Saturday, July 23, 2011

PAULA YATES - ROCK STARS IN THEIR UNDERPANTS



paula yates
suicide blonde


inxs elegantly wasted



Andy Warhol called Rock Stars in Their Underpants "the greatest work of art in the last decade" upon its release in 1980.



Sparks
May 1980
photograph Michael Montfort



angelic upstarts
"The latest in Skinhead style underpants which look much the same as everyone else's but with crew cuts like that all over the place probably feel rather prickly."

Photograph by Tom Sheehan






SIR bob geldof

Bob is seen on his way to see Liberace's show in Las Vegas. He's obviously checking to see if he's wearing suitable pants for the occasion. The dim white light in the background is a cop car having a kip outside that hot bed of iniquity, the Flamingo Hilton.




daddy dearest?




lemmy taylor
motorhead



godley  creme



steve jones
the professionals
Photograph Brad Elterman




amanda lear
amanda lear's knickers and their contents have been the topic of so much speculation that i hardly know what to say but i think the pictures speak for themselves.




david lee roth
Rumour has it that on tour David's roadies risk a hernia every night setting up his full length mirror in the dressing room. Rumour also has it that David then does ballet exercises in front of the mirror, pouting and flinging his hair around while on points. He also has a wind machine to blow his wall-to-wall fitted pubic hair in the right direction and a gym mat to roll on.

Photograph by Neil Zlozower




ted nugent

demonstrating a heavy metal star wearing a pair of obviously high decibel Y-fronts and vest






                          jools holland





                            phil lynott
                            thin lizzy





                              the knack
                           their road crew






rick parfitt
Staus Quo
3 chord undies



frank zappa

Frank is seen here after a visit to the well known Chelsea Flower Show. As a safety precaution against snake bites, Frank has kept his socks on, This is something most rock stars seem to do, mainly in case an innocent bystander passes out from the aroma which comes from wearing the same pair until they have rigor mortis.

photograph by Claude Van Heye


chrissie hynde
panties - marks and spencer






richard jobson
a very strapping young up-and-coming pop star
his interests:getting his picture taken,
spraying on hairspray till his quiff is solid




proud cock rod stewart
undies - fiorucci
photograph david steen





badass elton john
doing a quick warm-up while perusing his album sleeves.
photograph joseph stevens





rolling stones






paul mccartney
photograph linda mccartney





david bowie
photograph chuck pulin






angus young
ac/dc





debbie harry
photograph frances newman





these underpants were sent to me by a waitress in memphis who claimed they had belonged originally to elvis presley











paula yates
1959-2000
once a great beauty




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