# Ugliest "classic rock" star ever **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [July 15, 2012, 8:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ugliest-classic-rock-star-ever/628338 "2012-07-15T20:57:39Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![oreally](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/7ab992/32.png) [@oreally](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/oreally)\ **Post date:** [July 15, 2012, 8:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ugliest-classic-rock-star-ever/628338/1 "2012-07-15T20:57:39Z")
I say “classic rock” vs just rock because I’m sure there are many newer ones who are great candidates 🙂 And yet still numerous choices - IMO the top are: Steve Tyler Mick Jaggar Jimi Hendrix Keith Richards Rick Ocasek (Cars) There are others but IMO it’s a 3-horse race between the first 3. ---
**Author:** ![Gagundathar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/a183cd/32.png) [@Gagundathar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gagundathar)\ **Post date:** [July 15, 2012, 9:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ugliest-classic-rock-star-ever/628338/2 "2012-07-15T21:06:43Z")
Keith Richards is scary looking, but then so are the others on your list. What has always been amazing to me is that ALL of these ugly guys have good looking girlfriends. That was true even before they were rich and famous. ---
**Author:** ![sparky\_1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/77aa72/32.png) [@sparky\_1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sparky_1)\ **Post date:** [July 15, 2012, 9:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ugliest-classic-rock-star-ever/628338/3 "2012-07-15T21:12:21Z")
> [@Gagundathar](#): > > Keith Richards is scary looking, but then so are the others on your list. > What has always been amazing to me is that ALL of these ugly guys have good looking girlfriends. That was true even before they were rich and famous. I have to go with attitude for that. Be positive enough, and you can really change the world. ---
**Author:** ![oreally](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/7ab992/32.png) [@oreally](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/oreally)\ **Post date:** [July 15, 2012, 9:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ugliest-classic-rock-star-ever/628338/4 "2012-07-15T21:12:28Z")
Of course. If you play a musical instrument well - and esp if you become rich and famous because of it - you’ll NEVER have a hard time finding hot women (a great many which are as emotionally screwed up and generally brain-dead as they are attractive). ---
**Author:** ![Fear\_Itself](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fear_itself/32/19637_2.png) [@Fear\_Itself](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fear_Itself)\ **Post date:** [July 15, 2012, 9:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ugliest-classic-rock-star-ever/628338/5 "2012-07-15T21:15:14Z")
Jimi? Not even close to Jaggar/Tyler uglytown. ---
**Author:** ![Xema](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/x/9de053/32.png) [@Xema](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Xema)\ **Post date:** [July 15, 2012, 9:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ugliest-classic-rock-star-ever/628338/6 "2012-07-15T21:29:00Z")
> [@Gagundathar](#): > > What has always been amazing to me is that ALL of these ugly guys have good looking girlfriends. They could have 17 - or 170 - hot girlfriends if they cared to. It should not be amazing to anyone living on this planet that the number of women attracted to money is vast. It has been ever thus. ---
**Author:** ![sparky\_1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/77aa72/32.png) [@sparky\_1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sparky_1)\ **Post date:** [July 15, 2012, 9:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ugliest-classic-rock-star-ever/628338/7 "2012-07-15T21:31:02Z")
> [@Xema](#): > > They could have 17 - or 170 - hot girlfriends if they cared to. > > It should not be amazing to anyone living on this planet that the number of women attracted to money is vast. It has been ever thus. Mmmmm… women, money, … drool. ---
**Author:** ![astro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/9dc877/32.png) [@astro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astro)\ **Post date:** [July 15, 2012, 9:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ugliest-classic-rock-star-ever/628338/8 "2012-07-15T21:40:07Z")
> [@sparky\_1](#): > > Mmmmm… women, money, … drool. Hendrix wasn’t a model, but he had fairly typical, everyman black features. It would be kind of a stretch to call him “ugly”. [![](http://www.united-mutations.com/h/hendrix.jpg) ](http://www.united-mutations.com/h/hendrix.jpg) ---
