Gosh I could say that about most of the bands I work with. A bad haircut and a gimmick and that's it. I love it, and laugh my ass off, when some kid walks in with a boatload of guitars, when all the good players I've ever watched have like two or three. Of course, they can retune them onstage, so... Old Jerry used to tour with one guitar and his tech had to sleep with it to make sure nothing happened to it. Or Carlos and his custom Ibanez, (and little Fender amp) but if Ibanez is making custom guitars just for you, well how many do you need?
I'm real fond of the big metal acts with the wall of amps. You know what? Most of them are fakes. They have a light that goes on, but they are not on. Its a pose. Just like the huge guitar collection often is.
Matter of fact we have a saying at the Warfield "if you can't bring talent, bring production" so that the bands that have a all the lights, all the staging, all the props are covering for the fact that they can't really play for crap.
And I'll give that much to the rappers, they don't do all that production stuff, they do try to perform. And they are saying something in many cases beyond "Oh baby, I really want to get into your pants" or "Oh baby I'm so sad because you won't let me get into your pants anymore."
