Idolator

Inspired by yesterday's Tupac Shakur sighting, we wondered how many musicians have been preserved at wax museums around the world—their barely recognizable features wilted under the lights, their lifeless stares used as the backdrop for numerous instantly forgotten photo-ops. Thankfully, many of these hackneyed facsimiles are forever immortalized on the web, and Idolator is proud to present the best of the worst. They're a perfect example of what happens when well-intented tributes go horribly awry, and we hope their goofy allure never wanes.

Name: Ian Anderson
Looks Like: Lisa Bonet at the Renaissance Faire.
Most Telling Detail: The bent, upturned left knee, clearly indicating a post-fluting sense of whimsical jauntiness.

Names: John "Johnny Rotten" Lydon and Sid Vicious of the Sex Pistols.
Look Like: Jerry Orbach, circa Dirty Dancing; Pat Benatar, circa her "Love Is A Battlefield" video shoot.
Most Telling Detail: Lydon's "No-bodee puts baaaay-beee in tha caw-nah!!" expression. Also, Vicious looks as though he's in mid-nod-off.

Name: Bono
Looks Like: Extreme lead singer Gary Cherone.
Most Telling Detail: There are no details in this sculpture.

Name: Bruce Springsteen.
Looks Like: A very, very straight Lou Reed.
Most Telling Detail: The near-death, vacant, isolated stare clearly modeled during his Human Touch/Lucky Town period.

Name: Billy Idol
Looks Like: Billy Idol
Telling Detail: This is actually Billy Idol.

Name: Freddie Mercury
Looks Like: A break-dancing matador. In a brass band.
Telling Detail: Mercury's statue was the highlight of London's now-shuttered Rock Circus museum, which was centered around a graveyard populated by dead rock stars (note the tombstone behind Mercury reads "Mama Cass"). A gift shop was located nearby, as was a sad-looking figure of Brian Wilson, which was wedged next to a vending machine.