Unfiltered Photos of Rock Legends Seen Before the Fame
Before they hit the stage, they had to hit third period math.
Published 8 months ago in Wow
Long before they snapped up hits, Grammy awards and defined the genre of rock n' roll for generations to come, old-school rockstars weren't always the too-cool-for-school legends we revere today. Case in point? These spectacularly awkward photos of icons like Jimi Hendrix, Steven Tyler, and Bruce Springsteen snapped long before they cemented themselves as rock royalty.
From a shockingly clean-cut Ozzy Osbourne to a Stevie Nicks that more closely resembles Julie Andrews than the Fleetwood Mac icon we've come to know and love, here are 22 old-school photos of rockers before they were cool.
1
Kurt Cobain
2
Bruce Springsteen
3
Debbie Harry (lower right)
4
The Rolling Stones guitarist Keith Richards
5
Freddie Mercury
6
Elton John
7
Radiohead frontman Thom Yorke
8
Janis Joplin
9
Stevie Nicks
10
AC/DC frontman Angus Young
11
The Beatles
12
Alice Cooper
13
Aerosmith frontman Steven Tyler
14
Stevie Wonder
15
Jimi Hendrix
16
Prince
17
Marilyn Manson
18
Ozzy Osbourne
19
Kiss frontman Gene Simmons
20
Metallica frontman James Hetfield
21
Former Van Halen frontman, Sammy Hagar
22
Led Zeppelin guitarist Jimmy Page