22 Photos Of Bands Before And After They Were Famous

Many famous bands have a long path to becoming household names.

Musicians have to learn to play instruments, write songs, go in and out of rehab, tour, rehab again. Finally, if they’re lucky, they hit it big with a song about the worst heartbreak of their lives or one about how they really like drinking at parties.

Either way, it’s rehab again.

Lastly, they write a memoir about how to all happened, and in that book, there are photos from the early days that remind us that we too were young once. These photos of bands from before and after they became famous are the nostalgia trip we all need right now.

What’s truly mindblowing to me is that there was a time when The Beatles were just some dudes in Liverpool. I often wonder if they can remember a time when they were anonymous dorks or if they’re as shocked by the photos as we are.

Come, won’t you? On this trip down memory lane.

Here are photos of your favorite bands taken before and after they got famous:

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1. AC/DC

2. The Beatles

3. Depeche Mode

4. The Bee Gees

5. Metallica

6. Iron Maiden

7. Green Day

8. Linkin Park

9. The Rolling Stones

10. Bruno Mars

11. Coldplay

12. The Sex Pistols

13. The Pixies

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15. The Cure

Dan Wilbur

Dan is a stand-up and author and has been featured on Sirius XM, the RISK! podcast, in the Boston Comedy Festival, the Cleveland Comedy Festival, Out of Bounds Comedy Festival, Cape Fear Comedy Festival, and the North Carolina Comedy Arts Festival.

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