# 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:** 4
**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, 9:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ugliest-classic-rock-star-ever/628338/61 "2012-07-16T21:57:40Z")
> [@drastic\_quench](#): > > I can’t believe no one seconded my nomination of Janis Joplin. You guys are too nice. No we aren’t. 🙂 I can’t stand her and she’s no looker, but not overly ugly. > [@Gatopescado](#): > > 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. Also not a classic rock guy. Yeah awesome guitarist though. ---
**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:** [July 16, 2012, 10:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ugliest-classic-rock-star-ever/628338/62 "2012-07-16T22:04:18Z")
Mick may or may not be ugly, but he certainly looks better than Pete in [this photo](http://rockimages.r.o.pic.centerblog.net/o/f404f5a9.jpg). 😛 ---
**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, 10:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ugliest-classic-rock-star-ever/628338/63 "2012-07-16T22:34:24Z")
> [@drastic\_quench](#): > > I can’t believe no one seconded my nomination of Janis Joplin. You guys are too nice. Janis Joplin wasn’t pretty or beautiful or even cute, but she wasn’t ugly. She had a little something called “it”. If you’ve got “it”, you don’t need to be pretty. ---
**Author:** ![Eugene\_of\_Sandwich](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/c37758/32.png) [@Eugene\_of\_Sandwich](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eugene_of_Sandwich)\ **Post date:** [July 17, 2012, 1:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ugliest-classic-rock-star-ever/628338/64 "2012-07-17T01:25:19Z")
Just wanted to say **Dee Snider**. Commence the classic rock arguments but that dude’s ugly! ---
**Author:** ![by-tor](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/by-tor/32/266_2.png) [@by-tor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/by-tor)\ **Post date:** [July 17, 2012, 3:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ugliest-classic-rock-star-ever/628338/65 "2012-07-17T03:53:09Z")
I nominate Pete Townshend. [![](https://img2.bdbphotos.com/images/orig/e/6/e696vqko0lnw0onv.jpg) ](https://img2.bdbphotos.com/images/orig/e/6/e696vqko0lnw0onv.jpg) [![](https://cdn.mos.musicradar.com/images/features/strat-legends/pete-townshend-corbis-530-85.jpg) ](https://cdn.mos.musicradar.com/images/features/strat-legends/pete-townshend-corbis-530-85.jpg) ---
**Author:** ![cjepson](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/a9adbd/32.png) [@cjepson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cjepson)\ **Post date:** [July 17, 2012, 5:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ugliest-classic-rock-star-ever/628338/66 "2012-07-17T17:45:30Z")
I’m a bit surprised no one has mentioned [Roger Waters](http://www.google.com/imgres?imgurl=http://www.morethings.com/music/pink_floyd/roger-waters-100.jpg&imgrefurl=http://eveninthenight.blogspot.com/2010/04/roger-waters.html&h=600&w=800&sz=101&tbnid=b-wSL9qgVDvyWM:&tbnh=95&tbnw=126&prev=/search%3Fq%3Droger%2Bwaters%2Bphoto%26tbm%3Disch%26tbo%3Du&zoom=1&q=roger+waters+photo&usg=__aqwOfHyM5byIkxFIbqSOMI32110=&docid=37xF2V6WwtUHJM&sa=X&ei=QaMFUIX8JcjZ6wHor6DlCA&ved=0CJEBEPUBMBI&dur=487). Although he actually looks better [now.](http://www.google.com/imgres?imgurl=http://www.nypost.com/rw/nypost/2010/08/18/pagesix/photos_stories/Cropped/roger_waters--300x300.jpg&imgrefurl=http://www.nypost.com/p/pagesix/pink_food_5IB56JATx8rbIRoUDlZdaM&h=300&w=300&sz=16&tbnid=sUB4cEzqqMUsHM:&tbnh=94&tbnw=94&prev=/search%3Fq%3Droger%2Bwaters%2Bphoto%26tbm%3Disch%26tbo%3Du&zoom=1&q=roger+waters+photo&usg=__THJl8UJ2WnBZP0V1qvN_qzQH_e4=&docid=ADrnLG0CtEY_UM&sa=X&ei=QaMFUIX8JcjZ6wHor6DlCA&ved=0CH4Q9QEwDA&dur=520) ---
