Excess has destroyed some of the greatest rock legends ever. Jimi Hendrix's love of barbiturates resulted in his death, Jim Morrison's penchant for drugs also probably played a part in his demise, and John Lennon had an insatiable appetite for bullets fired directly into his ... well, okay, maybe Lennnon doesn't quite fit that scenario, but all three of these icons appear in these ads for Rockaxis Magazine. The only minor change is that they actually look like what they might look like today if they hadn't been taken from us so soon. The ads read simply, "Long live rock and roll." I have to say that out of all of these, Lennon looks like he "aged" the most gracefully.Dead rock stars age for ad
Excess has destroyed some of the greatest rock legends ever. Jimi Hendrix's love of barbiturates resulted in his death, Jim Morrison's penchant for drugs also probably played a part in his demise, and John Lennon had an insatiable appetite for bullets fired directly into his ... well, okay, maybe Lennnon doesn't quite fit that scenario, but all three of these icons appear in these ads for Rockaxis Magazine. The only minor change is that they actually look like what they might look like today if they hadn't been taken from us so soon. The ads read simply, "Long live rock and roll." I have to say that out of all of these, Lennon looks like he "aged" the most gracefully.Reader Comments
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1. Lennon WAS aging gracefully. When he was shot he didn't even had his hair as long as the ad shows (a mullet, actually).
I think that the photoshop artist should have done something about the hair on these guys. Forever sporting a 60s or 70s look? That's rather sad. I guess that if he had really given this artists a reasonable hairstyle most of us may not recognize them (except for Lennon).
Also, where's Janis Joplin? Elvis?
Posted at 11:14AM on Jun 16th 2006 by jmchez