Friday 25th April 2014 by Andrew Trendell | Photos by Press

18 truly terrible press photos of some of the world's biggest bands

Images of the stars that they'd rather forget

The hired-hand Smashing Pumpkins gazed in disbelief as Billy Corgan fired rainbows and birds out of his magical dress.

"Hi, we're Muse, we're all wet - can we come in?"

Lower Than Atlantis' new album: AWKWARD VIADUCT PHOTOSHOP FAIL.

We took Linkin Park to the beach. They wouldn't ride the donkeys, they just stood in formation and got thoughtfully depressed.

And to think, U2 could have had one hell of a career in 1970s softcore porn.

KoRn are so metal.

Razorlight: Putting the 'dick' into Dickensian. Nice hat.

Justin Timberlake, in his 'creepy youth hosteler' days.

Limp Bizkit: Proof that somone's dad, Sports Direct warehouse staff and a terrifying witch doctor can co-exist in the same band.

From the glam-rock chic of their early days to the bleak military Holy Bible uniforms and later stately rock royalty, Manic Street Preachers have had some brilliant looks in their time. This was not one of them.

Corr, Steve Aoki, you're so cool. Wanna be mates?

Radiohead used to look like this. Gangsta.

What's even happening here?

The Killers got dressed in the dark. Someone give them a chair.

The shadow on Lars Ulrich's fetching turquoise shorts looks like he's wet himself, but once you're past that you can't help but wonder what terrible affliction is preventing James and Rob from sitting normally.

We may not know ART, but we know what we like, and dreadlocks and delfated sumo suits are not it.

Yes, that is Morrissey. No, you aren't having a nightmare. Hell, this is the censored version. Head to Google if you want to scar your retinas forever (WARNING: features pubes).

Leary, intrusive, unsettling and deeply unnerving - much like Guetta's music.

Ah, that 'rock star' look? It's the stuff that legend is made of - turning an artist into an icon. But even the world's biggest stars have their off days, and some just never look cool. Here are 18 truly baffling, utterly terrible press shots of bands.

It can be awful photoshop skills, a bad hair day, a wardrobe malfunction, a bewildering concept or just lame posturing - but pretty much all bands have their photos that they'd rather forget. It was hard to whittle it down.

Deny instinct and don't avert your gaze - bask in the trauma of these 18 awful photos.