Aug 022013
Henry Rollins.
Own them!
Rollins owns his onstage shorts, whether they are a somewhat standard surfer cut, skimpy satin gym shorts, or old-school gray cotton gym shorts. They are not worn for comfort; they are essential to his Look. His shorts are cool. Your shorts are not. Don’t even think about wearing those things.
Clearly going for “anti-cool”, but early Devo rocked the shorts in a defensible way.
http://www.adioslounge.com/devo-we-were-punk-scientists/
I saw them early on in their shorts and knee-pad stage, but I couldn’t find a good picture of that era so this slihtly earlier one will have to do.
Good one! Perhaps there is hope yet.
Mod, do you realize that the shorts-wearer in the first clip, the one with the Dictators doing Search & Destroy, is Friend of The Hall Andy Shernoff?
And having played some drums myself, I believe that shorts are the only appropriate clothing for that instrument.
I get a kick out of Steve Walsh’s rocking the John Stockton look.
I do! He is a GREAT man, but even great men have something to answer for.
Angus. The only shorts wearer that matters.
Short of an acoustic gig at a beach bar there is no situation where shorts are appropriate. The 90’s had a shorts run w some of the grunge bands. Shorts, flannel, combat boots. Tried to stay away from that look mostly.
Yes, he gets a pass!