Well, the InterWeb let me down on my search for a scan of the back cover of horn-rock band Chase‘s eponymous first album. But the cover of their second LP, entitled Ennea, has a pretty clear view of the guy I thought looked totally cool, and who I thought — maybe, just maybe, if I kept my fingers crossed — I might grow up to resemble.

I’m not going to tell you which horn-rocker it was; I’ll leave it to you guys to guess. I’ll also take this opportunity to ask all of you: was there any particular popular music personality you thought you might, with a bit of luck, grow up to resemble — or perhaps even be?

I look forward to your responses.

HVB

p.s.: as you’re pondering this question, feel free to enjoy some of Chase’s (cough) fine, fine horn-rock at http://www.chaserevisited.com/music.html. As an impressionable nine year-old, I remember being particularly taken with “Get It On” from the first album.

p.p.s.: hey, I was only NINE!

As part of RTH’s ongoing series of “CHOOSE SIDES!” posts, in which you, the reader, are required to stop dickin’ around and just choose sides in an ongoing Rock argument, disagreement, or feud, please consider the following. Then, pick the Aerosmith member you believe to be less deluded: Steven Tyler or Joe Perry. Yes, it’s your turn to… CHOOSE SIDES!

Aerosmith guitarist Joe Perry confirmed rumors that singer Steven Tyler has left the band. Tyler, who suffered a broken shoulder at an August concert in Sturgis, SD, said recently that he planned to “work on the brand of myself.” Said Perry, “We’ll probably find somebody else and then we’ll be able to move Aerosmith up a notch.”

Sting: Obama best person to handle world’s ‘mess’

NEW YORK (AP) – Sting isn’t a religious man, but he says President Barack Obama might be a divine answer to the world’s problems. “In many ways, he’s sent from God,” he joked in an interview, “because the world’s a mess.”

But Sting is serious in his belief that Obama is the best leader to navigate the world’s problems. In an interview on Wednesday, the former Police frontman said that he spent some time with Obama and “found him to be very genuine, very present, clearly super-smart, and exactly what we need in the world.”

“I can’t think of any be better qualified because of his background, his education, particularly in regard to Islam,” he said.

Still, Sting, who released the seasonal album “On A Winter’s Night” this week, acknowledged the president had a “difficult job” ahead of him.