Happy
Star Wars day to you, too! Here are some musicians who've geeked out to the greatest movie of all time.
1.
Freddie Mercury In this photo, he sits on Darth Vader's shoulders during
Queen's
tour to promote their album
The Game. In his 1978 Queen song, 'Bicycle Race,' he sang, "I
don't like '
Star Wars.'"
In other concerts around that time, Mercury sang while poised on the
shoulders of different iconic characters, including Superman and Santa
Claus. [via
Spinner]
2.
Gnarls BarkleyGnarls Barkley performed "Crazy" at the
MTV Movie Awards 2006 on June 8, 2006. The whole band were dressed as characters from the film series
Star Wars.
Rebel Alliance pilots, Imperial officers,
Stormtroopers,
Chewbacca,
Jango Fett,
Obi-Wan, with Cee-Lo singing as an unmasked
Darth Vader.
Stormtroopers played guitar and bass, while Imperial officers played violins. Danger Mouse, as
Obi-Wan Kenobi was on the keyboard, while
Jango Fett was the mixer and
Chewbacca played the drums. The song they performed was not
Star Wars based.
3.
Anthrax
Anthrax drummer
Charlie Benante sometimes wears a Darth
Vader mask or a stormtrooper helmet while playing drums on stage. Seeing
A New Hope in the theaters as a kid clinched it for him:
"It felt like an event, like a concert. When I left the
theatre I was hooked! Everything was Star Wars at that point."
4.
ThriceIn drummer Riley Breckenridge's own words, all of Thrice are
Star Wars
dorks in some regard. (Some of us being a bit more versed in
Lucasfilm and literature dorkery than others (*cough* Dustin *cough*). In 2009, Thrice performed in Houston in full Star Wars regalia.
5.
Snoop DoggWhile rapper Snoop Dogg didn't really hang out on stage with Stormtroopers, he marched around New York with Darth Vader to launch the
adidas Originals x Star Wars footwear and apparel collection last year.
6.
Michael JacksonYes, this really happened. In front of the Chinese Theater. Lulz.
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