Okay, boomers. The ‘60s were 60 years ago. Your heroes have all put a few pounds, lost a few hairs, and definitely ain’t what they used to be.
Let’s see if you can recognize these latter-day versions of the stud muffins, bad boys, rebels, and – lterally – rock stars from back in the day. I’m going to go in increasing order of difficulty. As a hint, I’ll also include his band’s name – or at the least the name of an associated act.
Ready? Set! Go!
Geezers
- Crazy Horse
- Velvet Underground
- Ladysmith Black Mambazo
- Highwaymen
- Buffalo Springfield
- Hint would give it away
- Them
- Peter Paul & Mary
- Monkees
- Cream
- Blind Faith
- Jethro Tull
- Bluesbreakers
- Hint would give it away
- Doors
- Animals
- Procul Harum
- Monkees
- Pink Floyd
- Dave Clark Five
Extra Credit (Gen X version): Guns 'n Roses
Okay, that's it for the clues. Got your answers all written down? Okay, go ahead and scroll down for the answers.
Rock Star Stud
- Neil Young
- Lou Reed
- Paul Simon
- Kris Kristofferson
- Stephen Stills - Looked a lot better at the DNC, didn't he?
- Art Garfunkel
- Van Morrison
- Peter Yarrow - Hey, it was him or Paul, right?
- Peter Tork
- Jack Bruce
- Ginger Baker
- Ian Anderson - Honestly, though, how many other band members can you name?
- John Mayall
- Sly Stone
- Robby Krieger - Well, we all know it wasn't going to be the Lizard King himself, right?
- Eric Burdon
- Robin Trower
- Mike Nesmith - Shoulda included the hat, no?
- Nick Mason
- Dave Clark - Hey, were those really painted-on eyebrows?
Extra Credit - Axl Rose
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