Part of being a successful musician means giving a good face. Whether it is a winning smile, a signature snarl, a distinctive makeup choice or an eye-covering hairdo, an artist’s face allows them to communicate who they are and how they want to come across to their audience. A recognizable face also allows fans to identify musicians off the stage and follow their lives outside of their art.

But what if you remove this aspect from a show? What happens when you strip away the lipstick and winks and scowls and smiles and draw focus to the music and other aspects of the music. Here are some artistes known for doing just that.

1. Daft Punk
Real Identity: Guy-Manuel de Homem-Christo and Thomas Bangalter

Origin: Paris, France.

Genre: House, electronic, dance and disco.

Reasons to Hide: According to Bangalter, the duo has a "general rule about not appearing in videos." Although Daft Punk rarely grants interviews, Bangalter is cited as being the more talkative and opinionated one of the duo. With regard to fame and stardom, he said:

“ We don't believe in the star system. We want the focus to be on the music. If we have to create an image, it must be an artificial image. That combination hides our physicality and also shows our view of the star system. It is not a compromise.
We're trying to separate the private side and the public side. It's just that we're a little bit embarrassed by the whole thing. We don't want to play this star system thing. We don't want to get recognised in the streets. Yes. Everyone has accepted us using masks in photos so far, which makes us happy. Maybe sometimes people are a little bit disappointed but that's the only way we want to do it. We think the music is the most personal thing we can give. The rest is just about people taking themselves seriously, which is all very boring sometimes.

2. Lagbaja
The only Nigerian on the list.

Real Identity: Bisade Ologunde

Origin: Kwara, Nigeria.

Genre: Afrobeat.

Reasons to hide: According to Lágbájá (pronounced la gba jah), his mask is used as an icon of man's facelessness.Lágbájá is a Yoruba word that means "nobody in particular". It depicts the anonymity of the so-called "common man". The mask and the name symbolize the faceless, the voiceless in the society, particularly in Africa. He is also known as "Omo baba mu'ko mu'ko".

Op hurry

I've things to do

And I hope lagbaja dey ur list else



Ok kwuntinuew

3. Buckethead

Real Identity: Brian Patrick Carrol

Origin: American. Tall, mysterious and silent, Buckethead is known for performing on stage while wearing a white mask and a hat made from a fast food chicken bucket that has been adorned with an orange funeral procession bumper sticker. As guitarist Brian Carroll’s alter ego, Buckethead has a long and creepy backstory that claims he had his face scratched off by chickens and that he once operated a theme park made from scrap metal and at some point worked in a deli. All we know for sure is that Buckethead is one hell of a guitar player and a looming presence on stage who is prone to tending to dolls, breaking into a robot dance and moving around in a disorienting shuffling manner.

Genres: Heavy metal, progressive metal, J-pop, funk metal, avant-garde metal, instrumental rock, experimental rock, ambient

Reasons to hide: When asked about his mask by MTV News, Buckethead simply replied, “There is no mask.”

I'm observing this thread like....

you didn't mention any marsked musician in the write-uo though

4. Sia

The only female on the list. Maybe this goes to say something about women and the craving for attention

Real Identity:Sia Kate Isobelle Furler

Origin:Adelaide, South Australia, Australia

Genres: Pop, electropop, indie, trip hop, acid jazz

Reasons to hide:Sia didn’t always perform while masked. While appearing on The Late Late Show, the singer discussed her decision to start wearing the wigs “10 or 11 years” into her career, saying, “I thought, ‘What doesn’t exist in pop music at the moment?’ And it was mystery! I was like, ‘There’s pictures on Instagram of everyone at the dentist.’

This is nice. I hope my crush from Australia dey the list?

5. Deadmau5 (pronounced Deadmouse)

The only Disk Jockey on the list.

Real identity:Joel Thomas Zimmerman

Origin:Niagara Falls, Ontario, Canada. Zimmerman’s moniker was inspired a dead mouse (surprise) that he found in his computer one day. The story began circulating in chat rooms, and he was constantly referred to as “that dead mouse guy.” After that, Zimmerman changed his username to Deadmau5, using the number to shorten his handle for the chat room’s guidelines, and the name stuck.
Genres:Progressive house electro house electronic

Reasons to hide: Deadmau5 doesn’t like being called a DJ. He feels that the term is highly-antiquated and an improper description of his approach to music. What better way to set yourself apart and prove that you’re different from the rest than by wearing a giant smiling mouse head that flashes lights to your beats?

Sia is the only one I'd love to see there.


bet wat of Emmanuella..."this is not my real face o".

no 7 nko

Sia and lagbaja i really want to c der face

Show me your 32 oooo ... Lagbaja

make i take sit first.... Hey waiter! One cold bear pls.... Oya op..

But I don see Sia face nah

sbm060:
Sia and lagbaja i really want to c der face

They are my homies bro

Brown14:
Sia is the only one I'd love to see there.



bet wat of Emmanuella..."this is not my real face o".

I personally love Daft Punk and Lagbaja being that they both came into the music scene over 2 decades ago (1993) and have been able to maintain their anonymity up till now.
They would have been beaten by the rock band 'Kiss' who started music in 1973 wearing paint masks if they had not later revealed their identities on TV in 1983.

Loving this.
I wonder why there aren't more Nigerian artistes that can do it for the music and not just to get into the star system.

Cc
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