This is what you’re looking for, a time-travel tour back to when legends still looked like the kids who asked if you’d seen their missing algebra homework.
Yes, Alice Cooper once had a face that wasn’t painted like a Halloween party that got out of hand. Somewhere in the archives, there’s a photo of Young Alice looking almost polite. Early Ozzy Osbourne looked like a guy who’d help you carry groceries, not a man who’d one day accidentally bite headlines into existence. And don’t forget Joan Jett, pre-leather, pre-glare, pre-I-Love-Rock-’n’-Roll swagger, just a bright-eyed kid about to turn rebellion into a career path.
Enjoy. The transformations are glorious.
1
Angus Young
Before the classroom look, 1975.
2
Slash
"Slash in high school with his first girlfriend, circa 1982."
3
Robert Smith (The Cure)
Robert with bob hair when he was a kid.
4
Prince
Prince as a young guy.
5
Lemmy Kilmister
Lemmy as a kid.
6
Siouxsie Sioux
"A 19 year old Siouxsie Sioux at her first-ever gig at The 100 Club in London, 1976."
7
Billy Idol
Billy Idol as a kid.
8
Rod Stewart
Rod at a young age.
9
Gene Simmons (KISS)
Before the KISS makeup.
10
Alice Cooper
Before the makeup, Alice as a young man.
11
David Bowie
Young David Bowie, 1964.
12
Joan Jett
Joan Jett at a young age before the rock glam.
13
Debbie Harry
Debbie, 1969.
14
Ozzy Osbourne
Ozzy in the mid-60s.
15
Steven Tyler
Steven Tyler as a kid.
16
Freddie Mercury
Freddie in 1964.
17
Elton John
Playing piano at age 6.
18
Jimi Hendrix
101st airborn.
19
Marc Bolan
Young Marc, 1965.
20
Janis Joplin
High School photo, 1960.
