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Some say we’re meant to be dyin out. Others say we burst into flames in the sunlight (which may yet be true), but gingers have always made a name for themselves in rock n roll. These daywalkers have managed to fight through the gingerist world we live in to thrive in the post primary-school, grown-up society – except Mick Hucknall who has no soul. No matter how hard they try to cover it, gingers stick out like a big red sore thumb.

10 – Ginger, The Wildhearts. Proud enough of his fiery dreads to leave the name David Walls behind, we could all take note of the Geordie Ginger.

9 – Tori Amos. Theres something about ginger women, everybody knows that. Almost the other ‘love that dare not speak its name’, Tori could be easily joined here by Girls Aloud’s Nicola Roberts. Controversial perhaps.

8 – Ginger Baker, Cream. Looking like Animal from The Muppets, he played like one too, an animal that is. And look at him! Mental! Theres a picture of Animal here too, just not sure where.

7 – The Undertaker. Ok, he’s not a rock star, but he did do that whole Metallica-esque persona for a while. Plus, he IS The Undertaker!
Despite what you may think, he really is ginger. You just wouldn’t tell him.

6 – Axl Rose, Guns ‘n’ Roses. Yeah, despite what you might think of our Axl, Guns n Roses were undisputedly an excellent band back in the day. Since then, falls outs and break ups left Axl with a bit of a bad, (if possible), name. There’s no ‘i’ in ‘team’, Axl, but there’s certainly a ‘u’ in ‘cunt’

5 – La Faro. A band in which 75% of the members are gingers. That makes us a majority. Excellent!

4 – Mark Lanegan. Getting closer to the Number one ginger, Mark had to make an appearance somewhere. Throughout his career he’s managed to attract the attention of other gingers. Regardless though, you can’t imagine a voice like that being attached to anyone who isn’t a ginge.

3 – Tom Waits. Strange that a man, older than Mark Lanegan and whose voice was once described ‘like it was soaked in bourbon, left hanging in the smokehouse for a few months, and then taken outside and run over with a car’ is also ginger. Tom should be Mark’s dad.

2 – The Ginger Elvis. Very, very ginger, and very, very cool. Possibly the coolest ginger man on the planet. Nuff said.

1 – Glen Hansard. Glen’s got about a fair amount, even though he is probably the most ginger person on the planet. Not a hint of a tan anywhere near his ginger skin. Making the transition from music to film on a number of occasions shows that he’s clearly been accepted by the wider community. An inspiration to us all.

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