# Poll: Is it ok for rock musicians to wear shorts onstage? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [August 7, 2014, 2:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-is-it-ok-for-rock-musicians-to-wear-shorts-onstage/695002 "2014-08-07T02:54:31Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 14\ **Page:** 4
**Author:** ![Guinastasia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guinastasia/32/5751_2.png) [@Guinastasia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Guinastasia)\ **Post date:** [August 9, 2014, 6:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-is-it-ok-for-rock-musicians-to-wear-shorts-onstage/695002/61 "2014-08-09T18:48:24Z")
> [@Sherrerd](#): > > I don’t really care either way; I just like the idea of having dictatorial control over rock musicians (by the Power of the Poll).😛 I think that power belongs to the groupies. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Post date:** [August 9, 2014, 7:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-is-it-ok-for-rock-musicians-to-wear-shorts-onstage/695002/62 "2014-08-09T19:25:07Z")
Wear shorts? Sure. Who cares? It’s the music that counts. ---
**Author:** ![scabpicker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/scabpicker/32/8268_2.png) [@scabpicker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/scabpicker)\ **Post date:** [August 9, 2014, 8:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-is-it-ok-for-rock-musicians-to-wear-shorts-onstage/695002/63 "2014-08-09T20:07:00Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > Wear shorts? Sure. Who cares? It’s the music that counts. Yeah, if you’re thinking about their clothes at the show, they didn’t bring good enough music. Their haircut is more important than the clothes, and their haircut is completely unimportant. ---
**Author:** ![Lowdown](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/c57346/32.png) [@Lowdown](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lowdown)\ **Post date:** [August 11, 2014, 1:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-is-it-ok-for-rock-musicians-to-wear-shorts-onstage/695002/64 "2014-08-11T13:33:28Z")
It’s always ok for the drummer, for other members it depends but it’s generally better to not. ---
**Author:** ![Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e8c25b/32.png) [@Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Really_Not_All_That_Bright)\ **Post date:** [August 11, 2014, 2:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-is-it-ok-for-rock-musicians-to-wear-shorts-onstage/695002/65 "2014-08-11T14:12:34Z")
As opposed to, say, ripped jeans, a sequined cone bra, or hats made of plant pots? ---
**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Post date:** [August 11, 2014, 3:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-is-it-ok-for-rock-musicians-to-wear-shorts-onstage/695002/66 "2014-08-11T15:25:16Z")
I’m wearing all of those right now, and I don’t hear any complaints. ---
**Author:** ![Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e8c25b/32.png) [@Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Really_Not_All_That_Bright)\ **Post date:** [August 11, 2014, 4:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-is-it-ok-for-rock-musicians-to-wear-shorts-onstage/695002/67 "2014-08-11T16:42:47Z")
Campaigning for reappointment, are we? 😉 ---
**Author:** ![syncrolecyne](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/f08c70/32.png) [@syncrolecyne](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/syncrolecyne)\ **Post date:** [August 12, 2014, 7:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-is-it-ok-for-rock-musicians-to-wear-shorts-onstage/695002/68 "2014-08-12T19:48:50Z")
Has Angus Young ever not worn shorts on stage? I went to a rock concert once, and my friend was upset that the band dressed sloppy. Its rock and roll! I suppose there are some rock musicians that have high sartorial standards, like Eric Clapton, but even he has performed in a Tshirt and jeans at festivals. ---
**Author:** ![Osiris\_the\_1st](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/9de0a6/32.png) [@Osiris\_the\_1st](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Osiris_the_1st)\ **Post date:** [August 12, 2014, 8:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-is-it-ok-for-rock-musicians-to-wear-shorts-onstage/695002/69 "2014-08-12T20:29:24Z")
> [@Archeonomist](#): > > No. In fact, it’s not OK for any adult male to wear short trousers in public (apart from beaches). You live in Alabama in the summer and wear long pants all the time. I bet your opinion changes. ---
**Author:** ![alexandra](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/e68b1a/32.png) [@alexandra](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/alexandra)\ **Post date:** [August 13, 2014, 10:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-is-it-ok-for-rock-musicians-to-wear-shorts-onstage/695002/70 "2014-08-13T10:38:05Z")
> [@even\_sven](#): > > It’s fine, and this is a bizarre question. > > That aside, I do think shirts look silly on grown men. Not to pick on you, because I don’t like some shorts on adults either, but even something like [this](http://www.ebay.com/gds/A-Guys-Guide-to-Buying-Khaki-Shorts-/10000000177632476/g.html)? ---
**Author:** ![even\_sven](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/dfb087/32.png) [@even\_sven](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/even_sven)\ **Post date:** [August 13, 2014, 10:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-is-it-ok-for-rock-musicians-to-wear-shorts-onstage/695002/71 "2014-08-13T10:46:46Z")
> [@alexandra](#): > > Not to pick on you, because I don’t like some shorts on adults either, but even something like [this](http://www.ebay.com/gds/A-Guys-Guide-to-Buying-Khaki-Shorts-/10000000177632476/g.html)? Yup. Looks like an English schoolboy to my eyes. ---
**Author:** ![Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e8c25b/32.png) [@Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Really_Not_All_That_Bright)\ **Post date:** [August 13, 2014, 1:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-is-it-ok-for-rock-musicians-to-wear-shorts-onstage/695002/72 "2014-08-13T13:42:09Z")
> [@syncrolecyne](#): > > Has Angus Young ever not worn shorts on stage? He adopted the schoolboy thing around the time Bon Scott joined the band in 1974. Before that he wore a variety of superhero costumes. And screw you guys. When we get our record deal I’m still going to wear shorts. And flip flops. ---
**Author:** ![NoCoolUserName](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/5fc32e/32.png) [@NoCoolUserName](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NoCoolUserName)\ **Post date:** [August 13, 2014, 2:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-is-it-ok-for-rock-musicians-to-wear-shorts-onstage/695002/73 "2014-08-13T14:30:28Z")
Angus Young is the exception, it’s his schtick, and besides…he’s hard-core so nobody would call him out about it. Everybody else, IMHO, looks dorky in shorts. Yup, rock stars do what they want, but “dorky” and “rock star” don’t really go together all that well. Citing Jimmy Buffett as an example in a thread about rock musicians is pretty weak. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e8c25b/32.png) [@Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Really_Not_All_That_Bright)\ **Post date:** [August 13, 2014, 2:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-is-it-ok-for-rock-musicians-to-wear-shorts-onstage/695002/74 "2014-08-13T14:31:56Z")
Holy shit. There’s a [tumblr for this](http://rock-stars-wear-shorts-too.tumblr.com/). [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-is-it-ok-for-rock-musicians-to-wear-shorts-onstage/695002.md?page=3)