# Is Rush the ugliest band ever? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [December 28, 2005, 8:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-rush-the-ugliest-band-ever/337486 "2005-12-28T20:52:41Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 4
**Author:** ![fishbicycle](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/aeb1de/32.png) [@fishbicycle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/fishbicycle)\ **Post date:** [December 29, 2005, 5:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-rush-the-ugliest-band-ever/337486/61 "2005-12-29T17:40:38Z")
> [@Birdmonster](#): > > e) Maaaaan, those were some good Finnish teens, weren’t they? Yes, they were. Now you have to go in and delete the horde of cookies that site left on your computer! ---
**Author:** ![Duke\_of\_Rat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ad7895/32.png) [@Duke\_of\_Rat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Duke_of_Rat)\ **Post date:** [December 29, 2005, 5:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-rush-the-ugliest-band-ever/337486/62 "2005-12-29T17:52:41Z")
> [@fishbicycle](#): > > Yes, they were. Now you have to go in and delete the horde of cookies that site left on your computer! In the interest of scientific study, I cleared my cookies and then hit just the home page. One cookie. I’ll run spybot during lunch and see if it finds any nasties. As noted by **JohnBckWLD** , a fairly rare attribute for a porn site. > [@](#): > > I assume that’s due top the fact there were NO redirects, NO dialers, NO popups and NO spam!! ---
**Author:** ![fishbicycle](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/aeb1de/32.png) [@fishbicycle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/fishbicycle)\ **Post date:** [December 29, 2005, 5:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-rush-the-ugliest-band-ever/337486/63 "2005-12-29T17:58:16Z")
Well, if you were a curious monkey and clicked on some of the pictures, they took you to other sites, and _those_ left cookies. In case anyone is interested, if you block all cookies, you can’t view that site anymore. Wah. ---
**Author:** ![Duke\_of\_Rat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ad7895/32.png) [@Duke\_of\_Rat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Duke_of_Rat)\ **Post date:** [December 29, 2005, 6:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-rush-the-ugliest-band-ever/337486/64 "2005-12-29T18:44:05Z")
> [@fishbicycle](#): > > Well, if you were a curious monkey and clicked on some of the pictures, they took you to other sites, and _those_ left cookies. In case anyone is interested, if you block all cookies, you can’t view that site anymore. Wah. Not me! I _never_ surf porn. But I really didn’t click on any of the pics. Scientific research and all, you understand. Glad you boldly clicked where…probably a few people had clicked before (I bet **Critical1** has a few cookie crumbs). ---
**Author:** ![Good\_Egg](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/96bed5/32.png) [@Good\_Egg](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Good_Egg)\ **Post date:** [December 29, 2005, 7:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-rush-the-ugliest-band-ever/337486/65 "2005-12-29T19:06:28Z")
> [@Birdmonster](#): > > c) Steven Tyler is indeed a hideous man-thing. How Liv Tyler was the result of that sperm, we shall never know. genetics are variable, you knoew. I ewould give credit to her mum, Bebe Buell. As to the OP, I must take issue with Twisted Sister. Eddie Ojeda was quite cute. ---
**Author:** ![handsomeharry](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/e9c0ed/32.png) [@handsomeharry](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/handsomeharry)\ **Post date:** [December 29, 2005, 7:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-rush-the-ugliest-band-ever/337486/66 "2005-12-29T19:08:23Z")
> [@Mr. Blue Sky](#): > > In every universe where sentient beings have eyeballs. I’m with Mr. Blue etc…here. But, to put a better spin on it: In no universe where there are no eyeballs is Steven Tyler ugly. ---
**Author:** ![handsomeharry](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/e9c0ed/32.png) [@handsomeharry](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/handsomeharry)\ **Post date:** [December 29, 2005, 7:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-rush-the-ugliest-band-ever/337486/67 "2005-12-29T19:22:45Z")
Also, I would have to reference Glen Smith and SNL’s most dangerous band. ---
**Author:** ![baileygrrrl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e19b73/32.png) [@baileygrrrl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/baileygrrrl)\ **Post date:** [December 29, 2005, 7:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-rush-the-ugliest-band-ever/337486/68 "2005-12-29T19:23:20Z")
Ladies and Gentlemen, I present for your viewing pleasure, [Boston](http://www.cathedralstone.net/Pics/Boston3.jpg) ---
**Author:** ![baileygrrrl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e19b73/32.png) [@baileygrrrl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/baileygrrrl)\ **Post date:** [December 29, 2005, 7:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-rush-the-ugliest-band-ever/337486/69 "2005-12-29T19:26:42Z")
Sorry, I’ll try that again [Boston](http://i22.photobucket.com/albums/b341/jaatkinson/Boston3.jpg) > [@baileygrrrl](#): > > Ladies and Gentlemen, I present for your viewing pleasure, [Boston](http://www.cathedralstone.net/Pics/Boston3.jpg) ---
**Author:** ![Duke\_of\_Rat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ad7895/32.png) [@Duke\_of\_Rat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Duke_of_Rat)\ **Post date:** [December 29, 2005, 7:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-rush-the-ugliest-band-ever/337486/70 "2005-12-29T19:28:54Z")
> [@baileygrrrl](#): > > Sorry, I’ll try that again Hey, at least it wasn’t a porn site! 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Birdmonster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/71e660/32.png) [@Birdmonster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Birdmonster)\ **Post date:** [December 29, 2005, 7:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-rush-the-ugliest-band-ever/337486/71 "2005-12-29T19:33:06Z")
