March 01, 2005

Rock and Roll Hall of Douchebags A wonderful collection of Lame and Funny Band promotional Photos.
posted by LokiSpeak 19 years ago
  • Hmm. This was double-posted at Metafilter, but I think it's never been here before...
  • I never check there, I like to pretend it does not exist
  • Yep, it's a double. But it's still damn funny.
  • some of the gems... One of these guys needs the shit slapped out of him. If you guessed Soccer Tits, you were right! The only things missing on "Phishy" are the wiggly stink lines. The last thing you...and your butthole...wants to see on a hike. ...these actually don't look that funny without the pictures, but it's all about context, I guess.
  • I like "Hi! We're completely out of ideas!"
  • tweeter fumes.
  • One of my friends brought this to my attention about a year ago. He's the one holding the glowing orb. He was telling us how he was going through the site laughing at all of the lameness, then saw that one and said, "wait, that's not funny." In the band's defense, they're about 16 in that picture.
  • I've got a photo of my college band that I wouldn't be at all surprised to see on here. We were all standing on the roof of a friend's house, the musicians making a Wall of Rock in the background while I, the singer, crouched on the peak in front of them in a brooding, menacing manner. I had hair to my nipples and a leather top hat. "HALLO CLEVELAND!"
  • hutta - you can tell your friend that his band's picture isn't bad, has a good dynamism - and it definitely doesn't involve a brick wall. Most of what makes these pictures funny is, of course, the commentary, but the brick wall thing was very funny.
  • *wonders if TP likes to rock out with his cock out*
  • JB, Hutta- No, that picture is pretty bad. Judging the music by the picture, I'm gonna guess 3 Doors Down-style alterna-modern rock? Yeah. Bands that suck usually have sucky photos.
  • *wonders how it is MCT doesn't already know the answer to that question*
  • p.s.--the Wall of Rock I refer to was not an actual rock wall, but a figurative one...like a soccer "wall", but made of rockers. Perhaps "Wall of Rawk" would have explained this better.
  • Or maybe, bands with bad photos don't have as much money for a good photographer? Based on my recent listening (and a terrific mix from the exchange), I've found that lesser known indie bands have some of the best music - and not always the best photos. If I were buying photography, maybe I would care. But I don't.
  • Counterpoint: I cover local rock and see hundreds of these shots. Any band who can put out an album can afford a photographer that's not going to pose them all into a wall of grimacing, for lack of a better word, douchebags. One of the rules should be: Don't ever try to scare the listener with your grim countenance. You always look like a sullen tool if you do so. Smile, fer chrissakes.
  • Monkeyfilter - Like a Sullen Tool
  • A band I was in did a photo Chili Peppers-style, except we used oven mitts instead of socks. Luckily, I can't find it.
  • What do you mean, luckily? Not lucky for the rest of us.