Musicians who started old?

Musicians who started old?

Jimmy Page didn’t start Led Zeppelin until he was 24

Sturgill Simpson

Blondie was 30 when she started going to punk scenes. Took a few years to even get a band and some music out.

Tom Waits basically spent his entire 20s doing that bar jazzy swing sort of music. Only adopted the style that got him some fame in his thirties.

Grunge bands were mostly people in their late 20s, except Nirvana.

Sonic Youth were in pushing 40s when alt-rock broke in the 90s.

Apparently Patti Smith started in her late 20s.
Before Led Zeppelin he worked for big as fuck music projects such as the 007 Goldfinger theme, THO

Picasso was like 30 when he started painting. Dont be a bitch and do it. If I had a modicum of musical talent I'd be doing it to, alas.

John Lennon didn’t start playing live music until he was 16

xD
No Picasso painted since he was a teenager, his dad was a painter too

dont worry, mozart didnt write his first piece of music untill he was three years old

Andy Summers joined The Police in 1977, at the age of 34. Granted, he was already a really good guitarist, but he wasn't a superstar or anything. He was also like a decade older than his other bandmates.

not musician but J.R.R. Tolkien didnt even start writing lord of the rings until he was 45. never too late to start.

You right, my bad, Van Gopher is who I meant to type.

not very good example as his works werent appreciated at the time and he couldnt actually paint very well. (would be glad to proven wrong with examples)

yeah he just did the ground works for it his entire life

Leonard Cohen didn't make an album until he was about 30. But he was a published novelist by that time

No, you are correct. Depends on how he measured success. I figure if its about the music, money and fame don't matter, if it isn't, OP is shit out of luck. I wonder if gopher thought he was a failure.

Side: I think there is a van gogh exhibit going cross country. One of them projection deals, really really cool if you see it.

Police is a really good example.

If you're going indie, James Murphy's first big song was about how he was already old

Debbie Harry was a professional backing singer in girl groups in the 60s in her 20s before she became a punk

men i trust are well into their 30's

jeff buckley was in his late 20s when he wrote grace

If we're judging things like that then there isn't really any notable musician who started old.

I thought the OP implied someone who only became notable at an older age. Because typically whoever likes making music starts at least in their teens even if they stay an amateur for a long time

I thought the OP implied someone who only became notable at an older age. Because typically whoever likes making music starts at least in their teens even if they stay an amateur for a long time

brutal

Stop being a pussy, do your thing faggot

I started at 25

you'll hear about me soon

brian eno

OP said *started* old, not *became notable* old.

Not really, there's actors (Alan Rickman) and writers (Tolkien) who started old, usually after success in another less flashy profession first, but music especially as it relates to being well-known i.e. popular/indie music culture tends to rely on at least youthful vitality if not neoteny especially since the visual part of the package became more important to stand out post-80s.

Leonard Cohen didn't make an album until he was about 30. But he was a published novelist by that time

yeah he was 33

His lookalike Al Pacino was also like 31 when he got big in the Godfather. Before that, he did work a bit, especially in theater..but he was about to give up or something.

Police is a really good example.

not really because they were all talented musicians despite being a bit older.

What do you mean by "starting out"? Do you mean releasing stuff or starting an instrument with 0 backround in it with the hopes of doing something with it? If you already have musical ability and want to 'make it' then age won't matter much but it gets harder as you get older. If you're starting from scratch musically then it's going to be rough because it takes many years to be profecient and many years afterward to release stuff. You can always just not do instruments and find people to do that for you or buy beats online and just do vocals.

The thing with age discourse in music is that most popular music is geared towards younger audiences, because those are the audiences that really have enough free time to expend on discovering and obsessing over music.

But with Spotify and other streaming services, it's easier than ever to find an audience of people who are in your age group who want to listen to music made by somebody that they, too, can relate to.

So while you may not be able to reach superstardom at a later (musical) age (let's say past 30), you can absolutely find an audience of people who want to listen to your music. You can do that at any age, really.

I mean, Swans have been around, but Gira didn't really reach critical mass popularity in independent music circles til he was in his 60s for fuck's sake.

Let me add on to that by saying that according to Wikipedia, Gira has been active since 1979. He was 25 in 1979, which many doomers claim is "too old" already. He didn't form Swans until he was 27, and Filth was released when he was 29. Soundtracks was released when he was 42, and their resurgence in popularity came in his late 50s and early 60s.

So it's never too late to start, OP. It DOES get harder as you get older, but as long as you have talent, work ethic, creative marketing, and connections, you can make it.

John Lennon was 25 when he started beating hi wife

Uh no shit you dont just start something in your 40s randomly and become great

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grandma_Moses

Charles Bradley, he'd been performing since the mid 1960s but didn't become famous until he was in his 50s. His debut came out when he was 62.