Dave N. wrote: Wed May 26, 2021 10:17 pm Not crap, I mean, Fugazi.

Sorry Dave edited for brevity.

Wood Goblin wrote: Thu May 27, 2021 4:40 pm All the people mentioned here plus everyone in the 1970s make this an easy not crap.

Ah, but its the 70's that makes me waffle!
Greaseball vibes from the likes of Paul Stanley and Robert Plant.

Were Plant (and Daltrey) shirtless or just chest-exposed..

Macho greaseball vibes were Crappy, but in Stanley's case unintentionally funny.

Points in favor of shirtless-ness:
Manowar
Iggy Pop
Lux Interior
Bon Scott
Paul “And Make Sure That Chicken’s Juicy” Stanley
Grand Funk
P-Funk
Wendy O’Williams
Chris Cornell
Ozzy
Kathleen Hanna
David Lee Roth
Fela Kuti
Johnny Winters
Glenn Danzig, in that one video

Points against shirtless-ness:
There are none. Come on.

Can’t forget Lynn Breedlove from Tribe 8.

I never wished David Yow would put his shirt back on, but sometimes I wished Henry Rollins would.

If we didn't shame the body so much as humans, most of the shows we've been to would have been at least partially nude...performers and audiences alike.

It usually seems utilitarian, honestly.

Like someone inferred above, if the shirtless party has the chutzpah & charisma combo it works fine regardless of body type.