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Beard Rock!

Posted at 10:07 AM on June 19, 2009 by Steve Seel

Yesterday, Mary Lucia and I had a discussion in the cube-farm about the preponderance, over the past decade, of beards in indie rock. Not just any beards, she clarified, but "civil war beards." And she's right. From Doug Martsch of Built To Spill to Mark Everett of Eels, long bushy beards started becoming fashionable in the late 90s, and grew into a wholesale indie-rock style in this decade.

As if on cue, Jill and I came accross a blurb in NME online today from the aforementioned Mr. Everett about how ladies love a man with a beard. So we thought, "there's our topic for the 9:30 Coffee Break: Beard Rock."

We asked for your suggestions on great beards in rock and roll, past and present. We could only get to a small fraction of your excellent suggestions.

1) Fleet Foxes, "White Winter Hymnal"
2) Iron & Wine, "Teeth In the Grass"
3) George Harrison, "What Is Life"
4) Devendra Banhart, "At The Hop"
5) Electric Light Orchestra, "Livin' Thing"
6) My Morning Jacket, "Two Halves"

Got requests for many of the classic beards, too: ZZ Top, Jerry Garcia, even George Clinton. Thanks again to everyone for a fun Friday topic.

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