The same issue of Entertainment Weekly (Jan. 12) features a profile of actor-turned musician Jared Leto who fronts the band 30 Seconds to Mars in all his newby Ziggy Stardust garb. (Leto was previously found portraying hearthrob Jordan Catalano on the brilliant "My So-Called Life".)
Let's not poke fun at just Leto for (temporarily) trading the screen for the crummy stages of tiny music venues. Plenty of other actors have given music a shot - with varying results - including:
* RUSSELL CROWE (in the aptly named 30 Odd Foot Of Grunts, which is some kind of doo doo slang)
* JULIETTE LEWIS (Juliette Lewis and the Licks)
* BILLY BOB THORNTON (who recorded that song about his then-wife Angelina Jolie)
* DAVID HASSELHOFF (Hell yes, The Hof is huge in Europe)
* BRUCE WILLIS (Remember? He got all blues rocky in the 1980s.)
* KEANU REEVES (played bass, badly, in Dog Star)
* LINDSAY LOHAN (who sings about as well as she acts)
* EDDIE MURPHY ("My girl wants to party all the time, party all the time...")
* WILLIAM SHATNER ( who actually just talked and didn't much sing or play an instrument on the now classic album "The Transformed Man," featuring covers of "Lucy And The Sky With Diamonds" and other tunes.)
* LEONARD NIMOY
* TELLY SAVALES
* KEVIN BACON (The Bacon Brothers)
and some have been less laughable:
* former child star JENNY LEWIS who fronts Rilo Kiley and her own solo band.
* RIVER PHOENIX who played guitar and sang in the pretty good 1980/90's Gainesville, Florida band Aleka's Attic with sisters, actors Rain and Summer Phoenix.
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Jada Pinkett Smith fronts the metal band Wicked Wisdom.
Oh, you're right. has anybody heard the band? I can't even imagine what she would sound like. I can't imagine Jada listening to metal.
Don't forget about John Stamos. At least he used to sing on Full House all the time. And Tim Robbins toured and sang with Pearl Jam at their Vote For Change tour a few years ago. Holly Robinson Pete sang the theme song to 21 Jumpstreet (just my excuse to link something to Johnny Depp).
I had no idea Holly sang that song. Wow.
And lil' Penny from Good Times a.k.a. Janet "Miss Jackson if you're nasty" is technically an actor turned musician, well singer.
Excellent point about Janet!
Ohhhh yes. And for your listening (and viewing) pleasure (in case you forgot how the song goes) here's Leonard Nimoy singing the ever cherished Ballad of Bilbo Baggins".
*sigh*
That's so fucking amazing.
Every time.
Intrepid Beki.
Thanks for the Nimoy.
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