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| Dorkiest Musicians Ever?
have always thought of "nerds" and "dorks" as two distinctly
different types of humans. In my mind, "nerds" are people who take
an intense interest in a subject that most find to be dull and overly
bookish, while "dorks" are people who generally just act really goofy
and stupid. Therefore, I have always thought that the word "dork"
holds connotations that are much more negative than those of the
word "nerd". But, I've started to rethink that assumption. Maybe
dorks can be "cool"? To find out, I am going to analyze five bands that
I think one could safely classify as at least somewhat "dorky". | 1 | Death
am speaking specifically of the incarnation of Death that existed right around
the time of the album "Leprosy". A recent issue of Decibel Magazine features
photos of the band from this era, and the members look astonishingly dorky in
them. In one particularly interesting photo, the awkward and weird body
postures and facial expressions suggest a high dorkiness factor; one member is
even wearing shorts that almost look like speedos! This was surprising to me, as
"Leprosy" is hardly an album that exudes dorkiness. Interestingly, the members
of Death actually started to look somewhat badass around the "Sound of
Perseverence" era. | 2 | Black Flag
I think one can say with relative certainty that Henry Rollins is not, nor ever
has been, a dork. However, there is a fellow quoted in "Our Band Could Be Your
Life" who says that Greg Ginn (the main guitarist) was an extremely awkward
and somewhat grating individual (around the time that "Damaged" came out).
The spastic sonics of Ginn's lead guitar playing certainly could come from one
with the sputtering intensity and verbal tics that many dorks possess. | 3 | Man or Astroman?
It's hard to get a handle on the personalities involved in this vaunted
psychedelic surf rock band, because in every interview I've read with them, they
claim to be aliens from outer space with an insatiable craving for campy
cartoons and cheesy outer space movies. However, the fact that they would
behave that way in interviews in itself hints that they may, in fact, be dorks. I
hope they are, because, well. . .okay, I'm going to come out and admit it: I AM
A DORK! And gosh darn it, I'm proud to be a dork. It's fun to be goofy and
stupid some times. HAW HAW! | 4 | The Flaming Lips
In an old issue of Guitar Player magazine, wild haired front man Wayne Coyne
flat out declared that the band was full of dorks. Now, go look at pictures of
these guys from the late 80's and early 90's and marvel at their crazy clothing
and bizzaro hair styles. This is my second favorite band of all time, and if they
are dorks, I imagine they are of the (perhaps somewhat rare) "awesome" breed
of dorkdom. | 5 | The Butthole Surfers
Beethoven probably was not a dork. The subtle and refined nature of his music
suggests this to be true. But, I'd take the Butthole Surfers over Beethoven any
day of the week. The more I think about it, some of the greatest music ever
created was probably created by dorks. Dorks are willing to go into realms of the
goofy and bizarre that few would dare to explore. And when the dorks are flat
out psychotic, like good ole Gibby Hanyes, well that, my fellow dorks, is when
life is super duper neato!!! | |
FromDaHood
03.20.11 | Rivers Cuomo. Nuff said | Yotimi
03.20.11 | Yeah the Lips are a bunch of Awesome dorks | couldwinarabbit
03.20.11 | talking heads is the correct answer. List is awesome though | Yotimi
03.20.11 | Dan Deacon? | Psilocyanide
03.20.11 | MC Chris. | bigowitzwayne
03.20.11 | whoever the fuck plays harry potter. like, furreal | DarkNoctus
03.20.11 | Aarni's a big dork :] | foreverendeared
03.20.11 | I can't stand Henry Rollins. | LegendofPittman
03.21.11 | I am reading Our Band Could Be Your Life right now. It's great so far, on Mission of Burma at the moment. | stillexist
03.21.11 | Oh man, the Butthole Surfers chapter in "Our Band Could Be Your Life" makes me think the Surfers should have their own book. I mean, when Gibby is naked, running from the cops through the venue throwing glass bottles at people. . .and then the cops catch him and he yells "STOP BEATING ME! IT'S AGAINST MY RELIIIIIGION!!!" Dang, I wish I had been there | spillingmercury
03.21.11 | Contributing to the fact that your band is awesome completely negates how socially awkward, dorky or introverted you really are.
fuck. look at Thom Yorke. I know so many girls who want to get on top of that, which is pretty funny. | couldwinarabbit
03.21.11 | ow to back up the talking heads
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-pCZ5E5tn4I&playnext=1&list=PLCA07AAD4C2164FF1
watch it guys, it is well worth your time. | FromDaHood
03.21.11 | KISS are pretty dorky too | stillexist
03.21.11 | Well, I am heterosexual (I think) and Thom Yorke is actually a pretty good looking fellow, as opposed to say, I don't know, Lou Barlow? I can't imagine that dude EVER had sex with a groupie. He's not ugly, but dorky, yeah. | stillexist
03.21.11 | Thanks for the link rabbit winner, I shall check out the link to the kings of dork rock indeed | dreamobile
03.21.11 | I don't know about being "dorky" as such, but Damon Che always struck me as being pretty awkward | ButcheredChildren
03.21.11 | the Descendents | stillexist
03.21.11 | Wow, that Talking Heads clip IS awesome. I've got to incorporate that chicken-head bobbing dance move next time I go dancing at da club | stillexist
03.21.11 | FromDaHood: You think KISS the band is dorky? You should see their fans. Check out this hilarious old Conan segment where Andy Richter visits a KISS convention
www.youtube.com/profile?user=conanfan33#p/u/86/kpV299r9erQ | lamer
03.21.11 | the lips are so awesome | pmmets07
03.21.11 | geddy lee | tkxxx7
03.21.11 | Every Time I Die , fersure | Urinetrouble
03.21.11 | i give you points for putting man or astroman and the butthole surfers on here. | AgentYorkMorgan
03.21.11 | Everyone in HORSE the Band
The keyboardist looks exactly like Napoleon Dynamite |
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