A Salute to Mustaches and the Musicians Who've Sported Them

By Robin Wheeler on Fri, Oct 30, 2009 at 11:00 am

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Eddie Murphy and his 'stache.

Tonight's the second annual American Mustache Institute 'Stache Bash (Roberts Orpheum Theater, 7:30 PM, $29). While the event raises funds for St. Louis Challenger Baseball, it's also a special time to celebrate Mustached Americans who have made our world a better place. See one of those M-A's - John Oates - perform, along with the Flavor Savers and Hazard 2 Ya Booty.

In honor of mustachios everywhere, we're paying tribute to the power of the 'stache.

It always comes back to the Beatles, doesn't it? Although others wore the 'stache before them, George and Ringo took it mainstream in 1967. Look carefully, and notice that Paul seems to sport a bit of lip fuzz. John? He wasn't having any of it. "I don't believe in mustaches. I just believe in me." No wonder they didn't last.

Freddie Mercury's mustache gave him telekinetic power to change the color of his viking-horned baseball cap. It also had the power to make a viking-horned baseball cap seem less ridiculous.