Musicians Who Wear Chucks

• Joan Jett (black high tops)
• Kaiser Chiefs.
• Keane. Tim Oxley-Rice wears black high top and white low cut chucks.
• Kids in the Way. Black low cut.
• Kiss (black high tops).
• David Kopie.
• Lancaster. (black high tops)
• Tommy Lee of Motley Crue wears black and red high top chucks.
• Linkin Park.
• Loverboy (all colors of high top chucks)
• The Martians (black high tops)
• Paul McCartney has been seen wearing black high tops recently (see photos below)
• John Cougar Mellancamp (black high tops).
• Metallica (James Hetfield wears black and red high tops)
• Mid Life Crisis. Randy Burd wears black high tops. See photo below.
• Morningwood. Lead singer Chantel Claret wears white high tops, bassist Pedro Yanowitz wears red high tops white high tops and other models of chucks, and guitarist Richard Steel wears black low cut and blue high top chucks. Click here to see a photo gallery.
• Jason Mraz. Singer/songwriter Jason Mraz wears a variety of models of chucks including black high top and low cut, white high top, red low cut, and flames high top. Click here to see a photo gallery.
• Mxpx. (black low cut)

• The Nelsons. Matthew Nelson wears black chucks occasionally.
• Noise Rachet. (black high tops and black Jack Purcells). See photo above.
• Nirvana. Kurt Cobain wore black high and low cut chucks and Jack Purcells. Click here to see a photo gallery
• Outl4w. This young boy band has several related members who wear chucks. Lead singer Bobby Bentham wears red high tops, Jack Bentham wears black high tops occasionally, and bass player Will Bentham wears black high top and low cut chucks. Click here to see a photo gallery.
• Pearl Jam (Eddie Vedder wears black high tops)
• Pezz (black high tops)
• Tom Petty.
• Phoenix.
• Planet Earth. (black and monochrome black high tops) See photo above.
• Poison (black high tops).
• Project 86. See photo below.
• Quiet Riot (black high tops).
• Radiohead.
• Rage Against The Machine (Zach De La Rocha)
• Ramones, The. (black and white high tops and low cuts). Converse has issued a commemorative distressed black canvas high top model in honor of the Ramones. Click here to see a photo gallery.
• Reliant K. (black, blue, and white high tops and low cuts) Click here to see a photo gallery.
• Cheryl Pepsii Riley has dedicated an album to among other things "my Chuck Taylor high tops" and shows a picture of pale blue and pink high tops in the background.
• Rooney. (black Jack Purcells, blue high tops) Click here to see a photo gallery.
• The Ruffians. (black high tops)
• Winona Ryder (black low cut)
• Sahara Hot Nights. These ladies wear black high tops. See photo below.

• The first violinist of the St. Lawrence String Quartet wears black high tops.
• The Scaries. (black high tops)
• Shenandoah (red high tops).
• Silbermond. The main members of this German band wear chucks all the time. Guitarist Thomas Stolle almost always wears black high tops as does singer Stefanie Kloss. Bassist Johannes Stolle wears both black and white high tops a lot of the time.
• Silverchair (lead singer Daniel Johns wears navy blue high tops).
• Skindred.
• Slightly Stoopid. Miles Doughty wears black low cuts.
• Squadfive-O. Black low cut, white high tops, red Jack Purcells. Click here to see a photo gallery.
• Stun. All the members wear black high tops.
• Rick Springfield (off-white high tops).
• The Strokes. Nick, Fabrizio, Julian, and Albert wear black, white, red, stars and bars, and maroon high tops and low cut chucks. Click here to see a photo gallery.
• Switchfoot. (black high tops) See photo below.

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• Triumph. This band also did advertisements for chucks in the late 80's. Remember the picture of them laced up in high top chucks, for the ad.
• University. (black high tops) See photo below.
• Vanguard. (black high tops)
• Eddie Van Halen (red and black high tops). See photo below.
• Eddie Vedder (black high tops)
• Wallflowers. Jakob Dylan wears black high top chucks or black Jack Purcells, as do other members of the band. (See photos above and below)
• West Memphis 3. (black high tops)
• Wife Beater. (black low cut) See photo below.
• Zom Zoms. Band members wear different colored monochrome high tops. See photo below.

The ChucksConnection would like to continue adding information and pictures to this feature, and you can participate by sending us photographs of musicians wearing Chuck Taylors along with a brief description of their music. Submit photos for this feature page by attaching a jpeg photograph file to an email and sending it to chucksphotos@chucksconnection.com, or photographs and descriptions can be mailed to HP Media Services, P.O. Box 5217, San Jose, CA 95150-5217.

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