It’s well known that tight trousers have a long history in rock and pop music stretching all the way back and front to the 1950s when Elvis Presley first unleashed his “Hound Dog” on national television. Within weeks, it seemed as if every singer was wearing a pair of strides one size too small leaving many broadcasters to shoot these performers from the waist up so as not to offend the less fashionable viewers at home. For some, what God had provided wasn’t enough and their trousers were often padded with socks or cucumbers…
If you enjoyed these glorious bulges, you will also like 1970s Swedish Bands, Matching 1970s Couple Outfits, and Ridiculous 1970s Male Haircuts.
Ouch it hurts!
gross, not a good look for men
my eyes, oh, my eyes
You’ll shoot your eye out kid
Where is John Bon Jovi
where is IGGY???
Where is Derek Smalls from Spinal Tap?
The problem was not the tight pants, but the LACK OF UNDERWEAR!!
Jingle bells, jingle bells, jingle all the way down to the knees…
There is nothing sad nor useless about this
Wow. You can tell if they are circumsized or not. Maybe, just maybe too much information?
Really illustrates how puritanical society has become since then.
Greg Rollie spoiled every Journey album cover he was on.
Such silliness…..
sigh …
Not sexy IMO!
I agree with Anonymous – no Derek Smalls? He sets off the security wand in the airport with his! Legendary bulge.
Put a sock in it.
Love it
surely some are padded?
Like the Rocky Horror Picture Show Just a sock to the left then a sock to the right.
Freddie…marry me. sigh
good thing I’m blind
Brethren, I beseech thee! Free thy junk!
Burn your boxers!
Scrap your skivvies!
Torch your thongs!
Unload your undies!
Junk your jockstrap!
Abandon your briefs!
Sooooooo . . . when exactly was underwear invented?
Rolled up gym socks!!
Or as the old joke goes “The potato goes in front!”
Totally photoshopped 😕
Wrong,Stevie. You are probably not old enough to remember. But this was the thing to do in the 70’s.
“Great googley moogley! ” to quote Frank Zappa
and Jim Morrison is VERY happy to meet you!!
No Jim Mangrum aka Jim Dandy from Black Oak Arkansas? The king of spandex bulges!!!
yeah the champ, JIM DANDY
Poor Andy Gibb 😂
Check Johnny Thunders, rear cover of N.Y. Dolls LP. Better still, see rear cover of Lou Reed “Transformer” LP.
Can anyone identify the people in order? Wish the writer added captions
Guess who, to the best of my ability (and am happy to be corrected):
Marc Bolan (T-Rex)
Mick Jagger
David Bowie
Freddie Mercury (I think)
Tom Jones
Robert Plant (Led Zeppelin)
Jim Morrison
Ringo Starr
Eddie Van Halen
George Harrison
Andy Gibb
Jimi Hendrix
Paul Stanley (I think, def one of the guys from KISS that isn’t Gene Simmons)
Roger Daltrey (The Who)
Pete Townsend & Keith Moon (The Who)
Robert Plant again
Brian May (I think)
Ron Wood (Rolling Stones)
Freddie Mercury again
David Bowie again
Frank Zappa
From what I’ve read, according to Bowie’s ex-wife Angela, that was all real.
Iirc, the term c**k rock was coined for Robert Plant, late 60s I think.
Hope that helps!
Hell yes. I support the bulge. Girls show cleavage and guys should show bulge. BRING BACK THE BULGE!
Not Paul Stanley, but Ace Frehley; not Brian May, but a barely post-pubescent Joe Cocker (let the giggling commence). Otherwise, well done, thou Wimpy thing.
Men in tights – just no.
Robert Plant takes the prize !
Love it! This needs a comeback.
Holy moose knuckle Batman!
Is that a 🍌 in your pocket or are you just happy to see me 😂🤣
one of my ex lovers never wears underwear. he wears tight jeans with savoir faire
Gross.
It looks like the man version of camel toe. Some of these picture just hurt to look at! How far up can they get the seam of the pants to go? That has got to hurt squishing they boys all to one side in those tight pants. And I am a child of the 60’s and 70’s. Lol.
Not Roger Daltrey but Brian Jones of The Rolling Stones
And not Joe Cocker but Eric Clapton
Yeah that’s great, until you’re a caregiver & realize as men age, all those big nuts just end up hanging in shitty toilet water! LMAO!
I WANT HALF, EDDIE!!!!!
We’ve got armadillos in our trousers…it’s quite frightening! LOL