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Rock Gods! Musicians for whom time has stood still

It must be DESPITE the rock'n'roll lifestyle that makes this lot get hotter and hotter
By Jenn Selby
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It must be DESPITE the rock'n'roll lifestyle that makes this lot get hotter and hotter, because as far as we can see they have quite simply got better with age.

Welcome to rock of aged-well. Best viewed alone

Picture Editor: Sandra Waibl

  • Image may contain Slash Human Person Hair Clothing and Apparel
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    Then…

    Be honest with yourself. How much do you want to wrap those curly, tousled locks around your fingers? That, my friends, is a young Slash from GnR pulling the ultimate rock ‘n’ roll sex face. Just for you.

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    … Now

    Ten years on, he’s still pulling that sex face.

  • Image may contain Clothing Apparel Lenny Kravitz Human Person Tattoo and Skin
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    Who else in 1991 could rock a bright blue double-breasted waistcoat 'n suit type thing and still look effortlessly cool? No one but Lenny Kravitz, that's who!

  • Image may contain Lenny Kravitz Sunglasses Accessories Accessory Clothing Apparel Human Person Fashion and Footwear
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    ... Now

    24 years later and he doesen't look any different. Not one bit. Care yo share your secret Lenny?

  • Image may contain Clothing Apparel Sunglasses Accessories Accessory Human Person Mike Patton and TShirt
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    Remove the demi: there’s nothing but pedigree in bona fide rock God Mike Patton’s genetic make-up. Even when gurning, as he is here, back with Faith No More in 1991, we can see flickers of the magnificence that would befall his looks in later years.

  • Image may contain Mike Patton Human Person Suit Coat Clothing Overcoat Apparel Eva Mendes and Fashion
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    … Now

    What did we tell you? That man matured good. Still smooth-faced, golden-skinned and slammingly hot, Mike Patton gave good everything at the premiere of The Place Beyond The Pines, for which he wrote the soundtrack. MARRY ME, MIKE! Ahem.

  • Image may contain Jacket Clothing Apparel Coat Human Person Dave Grohl and Leather Jacket
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    Who knew this gangly lookin’ Seattle lad in a questionable fluorescent sports zipper would transform into…

  • Image may contain Human Person Musical Instrument Guitar Leisure Activities Dave Grohl Musician and Bass Guitar
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    … Now

    … The luscious-locked, more-babely-than-a-bakery-of-babe-cakes, rock God Dave Grohl. Yes, he of Foo Fighters, Nirvana and bulging forearm fame. And the ultimate inspiration for this gallery. Phwoar.

  • Image may contain Josh Homme Musical Instrument Guitar Leisure Activities Human Person Musician and Drummer
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    Then…

    Would. Totally would. Of course you would. But be patient, rock perve. For in the future…

  • Image may contain Musical Instrument Guitar Leisure Activities Human Person Josh Homme Electric Guitar and Musician
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    … Now

    … Queens Of The Stone Age frontman Josh Homme will become the hottest flame-haired man ever to grace the stage. Wouldn’t mess with his wife, though. Hi, her name is Brody.

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    Yeah. Wouldn’t kick Anthony Kiedis circa 1993 out of bed…

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    ... Now

    … But would probably chain Anthony Kiedis circa 2013 to any piece of household furniture I could get my hands on. Insert Red Hot pun here. What? I SAID PUN.

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    Suede’s alabaster frontman Brett Anderson might have been the poster boy for leather shirts and awkward stances back in 1993…

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    … Now

    … But he’s got a sun-kissed glow and a flash of cleavage now, and he’s not afraid to use it. He is, indeed, an increasingly Beautiful One...

  • Image may contain Necklace Jewelry Accessories Accessory Graham Coxon Human Person Face Clothing and Apparel
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    He’s got a bowl cut, for Pete’s sake. And one of those necklaces I’m pretty sure you could only buy from a vending machine in a plastic egg back in 1991. Who knew that this totally unbabely character from Blur…

  • Image may contain Graham Coxon Musical Instrument Guitar Bass Guitar Leisure Activities Human and Person
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    … Would become the inarguably gorgeous Graham Coxon. Amazing what a bit of textural layering and a pair of thick-rimmed specs can do for a man.

