# Musical groups that dress alike **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [July 9, 2005, 8:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/musical-groups-that-dress-alike/311776 "2005-07-09T20:22:20Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![twickster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ec9cab/32.png) [@twickster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/twickster)\ **Post date:** [July 9, 2005, 8:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/musical-groups-that-dress-alike/311776/1 "2005-07-09T20:22:20Z")
Last night, a friend and I started joking around about this, and came up with marching bands, symphony orchestras, the Beatles c. 1964. This morning I thought of barbershop quartets. There’s gotta be more… ---
**Author:** ![ShepherdWong](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/b38774/32.png) [@ShepherdWong](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ShepherdWong)\ **Post date:** [July 9, 2005, 8:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/musical-groups-that-dress-alike/311776/2 "2005-07-09T20:29:45Z")
Interpol The Strokes Clinic 😛 ---
**Author:** ![easy\_e](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/eb8c5e/32.png) [@easy\_e](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/easy_e)\ **Post date:** [July 9, 2005, 8:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/musical-groups-that-dress-alike/311776/3 "2005-07-09T20:49:20Z")
If you’re looking for types of groups rather than the names of bands–choirs. ---
**Author:** ![jayjay](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jayjay/32/6765_2.png) [@jayjay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jayjay)\ **Post date:** [July 9, 2005, 8:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/musical-groups-that-dress-alike/311776/4 "2005-07-09T20:56:05Z")
The photos of Franz Ferdinand I’ve seen they all seem to be dressed in an early-Beatles-esque “mod” suit and tie combo. ---
**Author:** ![betenoir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/258eb7/32.png) [@betenoir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/betenoir)\ **Post date:** [July 9, 2005, 9:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/musical-groups-that-dress-alike/311776/5 "2005-07-09T21:00:56Z")
KISS And most other band circa 1964 Beatles, it was the thing to do then, and I’ve heard Brian Epstein had a hard time talking them into it. ---
**Author:** ![Snowboarder\_Bo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/snowboarder_bo/32/229_2.png) [@Snowboarder\_Bo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snowboarder_Bo)\ **Post date:** [July 9, 2005, 9:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/musical-groups-that-dress-alike/311776/6 "2005-07-09T21:04:49Z")
lots of rock bands have uniforms or costumes. Sun Ra and his Arkestra KISS The Hives George Clinton & P-Funk DEVO The Red Hot Chili Peppers (the sock tours were awesome, back in the day) The Partridge Family pretty much any hair band from the 80s the list could get quite extensive… ---
**Author:** ![ShepherdWong](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/b38774/32.png) [@ShepherdWong](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ShepherdWong)\ **Post date:** [July 9, 2005, 9:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/musical-groups-that-dress-alike/311776/7 "2005-07-09T21:10:25Z")
Gwar ---
**Author:** ![Eureka](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/74df32/32.png) [@Eureka](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eureka)\ **Post date:** [July 9, 2005, 9:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/musical-groups-that-dress-alike/311776/8 "2005-07-09T21:11:12Z")
I recently had an opportunity to view some of the costumes worn by the **Supremes**. Most of their outfits looked much alike. They were also rather flashy and brightly colored. ---
**Author:** ![Miss\_Purl\_McKnittington](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e9a140/32.png) [@Miss\_Purl\_McKnittington](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Miss_Purl_McKnittington)\ **Post date:** [July 9, 2005, 9:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/musical-groups-that-dress-alike/311776/9 "2005-07-09T21:35:57Z")
Blue Man Group takes it to [extremes](http://www.bayfrontparkmiami.com/media/parkpics_blue_man1.jpg). ---
**Author:** ![Treviathan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/838e76/32.png) [@Treviathan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Treviathan)\ **Post date:** [July 9, 2005, 10:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/musical-groups-that-dress-alike/311776/10 "2005-07-09T22:16:58Z")
> [@Miss Purl McKnittington](#): > > Blue Man Group takes it to [extremes](http://www.bayfrontparkmiami.com/media/parkpics_blue_man1.jpg). As do [The Polyphonic Spree](http://www.thepolyphonicspree.com/main2.html). ---
