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Elton John to rockers: Learn to dress

NEW YORK (AP) -- Attention, rock 'n' rollers. Elton John, The  King of Rock Drag is sick of your sloppy tattoos and orifice piercings.

John, who will perform at the third Fashion Rocks concert September 7 at Radio City Music Hall, says he'd like American bands to adopt the cutting-edge, glam-rock style made popular by him and his peers.

Elton's taste in clothng is very complex so it's hard to judge him.

"It's been a thing the British have always been very good at, with Bowie, myself, T.Rex, the Who, Queen. ... We all embraced that side of it," John, 59, tells Fashion Rocks magazine, on newsstands August 8.

Yet the King of Drag wants today's rockers to follow in his steps

"And I think it's good that some American bands are beginning to do that, but it's still very rare for bands to make a real effort. So when you get groups like The Killers and Scissor Sisters who come along, it's thrilling. I'm so over the tattoos and the T-shirts and rings through the noses. It's not pretty, it's not pleasant, it's not exciting. Please stop it now."

John says his theatrical style, made famous in his '70s heyday, was meant "to give people a bit of fun" while he sat at the piano for long sets. Sure, Elton!

CBS will air a two-hour special on the Fashion Rocks concert September 8 (9 p.m. EDT). Proceeds from the concert, which will kick off New York Fashion Week, will benefit John's AIDS foundation.

It's hard to say if Elton is wearing anyhting all under the plumage~

"I've been very lucky in my life," he says. "I was a drug addict for 16 years, at a time when AIDS was just getting started, and I put myself at so much risk. I came out of it negative rather than positive, and I wanted to do something to give back." YEAH RIGHT!

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