# 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:** 3
**Author:** ![elfkin477](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/a9a28c/32.png) [@elfkin477](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elfkin477)\ **Post date:** [July 16, 2012, 2:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ugliest-classic-rock-star-ever/628338/41 "2012-07-16T02:57:40Z")
> [@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) Wasn’t he in **Dracula**? The one with Keanu Reeves? Mick Jagger is really ugly, so he gets my vote. Jimi wasn’t pretty, but an average guy doesn’t belong on the same list as Mick. ---
**Author:** ![Don\_Draper](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b2d939/32.png) [@Don\_Draper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Don_Draper)\ **Post date:** [July 16, 2012, 3:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ugliest-classic-rock-star-ever/628338/42 "2012-07-16T03:16:35Z")
I can’t believe I’m the first person to mention [Bob Dylan](http://images.search.yahoo.com/images/view;_ylt=A0PDoX4NhwNQswQANbOJzbkF;_ylu=X3oDMTBlMTQ4cGxyBHNlYwNzcgRzbGsDaW1n?back=http%3A%2F%2Fimages.search.yahoo.com%2Fsearch%2Fimages%3Fp%3DBob%2BDylan%26fr%3Dytff1-msgr%26fr2%3Dpiv-web%26tab%3Dorganic%26ri%3D3&w=1024&h=768&imgurl=bestbron.files.wordpress.com%2F2010%2F01%2Fbob-dylan.jpg&rurl=http%3A%2F%2Fbestbron.wordpress.com%2F2010%2F01%2F13%2Fbob-dylan-will-launch-an-asian-tour%2F&size=85.8+KB&name=Bob+Dylan+will+launch+an+Asian+tour+%C2%AB+Bestbron&p=Bob+Dylan&oid=592b45c27aad20e4d7f59a9e18cd1f97&fr2=piv-web&fr=ytff1-msgr&tt=Bob%2BDylan%2Bwill%2Blaunch%2Ban%2BAsian%2Btour%2B%25C2%25AB%2BBestbron&b=0&ni=48&no=3&ts=&tab=organic&sigr=12dei14sc&sigb=133nuqpev&sigi=11irinut9&.crumb=JU1egh1nI6r). ---
**Author:** ![Dewey\_Finn](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dewey_finn/32/4222_2.png) [@Dewey\_Finn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dewey_Finn)\ **Post date:** [July 16, 2012, 3:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ugliest-classic-rock-star-ever/628338/43 "2012-07-16T03:16:48Z")
> [@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. Does anyone else remember the Bloom County strip that pointed out the gorgeous girlfriends and wives of rock stars like Ric Ocasek (married to Paulina Porizkova for more than twenty years) and Billy Joel (formerly married to Christine Brinkley)? ---
**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 16, 2012, 3:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ugliest-classic-rock-star-ever/628338/44 "2012-07-16T03:41:18Z")
> [@Don\_Draper](#): > > I can’t believe I’m the first person to mention [Bob Dylan](http://images.search.yahoo.com/images/view;_ylt=A0PDoX4NhwNQswQANbOJzbkF;_ylu=X3oDMTBlMTQ4cGxyBHNlYwNzcgRzbGsDaW1n?back=http%3A%2F%2Fimages.search.yahoo.com%2Fsearch%2Fimages%3Fp%3DBob%2BDylan%26fr%3Dytff1-msgr%26fr2%3Dpiv-web%26tab%3Dorganic%26ri%3D3&w=1024&h=768&imgurl=bestbron.files.wordpress.com%2F2010%2F01%2Fbob-dylan.jpg&rurl=http%3A%2F%2Fbestbron.wordpress.com%2F2010%2F01%2F13%2Fbob-dylan-will-launch-an-asian-tour%2F&size=85.8+KB&name=Bob+Dylan+will+launch+an+Asian+tour+%C2%AB+Bestbron&p=Bob+Dylan&oid=592b45c27aad20e4d7f59a9e18cd1f97&fr2=piv-web&fr=ytff1-msgr&tt=Bob%2BDylan%2Bwill%2Blaunch%2Ban%2BAsian%2Btour%2B%25C2%25AB%2BBestbron&b=0&ni=48&no=3&ts=&tab=organic&sigr=12dei14sc&sigb=133nuqpev&sigi=11irinut9&.crumb=JU1egh1nI6r). He’s not a rocker. ---
**Author:** ![thelurkinghorror](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/7c8e57/32.png) [@thelurkinghorror](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/thelurkinghorror)\ **Post date:** [July 16, 2012, 3:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ugliest-classic-rock-star-ever/628338/45 "2012-07-16T03:48:35Z")
> [@Chefguy](#): > > He’s not a rocker. \Pssht, I don’t know what else he could be ever since he plugged in\ ---
**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 16, 2012, 3:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ugliest-classic-rock-star-ever/628338/46 "2012-07-16T03:55:10Z")
> [@Chefguy](#): > > He’s not a rocker. That is somewhat debatable, but he certainly qualifies as a Rock Star. You need only search on the phrase ‘Bob Dylan Rock Star’ to find ample evidence that it is so. It’s not exactly a discriminating title. If you check the lyrics of \*Rock and Roll Heaven _you’ll see that Bobby Darin qualifies for entry there, certainly Dylan will be admitted as well. He has been inducted in the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, and_ Like a Rolling Stone \*was #4 on the VH1 list of 100 Great Rock Songs. So I think he strongly qualifies as a Rock Star. ---
