Does image matter?
 

Does the image of a band change what you think of them? It can be before or after you've heard their music.

For me, it might only matter slightly before I've heard them.. I just hear people sometimes complaining of how "punk" some bands look and don't sound it. I hear people complaining about the difference between the way Simple Plan dress and sound... Just wondering what you guys thought ?

image isnt particulary important to me. though i hate bands that try too hard to look menacing or sleazy or street. and i especially hard to look like they dont care about their appearance.

it depends
i personally care more about the music (like most of you, i guess) but let's just say they should take care of themselves and stay cool (be casual)

Yes. And No.

I mean I personally don't care how a abdn or grooup, singer or whatever is viewed by the media so long as it doesn't effect their work.
Unless you're being slandered by MTV which is a nother story entirely.

I mean bnads like DogStar don't get tooo much press or anything because Keanu reeves is in the band and so not too many people take the band seriously because Keanu is an actor.
And no I do not listen to DogStar. For my own personal reasons.

And then when you're a band like Limp Bizkit, not too many people care about how your front man is portrayed in the media because it's just one guy and not the entire group.

Peace out.

Of course image matters. Image and music go hand in hand. People are just stuck in self-denial and cant admit their obsession.

Yeah that doesnt really answer the thread question, I know. I dont really think a reasonable person would judge a band by the way they look. If so, then go back to watching Extreme Makeover, you shallow f*ck face.

ikage is just as important as the music, I mean I can understand not wanting to get all caught up in the image thing, but punk for example is just that. So dress how ya want and play what ya feel.
I agree with Hookers. Thay go hand in hand....and usually, you get an image of them in your mind before you see them and imagine that they must look how they sound....give me one example of a musician that dosen't promote image with music, or music with image....HA! Thought so....LOL! GOOD POST THOUGH!

I never think its as important as the music.. Everyone can listen to a band and think they're good, but you dont look at a band and think theyre good. Thats just their 'fashion' sense or whatever.. If there was a band you liked to listen to but hadn't seen before, and then you saw a picture of them and you didnt like what you saw, would you listen to them less? Or be ashamed to admit you listened to them because of their look?

I would'nt... I could care less what a bands image is as long as I like the music.

:)

well,I see your point, but sometimes if you see a band first, the human mind tends to give them more of a chance than a band they HEARD first.

Like Soundgardener said, if I like the band's music, I could care less what the members of it look like.