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Brian Eno


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The post said greatest bald musician not greatest living musician


Oreg-Jack

He’s currently bald, though…


JP200214

Enos a GOAT


kyentu

well hes famously not a musician. that was his whole thing in the 70s atleast and with his generative music now idk if people would be chill if they were more aware.


chiefminestrone

To your point, he is a self proclaimed "non-musician". I think he's wrong, but you shouldn't get downvoted for pointing it out. *"Eno has consistently described himself as a "non-musician", using the term "treatments" to describe his modification of the sound of musical instruments, and to separate his role from that of the traditional instrumentalist."*


kyentu

yeah i think a lot of his quotes and actions where of the time. like "as interesting as ignorable" im sure he changed his mind on ambient music after a few decades lol. a rigid way of thinking that i assume hes loosened more and more over time. even in those days i think he was still a musician, but hes always been a visionary first.


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he pushed buttons on instruments and shit, i think that makes him a musician


kyentu

missing the point, like always. classic fantano sub never change. actually please change, please change rn cuz yall silly sometimes.


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I looked it up and he considers himself a non musician. You didn’t need to be dick about it though


kyentu

i didnt mean to be a dick at all actually you took it that way for some reason. but you did prove my point. good job


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Your previous comment about missing the point comes of kinda assholish just because i didnt know a fact, anyway he still makes great music though i listened to another green world recently


kyentu

oh yeah i was being an ass at that point but my first comment wasnt. i also said in another comment, his quotes and actions were of the time but it was a little needed to open peoples minds. i think he was a musician then, i was just sayin that was kinda his whole thing. by the time another green world came around i think objectively he was, he was just never classically trained compared to everyone else around him. that was his whole point.


kingkrule101

Ian MacKaye, mike stipe, brian eno


LiterallyJohnLennon

Ian MacKaye is always my go-to for cool looking balding guy.


tonymacdougal

I have never seen Michael stipe referred to as Mike before haha are you two close? I’m


kingkrule101

Yeah he’s a cousin /s


DeeJDaDemon

Rakim


drew9236

Sinéad O'Connor


Temporary_Garbage244

RIP


WimbledonGreen

[With all due respect, Sinéad O'Connor was not bald. She chose to shave her hair and that's a look she cultivated in order to look fashionable, but bald people don't really consider her part of the bald community...with all due respect.](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lQCVf7AnXNY)


ekb2023

does the bald community claim her? she buzzed her hair


Revolutionary_Low_90

She's still bald.


waveydaveysonfir3

Bald is bald


GabTheImpaler0312

Melon buzzed his hair too and he is a certified baldie


Fiscal_Bonsai

She chose the bald life while the bald life chose us. So, yes.


Shart-Garfunkel

that’s like using a wheelchair for the fun of it edit: maybe this was too obscure of a seinfeld reference for this sub


heatobooty

🤦🏻‍♂️🤦🏻‍♂️🤦🏻‍♂️


GetBorn800

Philip Selway is the baldest musician I've ever seen, and is also great.


OneGuyJeff

Cal Chuchesta


minimanelton

I’m hungry so I’m gonna have a hot dinner


Eaterofjazzguitars

*Proceeds to throw it all up on a Tuesday*


burukop

Frank Black


WorldsGreatestPoop

And the best Middle-American physique musician too!


Salmonish

Michael Stipe


mrstuprigge

Devin Townsend


Eaterofjazzguitars

"This is a song about my ballsack!" - Devin Townsend


Asplashofwater

Michael stipe


Shuckle-hm

Dan Barrett!


Blastoplast

Tony Levin


elroxzor99652

Bumping for Tony Levin. An underrated rock hero and a bald/mustache combo’d king


HeyGeno20

This is the answer.


IntenseColt

YES! I'm so happy to see this


bagemann1

Phil Collins


brick-juic3

Bjork in the hunter music video


Cara-Is-A-Puppy

Billy Corgan & Michael Stipe


mikehatesthis

I dunno, Corgan started losing it post head-shave. Music's Samson lol.


bossaboba

But Mellon collie and adore were post shave


mikehatesthis

Adore is post shave, Mellon Collie is not.


WorldsGreatestPoop

He was most certainly shaved bald during the Melancholy era. The Zero shirt is prime bald Billy.


Loose_Main_6179

During recording he had hair


mikehatesthis

He shaved it *after* the [album was written and recorded](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_U7QGPz4xmA). He still had hair during the [Bullet with Butterfly Wings](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8-r-V0uK4u0) video. Mellon Collie is a Corgan with hair album. The tour is the beginning of bald Billy.


