“Ronald”
Ron Mael is one-half of the band (along with his brother) Sparks. From wikipedia:
When the band hit the peak of its popularity in the 1970s, he was well-known for his strange appearance, often remaining motionless over his keyboard. His conservative clothes and unfashionable toothbrush moustache attracted much attention, as does his current pencil moustache. On stage, Ron alternates between playing the keyboard and engaging in comic mime routines, often in connection with projections on backdrop.
A distinctive guy, but I like Ron mostly for his creative taping/modding of the “Roland” logo on his synth:
Musicians tape up logos for various reasons (so they don’t promote the brand, legal obligations due to other endorsements, to keep their secret weapon secret, etc) – Has anyone else seen any interesting tape jobs on synths? If so, post it in the comments!
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the beautiful miss amanda palmer and her ‘kurt weill’ keyboard come to mind:
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Here in the UK in the late 80′s early 90′s the Musicians Union printed up a bunch of stickers for its members. A big yellow thing with “Keep Music Live!” in big letters. There’s many a gig I went to where somewhere on stage that sticker had been amended to “Keep Music Evil!”
I use to do the old fashioned thing:
“Poland”
Best one I saw was taping over Roland to read P iano.