Banhart, ?uestlove, Martsch -- The Top 10 Beards in Modern Music

You're strong. Carefree. Rugged. And your face is warm. While the mustache has become an ironic joke, the beard will always be a scratchy, somewhat pungent sign of manliness (or homelessness). It represents wisdom, and proves you don't have to shave for any old day job. When even hot girls tolerate your pube-topiary, consider adding yourself to our elite list of: The Top 10 Beards in Modern Music. —By Dustin Glick

5. Kyp Malone of TV on the Radio — This man is a ball of hair. When at its longest, it's hard to see where his beard ends and his fro begins. Some could say his beard encircles his entire head — a tilted halo of hair, a lion's mane of bristles. At times Kyp looks like an Eskimo peering out from within his furry hood. One can only imagine what he would look like if stranded on a dessert island. He'd be found, years later, just a giant mound of hair with glasses.