10 skinniest singers of all time

WhiteWashMan

i have to say i reckon that bloke from the black crows is probably the skinniest singer i have ever seen.
nearly there are that bloke from the verve who i wish would die of a drug overdose, and that bloke who was the lead songer with led zepplin.

whatya reckon?

Dr. Loon

Jay Kay - Jamiroquai
Chris Robinson - The Black Crowes
Robert Plant - Led Zeppelin
Axl Rose was fairly skinny in his day, although he's a big fúcker now. As was James Hetfield.
Jarvis Cocker - Pulp
Scott Weiland - Stone Temple Pilots

In fact, the majority of good rock\funk singers seem to be skinny bástards. It's the drugs.

zAbbo

Iggy Pop

Mercury_Tilt

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Dr. Loon

PJ Harvey - defintely the worst!
Michael Stipe is fairly fúcked too

francie brady

Karen Carpenter

Dustaz

Originally posted by francie brady
Karen Carpenter

lol, im trying so hard not to laugh at that

Occidental

The Corrs, although they've a bit of catching up to do on Karen Carpenter

Pugsley

Anders Fridén from In Flames is a bit of a skinny git

Karl Hungus

Nick Cave is a pretty skinny bastard also.

deco

I suppose any herion addicted rock star could be included....

But I vote Karen Carpenter....

Thorbar

meatloaf

seriously tho number one spot has to go to david bowie

beardedchicken

erm, hello??? "the thin white duke"??? he even had it in his name!!!!!!! i can't believe nobody's mentioned david bowie!! who, incidentally, has a HUGE....singing voice!

(edit) oh, oops! one large slice of humble pie for table two- see now that someone has already mentioned his bowie-ness- a thousand apologies!(edit)

beardedchicken

oh, and jeff buckley was pretty gaunt aswell.
kurt cobain was reputed to wear a couple of pairs of long johns at a time under his jeans, cos he couldn't afford heating, which would suggest he was pretty skinny too

frood4t2

Originally posted by WhiteWashMan

nearly there are that bloke from the verve who i wish would die of a drug overdose...
whatya reckon?

Very nice of ya ! He almost did too, tho I think it was from alcohol... But Richard Ashcroft is an excellent skinny singer, so is Iggy Pop and David Bowie.

daveirl

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Karl Hungus

Yer man from Skinny Puppy was well skinny.

Ruaidhri

TAD!

Lolo

Vini Reilly from the Durrutti Column was the skinniest man in pop for a while, is not quite so emaciated now. Iggy has always been lean and muscular rather than skinny - compare him and Bowie in the early 70s (ooooh, Bowie and Iggy in the early 70s - rrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrroworrrrrrrrrrrrr!)

Polly Harvey has approached Karen Carpenter dimensions at times. And Beth Orton's very twig-like, but she does have Crohn's Disease. Jennifer and Neil from the Royal Trux both look like they'd snap if you leaned on them - that pesky heroin again.

Incidentally, I'm going to a club in London tonight called Unskinny Bop, dedicated to fat people in pop. (I am not making this up, by the way).

Lolo

Just realised that nobody (including me) has mentioned the late great Joey Ramone - such a lanky ba stard his legs looked like elongated arms.

deco

Good one....

I think Marc Bolan was pretty skinny...

I really have too much time on my hands

Robbo

Posh "Skeletor" Spice.

Anyone catch this weeks Popb1tch "Anorexia Special"?