**Author:** ![Inigo\_Montoya](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/inigo_montoya/32/124_2.png) [@Inigo\_Montoya](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Inigo_Montoya)\ **Post date:** [July 17, 2012, 6:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ugliest-classic-rock-star-ever/628338/67 "2012-07-17T18:34:35Z")
> [@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) Dude. You been hitting Keith Richards’ stash or something? He totally looks like an alien. Another for the pileon to get Hendrix off the OP list. He was hippy-unkempt but I bet he could have cleaned up nice. Is it just me or do the ugliest guys on the planet always seem to be English? I mean, yeah there’s lots of Roger Moore beauty there as well, but for a true abomination you need not leave the island. ---
**Author:** ![Loach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/loach/32/350_2.png) [@Loach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Loach)\ **Post date:** [July 17, 2012, 6:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ugliest-classic-rock-star-ever/628338/68 "2012-07-17T18:38:22Z")
Lemmy. Didn’t read the thread yet but I know I win. Now I’ll go back and read it. ---
**Author:** ![crowmanyclouds](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/crowmanyclouds/32/19884_2.png) [@crowmanyclouds](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/crowmanyclouds)\ **Post date:** [July 17, 2012, 6:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ugliest-classic-rock-star-ever/628338/69 "2012-07-17T18:43:27Z")
[Ginger Baker](http://www.google.com/search?um=1&hl=en&safe=off&biw=800&bih=442&tbm=isch&oq=ginger+baker+&gs_l=img.3..0l2j0i24l8.92224.92224.0.93726.1.1.0.0.0.0.130.130.0j1.1.0...0.0...1c.zuuctbBzV3c&q=ginger%20baker). CMC fnord! ---
**Author:** ![Loach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/loach/32/350_2.png) [@Loach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Loach)\ **Post date:** [July 17, 2012, 6:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ugliest-classic-rock-star-ever/628338/70 "2012-07-17T18:48:09Z")
> [@crowmanyclouds](#): > > [Ginger Baker](http://www.google.com/search?um=1&hl=en&safe=off&biw=800&bih=442&tbm=isch&oq=ginger+baker+&gs_l=img.3..0l2j0i24l8.92224.92224.0.93726.1.1.0.0.0.0.130.130.0j1.1.0...0.0...1c.zuuctbBzV3c&q=ginger%20baker). > > CMC fnord! Its easy to find a bad picture of someone. Ginger Baker is a worst an ordinary looking gentleman. He has at times had wild unkempt hair which I guess made him look unattractive. He is not particularly ugly. In fact as he got older he looked pretty [distinguished](http://blog.michaelbloomphotography.com/tag/ginger-baker/). ---
**Author:** ![Death\_of\_Rats](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/a6a055/32.png) [@Death\_of\_Rats](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Death_of_Rats)\ **Post date:** [July 17, 2012, 7:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ugliest-classic-rock-star-ever/628338/71 "2012-07-17T19:05:11Z")
> [@Eugene\_of\_Sandwich](#): > > Just wanted to say **Dee Snider**. Commence the classic rock arguments but that dude’s ugly! i was recently watching some Twisted Sister videos on youtube out of a fit of nostolgia and came to realize that Dee was actually the looker of that group. I nominate Noddy Holder of Slade or Joey Ramone. ---
**Author:** ![oreally](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/7ab992/32.png) [@oreally](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/oreally)\ **Post date:** [July 18, 2012, 1:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ugliest-classic-rock-star-ever/628338/72 "2012-07-18T01:04:16Z")
> [@Lemur866](#): > > Janis Joplin wasn’t pretty or beautiful or even cute, but she wasn’t ugly. She had a little something called “it”. aka “drugs.” 🙂 > [@Inigo\_Montoya](#): > > Dude. You been hitting Keith Richards’ stash or something? He totally looks like an alien. > > Another for the pileon to get Hendrix off the OP list. He was hippy-unkempt but I bet he could have cleaned up nice. . You’d lose that bet. Looks like you’re in the KR stash w/the others 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Minnie\_Luna](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/4bbf92/32.png) [@Minnie\_Luna](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Minnie_Luna)\ **Post date:** [July 18, 2012, 3:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ugliest-classic-rock-star-ever/628338/73 "2012-07-18T15:55:26Z")
