Hide Ya Face: A Brief History of Musicians Wearing Masks

Musicians wear masks for many different reasons, but whether it’s to conceal their identity (MF DOOM, Daft Punk), to terrify (KORN, GWAR), or just to look like a fucking boss (Ghostface Killah, Kanye West), there is something especially cool about covering your face to perform. From Bjork’s bizarre spiked headdress to Zomby’s stylish gold-plated mask, here are some of the weirdest, coolest, and most iconic masked musicians of recent times, arranged in roughly chronological order of when the mask in the picture was worn.

Hide ya face.

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