Wow: Hairman is AWESOME. (all the way on the right, obviously) G.E. Smith (SNL band) always had that “I’m-ill-with-diptheria” look while he played his “blues” hotlicks. Never attractive. ---
**Author:** ![Nutty\_Bunny](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/d07c76/32.png) [@Nutty\_Bunny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nutty_Bunny)\ **Post date:** [December 29, 2005, 8:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-rush-the-ugliest-band-ever/337486/72 "2005-12-29T20:18:21Z")
Spinal Tap would be my vote, but I’m not sure they count, since they may have been going for “ugly” when they created the characters. > [@Anastasaeon](#): > > Oh, and that Simply Red guy. _Yahoo_, that’s ugly. And to think he dated Catherine Zeta Jones! :eek: ---
**Author:** ![Sam\_Stone](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ecccb3/32.png) [@Sam\_Stone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sam_Stone)\ **Post date:** [December 29, 2005, 8:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-rush-the-ugliest-band-ever/337486/73 "2005-12-29T20:23:08Z")
Wait, I think I have the winner. It would have come to me sooner, but my brain had apparently locked the images away in a spasm of self-protection, so I didn’t remember them. I give you… [Twisted Sister](http://www.apollopony.net/images/twisted_sister.jpg) If your brain can take more… [Dee Snyder of Twisted Sister](http://www.costumecraze.com/images/vendors/misc/5222-main.jpg). And if you thought it was just the makeup, [Dee Snyder sans glam](http://www.geocities.com/SunsetStrip/Hall/8765/Dee/dee9.JPG) I hope you had all eaten lunch before looking at these. ---
**Author:** ![Birdmonster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/71e660/32.png) [@Birdmonster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Birdmonster)\ **Post date:** [December 29, 2005, 8:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-rush-the-ugliest-band-ever/337486/74 "2005-12-29T20:37:37Z")
Aha! Finally someone validates my silver medalist. Excuse me, my eyeballs need an acid bath. ---
**Author:** ![Hentor\_the\_Barbarian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/8edcca/32.png) [@Hentor\_the\_Barbarian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hentor_the_Barbarian)\ **Post date:** [December 29, 2005, 8:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-rush-the-ugliest-band-ever/337486/75 "2005-12-29T20:39:28Z")
> [@Sam Stone](#): > > And if you thought it was just the makeup, [Dee Snyder sans glam](http://www.geocities.com/SunsetStrip/Hall/8765/Dee/dee9.JPG) Yikes! You may be right. It’s hard for me to say, however, because attractiveness is so contextual. For example, I can’t say if Eddie Vedder is an attractive man or not, but the dude gets so intense in just the right ways that a singer is supposed to when singing that he is, in that sense, an attractive singer. I mean, look at Alice Cooper - butt ugly, but he looks so right singing “Welcome to my Nightmare.” Likewise, I couldn’t give a shit if Geddy looks like George Clooney or Ringo Starr, as long as he can play something like the bass part to “Bytor and the Snowdog” or “Driven” (just to provide some old and new examples). I’m looking for virtuoso, not “Wow, even as a heterosexual, I’d like to tap that.” ---
**Author:** ![Sam\_Stone](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ecccb3/32.png) [@Sam\_Stone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sam_Stone)\ **Post date:** [December 29, 2005, 8:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-rush-the-ugliest-band-ever/337486/76 "2005-12-29T20:51:06Z")
> [@Hentor the Barbarian](#): > > Yikes! You may be right. > > It’s hard for me to say, however, because attractiveness is so contextual. Yeah, but ugliness is universal! > [@](#): > > I’m looking for virtuoso, not “Wow, even as a heterosexual, I’d like to tap that.” In that case, Twisted Sister hit the perfecta, because their music sucks too. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Scissorjack](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c67d28/32.png) [@Scissorjack](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Scissorjack)\ **Post date:** [December 29, 2005, 10:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-rush-the-ugliest-band-ever/337486/77 "2005-12-29T22:26:15Z")
> [@Jonathan Chance](#): > > Then again, they never claimed to be. And Noddy Holder did get his knighthood. Oh, I yields to no man in my admiration of Slade. They were possibly the least glamourous of all “glam” bands, looking like the denizens of a Dickensian thieves’ kitchen with only Dave Hill, himself no oil painting at the best of times, attempting to alleviate the villainous fizzogs by dresssing like a mad transvestite parrot, but they rocked like bastards, Noddy Holder had one of _the_ great rock voices, and Cos I Luv You is still the greatest violin-riffed rock song ever. ---
**Author:** ![marymargaret](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/ba9def/32.png) [@marymargaret](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/marymargaret)\ **Post date:** [December 30, 2005, 5:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-rush-the-ugliest-band-ever/337486/78 "2005-12-30T05:04:19Z")
The Ramones were UGLY! ---
**Author:** ![zoogirl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/b9bd4f/32.png) [@zoogirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/zoogirl)\ **Post date:** [December 30, 2005, 5:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-rush-the-ugliest-band-ever/337486/79 "2005-12-30T05:07:13Z")
> [@Hentor the Barbarian](#): > > I mean, look at Alice Cooper - butt ugly, but he looks so right singing “Welcome to my Nightmare.” HEY!!! :eek: ☹ :mad: UNIQUE! The word is _UNIQUE!_ Humph! :wally ---
**Author:** ![Good\_Egg](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/96bed5/32.png) [@Good\_Egg](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Good_Egg)\ **Post date:** [December 30, 2005, 5:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-rush-the-ugliest-band-ever/337486/80 "2005-12-30T05:08:30Z")
That, my dear marym, is a minority opinion. 😛 [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-rush-the-ugliest-band-ever/337486.md?page=3) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-rush-the-ugliest-band-ever/337486.md?page=5)