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Can You Identify The Whiskery Rock Star?

Posted at 7:00 AM on September 15, 2006 by Hans Eisenbeis (6 Comments)

Over at the Strib, Chris Riemenschneider looks into the Alarmists, the Twin Cities' hot young "suburban brit-poppers," and finds the band strangely obsessed with facial hair.

"'I think you sing better with a moustache,' guitarist Ryan McMillan jokes. There's jealousy behind McMillan's barb, though: The blond mop-topped guitarist can't yet grow so much as a decent pencil-stache. He has watched from the sidelines as three of the other four Alarmists simultaneously grew new facial hair over the past month."

Which of course got us thinking: Great moustaches of rock? There aren't that many that immediately spring to mind. Here's what we came up with last night, as we were getting into our jammies:1...2...3...4...5...6

(Identify and win self affirmation and public adulation on Monday! ).

Also, please expand our consciousness by submitting the names of your own favorite hairy-faced rock stars, in the comments.

Comments (6)

Funny story(kinda')...When I was a young lad in a rock n roll band we had a young blonde drummer who I guess,wanted to be hirsuite like his fellow bandmates.So..since he couldn't grow it on his own ,he sent away for a fake mustache and sideburns that he saw advertised in the back of a magazine.
He showed up at Dove studios with this,like,carpet on his face.
Thank You.

Posted by Barry | September 15, 2006 9:20 AM

Freddie Mercury has got to top the list.

Followed by Freddy Fender.

I've covered the Freddies.

Posted by Corey Anderson | September 15, 2006 9:45 AM

Corey,lets start a Mr. Weddle fan club! See..I'm excited.(Cuz there's an exclamation point.)
The world is just one big blog.

Posted by Barry | September 15, 2006 11:29 AM

That dude from Spin Doctors used to wear a beard too, I think.

If anyone can name that last one--guy with the mic stand-- I'll eat my hat! (And grant you the title of World's Hippest Person).

Posted by Hans | September 15, 2006 1:06 PM

Eugene Hutz, lead man for Gogol Bordello... fantastic moustache.

If this can get extended other facial hair, I think Scott Ian's goatee deserves some credit.

Posted by Jimmy Z | September 15, 2006 1:48 PM

How about eating a bowler hat, Hans?

1. Lemmy from Motorhead
2. Zappa
3. Greg Norton
4. Prince

And now for the ones that are vaguely hard:

5. Doug Martsch
6. Turbonegro (Identified with Leif Larsen and much cheating)

Posted by Stephanie Curtis | September 21, 2006 3:20 PM

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