair, but I'll take the guys in Slade any day over the ridiculous stylings of the metal bands that came later.

Same goes for a lot of the music, now I think of it.

[howyadoin]

I like the long hair from the early 70s precisely because it was just guys growin their hair long, as opposed to the elaborate do's of the 80s and onwards, the perms, the highlights, etc, etc.http://www.newyorkdollsdvd.com/img/dolls-synopsisleftframe2.jpg

http://i68.photobucket.com/albums/i38/richardjgibson/TheNewYorkDolls.jpg

http://bluestormmusic.com/store/images/newyorkdolls_toomuchtoosoon.jpg

[berk]

Ah, ya got me. I was thinkin more of the metal bands, Purple and Zeppelin and so on, as compared to the hair-metal of the 80s. Forgot about the whole glitter-rock thing. But at least the glitter-rock was boundary-breaking and innovative when it happened.

[Alex]

http://mog.com/pictures/wikipedia/175028/614px-HallandOatesAlbumCover.jpg
Were you being specefic when you said rock?

[howyadoin]

Were you being specefic when you said rock?No, but I was being specific when I said "best".

[Pinball]

Can't forget the afro.

http://i.realone.com/assets/rn/img/3/9/0/9/9309093-9309096-slarge.jpg

Good thing Phil didn't.

[howyadoin]

I can't find a photo online that'll do it justice, but at tonight's Nashville Pussy show, Ruyter Says clearly had the best rock 'n' roll hair I've ever seen.

[Lupek]

I have a sneaking suspicion this is not their real hair but man there is a lot of it.....

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G2MwHDONo_I

[Lupek]

I thought Cliff Burton from Metallica had good rock/metal hair.