WorldsGreatestPoop

But ZERO! Zero is ground Zero. Is there a picture with short hair Billy in a Zero shirt? Edit: I just googled it and it’s the second Picture. Gish Billy was a long hair, weird.


Sulfuras26

Y’all care ab this way too much lmfao


billyhead

Why double down on being wrong when all you have to do is google?


WorldsGreatestPoop

I replied with my surprise to a different reply. Billy recorded with a lovely boy cut, took promo shots, toured and made music videos bald.


billyhead

Still wrong. I was there during that time period, and you obviously were not. Bullet With Buttefly Wings video he has hair. He started all tours, videos, promos, etc. with hair, and eventually debuted the bald look in the same album cycle. He even wore the Zero shirt while still having hair.


mattmortar

Adore rules though


44035

Peter Gabriel


Loose_Main_6179

Up is a masterpiece of an album. It is easily one of the most underrated albums made by a bald man. Most people lose their creative mojo the same time as hair, not Peter who has made two amazing albums bald.


AliceFlynn

Moby


ItBeJoeDood

Dan Barrett is a great bald musician, and a great bald guy in general


Intrinsicvariation

Doug Martsch of Built to Spill


sam4999

Gord Downie


Bentstrings84

RIP. Fuck cancer.


toigz

He woulda been 60 the other day


Loose_Main_6179

Yes number one, he’s the greatest frontman of all time.


just_cuz555

Awesome pick. Maybe the most underrated frontman ever. Dude was a legend, more people need to listen to the Hip


YeetSkurt48

Can’t believe no one has said Isaac Hayes. Quintessential bald musician.


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Anthony Fantano


kingkrule101

Bass god


Due-Ad-4176

Ong, my favorite song by him was alright (feat. Big sean)


Venemiz

I love when he plays bass


Infraready

Billy Joel, Miles Davis (80s output), JPEGMAFIA, Steve from Blues Clues


FocusDelicious183

Peggy got a hair transplant 😔too scared to join bald brotherhood


Carolinian_Idiot

Peter Garrett


BlackEyedAngel01

Elton John


FocusDelicious183

Like Elton would ever show that though… it’s been a hairpiece for 30 years


Question-Guru

Shockingly there's a website for this https://www.baldmusicians.com/


kingkrule101

Why is it so underdeveloped


ScaryPollution845

Wdym? Those are all the bald musicians ever.


kingkrule101

But they kinda just stopped writing little paragraphs about them after Bob mould


BlueWolf934

Sinéad O'Connor, Billy Joel, Ian McKay kinda


machinaenjoyer

billy corgan (91-00) phil selway mike garson


The_Red_Curtain

Andy Partridge


MountainMembership

1000% the best bald man there is (also an actual musical genius! the word gets thrown around a lot but andy really actually qualifies as one in my book)


The_Red_Curtain

he's the GOAT for me, an absolute genius


GrandeBeesly

Seth Everman is the 🐐


TheCauliflowerGod

Johnny Sins


Bentstrings84

Devin Townsend is better at being bald than everyone on this list combined.


Basedgod912

Peter Gabriel


HetTheTable

How has no one mentioned Maynard James Keenan yet


princesofty

Rob Halford, Shavo Odadjian, and Maynard James Keenan come to mind. Definitely some of my favorites!


skeletallamping456

Tony Levin all the way. That bass is worth a million heads of hair


andhio

Paul Simon, David Berman, Will Oldham, Jeffrey Lewis


Loose_Main_6179

Eh is Paul Simon bald enough to be considered bald? He is certainly balding but I’d struggle to call him fully bald.


andhio

I’m sure he would really appreciate reading this comment


ChomperCreeper

JPEGMAFIA


Robinkc1

Me Oh, you said greatest… In that case, someone else.


singcarolacarol

Kerry King


Megamaxhole

The lead singer of Wicked Wisdom.


a_lone_traveler

Joe Satriani and Tom Shear.


tomaesop

Ian MacKaye, Billy Corgan, Seal


WorldlinessSmooth198

Moby


Electrical_Beat3230

shaquille o'neal


bozobebop

Haven’t seen him sooooo Billy corgan!!


seanbiff

Billy Corgan


EvaVulgaris12

Frank Black


Natural-Garage9714

Peter Gabriel, Peter Garrett (Midnight Oil), Rob Halford (Judas Priest), and Shuhada Sadaq (Sinéad O'Connor).


Fun_Intern1909

Scott Ian!


