i've been musing about the relationship of a beard to musical genius. I've always opined that arguably the worst Beatles music was during the facial hair years....who killed Paul indeed. I grew up in the new wave years where facial hair was what we were trying to supplant and replace. John Lydon would never sport facial hair!!!
The Stones for the most part have avoided facial hair except those pics on the Emotional Rescue poster of Mick with a full beard. These were recorded in Pigalle France, so i'll call it the Pigalle effect. Facial hair adversely affecting musical brillance. Keith Never had a beard. Mick learned the error in his ways (he doesn't want to look like an old man). I'd like to migrate to pigalle and see if it holds.