**Author:** ![Lemur866](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lemur866/32/434_2.png) [@Lemur866](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lemur866)\ **Post date:** [July 16, 2012, 4:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ugliest-classic-rock-star-ever/628338/47 "2012-07-16T04:08:56Z")
> [@GreasyJack](#): > > Ah, but if we’re allowed to push the limits of “classic rock” like that I’d say [Shane MacGowan](http://livewrongandprosper.files.wordpress.com/2009/04/shanemacgowan.jpg?w=480) qualifies too. The man could have been in the classic Twilight Zone episode “Eye of the Beholder” and wouldn’t have needed makeup. ---
**Author:** ![beowulff](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/beowulff/32/542_2.png) [@beowulff](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/beowulff)\ **Post date:** [July 16, 2012, 4:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ugliest-classic-rock-star-ever/628338/48 "2012-07-16T04:18:58Z")
[Elvin Bishop](http://www.photografiti.net/Page%20Images/Elvin%20Bishop.JPG)? > [@](#): > > He ain’t good lookin’, but he sure can play. ---
**Author:** ![UntouchedTakeaway](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/d78d45/32.png) [@UntouchedTakeaway](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/UntouchedTakeaway)\ **Post date:** [July 16, 2012, 4:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ugliest-classic-rock-star-ever/628338/49 "2012-07-16T04:29:19Z")
I came here to mention Lemmy Kilmister, too. UT~ ---
**Author:** ![thelurkinghorror](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/7c8e57/32.png) [@thelurkinghorror](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/thelurkinghorror)\ **Post date:** [July 16, 2012, 4:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ugliest-classic-rock-star-ever/628338/50 "2012-07-16T04:35:59Z")
> [@Lemur866](#): > > The man could have been in the classic Twilight Zone episode “Eye of the Beholder” and wouldn’t have needed makeup. Yeah, but then the ugly normal people and the pig people will join together because they all look the same, Shane having rocked all their faces off. ---
**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 16, 2012, 4:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ugliest-classic-rock-star-ever/628338/51 "2012-07-16T04:49:08Z")
> [@beowulff](#): > > [Elvin Bishop](http://www.photografiti.net/Page%20Images/Elvin%20Bishop.JPG)? Now photos are such easy pickings. Great choice, but the [then photo](http://kboo.fm/sites/default/files/nodeimages/elvin_bishop.jpg) suffices. ---
**Author:** ![Hippy\_Hollow](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hippy_hollow/32/4841_2.png) [@Hippy\_Hollow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hippy_Hollow)\ **Post date:** [July 16, 2012, 4:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ugliest-classic-rock-star-ever/628338/52 "2012-07-16T04:53:24Z")
> [@drastic\_quench](#): > > His teeth have been fixed for years, for what it’s worth. Looking at the picture in [this article](http://www.dailymail.co.uk/tvshowbiz/article-1183171/Oh-bye-gum-Shane-MacGowan-FINALLY-gets-set-new-teeth.html), Funny that on the other side of the pond, replacement teeth are far too stained for American standards. Wow… I’m sort of amazed that I’m saying this, but I don’t know if this new Shane is doing much for me. He looks… ordinary. Pretty normal. Which is not what I’m used to seeing when I think MacGowan. That Spirit dude is out there. Most of these guys, like Ocasek, are “interesting looking.” Not classically beautiful, but you can see how someone can be drawn to their “striking” looks. Interesting looking guys fronting bands seems to work. The real measure of ugliness is if a guy is so ugly, he actually turned people off the band. ---
**Author:** ![mr.jp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/48db29/32.png) [@mr.jp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mr.jp)\ **Post date:** [July 16, 2012, 4:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ugliest-classic-rock-star-ever/628338/53 "2012-07-16T16:25:58Z")
> [@oreally](#): > > 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. These suggestions are extremely bad. Jimi Hendrix is just straight up handsome. Mick Jagger was also rather handsome when he was young, and still probably looks better than the average 68 year old. Keith Richards looked fine when he was young too. My suggestions would be Meatloaf and Lemmy (wtf is up with those moles) But really, maybe half the rock stars that comes to mind are less good looking than Jagger (when he was young) and Hendrix. ---
