2007-11-02 04:32:51 · 11 answers · asked by me_evil2002 1 in Entertainment & Music ➔ Music ➔ Rock and Pop
It's not so much ALL rock bands but certainly the flavors of the month type bands. You would be hard pressed to find many fashion differences between MCR and FOB for example. It makes for good marketing to call yourself a trendsetter so you can line your pockets with cash from gullible teenagers. The rest of us know better.
2007-11-02 05:08:17 · answer #1 · answered by Rckets 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I don't think they all do, on either account. Some rock band people just wear their normal clothes.. there are plenty that dress more or less like I do every day (T-shirt, jeans, maybe a flannel shirt). And I doubt anyone dressing that way thinks it's a trend, though sometimes it is ... like after Nirvana got popular in the early 90s, people started wearing flannels over their T-shirts, even when it was hot out.
Or look at Quiet Riot back in the '80s... Rob Halford was just trying to dress GAY, kind of over time, since he didn't want to be outted just then. But before you knew it, every hair metal band was following his "trend"...
And I do think that IS part of it.. the wannabes will definitely imtate those who are successful -- that IS how trend setting works. And it's hardly limited to people in rock bands. Fans do the same thing. When my daughter was younger, I took her to see Britney Spears (before all the trailer park behavior). The audience was full of little Britney clones... and the most frightening of all, the middle-aged women who though they could pull off the look, but very much couldn't.
I think basically, fans often dress like their heroes. Some people in rock bands are also fans of other bands, and do might tend to dress that way. Plenty of other rock people just dress like regular folks. Part of it's their approach to showbiz.. is playing enough, or do you want/need to put a certain bit of costume?
2007-11-02 13:18:15 · answer #2 · answered by Hazydave 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I'm a blues-rock guitar player. I plan on dressing in a tuxedo on some gigs, and tie-dyed t-shirts on others. This is a generalization, but the comment made about marketing (i.e., "image") is completely accurate - can you imagine a punk rock band dressing up in tuxedos? Its part of the "image" - its the "business" part of "show business".
2007-11-02 11:49:36 · answer #3 · answered by Paul Hxyz 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
If we're going to be speaking in rash generalizations, cool.
It's called The Unconscious Uniform of Choice and every era has had them. All of the so-called nonconformists are "making a statement" with their attire apparently ignorant of everyone else their age dressing alike.
2007-11-03 11:08:50 · answer #4 · answered by the buffster 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Because it's all about marketing. Record companies promote what they think will sell. For example, Good Charlotte sold X amount so we'll model our band the same way. I agree. It's lame.
2007-11-02 11:39:37 · answer #5 · answered by Christabelle 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Who says they're trying to be trendsetters? Maybe they're just wearing the clothes they like.
2007-11-02 12:58:51 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
I think some bands care about the music more than their clothes. Theyre part of a trend, not trying to start one.
2007-11-02 11:45:42 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Because when people are given freedom of choice, they tend to all choose what the other has chosen.
2007-11-02 14:01:43 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
I always love to quote Frank Zappa on this one: "Everyone in this room is wearing a uniform, and don't kid yourself", also, Kurt Vonnegut said: "We are what we pretend to be, so we must be careful what we pretend to be".
2007-11-02 15:11:51 · answer #9 · answered by B Rock 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
That was very big generalization.... and no, they don't all dress alike.
The emo look is very different from the indie look.
2007-11-02 11:36:21 · answer #10 · answered by meep meep 7 · 2⤊ 0⤋