**Author:** ![twickster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ec9cab/32.png) [@twickster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/twickster)\ **Post date:** [July 9, 2005, 11:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/musical-groups-that-dress-alike/311776/11 "2005-07-09T23:12:39Z")
> [@Eureka](#): > > I recently had an opportunity to view some of the costumes worn by the **Supremes**. Most of their outfits looked much alike. They were also rather flashy and brightly colored. Yeah, that was the other example – '60s Motown groups. I was thinking more of generic groups – choirs works. ---
**Author:** ![Otto](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/bbe5ce/32.png) [@Otto](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Otto)\ **Post date:** [July 9, 2005, 11:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/musical-groups-that-dress-alike/311776/12 "2005-07-09T23:15:00Z")
Abba ---
**Author:** ![silenus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/silenus/32/166_2.png) [@silenus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/silenus)\ **Post date:** [July 9, 2005, 11:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/musical-groups-that-dress-alike/311776/13 "2005-07-09T23:19:48Z")
Any emo, goth or grunge group…ever. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Talon\_Karrde](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/c5a1d2/32.png) [@Talon\_Karrde](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Talon_Karrde)\ **Post date:** [July 10, 2005, 4:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/musical-groups-that-dress-alike/311776/14 "2005-07-10T04:34:46Z")
The Red Hot Chili Peppers with their socks. 😃 The New York Dolls. ---
**Author:** ![Cuckoorex](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/ad7895/32.png) [@Cuckoorex](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cuckoorex)\ **Post date:** [July 10, 2005, 6:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/musical-groups-that-dress-alike/311776/15 "2005-07-10T06:10:06Z")
[The Aquabats](http://www.theaquabats.com/) ---
**Author:** ![Beware\_of\_Doug](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/278dde/32.png) [@Beware\_of\_Doug](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beware_of_Doug)\ **Post date:** [July 10, 2005, 6:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/musical-groups-that-dress-alike/311776/16 "2005-07-10T06:18:25Z")
Big Bands. Of these [Duke Ellington](http://www.alphalink.com.au/~michaelp/hodges%20with%20clarinet%20b.jpg) probably had the coolest outfits (Duke was a real clotheshorse). ---
**Author:** ![twickster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ec9cab/32.png) [@twickster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/twickster)\ **Post date:** [July 10, 2005, 12:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/musical-groups-that-dress-alike/311776/17 "2005-07-10T12:52:22Z")
Devo. ---
**Author:** ![AncientHumanoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ancienthumanoid/32/278_2.png) [@AncientHumanoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AncientHumanoid)\ **Post date:** [July 10, 2005, 1:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/musical-groups-that-dress-alike/311776/18 "2005-07-10T13:11:36Z")
> [@twickster](#): > > Devo. You took mine! Also, Kraftwerk, way back when they used to tour. What was that group that wore miltary looking uniforms? (Might have been a local scene band…) ---
**Author:** ![Fredescu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/73ab20/32.png) [@Fredescu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fredescu)\ **Post date:** [July 10, 2005, 1:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/musical-groups-that-dress-alike/311776/19 "2005-07-10T13:21:33Z")
[TI](http://cox.id.au/david/photos/TISM-12Nov2004/TISM_12Nov04_025.jpg)[SM](http://cox.id.au/david/photos/TISM-25Sep2003/TISM_25Sep03_015.jpg) They’ve been around for twenty years and have managed to keep their identities a secret for the most part as they always cover their faces with balaclavas or masks at any public appearance. ---
**Author:** ![woodstockbirdybird](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/woodstockbirdybird/32/7905_2.png) [@woodstockbirdybird](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/woodstockbirdybird)\ **Post date:** [July 10, 2005, 1:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/musical-groups-that-dress-alike/311776/20 "2005-07-10T13:57:35Z")
The Ramones. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/musical-groups-that-dress-alike/311776.md?page=2)