**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 16, 2012, 6:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ugliest-classic-rock-star-ever/628338/54 "2012-07-16T18:29:12Z")
I can’t believe no one seconded my nomination of Janis Joplin. You guys are too nice. ---
**Author:** ![Gatopescado](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gatopescado/32/5711_2.png) [@Gatopescado](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gatopescado)\ **Post date:** [July 16, 2012, 6:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ugliest-classic-rock-star-ever/628338/55 "2012-07-16T18:47:18Z")
Stevie Ray Vaughn was pretty damn ugly. But he played so good your eyes would water, so you couldn’t get a good look at him. ---
**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 16, 2012, 8:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ugliest-classic-rock-star-ever/628338/56 "2012-07-16T20:20:46Z")
> [@mr.jp](#): > > These suggestions are extremely bad. Jimi Hendrix is just straight up handsome. Mick Jagger was also rather handsome when he was young, and still probably looks better than the average 68 year old. Keith Richards looked fine when he was young too. > > My suggestions would be Meatloaf and Lemmy (wtf is up with those moles) > > But really, maybe half the rock stars that comes to mind are less good looking than Jagger (when he was young) and Hendrix. The moles are filled with alcohol & nicotine. ---
**Author:** ![RickJay](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/bb73d2/32.png) [@RickJay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RickJay)\ **Post date:** [July 16, 2012, 9:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ugliest-classic-rock-star-ever/628338/57 "2012-07-16T21:37:35Z")
> [@Exapno\_Mapcase](#): > > You mean, other than being mentioned in the OP? The one tagged as being in the Cars? > > Or as one of astro’s link’s “The 15 Ugliest Frontmen in Music”? That Ric Ocasek? But nobody VOTED for him. He was mentioned in the OP, but nobody’s picked him. The guy is barely human. ---
**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 16, 2012, 9:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ugliest-classic-rock-star-ever/628338/58 "2012-07-16T21:50:16Z")
How Geddy Lee hasn’t been mentioned is beyond me. ---
**Author:** ![Freudian\_Slit](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/5daacb/32.png) [@Freudian\_Slit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Freudian_Slit)\ **Post date:** [July 16, 2012, 9:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ugliest-classic-rock-star-ever/628338/59 "2012-07-16T21:51:44Z")
> [@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) Same with Keith Richards back in the day. He’s worn out looking now but was [gorgeous](http://members.chello.nl/f.dejonge/keith.jpg). ---
**Author:** ![oreally](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/7ab992/32.png) [@oreally](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/oreally)\ **Post date:** [July 16, 2012, 9:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ugliest-classic-rock-star-ever/628338/60 "2012-07-16T21:56:18Z")
> [@BlankSlate](#): > > I think Donald Fagen has them all beat. :smack: How could I forget him > [@Kasper1014](#): > > Does Iggy Pop qualify for ugliest rock star? That man is ugly!!! Another good call, but does he really qualify as a “star?” > [@RickJay](#): > > I can’t believe Ric Ocasek has no votes so far. The man is so ugly it hurts my feelings. He makes Mick Jagger look like George Clooney. That is a physical impossibility. > [@Little\_Nemo](#): > > Am I the first to mention Lemmy? Who? > [@GreasyJack](#): > > Ah, but if we’re allowed to push the limits of “classic rock” You’re not. Stick to the topic please. 😉 > [@mr.jp](#): > > These suggestions are extremely bad. Jimi Hendrix is just straight up handsome. Mick Jagger was also rather handsome Dude. You are just straight up blind. Good grief. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ugliest-classic-rock-star-ever/628338.md?page=2) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ugliest-classic-rock-star-ever/628338.md?page=4)