PHOTOS Rock & Roll Heaven predicts what Elvis Presley, Kurt Cobain and other legends would look like

Elvis Presley, Kurt Cobain, Bob Marley, Janis Joplin and a handful of other rock legends are forever set in our minds as young people taken before their time. If they had lived, the first question for many is what else they would have accomplished. The second question is just what they would look like…

Florida-based Sachs Media Group and PhoJoe teamed up to create a gallery of age progression pictures to predict what the musicians’ middle-aged looks.

 

 

Jimi Hendrix: Nov. 27, 1942 – Sept. 18, 1970. Widely hailed as rock’s greatest guitarist, who died in 1970 at age 27.

 

Janis Joplin: Jan. 19, 1943 – Oct. 4, 1970. Extraordinary rock-blues singer, who died in 1970 at age 27.

 

Jim Morrison: Dec. 8, 1943 – July 3, 1971. Ethereal “Lizard King” singer and songwriter for the Doors, who died in 1971 at age 27.

 

Bobby Darin: May 14, 1936 – Dec. 20, 1973. Hit-making singer in the earliest days of rock ‘n’ roll, who died in 1973 at age 37.

 

‘Mama’ Cass Elliot: Sept. 19, 1941 – July 29, 1974. Singer with the Mamas and the Papas, who died in 1974 at age 33.

 

 

Keith Moon: Aug. 23, 1946 – Sept. 7, 1978. Notoriously wild drummer for the Who, who died in 1978 at age 32.

 

John Lennon: Oct. 9, 1940 – Dec. 8, 1980. Founder of The Beatles and influential songwriter and pioneer for peace, who died in 1980 at age 40.

 

Bob Marley: Feb. 6, 1945 – May 11, 1981. Reggae music’s most influential artist, who died in 1981 at age 36.

 

Karen Carpenter: March 2, 1950 – Feb. 4, 1983. Singer and drummer for the Carpenters, who died in 1983 at age 32.

 

Dennis Wilson: Dec. 4, 1944 – Dec. 28, 1983. Drummer for the Beach Boys, who died in 1983 at age 39.

 

Kurt Cobain: Feb. 20, 1967 – April 8, 1994. Guitarist/songwriter with the breakthrough grunge band Nirvana, who died in 1994 at age 27.

The Sachs Media Group’s fascinating project didn’t end with speculation about what the musicians would look like today: They also consulted with musicologists Dr. Reebee Garofalo and Elijah Wald about the projects the musicians would have pursued. Elvis, for example, “Might have branched out. Like his old Sun labelmate Johnny Cash, he might have put himself in the hands of young rock producers and revisited his blues and country roots, making stripped-down albums that would have won him a new following of young hipsters. Given his command of older pop styles, he would also have been an obvious first choice for the Frank Sinatra and Tony Bennett superstar duet projects.”

Check out the rest of the predictions on Sachs’ Rock & Roll Heaven page!

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