Black thought of the Roots

seriously you guys have got it wrong. Ron Mael from the Sparks is way cooler than any other band member I have ever seen. A genius 3 decades ahead of his time.

Just too cool.

Zappa is undoubtedly the coolest band organiser of all time! Okay, maybe him or George Clinton. A fair post…..

Coolest band member no idea, let the music do the talking.

*Edit, on consideration some folk might rate Bootsy Collins. Coolness is a personal thing after all…..

cinnamon_girl – Member

Bryan Ferry (yeah I know, I'm old). So so cool in a dark suit and white shirt. Lounge lizard extraordinaire.

Have seen him a few times now, including first time round when Jerry Hall was on stage.

Nah thats a good call – lots of talented and charismatic people metioned but for cool?

Vivian Stanshall

Cliff Burton RIP

Josh Homme (QOTSA)
Bootie Brown (Pharcyde)

Thank you TJ. 😀

Mind you, he has a gf in her mid-20's. Younger than one of his sons. 😯

oxnop. Jesse hughes is a F#$king legend! One of my top 3 gigs of all time was EODM at the Astoria…..off the hook. That guy reaaly knows how to work the crowd!

Lowell George

I dont know many but i would agree on Prince and zach de la rocha. what about John Squire?

Huey from the Fun Lovin' Criminals,
Eddie Vedder from Pearl Jam,
Dave Grohl from the Foo Fighters,
David Byrne from the Talking Heads,
Flea…

You are all so wide of the mark..

End of thread.

Repack – that's the coolest album cover ever

Jim Morrison just because
Johnny Cash so sad, so funny.

Josh Homme is a good guitarist for sure, but he can never be the coolest, he's Ginger. My vote goes to Jimi, You can tell it's effortless, Slash tries a little too hard, Lemmy's just to f**king ugly, and stupid. Prince shows off just a bit too much, and is a control freak, and that ain't cool, Zappa? to 'out there' to be properly cool, Everyone else mentioned here is too minor league to be king (or queen) of cool

But Jimi? c'mon…The guitarist from soft machine challenged him to a guitar duel and reluctantly Jimi agrees, Larry Nowlin plays this intricate 10 minute prog-jazz solo, hits every note, scales and arpeggios; seriously detailed knowledge, every note played flawlessly, Hendrix responds by turning his amp up to 10; plays one chord, and manipulates the resultant feedback. Huge understanding of what an electric guitar should be used for, something earthy loud, and exhilarating. Not playing loads of fret board wankery.

Cool.

40 years on, and people are still trying to measure themselves against him..

'wankery' – good one, up there with Thurman's 'rubbage' the other day! 🙂

I'm seeing where DeVs is coming from. Still Jimi for me though.

Steven Malkmus

Kim Deal

John McCrea

Define 'cool'. ❓

Jimi was truly talented, the likes of which we will never see again.

But some people are not so talented … but they have that special quality of 'coolness'. Bryan Ferry for me. You need to see him live to appreciate it.

I saw Bryan Ferry sat in the back of a Jaguar in Hull once, he still looked cool.

Hull! Nobody has looked cool whilst in Hull before or since.

Lemmy, to be ugly and get to sleep with(allegedly)over 2000 women. He's not really cool now though.

Another vote for Rollins, although Mike Patton comes pretty close.

I saw Bryan Ferry sat in the back of a Jaguar in Hull once, he still looked cool.

It's the way he dresses. 😀

Seriously, I went to a picnic concert (won't say what exactly cos I'll get flamed) but as soon as he came on stage, us girlies charged to the front and swooned for England. 😆

were you shrieking and clawing fek out of yer cheeks?

>Does a walk like Ian Brown or Liam Gallaghers<

Snigger…

Ferry = good call…

Ok so now i have a winner!

Mr B (linky linky linky)

Peter Murphy – so cool he broke the sound barrier sitting in an armchair.

Nigel Blackwell – absolute mastery of cynicism and observational humour.

No Jim Morrison? Seriously?

I'm not even a massive doors fan but i thought he'd be a shoe in!

Black thought is a cracker though. And as it's band members rather than just frontmen ?love surely deserves a mention.

Evan Dando for slacker effertless cool
Beck for being uniquely talented
All of Urge Overkill- a band that sports White linen suits with Gold medallions of their band's logo while all their contemporaries were tregging around in flannel shirts and cut off combat pants deserves a mention.

Lou Reed and Mick Jones

For being my favourite front men and barely able to sing in tune.

All for different reasons

Jeff Buckley
Frank Sinatra
Tommy Lee
Jim Morrison
Ozzy Osbourne
Joey Ramone

Have you seen Rollins on Full Metal Challenge? (dave) any semblance of cool goes straight out the widow.

John Cale, back in the Velvets days with his long hair and shades, playing drone viola! Man, he was cool. Still is.

Richard Hell.

Yeah Bryan Ferry, very talented. Interesting about how the first Roxy album was made. Bryan sat at piano and basically told everyone else their parts and how he wanted it! Definitely cool!

Also votes for Thurston Moore (lets not forget Kim 'cool rock chick listening to Neu' Gordon) and Kim Deal.

Paul Simonon- the way he dresses, the way he plays his bass etc

Mike Patton

Derek Smalls.

Shrewsbury Town.

edit:

Brian James – The Damned, naturally cool.

Ron Mael deffo! Icy cool.

Captain Sensible?

Got to be one of the Keiths for me. Richards, Moon, or Flint.

oxnop. Jesse hughes is a F#$king legend! One of my top 3 gigs of all time was EODM at the Astoria…..off the hook. That guy reaaly knows how to work the crowd!

I always make sure I see them when they are in the UK. Agreed he is a legend.

First time I saw EODM I didnt really know what to expect,he came on the stage, walking through the crowd to Dizzie Rascal's 'fix up look sharp'by far the best (small venue) gig I have ever been to.

Homme & Grohl for me.