20 Vintage Rock Star Photos

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20 Vintage Rock Star Photos

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1. Guns N Roses

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2. Mick Jagger

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3. Led Zeppelin

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4. Jimi Hendrix

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5. Axl Rose & Mick Jagger

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6. Michael Jackson

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7. Kurt Cobain, Frances Bean & Courtney Love

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8. Johnny Cash

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9. Biggie

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10. Jay-Z & Michael Jackson

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11. Michael Jackson

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12. Elvis

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13. Bob Marley

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14. Mick Jagger

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15. Marilyn Manson

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Trent Reznor is also in the Marilyn Manson pic.
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Is Marilyn Manson sitting next to Jon Stewart?
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why do all good Singer die of accidentally over dose or car accidents. an everything in between????
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#4 is not Jimi Hendrix is biggie smalls
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Jennifer O. a year ago

this is an awful post. your definition of the word vintage needs to reevaluated.
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scottmcgregor a year ago

#6 is Biggie. My bad, I had uploaded the wrong photo.
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lynne benoux a year ago

How did “it was all a dream” not alert you to the fact that it may not be Hendrix?
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CK828 a year ago

this is the worst. first #4 is in fact biggie not jimi hendrix; the led zeppelin and biggie/lil kim are stills from photo shoots;and i think what is the most surprising about he last one is not marilyn manson or trent reznor but rather JON STEWART. buzzfeed you are getting people.com lazy
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Too much MJ not enough Beatles.
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Holy number 11!
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#4 is Biggie
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#9 Biggie and Lil Kim pre plastic surgery
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Reznor also snuck into that Manson photo.
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InadaptadaSocial a year ago

Mmm, Elvis…. I would have just hold on tight and never let go ;)
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anthonyc8 a year ago

#2 is Madonna and Tony Curtis and yes, mick too.
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delicious kiwis a year ago

actually, yeah, the 1980s are vintage now. face it, you’re old.
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i don’t think you know what “vintage” means.
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ChurroII a year ago

I’m pretty sure #4 is Biggie too.
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poop a year ago

So, the 1980s is considered vintage? Wait I’m pretty sure that jay z one is like ten years old. And that Manson one is like five years ago just black and white. Awful article
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1. Guns N Roses

2. Mick Jagger

3. Led Zeppelin

4. Jimi Hendrix

5. Axl Rose & Mick Jagger

6. Michael Jackson

7. Kurt Cobain, Frances Bean & Courtney Love

8. Johnny Cash

9. Biggie

10. Jay-Z & Michael Jackson

11. Michael Jackson

12. Elvis

13. Bob Marley

14. Mick Jagger

15. Marilyn Manson

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