**Author:** ![guizot](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guizot/32/3636_2.png) [@guizot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/guizot)\ **Post date:** [July 15, 2012, 9:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ugliest-classic-rock-star-ever/628338/9 "2012-07-15T21:40:13Z")
> [@Gagundathar](#): > > Keith Richards is scary looking . . . Of course, because he’s dead. He _ **is** _ dead, isn’t he? ---
**Author:** ![ASanders](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/asanders/32/3367_2.png) [@ASanders](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ASanders)\ **Post date:** [July 15, 2012, 9:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ugliest-classic-rock-star-ever/628338/10 "2012-07-15T21:46:03Z")
My daughters and I were just talking about how straight-up ugly Mick Jagger is. They are young and looked him up after hearing how amazing he is from Maroon 5 and Kesha songs, and were horrified. They asked me what I thought and were surprised to hear I completely agree with them. To me there is absolutely nothing sexy about him, ever. He’s just barf-inducing. Of the others you name I’d only agree that Rick Ocasek is truly ugly. The others can look OK in certain conditions. ---
**Author:** ![koeeoaddi](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/koeeoaddi/32/408_2.png) [@koeeoaddi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/koeeoaddi)\ **Post date:** [July 15, 2012, 9:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ugliest-classic-rock-star-ever/628338/11 "2012-07-15T21:53:01Z")
Jimi Hendrix? :eek: ---
**Author:** ![drastic\_quench](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e36b37/32.png) [@drastic\_quench](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/drastic_quench)\ **Post date:** [July 15, 2012, 9:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ugliest-classic-rock-star-ever/628338/12 "2012-07-15T21:54:40Z")
Mick Jagger was one hell of a lot handsomer in his prime than most guys ever will be. Seriously, if I could borrow the face below for an evening, divorced entirely from fame and celebrity, there’s no way I’d go home alone. [http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-0u11Ehb9pUk/TioxGBSeDPI/AAAAAAAACVY/u3EMMzCQ2j8/s1600/top%2Bhat\_mick%2Bjagger.jpg](http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-0u11Ehb9pUk/TioxGBSeDPI/AAAAAAAACVY/u3EMMzCQ2j8/s1600/top%2Bhat_mick%2Bjagger.jpg) ---
**Author:** ![Cub\_Mistress](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/ea666f/32.png) [@Cub\_Mistress](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cub_Mistress)\ **Post date:** [July 15, 2012, 9:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ugliest-classic-rock-star-ever/628338/13 "2012-07-15T21:55:08Z")
You forgot Neil Young. ---
**Author:** ![Chefguy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chefguy/32/138_2.png) [@Chefguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chefguy)\ **Post date:** [July 15, 2012, 9:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ugliest-classic-rock-star-ever/628338/14 "2012-07-15T21:57:56Z")
I’d swap out Hendrix for Charlie Watts, who, in my opinion, could pass for Thawed Out Caveman Drummer. Even [when young](http://www.google.com/imgres?hl=en&sa=X&biw=1120&bih=602&tbm=isch&prmd=imvnso&tbnid=soLQE-GGuTY7IM:&imgrefurl=http://www.last.fm/music/Charlie%2BWatts/%2Bimages/12109487&docid=StmiRYIEhBvvgM&imgurl=http://userserve-ak.last.fm/serve/_/12109487/Charlie%252BWatts%252B1963.jpg&w=250&h=375&ei=Gz0DULGcOomPrgH1zP2xDA&zoom=1&iact=hc&vpx=114&vpy=199&dur=2109&hovh=275&hovw=183&tx=107&ty=203&sig=100127027531542427292&page=3&tbnh=136&tbnw=91&start=53&ndsp=29&ved=1t:429,r:0,s:53,i:298), he looked Neanderthal-ish. Steven Tyler is a gargoyle’s gargoyle. The man’s likeness would be at home on Notre Dame, next to his ancestors. Jagger had acceptable looks when he was a young man. Now he looks like he belongs in a crypt. Keith Richards now is a result of how he’s lived his life. He wasn’t [all that bad](http://www.google.com/imgres?imgurl=http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-kjmeoSIyd54/TwVyAd9X-OI/AAAAAAAABh8/1ILGrs7jG_w/s1600/keith_richards_portrait.jpg&imgrefurl=http://terri-brilliantbooks.blogspot.com/2012/07/life-keith-richards.html&h=500&w=340&sz=77&tbnid=w1wI8utRyCXp2M:&tbnh=90&tbnw=61&zoom=1&usg=__UYYZQD60Gu-YmrDi55UeNxwNNC0=&docid=HnHeoaoIpmDNuM&hl=en&sa=X&ei=NTwDUJvZNcrjqgGBq5GxDA&sqi=2&ved=0CHEQ9QEwAw&dur=1006) as