¿Quien es mas Macho?

Let's talk about men. More specifically, let's talk about manly men. The rugged individual. The all-American cowboy. I think you know who I'm talking about. That's right. Barry Gibb.

Okay, so Barry isn't exactly American, but he is all man. I mean, would you have the cajones to wear all that polyester and show off all that fur, looking quite a bit like Dr. Cornelius.

And I don't have to remind you that Dr. Cornelius was an ape. That's how secure Barry Gibb is with his manhood: he's just fine looking like Roddy McDowell in an ape costume. He's so secure, in fact, that when somebody floated the idea of playing the Beatles alongside Peter Frampton, Barry Gibb said, "hell yeah." And then he sang in falsetto. Like he always does. Like he did in that duet with Streisand. Because he's a man and he doesn't care what you think.

Or perhaps you prefer your men a little darker. Maybe you like the bad boy. I have the man for you then. Your man is Rob Halford.


By force of will, Rob Halford turned his band of hippies into codpiece wearing, stud sporting metalheads. And not satisfied with that accomplishment, he did the same for all of middle America. While not strictly heterosexual, he's still all man in the way that only somebody who can make midwestern teenaged boys idolize a man who quite literally just walked out of a leatherbar can be. Oh yeah, he's breakin' the law.

These are real men. And this week NAP salutes them.