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Let's say NW acts HAD to have day jobs at the same time they were recording artists (I'm sure most of 'em probably did too) but given your impressions of each band or artist, what sort of jobs would you envision them having?

Spandau Ballet: Stockbrokers and Lawyers who get together on weekends and play music when they want to get "wild". Spend the rest of their free time planning vacations to Aruba.

Duran Duran: Waiters and Dishwashers who blow their paychecks on clothes and living above their means.

ABC: Work at less successful firms than Spandau Ballet.

Siouxsie Sioux: Hairdresser

Morrissey: Owns home-based mail order company .

Robert Smith: Was partner with Siouxsie in beauty salon but dicked her over and now he owns the salon she works at. Fires staff from time to time.

New Order: Fix copy and fax machines for a living.

Ian McCulloch - waiter in an ultra trendy restaurant where you can't get a reservation even though the food sucks

Bryan Ferry - waiter in an ultra trendy restaurant where you can't get a reservation and the food is good

Ian Dury - Day bartender in a

Originally posted by ghosty:

Morrissey: Owns home-based mail order company .

---I'm assuming that his business wouldn't be selling flower bulbs & seeds, eh? [;)][;)]

New Order: Fix copy and fax machines for a living.

--No, I see Devo more as t

More Day Jobs:

Banarama: Another Hair Salon

Chris Isaak: Mechanic (Yeah, he could look under my hood anyday) [:D]

Bjork: Sensativity trainer

Grace Jones: Correctional Facility Officer

Neil Tennant: Maitre'd

Sting: Architect

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Josie Cotton: works for family's textile company of the same name.

Chrisma: cooks at Chinese resturaunt

Tiffany: Maternity wear store(this one's a reference to last week, heh)

Pete Burns (Dead Or Alive): At Hot Topic for 8 bucks an hour.

Nina Hagen: Unsuccessful children's party clown.

Split Enz (all of 'em): Successful children's party clowns.

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Gary Numan would either be owning/operating a piano store, or he'd be a computer technician guy.

Clare Grogan would be a record shop clerk (clerkette?), like Annie Potts in [i]Prer=tty in Pink[/i]. I think that's what Annie Potts did?

Madness (all o

I think the Fixx would be architects or engineers. I can't really say why I think that, though.

The Knack would sell cell phones and accessories in a mall kiosk.

Patti Smith - University Professor (with hygiene issues), or Herbal Remedies store owner (with hygiene problems)

Chrissie Hynde - Bartender

Grace Jones - Front desk of a high-end spa - or an exclusive hotel(until Russel Crowe hurls a telephone at he

Steve Strange - human guinnea pig for a drug testing firm

Sal Solo - photographer for a 3rd rate fashion magazine with pretentions of being number 1

Mike Score - hairdresser (OK, that's a cop out, but it fits him so perfectly)

Claire Grogan - pre

Real Day Job-Steve Wynn of the Dream Syndicate-Indie record buyer for the original Rhino Records Store

Nick Rhoades (Duran Duran) - Attendant at a small and rather pretentious upscale art gallery.

Kraftwerk - Computer lab instructors at university.

Kate Bush - Psychic/clairvoyant owner of new age shop that sells imported oils and Lebanese catarrh.