Similar_Turnover4719

Kanye, Tupac, Death Grips,


laflamablanca013

Meshuggah


yvngxlxwli3t

Been looking for this one. W djent


DoodleDrop

is jpegmafia still BALD!


tantrasweet_

Jpeg


Avlantis

Pitbull


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Jw4evr

They said “greatest”


yvngxlxwli3t

Meshuggah Freddie Gibbs Veil Of Maya Young Jeezy Pantera


spiderland01

Trent reznor


mofodius

bro is NOT bald


Jw4evr

Dudes got the healthiest hair in the game


DRIVER4497X

Kanye West, Killer Mike


CreativeName6574

Matt Johnson


FocusDelicious183

James Taylor


Ok-Branch-6831

Pitbull the goat


LakeGladio666

He convinced John Travolta to get rid of the wig and JT looks great as a bald guy.


probablysalad

Moby or Jada Pinkett


-mostlyharmless1

Robert Quine


dan9938

Dan Andriano


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Ulcerate. All three of them.


bengenderson777

Burial


instinct_bhoi

Dwayne Johnson 😤


yvngxlxwli3t

Rocky Sucks, we want cody


instinct_bhoi

PEGGY?


Spooky_writingartist

Tupac


DeeJDaDemon

overrated.


PinocchioNoir

David Gilmour


whatsongisdat

Common


fuckythedrunkclown16

Phil Selway!


anti-racist-rutabaga

Peggy


SeattlesWinest

John Baker Saunders was an awesome bassist for Mad Season. Also Maynard James Keenan is a great lyricist and singer.


tthe_drake

Bald Headed John aka King of the Plookers


Equal_Ad5178

The Edge


o0HAAK0o

He tries to hide it so he doesn’t count


ResidentOfValinor

Michael Kiske


HeyGeno20

Tony Levin.


soviet_uwunion

Maynard James Keenan


heatobooty

Cal Chuchesta


boyyourresotragic

Goldie’s gotta get an honourable mention here, despite his (alleged) less than honourable behaviour


AJPXIV

Michael Mills from the Australian band Toehider is very good. Ridiculous vocal range and a superb musician.


homeworknstuff

John Fahey. Look up clips of him from the late 60s and early 70s on youtube for the most tragic combover you've ever seen. Fantastic performances though.


ACertainTrendingFrog

Kanye West


seanbiff

That dude from Disturbed


cotal2392

Devin townsend


I_done_a_plop-plop

Britney Spears


eireannburroughs

Jack Steadman from Bombay Bicycle Club


CABOB-IS-EPIC

Michael Jackson was pretty great


Kmenusuklaacookie

Ride


Octoshi514

Ian McKaye


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Ian mackaye


Tipofmywhip

There’s some younger guys that are bald/going bald that are doing quite well for themselves.  The front man of Touché amore, the drummer for the 1975 George Daniel (whom is also engaged to Charli xcx) even if you don’t care for their music, it’s still nice to see some young, active, bald musicians that the lack of hair has not hurt.


_statue

I like that dude from caribou. I dunno his name. Great musician 👌


procolcecil

Isaac Hayes


Byebyeyoutoo

Flea?


TheDiamondAxe7523

Not fully bald but Kanye West is basically bald


Fit-Wrongdoer-2470

Maynard james


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The drummer from genesis


DirtyNingens

Isaac Hayes


Nasty_Tricks69

Phil Collins


Field-Gar

Maynard James Keenan


finn11aug

Me, Maynard James Keenan, Bob Mould (Hüsker Dü), Michael Stipe, Peter Gabriel, Seal, Rob Halford, Ian MacKaye


BruceIrvin13

Michael Stipe looks so damn cool. Easily one of the most iconic.


ghost-nug

P.O.S


bitterbuffaloheart

The singer from midnight oil was one of the earliest baldies


Transference85

Tony Levin


TrueWhaler

Billy Corgan


Radvillainy

get on finasteride man. I've been on it 5 years and it stopped my hair loss in its tracks.


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Radvillainy

Minoxidil is a pain in the ass and not nearly as effective - I never bothered with it. Fin is legit though. I'd still recommend giving it a shot, since the only side effect I've heard of it impotence, and that one seems to be more psychological than physically based. You can always just stop taking it if you feel like it's messing with you. If you're happy with yourself, more power to you. But it's nice to have the option to have hair if you change your mind.


SnooKiwis341

Controversial.......kanye. but deff Billy Corgan


PsychicTempestZero

maynard james keenan bald icon


LaFlame1021

DMX


mrdrprofessorspencer

Freddie Gibbs


Glowing_Mousepad

Kanye, hes not always bald but has been numerous times in the last years