Attention, rock 'n' rollers. Elton John is sick of your tattoos and piercings. John, who will perform at the third Fashion Rocks concert Sept. 7 at Radio City Music Hall, says he'd like American bands to adopt the cutting-edge, glam-rock style made popular by his peers.

"It's been a thing the British have always been very good at, with Bowie, myself, T.Rex, the Who, Queen. ... We all embraced that side of it," John, 59, tells Fashion Rocks magazine, on newsstands Aug. 8.

"And I think it's good that some American bands are beginning to do that, but it's still very rare for bands to make a real effort. So when you get groups like The Killers and Scissor Sisters who come along, it's thrilling. I'm so over the tattoos and the T-shirts and rings through the noses. It's not pretty, it's not pleasant, it's not exciting. Please stop it now."

John says his theatrical style, made famous in his '70s heyday, was meant "to give people a bit of fun" while he sat at the piano for long sets.

When he was starting out, his musical "heroes" — among them George Harrison, Leon Russell, Neil Diamond and Brian Wilson — supported his budding career. Today, John likes to mentor up-and-coming artists.

"When I hear something new that's really, really great, I ring people up and say, `I think that's a fantastic album,'" he says.

CBS will air a two-hour special on the Fashion Rocks concert Sept. 8 (9 p.m. EDT). Proceeds from the concert, which kicks off New York Fashion Week, will benefit John's AIDS foundation.

"I've been very lucky in my life," he says. "I was a drug addict for 16 years, at a time when AIDS was just getting started, and I put myself at so much risk. I came out of it negative rather than positive, and I wanted to do something to give back."

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good ole bi-polar elton at it again.

This coming from a guy that dressed like he did for most of the 70's?

hey, thanks for the heads-up, elton. welcome to 2003.

A soon to be Senior Citizen trying to tell the youth of today how to dress. Oh Lord.

he must be getting old. that's not the kind of Elton rant i want to see. he's getting so tame


i want to hear "rude, vile pigs!" and "you should all be shot!!"

Glam in this decade is already passe, so what is he going on about?

CinisterCee said:

I know. We've already suffered The Darkness and their "crazy" cat-suit antics, i dont think i can take any more. Man in a cat suit is just not pretty. I love elton, but for gods sakes, rock and roll is meant to be a bit dirty, and smelly. Rings through noses, tattoos, yeah every fuckers doing it, but thats because you can walk down the street like that. You cant walk down the street wearing a pair of platform shoes with your family jewels on full display through a vivien westwood catsuit now can you?

Death to EMO's, I say!

CrozzaUK said:

Most of the guys in bands that I see these days HAVE that 70's glam rock haircut that's all jagged. And actually I dont' see a whole lot of nose rings on the guys actually.

Dear Elton,

Kindly sit down and STFU U derranged, sad, bitter old queen.

k-thanks,

The World

YEP, this is the same man who used to prance around stage in an entire Donald Duck costume singing, 'Im Still Standin'. I agree with em though.

legendofnothing said:

that's his point. he wants to see more duck suits and fewer nose rings