most awkward frontman/woman

Ben Kweller
Ashlee Simpson

Originally posted by Doctor Mood:
Do the Jesus and Mary Chain still play with their backs to the audience, or was that just a gimmick from the Psychocandy era?

Do The Jesus And Mary Chain still play….period?

Originally posted by Jaguar:

Originally posted by Doctor Mood:
Do the Jesus and Mary Chain still play with their backs to the audience, or was that just a gimmick from the Psychocandy era?

Do The Jesus And Mary Chain still play….period?

Yeah, seriously. Someone inform me if they do.

Originally posted by El Sugartastic:


And that band that opened for QOTSA at the club last year…The lead singer was borderline and then made me feel awkward by set's end. Or, was it the guy w/ the washboard? :p

*shudder* Throw Rag

i'd have to add tricky to this list … when i saw him at the club (99? 00?) he sat on the drum riser the entire show with his back to the crowd while smoking, i don't think we saw his face once … not sure if that's his idea of "cool" or if he was just awkward

Originally posted by Doctor Mood:
Do the Jesus and Mary Chain still play with their backs to the audience, or was that just a gimmick from the Psychocandy era?

Also – Ted Leo didn't seem awkward to me when I saw him at the Black Cat.

That was really just the guitarist. Jim would sing facing the audience, but since William was trying to get all manner of tortured cat sounds from his guitar he would face his amp. Saw them back then on the Psychocandy tour when they played college park. They were very drunk.

I add the singer for 10 Times Big, who were around in the early 90s. He sang the whole show with his legs tightly crossed, I kept feeling he would fall down.

That and Cat Power. Gads.

David Byrne?

I think he is cool, but I can see how someone might think of him as awkward. Just watch Stop Making Sense.

Originally posted by Sir HC:
That and Cat Power. Gads.

Cat Power's got to be the suckiest, boringest show I've ever seen at the 9:30.

Originally posted by MTB-Markie:

Originally posted by BadSushi:
Stevie Winwood. At his last 930 show, he spent the entire set either facing stage left, or with his back to the audience. It was painful and distracting.

Ha Ha, you went to see Stevie Winwood! Did many people fall asleep during the show?

HAHAHAH That's pretty funny coming from a gang who still idolize GBV, Tim Westerberg and the Pixies….btw: Bob Dylan played shortly after Winwood's show…he's so OLD too…sheesh.

Originally posted by BadSushi:

Originally posted by MTB-Markie:

Originally posted by BadSushi:
Stevie Winwood. At his last 930 show, he spent the entire set either facing stage left, or with his back to the audience. It was painful and distracting.

Ha Ha, you went to see Stevie Winwood! Did many people fall asleep during the show?

HAHAHAH That's pretty funny coming from a gang who still idolize GBV, Tim Westerberg and the Pixies….btw: Bob Dylan played shortly after Winwood's show…he's so OLD too…sheesh.

??? No one could fall asleep in a GBV or Westerberg show (I'm assuming you meant Paul Westerberg), no matter HOW old. Hell, the crowd could be dead and they'd be jiggling a little bit. I think you missed the point, as in not just that Winwood (and hence his crowd)is old, but he's boring, inciting old and young to fall asleep….

Originally posted by BadSushi:
HAHAHAH That's pretty funny coming from a gang who still idolize GBV, Tim Westerberg and the Pixies….btw: Bob Dylan played shortly after Winwood's show…he's so OLD too…sheesh.

Markie is a gang?

I'm pretty sure Markie doesn't care for GBV or Dylan. I have no idea who Tim Westerberg is. Is he related to former Replacements frontman Paul Westerberg?

Seems my gang took care of my replies for me.

Originally posted by vansmack:

Originally posted by bearman:
Throw Rag. I didn't find him awkward as much as I did just plain gross. But that band rocked. I thought they were fantastic, very unsettling and gross. Brilliantly sick.

People are dissin' Sean Doe? He's embodies all that is Rock and Roll. And definetely no dissin' Throw Rag. One of a kind, to be certain. An LA staple for me for sometime.

Yes, they are brilliantly sick. Yet, I was sick by the end. In a good way, I suppose :D

Are you saying you don't know Tim Westerberg, principal of Littleton H.S.? You're slipping.

http://www.co-case.org/cde.cfm?event=70472

Originally posted by ggwâ?¢:

Originally posted by BadSushi:
HAHAHAH That's pretty funny coming from a gang who still idolize GBV, Tim Westerberg and the Pixies….btw: Bob Dylan played shortly after Winwood's show…he's so OLD too…sheesh.

Markie is a gang?

I'm pretty sure Markie doesn't care for GBV or Dylan. I have no idea who Tim Westerberg is. Is he related to former Replacements frontman Paul Westerberg?

Natalie Merchant - slightly awkward? Dances a little odd, gazed look and painfully shy.

those people from the "wiggles"?

they're awkward and horrible.

Originally posted by Bags: No one could fall asleep in a GBV or Westerberg show (I'm assuming you meant Paul Westerberg), no matter HOW old. Hell, the crowd could be dead and they'd be jiggling a little bit. I think you missed the point, as in not just that Winwood (and hence his crowd)is old, but he's boring, inciting old and young to fall asleep…. [/QB]

HAHAHA Even when Westerberg takes a quick nap behind the drummer?

Nope, sticking with my story: Saw Pixies three times and needed NO DOZE. I find a lot to like in much of Winwood's work. Don't need board's permission to hold my own opinions and tastes. BTW: At Dylan's show in April 2004, I'd guess over half the crowd was under thirty. Just because a performer is old doesn't necessarily mean the fans are…

I think the lead singer of Clap Your Hands Say Yeah is probably the most uncomfortable frontperson I've ever seen.

even though i love both of them :

chris robinson and janis joplin

chris is, by the way, the male incarnate of janis

Originally posted by BadSushi:

Originally posted by MTB-Markie:

Originally posted by BadSushi:
Stevie Winwood. At his last 930 show, he spent the entire set either facing stage left, or with his back to the audience. It was painful and distracting.

Ha Ha, you went to see Stevie Winwood! Did many people fall asleep during the show?

HAHAHAH That's pretty funny coming from a gang who still idolize GBV, Tim Westerberg and the Pixies….btw: Bob Dylan played shortly after Winwood's show…he's so OLD too…sheesh.

i miss badsushi :(