# Name rock stars who appeared on Star Trek **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [January 11, 2008, 7:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-rock-stars-who-appeared-on-star-trek/433174 "2008-01-11T19:49:09Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 10\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Fiver](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/e274bd/32.png) [@Fiver](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fiver)\ **Post date:** [January 12, 2008, 4:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-rock-stars-who-appeared-on-star-trek/433174/21 "2008-01-12T16:58:09Z")
[QUOTE=vivalostwages] Not a rock star, but Wayne Coyne of Flaming Lips appeared in an episode of Enterprise–I think in the 3rd or 4th season. [/QUOTE] I can’t substantiate this; his bio at Wikipedia and IMDB don’t mention any Trek. Cite? ---
**Author:** ![blondebear](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/blondebear/32/1022_2.png) [@blondebear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/blondebear)\ **Post date:** [January 12, 2008, 5:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-rock-stars-who-appeared-on-star-trek/433174/22 "2008-01-12T17:19:05Z")
The Excalbians ---
**Author:** ![matt\_mcl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/7ab992/32.png) [@matt\_mcl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/matt_mcl)\ **Post date:** [January 12, 2008, 5:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-rock-stars-who-appeared-on-star-trek/433174/23 "2008-01-12T17:29:20Z")
[QUOTE=Shot Clock] I can’t think of any rock stars, but a few persons famous in other fields have made appearances. Basketball Hall-of-Famer James Worthy comes to mind (he played The World’s Tallest Klingon on an episode of TNG). I think astronaut Mae Jamison has been on, as well as physicist Stephen Hawking. [/QUOTE] King Abdullah II of Jordan, a Trek fan, appeared as an extra in “Investigations” (Voy). ---
**Author:** ![Fiver](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/e274bd/32.png) [@Fiver](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fiver)\ **Post date:** [January 12, 2008, 7:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-rock-stars-who-appeared-on-star-trek/433174/24 "2008-01-12T19:50:03Z")
[QUOTE=matt\_mcl] King Abdullah II of Jordan, a Trek fan, appeared as an extra in “Investigations” (Voy). [/QUOTE] Start another thread if you and **Shot Clock** want to. My OP was clear and specific. ---
**Author:** ![wolf\_meister](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wolf_meister/32/15202_2.png) [@wolf\_meister](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wolf_meister)\ **Post date:** [January 12, 2008, 8:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-rock-stars-who-appeared-on-star-trek/433174/25 "2008-01-12T20:12:43Z")
**Elendil’s Heir** > [@](#): > > David Soul, later better known for Starsky & Hutch but who also was a one-hit wonder of a singer with “Don’t Give Up On Us, Baby,” Wait a minute - no objection to David Soul yet James Darren is rejected? Granted James Darren was never the die-hard, rock-til-you-drop, “just turned 18 and I don’t mind dyin” type of rock star … but compared to David Soul he sure is. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![vivalostwages](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/d07c76/32.png) [@vivalostwages](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/vivalostwages)\ **Post date:** [January 12, 2008, 8:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-rock-stars-who-appeared-on-star-trek/433174/26 "2008-01-12T20:54:51Z")
[QUOTE=Fiver] I can’t substantiate this; his bio at Wikipedia and IMDB don’t mention any Trek. Cite? [/QUOTE] It was on Trek Today or Trek nation or some such site. It may have been several members of the band as well. Since I have never actually heard the band or been to any of their concerts, I did not know of their status beyond having heard their name here and there. No insults were intended. ---
**Author:** ![WarmNPrickly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/d78d45/32.png) [@WarmNPrickly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WarmNPrickly)\ **Post date:** [January 12, 2008, 11:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-rock-stars-who-appeared-on-star-trek/433174/27 "2008-01-12T23:42:20Z")
Then let me educate you. From [wikipedia](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wayne_Coyne): [QUOTE=wikipedia] During large-crowd festival performances, Wayne makes his entrance by descending from space in a bubble, and floating across the audience to the stage. Coyne has also been known to pour fake blood down his face via a hidden tube during live shows, usually during the track “The Spark that Bled” which features lyrics about cutting yourself on the head without realizing it. [/QUOTE] That sounds like a rock star to me. I mean you don’t get much more mellodramatic. ---
**Author:** ![Fiver](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/e274bd/32.png) [@Fiver](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fiver)\ **Post date:** [January 13, 2008, 5:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-rock-stars-who-appeared-on-star-trek/433174/28 "2008-01-13T17:31:10Z")
[QUOTE=Christopher] Then let me educate you. From [wikipedia](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wayne_Coyne): That sounds like a rock star to me. I mean you don’t get much more mellodramatic. [/QUOTE] Sure, they’re rock stars, but when did Wayne (or his cohorts) ever appear in a Trek TV show or movie? _That’s_ what I can’t find a cite for. ---
**Author:** ![vivalostwages](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/d07c76/32.png) [@vivalostwages](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/vivalostwages)\ **Post date:** [January 13, 2008, 5:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-rock-stars-who-appeared-on-star-trek/433174/29 "2008-01-13T17:44:31Z")
[QUOTE=Fiver] Sure, they’re rock stars, but when did Wayne (or his cohorts) ever appear in a Trek TV show or movie? _That’s_ what I can’t find a cite for. [/QUOTE] :smack: sorry–memory glitch. It wasn’t Coyne. However, it was another Lip or two: [http://www.startrek.com/startrek/view/news/article/10260.html](http://www.startrek.com/startrek/view/news/article/10260.html) ---
**Author:** ![BMalion](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e274bd/32.png) [@BMalion](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BMalion)\ **Post date:** [January 13, 2008, 7:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-rock-stars-who-appeared-on-star-trek/433174/30 "2008-01-13T19:36:44Z")
hijack: Chekov’s first hair cut ( a wig) was to make him look sort of Davy Jones/Beatles-ish to appeal to the teeny-boppers. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-rock-stars-who-appeared-on-star-trek/433174.md?page=1)