Shirtless celebrities you'll see nowhere else

This page aims at displaying pictures of celebrities with their shirt off. But celebrities not usually associated with being barechested. No young actors here, neither will you see attractive young skaters. So, just open your eyes and be ready for any surprises.
 {short description of image} Well, this guy probably doesn't qualify as a celebrity. And his picture is probably more of a curiosity than anything else. The only hint I can give is that the copyright notice at the back of the postcard reads "Obr - udrzbar, 1956, Praha © Vaclav Chochola, 1988". So anyone who knows Czech can probably translate. Before you move on, just get a glimpse at the onlookers in the background and their decidedly befuddled stares.
{short description of image}  Philippe Torreton, French actor. Currently (July 1999) playing Shakespeare's Henry V at the Avignon Theatre Festival. This is the first time ever this play has been staged officially and in its entirety in France.

 {short description of image} Two members of Yes shirtless.
On the left, Steve Howe, guitarist extraordinaire, on stage in 1980 during the Drama tour. Steve usually dresses in a quite ordinary way (for a rock musician at least), but on this tour he was often seen shirtless and barefoot.
On the right, keyboard wizard Rick Wakeman, backstage during the 1978-1979 Tormato tour. Rick's usual stage outfit includes the likes of silver sequined capes and flashy magician hats. But he probably felt more confortable shirtless while preparing his gear before the show.		  {short description of image}
 {short description of image} On the left, Terry Luttrell, singer of American band Starcastle, known in their time as "the Yes clones". Their works included blatant rip-offs of famous Yes songs like "Close to the edge", "Gates of delirium" or "Heart of the sunrise". After many embarassing attempts to sound like their models, such as Luttrell straining his voice to emulate Jon Anderson's high-pitched vocals or the rhythm section's carbon-copy imitation of Yes' original team Chris Squire and Bill Bruford, Starcastle finally disappeared in 1978 after four albums.

On the right, Carl Palmer, drummer of mega-zillion-buck-earning prog-rock stars Emerson, Lake and Palmer. Indeed, one of the main (if somewhat ridiculous) attractions of ELP shows until the mid-eighties was Little Carl stripping off his shirt during his drum solo, meanwhile keeping time (more or less) by frantically striking his twin oversized bass drums with the foot pedals.		  {short description of image}

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Rammstein, new rock stars from the German Eastern Länders. Formed in 1993, this controversial and provocative band has since released three albums of high-energy heavy-metal rock occasionnaly mixed with electronic techno or acoustic guitars. Even if lyrics like "The master has sent us, riders of evil, these days are your last and no angel will come to avenge you" or "Little brother come close to me, give me your hand and play with me" (in German in the original) certainly won them few (if any) friends in progressive circles, their act certainly must be taken with some Brechtian distance and a solid sense of irony.


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