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    Mmm… Damon Albarn. He’s always been on the fitter side of fit, hasn’t he?

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    … Now

    Until, 20 years later, he wiped the floor with fit, built a fit castle and made himself King. Of fit.

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    Then…

    Dear Lord. That is some serious foliage escaping from Jon Bon Jovi’s bad 1984 self.

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    … Now

    But gone are the days of the love rug, replaced instead with a chest smoother than silk and a steely, intent gaze that would melt the frostiest of ice maidens into a pool of unquenchable desire.

  • Image may contain Face Human Person Smile Dimples and Alex James
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    Then…

    Bogus Journey.

  • Image may contain Alex James Human Person Burger Food Clothing and Apparel
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    Most Excellent Adventure. Much like the cheese he’s holding, Blur’s Alex James just gets riper with age.

  • Image may contain Bryan Ferry Human Person Clothing Apparel Finger and Face
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    Then…

    Because Bryan Ferry was bad way before Michael Jackson was. Case in point – this sequinned biker jacket he wore for a Roxy Music shoot back in 1972. Although, Pat Butcher did call… Says she wants her eye make-up back…

  • Image may contain Tie Accessories Accessory Bryan Ferry Clothing Apparel Suit Coat Overcoat and Electrical Device
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    … Now

    Forty years down the line? Bryan’s still the baddest man out there. And by bad we been good. Oh so very good.

  • Image may contain Clothing Apparel Nick Rhodes Human Person Tie Accessories Accessory Coat and Jacket
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    Then…

    Wild boy!

  • Image may contain Tie Accessories Accessory Nick Rhodes Human Person Suit Coat Clothing Overcoat and Apparel
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    … Now

    Tamed man. The years have indeed been kind to Duran Duran’s Nick Rhodes. And, thankfully, removed all traces of nude leather jacket.

  • Image may contain Heather Locklear Human Person Tommy Lee Clothing Apparel Hair Coat and Jacket
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    LOL at Tommy Lee’s hair in this picture. No shortage of hairspray backstage at the Annual Rock & Bowl Tournament in 1986, it seems. Ask Heather Locklear. She knows.

  • Image may contain Face Human Person Tommy Lee Smile Laughing Clothing Apparel Teeth Lip and Mouth
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    … Now

    SWOON at the bouffant-less Motley member now. The world’s fittest drummer. Period. Kick-starting hearts since 1981.

  • Image may contain Human Person Bruce Springsteen Clothing Apparel Jacket and Coat
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    The Boss…

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    … Now

    Still Boss.

  • Image may contain Face Human Person Mick Jagger Home Decor and Head
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    It’s Mick Jagger, for crying out loud. He's in The Rolling Stones. He’s a mythical rock ‘n’ roll creature. He invented Rock 'n' roll.

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    … Now

    And, even in his 70s he’s not lost any of that hip-thrusting, sex appeal.

  • Image may contain Billy Idol Skin Human Person Clothing Apparel and Tattoo
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    Then…

    DILF.

  • Image may contain Billy Idol Clothing Apparel Jacket Coat Human and Person
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    … Now

    GILF.

  • Image may contain Clothing Apparel Jacket Coat Dave Gahan Human Person Leather Jacket and Pants
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    Then…

    Depeche Mode frontman Dave Gahan = one hot Goth. In skin-tight white jeans. Niche.

  • Image may contain Dave Gahan Human Person Electrical Device Microphone and Finger
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    … Now

    Still our Personal Jesus.

  • Image may contain Musical Instrument Guitar Leisure Activities Human Person Electrical Device Microphone and Beck
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    Then…

    Um-Bop.

