Before They Were Stars
HOT GALLERY: Check Out the Celebs Who Were Band Geeks Before They Were Stars
It’s nice to know that some of the biggest stars—musicians, politicians, comedians—were just as geeky and awkward in high school as we were. What—you don’t believe us? Before they went on to fame and fortune, these celebrities wore dorky uniforms and made music with their classmates. Who played the clarinet, the drums, the saxophone? Read on to find out... By Nina Hämmerling Smith
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Penn Jillette as a Junior at Massachusetts’ Greenfield High School in 1972
“I played drums in the GHS marching band,” Penn Jillette told one of his Twitter followers a couple of years ago. With his towering stature (he’s somewhere in the neighborhood of 6’6″), Jillette must have been quite a sight!
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