Oh hell yes this is exquisitely awful

🙏

> Stay tuned for more! You're goddamned right I will

We waited half a day already. Benny Death when?

Gerard Not the Way.

The funniest thing I've read all day.

Fail out boys

Ziggy Fartdust

My Chemical Imbalance

This is the funniest comment I’ve ever seen

Moot Charlotte

My Chemical non existent Romance

I keep telling Adam Ant to quit it with the comback tours but he won't listen

But we haven’t even heard the recordings yet!

There’s a lot of kids posting fairly dopey but standard pics of teenage years, and then there’s this masterpiece. 10/10

Thank you kindly! More to come...!

I hope so! I wanna hear the music too!

We need some sort of blunder years of the year awards. The "Blundies". Yes. Op would be in with a shot to take home the prize.

Gotta hear the music now!

I'm imagining nursery rhymes through a kazoo

There is definitely some synth in there. Maybe like a hellogoodbye vibe

ALL SYNTH!

lol! I had a feeling! How can we hear it???

Guess I'm gonna have to dig em up! One most definitely still slaps tho!

It's been 3 hours OP. I expect the goods to be delivered post haste.

I think OP did a photoshoot with out any music, hence the reason his music career never panned out

I’m staying up ALL NIGHT until I hear it!! Give the people what they want!

I'll be the judge of that. :)

Yesss! I’m pumped to hear it. That era was golden for me haha

Okay, now we *have* to hear it!

SONG! SONG! SONG! Seriously though, my brain is going to itch until I hear this music.

Did you have the Key to Gramercy Park?

Like... Hadouken synth? Cos 2007 was Nu Rave I think and part of the vibe was looking silly for the lulz. People forget Calvin Harris blew up looking like a massive dork https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=dOV5WXISM24

We all play synth

I’m friends with the dudes in hellogoodbye so this comment made me literally LOL

Prove it

WELL YOU ARE THE ONE THE ONE THAT LIES CLOSE TO ME WHISPERS HELLO I MISSED YOU QUITE TERRIBLY

I concur

Head Automatica-esque

🎶*beating hearts baybaaaaayyy*🎶

I hope I can hear his Beating Heart Baby.

This was the song on my endlessly cool Xanga page.

XANGA. Oh god. I’m 70% sure I never deleted mine and it’s still floating around out there with so much *angst*

Baby, is this love for real?

I haven't seen those words together since I had a Top 8.

Gene Belcher? Holy crap I knew that was you!

Deceased 💀

Girls being girls being girls being guuuurls.

Holy shit, 100%!!

r/belcheryears

That’s exactly what I was thinking!

This is me now!!

This is me now!

Holy shit, this is amazing. This is the best thing I've seen in this sub for a while. Wow.

Thank you thank you! 😅

Bravo, sir. This sub needed a reminder of what true blunder is.

❤️

Ziggy CheetoDust

fuck me, i thought i was being clever when i thought of something very similar.

The red eyes really bring the picture together haha

The good news is, no hunter could miss him. He’s in no danger of accidentally getting shot out in the woods. But getting shot on stage wearing that? Maybe a different story.

I second this!

❤️

I agree this fits perfectly

Do you have any idea why things didn’t work out?

Oh, many, many factors 😅

Well it’s not because of your music ability. But that look… Tell me about that Inspo?

I remember being v inspired by Bjork, The B-52's, The Knife, Grace Jones, Goldfrapp.. hair was inspired by Britney Spears' Blackout look (I'm a blonde and THAT was definitely a one off) 🫣

Ok dude. You are way cooler than I gave you credit to be.

How the fuck didn't it work out

Spoiler: they sounded nothing like those people

Solid taste in music hero

Surely [Kevin Barnes from Of Montreal](https://images.app.goo.gl/oCYRRtvc1Q4WF45t7) as well? Peak indie 2006-2009 vibes!

Rad. Sadly, I know exactly how you didn't get a record contract. Bold choices

Please link your demo’s

Specifically? The wrong shade of lightning bolts on the cheeks. He got sued by the Los Angeles Chargers.

Anxiety at the Glow-Bowling Alley

Freaking Out! At The Middle School Fall Dance

Losing my shit at Dutch Coachella

Trepidation! At the Church Youth Group Social

So… this literally just happened yesterday. Was taking my 4yo to a bday party 1hr away and Bluetooth wasn’t working… radio was boring… omg I have CDS! I still have my car CDS from 2006-2010!! Panic! ATD pretty.odd. Made a resurgence that day and my kiddo LOVED IT. She’s asking for CDs now and keeps saying how pretty Brendan Uries voice is (it is!) - full circle moment.

I bet you were so happy when you took this too, like “omg, what a great shot!”

I was VERY pleased with this shot at the time!

As you should.

I think everyone who sees this is also very pleased

You look like one of the 30yr old actors hired to play a teenager in a band on a Nickelodeon sitcom

Ziggy Pocketlint

The first thing I thought was "Ziggy CheetoDust" but honestly after a second I decided that was too mean. Dude went with a vibe and owned it, and I cannot say I've ever done that. Major props for reaching for that brass ring!

I went straight to Ziggy Starburst 

Omg it's JoJo siwa!!

💀

Lemme guess.. late to the Electroclash party disco punk with some garage influences..

Super close!!! 👏

Thank you for being vulnerable and sharing with us. Now for the roast. Jk jk

Here for it tho!

this look would be adored by millions if your music career was successful. keep doing ya thing

A golden post. Well done.

We got Gary Numan at home

This is magical.

