Sir Elton John has slammed American musicians for their lack of fashion sense. The music legend says he is disgusted by the current crop of top US bands because they dress so badly. He fumed: "I'm so over the tattoos and the T-shirts and the rings through noses. It's not pretty, it's not pleasant, and it's not exciting. Please stop it now."
Elton insists today's chart toppers need to make a "real effort" in the fashion stakes and adopt the glam-rock style made popular by him and his British peers in the 70s. He told Fashion Rocks magazine: "It's been a thing the British have always been very good at. Bowie, myself, T.Rex, The Who, Queen - we all embraced the fashion side of things. I think it's good that some American bands are beginning to do that, but it 's still very rare for bands to make a real effort. So when you get groups like The Killers and Scissor Sisters who come along, it's thrilling."
The singer - who is due to perform at the third Fashion Rocks concert which will benefit his AIDS foundation - has also admitted his past drug addiction "put him at risk" of infection.He said: "I've been very lucky in my life. I was a drug addict for 16 years, at a time when AIDS was just getting started, and I put myself at so much risk. I came out of it negative rather than positive and I wanted to give something back."
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