![Gene Simmons - assistant to the editor at Glamour and Vogue: We've always wondered where the KISS frontman learnt to apply his make up so flawlessly. Now we know. But we're not sure it's the sort of make-up you're ever going to see on a fashion magazine cover.]()
Gene Simmons - assistant to the editor at Glamour and Vogue: We've always wondered where the KISS frontman learnt to apply his make up so flawlessly. Now we know. But we're not sure it's the sort of make-up you're ever going to see on a fashion magazine cover.
![Tony Iommi - metal worker: When he first left school the Black Sabbath guitarist went to work at a sheet metal factory, where he managed to cut off the end of his finger. Most people would think having a complete set fo fingers would be a minimum requirement for a guitar god, but apparently not. If anything his incomplete digit makes him more god-like]()
Tony Iommi - metal worker: When he first left school the Black Sabbath guitarist went to work at a sheet metal factory, where he managed to cut off the end of his finger. Most people would think having a complete set fo fingers would be a minimum requirement for a guitar god, but apparently not. If anything his incomplete digit makes him more god-like
![Greg Graffin - paleontologist: Bad Religion's only remaining original member, Graffin has spent more than 30 years tearing up earholes with social home truths, but that's just a night job. He's had several books published on paleontology and zoology, has a PhD and has held teaching positions at UCLA and Cornell University.]()
Greg Graffin - paleontologist: Bad Religion's only remaining original member, Graffin has spent more than 30 years tearing up earholes with social home truths, but that's just a night job. He's had several books published on paleontology and zoology, has a PhD and has held teaching positions at UCLA and Cornell University.
![Tom Araya - respiratory therapist: Slayer's bassist and singer looks and sounds like a man ready the welcome hell on earth, but before Reign In Blood Araya was training to be a respiratory therapist and was dead set on teaching asthma a lesson.]()
Tom Araya - respiratory therapist: Slayer's bassist and singer looks and sounds like a man ready the welcome hell on earth, but before Reign In Blood Araya was training to be a respiratory therapist and was dead set on teaching asthma a lesson.
![Jack White - upholsterer: Yep, before music White's passion was furniture. Third Man Furniture came before Third Man Records, and White even had an early band called The Upholsterers. And (this is pretty cool) they apparently recorded a record of which there are only 100 vinyl pressings, which they hid inside White's furniture. None have yet been found. Of you live in Detroit, smash up all your furniture just to check. You never know.]()
Jack White - upholsterer: Yep, before music White's passion was furniture. Third Man Furniture came before Third Man Records, and White even had an early band called The Upholsterers. And (this is pretty cool) they apparently recorded a record of which there are only 100 vinyl pressings, which they hid inside White's furniture. None have yet been found. Of you live in Detroit, smash up all your furniture just to check. You never know.
![Sting - English teacher: Before he took to music in his late 20s, Sting lived the life of a school English teacher. Presumably that was where the inspiration for 'Don't Stand So Close' came from, but if he was winking at students like he is here he was maybe sending mixed messages.]()
Sting - English teacher: Before he took to music in his late 20s, Sting lived the life of a school English teacher. Presumably that was where the inspiration for 'Don't Stand So Close' came from, but if he was winking at students like he is here he was maybe sending mixed messages.
![Johnny Cash - military codebreaker: Johnny Cash was a bit of a hero at everything he did, and even when he was in the army he was pretty great at it. Not only was he a codebreaker, but he was great at it, and was in fact the man that cracked the message that Stalin had died.]()
Johnny Cash - military codebreaker: Johnny Cash was a bit of a hero at everything he did, and even when he was in the army he was pretty great at it. Not only was he a codebreaker, but he was great at it, and was in fact the man that cracked the message that Stalin had died.
![Serj Tankian - accountacy software firm owner: Before System Of A Down's frontman was wailing in his eerie falsetto about social injustice and the like, he owned a company that made accountancy software. Whatever you might have thought Serj did before SOAD, we bet it wasn't this.]()
Serj Tankian - accountacy software firm owner: Before System Of A Down's frontman was wailing in his eerie falsetto about social injustice and the like, he owned a company that made accountancy software. Whatever you might have thought Serj did before SOAD, we bet it wasn't this.
![Rod Stewart - grave digger: Before The Small Faces brought Stewart into the limelight and gave him a springboard for his solo career, Rod made his money digging six foot holes in a North London cemetary. Joe Strummer also dug graves, so maybe all aspiring rock stars should give it a go.]()
Rod Stewart - grave digger: Before The Small Faces brought Stewart into the limelight and gave him a springboard for his solo career, Rod made his money digging six foot holes in a North London cemetary. Joe Strummer also dug graves, so maybe all aspiring rock stars should give it a go.
![Matt Bellamy - wannabe clarinet player: Before international fame with Muse came his way, Matt Bellamy was hankering after a career in classic music, and admits he only got into rock and roll as a way to see the world. Can't clarinet players fly?]()
Matt Bellamy - wannabe clarinet player: Before international fame with Muse came his way, Matt Bellamy was hankering after a career in classic music, and admits he only got into rock and roll as a way to see the world. Can't clarinet players fly?
![Matt Bellamy - wannabe clarinet player: Before international fame with Muse came his way, Matt Bellamy was hankering after a career in classic music, and admits he only got into rock and roll as a way to see the world. Can't clarinet players fly?]()
Matt Bellamy - wannabe clarinet player: Before international fame with Muse came his way, Matt Bellamy was hankering after a career in classic music, and admits he only got into rock and roll as a way to see the world. Can't clarinet players fly?
