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The 25 Sexiest Men In Rock!
See who is crowned the hottest man in the indie and rock music...
25. Pete Wentz: Now as infamous for his extra-curricular activities as his is for his contribution to rock music, Fall Out Boy bassist Pete Wentz has seen and done it all, including attempted suicide and the humiliation of having naked pictures of himself leaked on the net.
24. Paul Smith: No accounting for taste on this one, ladies. Bowler hat-sporting Smith has fronted the Mercury-nominated Maximo Park since 2000, still waiting for a proper comeback moment.
23. Jarvis Cocker: Another one for girl-geeks of a different era, Cocker proved he could charm ladies from any social strata with Pulp's 1995 LP, "Different Class".
22. Ian Brown: Alright, so Ian Brown may be looking a bit gaunt and grey these days, but there's still more than a shadow of that high cheek-boned handsome chap that stole all the girls' hearts in the early nineties with the The Stone Roses. We don't think Brown looks at all bad for twenty years of rock 'n' roll, all things considered.
21. Kele Okereke: More clean-cut than some of the rugged rock stars and geek-chic indie types on the list, Okereke is a firm hit amongst the Bloc Party faithful and Gigwise writers alike.
20. Anthony Kiedis: Not one to take his good looks and the good fortune of being in one of the biggest rock bands of the nineties lightly, Anthony Kiedis of Red Hot Chilli Peppers has wooed more world-class models than you could fit on a catwalk. Save for one grossly misjudged peroxide incident circa 1999, it's pretty obvious why.
19. Matt Bellamy: With his quirky, svelte and slightly mysterious looks there's little doubt that the Muse frontman deserves his place on our only list. The Muse faithful, however, will no doubt be outraged that he hasn't appeared higher.
18. Taylor Hawkins: The blonde alter-ego of the Foo's Dave Grohl, Taylor Hawkins of the band made his name as a session drummer before meeting Grohl on a camping trip and bagging his big break. He's never looked back: voted "Best Rock Drummer" in 2005 by the drumming magazine Rhythm, he now divides his time between side-projects and his young family.
17. Nick Zinner: While Karen O has had boy-rockers lusting for years now, it's Yeah Yeah Yeahs' Nick Zinner that's been grabbing all our attention. There's something about the skinny, pale guitarist and that ridiculous unruly black mop of hair that's weirdly attractive, or maybe it's his knack for distorted guitar riffs. Either way, we're glad to perve on him.
16. Alex James: Once famous as the bassist with Brit-pop art-boys Blur, James' subsequent achievements include radio broadcaster, journalism, cheese-making and ridiculous baby-naming (Galileo, Artemis and Sable, anyone?).
15. Ryan Adams Recently hitched to Mandy Moore (for more bizarre musician/actress pairings see Borrell/Dunst and Moretti/Barrymore), Ryan Adams has been wooing girl-geeks everywhere for nearly a decade now with alt-country balladry and oddball charm.
14. Conor Oberst: Still most fondly remembered for the vulnerable melancholy of Bright Eyes, Oberst's recent forays into American alt-country with the Mystic Valley Band confirms his seemingly unending songwriting ability. Oberst's the kind of man you want to cuddle back to health over a cuppa - we bet that's how he gets all the girls.
13. Orlando Weeks: Just one of any-number of ridiculously-named, ridiculously-talented musicians in The Maccabees, Orlando has been breaking hearts since 2005 with the modern romance of his forlorn lyrics and that inimitable quivering vocal.
12. Jamie Hince: Pushing forty and with a well-worn look about him, Hotel is one for all the girls who like their rock stars to look like they've been having a good time (for several decades). Recent tabloid attention as Kate Moss's latest divorce has proved him to be consistently sharp-looking - not to mention the fact that he'll go down in history for his part in seminal garage rock pairing, The Kills.
11. Andrew Vanwyngarden: Credited with creating "The sound of 2008" by numerous publications, MGMT's better-looking half rose to prominence last year with the band's contagiously popular psychedelic pop. But whether Vanwyngarden's pretty-boy looks can convince Sazorky to cough up his owed intellectual property rights payments remains to be seen.
10. Carl Barat: Expect to be seeing more of this handsome indie-rocker on festival headlines slots every year forever.
9. Sergio Pizzorno: Kasabian frontman Serge Pizzorno shunned early ambitions as a footballer for rock 'n' roll when he was still at school. His Italian good looks are inherited from his father, who left Genoa to settle in Leicester, the unlikely city where Kasabian were later conceived.
8. Josh Homme: Lesser redheads might be on this list purely as an exercise in equality, but formidable QOTSA frontman Homme gets here entirely on his own physical merit. And for looking like he could rough you up a bit, in a good way.
7. Jonny Greenwood: A band like Radiohead don't need good looks like Jonny Greenwood's to get ahead - but it can't hurt. Though he will always look his best thrashing the lead guitar to pieces onstage in a hoodie, baby Greenwood's had numerous awards ceremonies to get suited for of late due to multiple compositional and orchestral achievements.
6. Jared Leto: Now, this we like. Impossibly handsome actor turned musician, Jared Leto first graced our screens in cult TV series "My So-Called Life" and has appeared in numerous critically acclaimed films ever since. While 30 Seconds To Mars, his band with brother Shannon Leto, hasn't quite garnered the same critical praise, it's more than good enough reason to warrant a picture in our gallery. We'd probably give him one even if he wasn't in a band, frankly. A picture, that is.
5. Fab Moretti: There's no need to be handsome if you're the drummer. Most of the time no one can see you back there anyway. In The Strokes though, the bar was set pretty high for visual talent, and Fab came through as our choice - half Italian, half Brazilian, a multi-instrumentalist with numerous respectable collaborations to his name, and good-looking to boot.
4. Dave Grohl: A veritable American-rock legend of our days, Dave Grohl's epic career spans Scream, Nirvana, and Foo Fighters, not to mention side-servings of Queens Of The Stone Age, Tenacious D and The Prodigy. And he's still looking pretty sharp at 40 , too.
3. Keith Murray: How's about this: a handsome indie-rock star with a proper sense of humour? That's right kids, Keith Murray of We Are Scientist has got it - if only he could remember where he put his "Just For Men".
2. Alex Turner: Long gone are the days when Turner was merely a scrawny, spotty kid from Sheffield. Not any more. At just twenty-three, the Arctic Monkey's frontman has since bagged himself a model girlfriend in Alexa Chung and indulged in a Mercury-nominated side project with Miles Kane as The Last Shadow Puppets. We expect him to continue looking better and better with age.
1. Caleb Followill: Once much-revered rockers King Of Leon have slipped from grace somewhat with their middling, if massively popular fourth album 'Only By The Night'. Recent antics have seen frontman Caleb indulging in incomprehensible filth of a different kind involving fiery sex - the mere thought of which sends women wild around the globe.
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Gigwise presents the 25 sexiest men in indie and rock music. Featuring King of Leon, Kasabian, Arctic Monkeys, Muse stars and more, click through to see who makes our number one. If you vehemently disagree with our poll, then have your say in the comments section below.
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