SOMETIMES all it takes to terrify the public is to dab on a bit of corpse paint or blusher. As these otherwise harmless musicians proved.

David Bowie

The glam rocker thought wearing some lippy would make audiences think he was an alien and, judging by the ensuing panic, it actually worked. It’s worth keeping in mind that this was during a time when even a children’s book villain name like Ziggy Stardust was seen as on a par with the Antichrist. Yet even this looked tame compared to the hideous Benidorm tribute acts Aladdin Sane would eventually spawn.

Misfits

Tales of brain-eating zombies are scary, although the edge is taken off when it’s a little bloke who’s misted his eyes and gelled his hair into an icicle or a knob. Punk has long been about angsty posturing, but Danzig and co. loo

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