a younger man, or at least the likes of [Linda Keith](http://www.google.com/imgres?imgurl=http://groupieblog.files.wordpress.com/2010/06/linda-keith4.jpg&imgrefurl=http://groupieblog.wordpress.com/2010/06/06/linda-keith/&h=240&w=250&sz=34&tbnid=4O_S5i5EpgW7SM:&tbnh=90&tbnw=94&zoom=1&usg=__ijN9O5CvXZjDe3xFtcpy0RK5Dug=&docid=mtBmtIoyCMl_nM&hl=en&sa=X&ei=fTwDULnyDsqAqQGJ8pm9BQ&ved=0CGIQ9QEwAg&dur=536) didn’t think so, at least until she took up with Hendrix, much to his benefit and success, and eventual demise. ---
**Author:** ![drastic\_quench](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e36b37/32.png) [@drastic\_quench](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/drastic_quench)\ **Post date:** [July 15, 2012, 10:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ugliest-classic-rock-star-ever/628338/15 "2012-07-15T22:00:05Z")
Women are held to a higher standard of looks anyhow, so this one is easy for me. Janis Joplin. Pictured here next to Grace Slick for cruel, cruel contrast. [http://images2.fanpop.com/images/photos/3000000/Janis-Joplin-janis-joplin-3023610-743-490.jpg](http://images2.fanpop.com/images/photos/3000000/Janis-Joplin-janis-joplin-3023610-743-490.jpg) ---
**Author:** ![Southern\_Yankee](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/southern_yankee/32/2800_2.png) [@Southern\_Yankee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Southern_Yankee)\ **Post date:** [July 15, 2012, 10:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ugliest-classic-rock-star-ever/628338/16 "2012-07-15T22:01:43Z")
Does Tom Petty count as “classic rock”? ---
**Author:** ![TriPolar](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tripolar/32/3008_2.png) [@TriPolar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TriPolar)\ **Post date:** [July 15, 2012, 10:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ugliest-classic-rock-star-ever/628338/17 "2012-07-15T22:01:47Z")
I came in to nominate Joe Cocker. But considering these other guys, he doesn’t really make the grade. ---
**Author:** ![oreally](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/7ab992/32.png) [@oreally](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/oreally)\ **Post date:** [July 15, 2012, 10:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ugliest-classic-rock-star-ever/628338/18 "2012-07-15T22:07:04Z")
> [@Southern\_Yankee](#): > > Does Tom Petty count as “classic rock”? Depends how old you are. 🙂 I’d say no, but I wouldn’t put him on here - yeah I know, but to me he’s more “goofy” looking that flat-out ugly. And I’m sorry some of you are in serious need of an eye exam. Hendrix and Jaggar aren’t butt-ugly? I’ve seriously considered dressing up as them for Halloween but feared I would make little children cry. ---
**Author:** ![thelurkinghorror](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/7c8e57/32.png) [@thelurkinghorror](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/thelurkinghorror)\ **Post date:** [July 15, 2012, 10:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ugliest-classic-rock-star-ever/628338/19 "2012-07-15T22:09:00Z")
There is a reason that (most of?) the members of KISS wear makeup. ---
**Author:** ![ASanders](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/asanders/32/3367_2.png) [@ASanders](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ASanders)\ **Post date:** [July 15, 2012, 10:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ugliest-classic-rock-star-ever/628338/20 "2012-07-15T22:35:01Z")
> [@drastic\_quench](#): > > Mick Jagger was one hell of a lot handsomer in his prime than most guys ever will be. Seriously, if I could borrow the face below for an evening, divorced entirely from fame and celebrity, there’s no way I’d go home alone. > > [http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-0u11Ehb9pUk/TioxGBSeDPI/AAAAAAAACVY/u3EMMzCQ2j8/s1600/top%2Bhat\_mick%2Bjagger.jpg](http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-0u11Ehb9pUk/TioxGBSeDPI/AAAAAAAACVY/u3EMMzCQ2j8/s1600/top%2Bhat_mick%2Bjagger.jpg) Beauty sure is in the eye of the beholder. To me, that face is completely unattractive. The lower half looks like it belongs to someone else entirely, someone having a painful allergic reaction to something. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ugliest-classic-rock-star-ever/628338.md?page=2)