Originally Posted By: Notes Norton
Elvis had his side burns, the Beatles had their haircuts, Alice Cooper came out cross-dressing, Madonna performed in underwear, and countless other artists/bands tried something that would make them stand out from the others.


Back in the early 80s we had a manager here who had the bright idea to take a bunch of guys and dress them in sports garb. The front man wore a black gi, the guitar player wore a baseball uniform, the bass player was football, the keyboard player was a race car driver and the drummer was a boxer. (And in his younger years he WAS a boxer.) They sounded okay (The baseball player, er, guitar player, was and is still a good friend.) but they looked SO STUPID on stage you figuratively couldn't hear the music over the laughter.

Gimmicks are okay to get initial attention but in the end you still have to be good. Auto-tuned girl singers with that voice that sounds like they have something stuck in their throats aside... anymore "hot" seems to trump "talented".