Mary Ouellette, SheWillShootYou.com Oh, the guitar face – that magical place that rockers slip off to when they’ve been totally consumed by a song and the music is in total control. While some guitarists and bassists have truly signature mugs when they rip into a song, others allow the mood of the music to uniquely fashion their fantastical facial expressions — leading to the notorious guitar face. One this for sure though, when the music takes over the faces are truly unforgettable. When the guitar is removed from the equation it offers up a whole new world of possibilities from pure exhilaration to downright carnal. Check out the photos below where we zoomed in on some of our favorite metal and rock guitar faces of all time: Jason Hook of Five Finger Death Punch: Loudwire Zach Myers of Shinedown: Loudwire Dave Grohl of Foo Fighters: Dave M. Benett, Getty Images Nick Hipa of As I Lay Dying: Loudwire Mark Tremonti of Creed/Alter Bridge: Loudwire James Hetfield of Metallica: Ethan Miller, Getty Images Joey Jordison of Murderdolls: Loudwire Scott Ian of Anthrax: Kevin Winter, Getty Images Brad Walst of Three Days Grace: Loudwire Mark Hoppus of Blink-182 Loudwire [button href=”http://ultimateclassicrock.com/funniest-guitar-faces/” title=”Next: See More Funny Guitar Faces at Ultimate Classic Rock” align=”center”]
Fox Having just begun its 24th season and with more than 500 episodes having aired, ‘The Simpsons’ is one of the most iconic TV shows in history. An incredible amount of celebrities and public figures have been animated by the cartoonists of the show, and we’ve compiled some of our all-time favorite appearances from rock musicians. ‘The Simpsons’ debuted in 1987 as television shorts on ‘The Tracy Allman Show’, and due to its popularity, the animated family got their own sitcom in 1989. Boasting the distinction of being America’s longest-running sitcom and animated program, ‘The Simpsons’ deserve to be celebrated for the years of entertainment the show has brought millions of viewers. Check out our list of Rock Star Cameos on ‘The Simpsons.’ [button href=”http://loudwire.com/the-ramones-rock-star-cameos-on-the-simpsons/” title=”See the Rock Star Cameos on ‘The Simpsons'” align=”center”]
avclub.com GWAR recently took part in A.V. Club’s 25-song experiment where they invite established acts to cover a track chosen by readers. As a part of the ‘Undercover’ music series, GWAR were given the choice as to what song they’d like to cover for a one-time-only performance, and of course, the outer space shredders chose to jam on the Kansas classic ‘Carry on My Wayward Son.’ Yes, we’re serious. GWAR played ‘Carry on My Wayward Son’ for the A.V. Club session, complete with brand new member Pustulus Maximus . Before tackling the ’70s rock classic, GWAR front-thing Oderus Urungus had a few words to say about ‘Carry on My Wayward Son.’ “I hadn’t even heard it until they [the rest of GWAR] played it for me the other day. I was convinced that they had written it, and I was like, “What are you guys doing writing that derivative crappy ’70s crap crap crap rock. We’re not playing that song ever again!” Urungus continues, “Kansas; there was that guy in the band who had hair like a giant pyramid, remember him? He would have gone up like Chernobyl if you’d hold a lighter up to his head, I’ll tell you that. Kansas was a big part of a big part of music where bands were often named after geographical locations, and lets hope that that never happens again, because quite frankly, those bands suck!” GWAR launch into a pretty awesome rendition of the track, inserting their own punk-infused metal phallus into the song, which ended up sounding sort of like Bad Relgiion. Oderus Urungus even threw new lyrics into ‘Carry on My Wayward Son,’ including, “Get the hell off the couch and get a g-ddamn job!” Check out GWAR’s “interesting” interpretation of Kansas’ ‘Carry on My Wayward Son’ below: GWAR, ‘Carry on My Wayward Son’