  • Image may contain Clothing Apparel Jacket Coat Beck Human Person and Leather Jacket
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    … Now

    So hot. That Beck… He’s like a fine wine, isn’t he? Even if he does have trouble doing his shirt up now-a-days.

  • Image may contain Gavin Rossdale Clothing Sleeve Apparel Human Person Long Sleeve and Hair
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    Then…

    *Drools*

  • Image may contain Gavin Rossdale Suit Coat Clothing Overcoat Apparel Human Person Tie Accessories and Accessory
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    …Now

    Stilling drooling...

  • Image may contain Clothing Apparel Pants Taylor Hawkins Denim Jeans Chris Shiflett Human Person Jacket and Coat
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    Then…

    Taylor Hawkins must have LOVED being the hottest one in the Foo Fighters before Dave Grohl bloomed into the glossy-maned rock God he is today. But now…

  • Image may contain Human Person Taylor Hawkins Musical Instrument Musician Drummer Percussion and Drum
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    … Now

    … He is but an equal. And we can think of no bigger accolade to his hotness than being on par with Mr Grohl.

  • Image may contain Human Person Musical Instrument Guitar Leisure Activities James Hetfield and Electrical Device
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    Then…

    Metallica’s James Hetfield circa 1986. A true Master Of Puppets…

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    … Now

    … And now? Master of our hearts, obv. We’ll forgive you for anything, James. Even Lulu.

  • Image may contain Skin Henry Rollins Human Person and Tattoo
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    Then...

    Gah! Those arms. Let’s face it. Black Flag frontman Henry Rollins has always been a slammin’ hottie…

  • Image may contain Skin Henry Rollins Clothing Sleeve Apparel Human Person and Tattoo
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    … Now

    … But minus the mono-brow and plus the hilarious, so-2013 slogan T? He’s crossed over into silver fox territory.

  • Image may contain Bobby Gillespie Human Person Clothing Sleeve Apparel Hand and Finger
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    Then…

    Primal Scream’s Bobby Gillespie gave us his heart way back in 1990.

  • Image may contain Bobby Gillespie Clothing Apparel Suit Coat Overcoat Human Person and Tuxedo
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    … Now

    Suited and booted in 2013? We might just take it, too. Our love shines on.

  • Image may contain Nuno Bettencourt Human Person Clothing Sleeve Apparel and Finger
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    Then…

    Cries of outrage echoed through the cyber-sphere after we failed, FAILED to include the unbelievably beautiful Nuno Bettencourt in this spank bank of thrust-inducing rock ‘n’ rollers. But is it actually possible for the Extreme – and Rihanna guitarist to get any hotter?

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    A-ha-parently so! Tribal tatts aside, methinks Rihanna may have had ulterior motives in mind when she hired this out-and-out beast of a man to pluck her strings. Clever girl.

  • Image may contain Musical Instrument Guitar Leisure Activities Eddie Vedderjxhkw Human Person and Musician
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    Then…

    Pearl Jam.

  • Image may contain Eddie Vedderjxhkw Human Person and Skin
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    … Now

    You can jam our love pearls any day, Eddie Vedder.
    I actually just typed those actual words. And I’m so far from ashamed, I should be ashamed.

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    Oh… My…

  • Image may contain Necklace Jewelry Accessories Accessory Dave Navarro Human Person and Pendant
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    … Now

    … God. Dave Navarro is God. Really. Carmen Electra needs to have a strong word with herself. And then hand over her ex-boyfriend’s number. CHEERS!

  • Image may contain Stephen Malkmus Musical Instrument Guitar Leisure Activities Human Person Musician and Performer
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    Then…

    Giving good jaw back in 1992, Stephen Malkmus from Pavement was smokin'.

  • Image may contain Musical Instrument Guitar Leisure Activities Human Person Stephen Malkmus and Electric Guitar
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    ... Now

    But now? Malkmus is on FIYA, yo. Ring the alarm. Here endeth the gallery of rock ‘n’ roll perve.

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