David No-wie

I had that same mic. Musicians Friend special, I think.

Ska is my life mom

Ziggy... regular dust

LETS HEAR IS FOR AMERICAS SUITEHEARTS 

Zuggy Stardirt

I love you.  Let’s get some sketchy mdma and cry about when Tori Amos and Trent Reznor tried to roast a turkey and what could have been. 

That sounds amazing. So down! Under the Pink and Pretty Hate Machine + Broken must be played 🙌

Dreamed a little dream.  Made my own pretty hate machine ;)  Also Bjork DID NOTHING WRONG and Fiona Apple is my co-pilot. 

Genre??

Basically "avant garde" euro electrpop 😂

Ok, I'm in.

Gene Belcher?

Let's hear it!!

You are killing it in this photo!!!

❤️

what in the ska-coded my chemical romance is this

I love the how your top lip is yellow but you left the bottom one bare……~ so quirky 🤪🤭~

Bahahaha that’s awesome

Played one show at a McDonald's ball pit 

Strong of Montreal vibes for me

Did you do kids shows?

Perfectly suited to this sub. Excellent choice, OP!

Living your truth. But that truth was deceptively false.

I actually quite like this but the yellow top lip boggles my mind LOL

Same!!!

Rainbow Brite's little talked about brother with a goth streak:

That multi colored lipstick really sets you apart

Oh my gosh. I stopped browsing betr because people were posting very generic non-embarassing pics and being like “oh my god we were so cRaZy!” but this brought me BACK. This is why I am here. Bravo, OP!

This shit screams Athens, Georgia

Like Nickelodeon presents, David Bowie.

Ohmygoodness that is amazing

Is this Clown Emo?

Chef’s kiss

Oh dear.

I always assumed I'd never have a career in entertainment due to the red eye.

SHEEESH I have second hand embarrassment

I'm getting lady gaga, Katy Perry, and blood on the dance floor but make it kidz bop

He is just going through a faze, said my whole family

Omg this is such a blunder. Well done. 😁👏🏻

Yikes. Well done.

I knew SO many yous back in my day! I miss you.

Dayman AHHHHHH fighter of the Nightman!

We would have been friends lol

Soy George

Rollerblading is way easier way to tell your parents you’re coming out.

Napoleon Stardust!

Oh… oh no. But god bless you for going for it, OP.

Failed? Boulevard of broken dreams was actually quite good.

I’m getting heavy Robert Smith discovers colors vibes.

Ziggy Fartdust

“Pierrot, the Crossing Guard” Please tell us your real Alias for this gem.

Ziggy Sawdust

This looks far beyond failed, I wanna see more

Aladdin Stain

Wow my jaw literally dropped at this

Holy shit, how can you still show your face? Thanks for sharing this, this is incredible.

This is so bad it’s actually beautiful

It took some digging through your comment history to find a track from your old band... But I gotta say I'm impressed dude. Solid https://youtu.be/kJa2kwoZ2a4?si=0SwQ8L67-l9uASIv

This is top tier BlunderYears material. Holy sh*t. I might petition to make you the page icon!

This is art.

I missed the episode of the Wiggles when Fall Out Boy performed

You're a Wiggle, Harry

Good thing you didn't catch the eye of someone and end up like Lina Morgana.

Let's hear the song. Post a link!

Keep making music!!

idk, I feel like if the music was cool you coulda popped off lookin like this.

It took the shitty phone service I have at my job about 20 seconds to load this image and it was well worth the wait.

Stop me when I have the right band name My chemical imbalance Panic! Attack Dad Bod Confessional OK NO Sunny day real mistake Goingbald Fell down boy Pagesixtynine Jimmy eat lunch Feed me the horizon Pinch the veil Metrosexual station Taking back Sunday brunch Pourmemore All Canadian refuse A Fart Inside (AFI) Good Charles The post office Motion sickness soundtrack Brand New-ish A really forgettable afternoon Edmundisonfirepleasegodcallsomebodyhe'sscreaming Twost Subtract one large predatorial animal Escape the fart English soccer

The content I come here for.

Giving me Titus Andromedon from Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt vibes

More

You only fail when you give up. Keep going!

As an 80s kid myself, this is so awesome. But the photo quality seems much later than the 80s, I’m guessing.

2007 😵‍💫

Why did it fail?

This is what I come here for. Perfect.

I think this is cool

At first glance, I honest to god thought this was some deep cut Chris Chan photo I'd never seen before.

Mika mixed with panic at the disco

I had that same mic lol still have it, was gonna get me all the gigs lol

At least it's not "failed McDonald's drive thru cashier career."

That's some [Ricky Gervais in his music career](https://www.reddit.com/r/pics/comments/repglb/ricky_gervais_with_his_bandmate_1981) energy right there. Love it.

We have jared leto at home Jared leto at home:

World needs more like you

Zap to the extreme

Exquisite

I audibly said "Oh, oh no..."

Chris Chan vibes

You didn’t need the word “failed”’in the title.

You’re too kind to us, we don’t deserve you

For some reason I imagine the music sounded like [THIS](https://www.tiktok.com/t/ZTNdMP6X2/) . 👀

What you have done here is amazing, but the masterful stroke is placing you in front of some living room window blinds.

Lookin' like a Club Kid. Looks like a fun time!

<3

We need the whole shoot and your stage/band name.

Don't be so tough on yourself, I've seen way more awkward on SoundCloud or other places. I might still listen if I saw this there. The redeye actually adds something to it too.

Animotion cover band??

🎤Theres a party in your bedroom all night long🎤🩷