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Pop Idols - Your Embarrassing Photos Needed
On the left, Def Leppard bass player Rick Savage. On the right, a 17-year-old version of THE WORD'S Fraser Lewry, fresh from a Savage-inspired trip to the hairdresser.
Have any of you got photos of yourself when you were young that look as though you were modelling yourself on some particular rock star? I have a vision of a magazine spread of WORD readers' photos all congregated in their own particular sections - four Richard Thompsons, two Frank Zappas, three Sandy Dennys, five Joni Mitchells, assorted Liam Gallaghers, a Brian May, a Morrissey, a Robert Smith or two, perhaps a Madonna, maybe a Weller, four Ozzys, a Brett out of Suede - you know the sort of thing.
If you'd like to feature, e-mail a scan of your picture to word@wordmagazine.co.uk. Picture resolution should be as high as possible, and be sure to include your real name as well as the identity of the star you're paying tribute to.
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Nice to see...
a) a larger than life antimacassar on the chair behind Fraser. Haven't seen one of these in a while...
b) a post from Mark Ellen. Welcome to the website, Mark.
I'll bet...
...he got Fraser to embed the pictures for him though.
Oh the shame
When I was 16 I wanted that David Coverdale shaggy perm. I couldn't find a clear enough picture to take to the hairdresser so I did the next best thing. I looked through a few magazines until I found another star with the same haircut - Goldie Hawn.
Clarification
That hair of mine is no perm - it's 100% natural.
All is explained
We now know why you wear glasses. You spent a significant part of your life squinting out from behind a thicket of ringlets.
I've waited a long time for the right moment...
I have a small photo of Mr Ellen cut out from a very old ish of Smash Hits.
All I need is a scanner....
Is this
some kind of blackmail threat? Let's hope he doesn't bite - it want to see it!
Scanner
The hunt for a scanner commences - the pic is slightly off topic in that it isn't rock-perm-tastic, but he could pass for a member of Menswear...