Advertising is, as we all know, the engine of progress. It is she who draws attention to new products and products, notifies the world about innovative technologies, and makes it possible to make profitable or stupid purchases.
Global concerns are competing for customer loyalty and are ready to use all possible means for this. For example, they constantly invite media personalities (celebrities, sports stars and show business) to invite fans from TVs to buy a product or use a service.
This method is very effective, which is especially noticeable with the advent and development of social networks. But earlier, stars for a good fee did not hesitate to participate in an advertising company.
Today we are reviewing 10 famous rock artists who during their careers managed to mark themselves in advertising projects.
10. Elton John
Ser Knight began his career with the first advertising projects, which allowed him to promote popularity, and continued to participate in them further. At the same time, his image changed, starting with vintage versions of the advertising of the 80s, and ending with a modern sophisticated classic.
You can see pictures with a smiling Elton, as well as funny commercials, where he quite skillfully encourages fans to purchase products. Especially epic can be considered a poster, where a young singer in pai with a fashionable inscription Canada life-affirming advertises a slot machine.
And the singer can be found in the 2012 Pepsi advertisement (by the way, the concert is famous for constantly attracting popular personalities to promote products).
9. Bob Dylan
This famous rock musician has been making commercials for various products for decades. He advertised the elite Chryslers and Apple products, the same notorious Pepsi, and even the clothes of the famous company Victoria Secret.
So, 4 years ago in the autumn the last advertisement with his participation was shot. There, the singer starred for IBM, which offered a new product on the mass market.
In the advertisement, we can see how Bob is talking with a rational machine, which quite actively and cheerfully maintains a dialogue about the singer’s work.
8. David Bowie
The elegant appearance and image of the famous artist fits perfectly into the concept of status and stylish videos.
Bowie was shot for the Louis Vuitton fashion house in 2013: the video turned out to be crazy, tasty and really luxurious.
An older rocker showed himself perfectly as an actor and gave a brutal zest to a stylish movie.
And in the distant 87th year, the rocker can be seen dancing plastic and young in Pepsi advertising. Then the performer joyfully sang a duet with the equally famous and bewitching Tina Turner.
Oh, it's Pepsi - spend so much money to attract celebrities!
7. Iggy Pop
Undoubtedly, the highlight of the rocker image is the desire to perform naked to the waist. But here you have a presentation from the H&M fashion house, which managed to get Pop to put on outerwear, and even encourage him to reuse it in the video.
Further, Iggy starred in commercials for an insurance company, but this experience was not successful, as fans were indignant and shouted during the broadcast: "he sold out."
As a result, the insurance company refused to invite celebrities for its advertising campaigns. But Popu himself, as always, doesn’t care about someone else’s opinion.
6. Alice Cooper
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8qi3cTNtz9k
Shocking, bright and unpredictable rocker, who at the same time shock and terrify his fans.
Heavy metalist, who is famous for his brutality, starred in a video advertising mascara. Moreover, Cooper, as it were, declares that the brand’s products are suitable not only for women, but also for men.
Advertising thundered in the spring of 2016 and caused mixed reviews from the public.
Alice also received an offer from Apple to star in an advertisement for Apple Watch branded watches. The rocker, partly a good golfer, rolls the ball into the hole in the frame and checks how many calories he managed to lose.
5. Ringo Starr
This singer is also not new to the world of advertising and even earned himself the image of a kind of comedian in the frame. Everything that he sells is presented in an unobtrusive, easy and fun way.
Starr jokes about his appearance in an advertisement for an alcoholic drink, and in a video for Pizza Hut, he tried to reunite the disintegrated band The Monkees.
One of the most touching videos with the singer is a project for the automobile company Oldsmobile. The character Starr must apply the skill of fast running, and in the end get into the girl’s car, which in combination turned out to be the daughter of the performer.
4. Ozzy Osbourne
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DDBjvv9PNiM
Even the most "terrible" did not give up the easy money that can be obtained for shooting in advertising. In the frame, he is ironic and humorous.
For example, we recall a common project with Justin Bieber, where, in the story, the latter is more talented and in demand than an "aging rocker."
And there is also a telephone advertisement in which it is extremely difficult to make out what a rocker mutters to himself.
3. John Lydon
The best punk rock performers also feel confident in the advertising business. Brutal Lydon optimistically declares in the frame how he likes Country Life butter. And this is a performer who sang about the anarchy to the whole world, cursed monarchical power.
John received a fee for his role in advertising, which allowed to revive the group Public Image Ltd. John himself with irony and a share of healthy humor recalls that the dairy company invited him to advertise his products.
2. Dave Gahan
A participant in the rock project Depeche Mode received offers to appear not only in advertising, but also in films. In pursuit of good money, Gahan gave preference to work in the frame for Volkswagen. The singer perfectly advertised not only the products of the concern, the new version of the Golf VII, but also his group, performing the song People Are People with the message that despite the difference in the world of people, the machine is able to cater to any request.
1. Gary Newman
This rocker also entered the noisy world of the advertising business when he was at the peak of his fame. Recall the video where he acted as a human robot for advertising Parco supermarkets.
After 30 years, Newman again appeared in commercials, this time driving a car orchestra and using DieHard batteries. Also during the video, the main song of the artist Cars was written, written back in 1979.
This is how famous rockers conquered the world of show business and made their contribution to the development of trade. But how can you not take advantage of the fact that a crowd of fans is watching your life?