> [@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. Sadly, the teeth did not improve his looks. ---
**Author:** ![Musky\_Moon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/90db22/32.png) [@Musky\_Moon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Musky_Moon)\ **Post date:** [July 20, 2012, 4:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ugliest-classic-rock-star-ever/628338/74 "2012-07-20T16:12:45Z")
[![Imgur](https://live.staticflickr.com/3556/3616987071_caa8cdba30.jpg "Lemmy Kilmister - Motörhead") ](https://www.flickr.com/photos/kira-in666moments/3616987071/) for those who don’t know Lemmy. He’s my second choice. Shane McGowan is my first ---
**Author:** ![Loach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/loach/32/350_2.png) [@Loach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Loach)\ **Post date:** [July 20, 2012, 4:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ugliest-classic-rock-star-ever/628338/75 "2012-07-20T16:22:15Z")
> [@Musky\_Moon](#): > > [Lemmy Kilmister - Motörhead | Kira Appelt | Flickr](http://www.flickr.com/photos/kira-in666moments/3616987071/) > > for those who don’t know Lemmy. > > He’s my second choice. Shane McGowan is my first Depends on if you like giants moles or teeth more. ---
**Author:** ![Musky\_Moon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/90db22/32.png) [@Musky\_Moon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Musky_Moon)\ **Post date:** [July 20, 2012, 4:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ugliest-classic-rock-star-ever/628338/76 "2012-07-20T16:54:21Z")
> [@Minnie\_Luna](#): > > Sadly, the teeth did not improve his looks. He kind of looks like a burned out Harland Williams [http://www.bing.com/celebrities/overview/search?id=63d17fa5-daf8-4f63-b912-3b3d402ebd9d&q=Harland+Williams](http://www.bing.com/celebrities/overview/search?id=63d17fa5-daf8-4f63-b912-3b3d402ebd9d&q=Harland+Williams) ---
**Author:** ![FoieGrasIsEvil](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/foiegrasisevil/32/16638_2.png) [@FoieGrasIsEvil](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FoieGrasIsEvil)\ **Post date:** [July 20, 2012, 4:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ugliest-classic-rock-star-ever/628338/77 "2012-07-20T16:59:36Z")
> [@sparky\_1](#): > > The moles are filled with alcohol & nicotine. Like a camel and its hump, Lemmy stores alcohol and nicotine in his moles for when he needs them later. ---
**Author:** ![Rich\_G7subs](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/85e7bf/32.png) [@Rich\_G7subs](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rich_G7subs)\ **Post date:** [July 20, 2012, 5:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ugliest-classic-rock-star-ever/628338/78 "2012-07-20T17:03:27Z")
I dunno… Billy Squier is up there on the fugly scale, IMHO. ---
**Author:** ![Spoke](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a88e57/32.png) [@Spoke](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spoke)\ **Post date:** [July 20, 2012, 5:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ugliest-classic-rock-star-ever/628338/79 "2012-07-20T17:10:04Z")
> [@BlankSlate](#): > > I think Donald Fagen has them all beat. That was my thought. [The evidence](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ri8LX8OTXmc). ---
**Author:** ![Spoke](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a88e57/32.png) [@Spoke](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spoke)\ **Post date:** [July 20, 2012, 5:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ugliest-classic-rock-star-ever/628338/80 "2012-07-20T17:17:39Z")
Actually, watching that video, all of Steely Dan were pretty painful to behold. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ugliest-classic-rock-star-ever/628338.md?page=3) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ugliest-classic-rock-star-ever/628338.md?page=5)