[Whoopysnorp]

With Devo having been the first band I got really into, I find the idea of band uniforms kind of cool. The silly ones like Devo's radiation suits are great, and I also find myself attracted to the militaristic ones that kind of convey the idea that the band is a disciplined, razor-sharp rock outfit (like Cardiacs' current stage gear). On the other hand, the closest I've ever gotten to having a band uniform of my own was in high school when one of us stole some aprons from the Home Ec room and we spelled our band name across them with markers.

In both the bands I'm in now, everybody dresses kind of different and we're too busy working on the music to think much about the stage look. Sometimes I wonder if we should be, though. I don't really like the idea of everybody making an effort to wear the same kind of regular clothes, like major label image consultants have bands do. Having a more bizarre kind of band uniform would be fun, though, and it would make you pretty easily identifiable. In you guys' band experience, was the clothes thing a big factor, or did you not worry about it?