Musicians when they were younger

Take a trip down memory lane

Author: Scott ColothanPublished 5th Feb 2020

Love a good throwback? Well here's a whole gallery chock-full of a some of our favourite rock stars before they hit the big time. Featuring Greenday's Billie Joe Armstrong, Red Hot Chili Peppers' Anthony Kiedis, The Rolling Stones' Keith Richards, Queen's Freddie Mercury, Iron Maiden's Axl Rose, Aerosmith's Steven Tyler, Hole's Courtney Love, Foo Fighters' Dave Grohl and many more!

Green Day's Billie Joe Armstrong


Foo Fighters' Dave Grohl


Courtney Love


Nickelback's Chad Kroeger


Queen's Freddie Mercury


Alice Cooper


Nirvana's Kurt Cobain


Bon Jovi's Jon Bon Jovi


Metallica's Kirk Hammett


Metallica's Lars Ulrich


Iron Maiden's Bruce Dickinson


Aerosmith's Steven Tyler


Red Hot Chili Peppers' Anthony Kiedis


The Smashing Pumpkins' Billy Corgan


Guns N' Roses' Axl Rose


KISS's Gene Simmons


Eddie Van Halen


Marilyn Manson


AC/DC's Bon Scott


Jimi Hendrix


David Bowie


Led Zeppelin's Robert Plant


The Rolling Stones' Keith Richards


Led Zeppelin's John Bonham


The Who's Roger Daltrey


Can you guess these famous faces?

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