Rock star is completely unrecognisable after swapping wild lifestyle

EXCLUSIVE: Rock star is completely unrecognisable after swapping his wild lifestyle to become a married vegan father-of-one – but can YOU guess who it is?

A huge rock star looks completely unrecognisable 20 years on from when their hit song was released. 

The singer looked worlds away from his wild rock and roll days as he stepped out in Mayfair on Wednesday to head to some designer shops.

The singer, 48, famously spent £150k of his estimated £6m fortune on cocaine, living a life of excess which caused him to quit his band in 2006, and go into recovery. 

But now the rocker is a vegan, married, father-of-one living a quiet life in rural Switzerland.

But can YOU guess who it is?  

Worlds apart: A huge rock star looks completely unrecognisable 20 years on from when their hit song was released

Different: The singer looked worlds away from his wild rock and roll days as he stepped out in Mayfair on Wednesday to head to some designer shops

That’s right! It’s Justin Hawkins from The Darkness. 

Known for his long curly hair, the rocker sported a whole new look as he stepped out with a darker shorter do and clean shaven. 

Back in the day the rocker used to wear flamboyant metallic catsuits which showed off his bare tattooed chest.

While Justin wasn’t wearing his signature stage costume, the rocker still showed an interest in fashion as he hit designer shop Marni before waving down a taxi. 

Justin proved he had expensive taste as he carried a Celine rucksack, but kept his outfit casual in a tartan baseball cap, black hoodie and checked trousers. 

In an exclusive chat with MailOnline last year, Justin said during lockdown he kept busy teaching himself to play slide guitar ‘for several hours a day’ but wished he learned to play piano and perhaps the language of the country he now lives in – Switzerland.

Married to Sarah Hawkins, with whom he shares a daughter, eight, whose name has not been revealed publicly, he said: ‘They’re the reason I live there, [because that’s where his family live].

‘I live in quite a rural part so the only time I am in contact with anyone English speaking folk is when I see my daughter.

Unrecognisable: Known for his long curly hair (left in 2003) , the rocker sported a whole new look as he stepped out with a darker shorter do and clean shaven

Designer garb: Justin proved he had expensive taste as he carried a Celine rucksack, but kept his outfit casual in a tartan baseball cap, black hoodie and checked trousers

Expensive taste: While Justin wasn’t wearing his signature stage costume, the rocker still showed an interest in fashion as he hit designer shop Marni before waving down a taxi

Changed: Justin famously spent £150k cocaine, living a life of excess which caused him to quit The Darkness in 2006, and go into recovery, (pictured 2017, six years after they reunited)

Surprise! Justin said he was glad to leave The Masked Singer in the second week of the show back in 2020 as it meant he didn’t miss his daughter’s birthday – she lives in Switzerland

‘So those times are really important to me. I always block out her birthday in the calendar.’

Justin said he was delighted when he was eliminated from The Masked Singer – in which he appeared as The Chameleon, in 2020, just two weeks into the series, because he would have missed his daughter’s birthday otherwise, because he would have to have remained in the UK to film.

He said: ‘She thinks I am cool, for now. I’ve got another year or so before that wears off I think.

‘I’m looking forward to the hormones kicking in. The times when she is rebellious, I quite enjoy those really.

‘It’s difficult for dads, especially absent dads, [because he is often on tour]. I think the rebellion that occurs,,, I don’t think I’ll get the full brunt of it really. If anything I’ve encouraged it.’

He’s still found ways to spend his royalties from hits like I Believe in a Thing Called Love and Christmas Time (Don’t Let the Bells End) and spilled that he has bought a garish bespoke water feature.

He said: ‘It comes with a marble statue of myself as the Belgian urinating boy, which I keep in my front garden.

‘I often pose in front of it and startle the neighbours by moving when they least expect it.’

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