Hollywood actor and noted bad boy hunk Ryan Gosling has made it no secret that he’s a fan of punk and hardcore. Chances are, if you’ve gone to a show in the last 15 years, you’ve seen Ryan Gosling at least once. Despite the ubiquity of Goz sightings over the years, we went deep into the archives to put some longstanding rumors to bed once and for all. These are 10 shows we are 100% certain, Ryan Gosling did not attend.
This legendary show at CBGB in 1986 featured some of the greatest bands New York had to offer. Despite several eyewitness statements at the time indicating Gosling almost got into a fight over a set list, we can say with almost absolute certainty that Ryan Gosling was not present at this show. He was much too young to be creepy crawling at CBs. We are sure he wasn’t there.
Another known fact about Gosling is his love of all things Earth Crisis. There was scarcely a show in the early ’90s in NY that he missed. We were able to obtain multiple photographs of this show and could not see him in any of them. One guy kind of looked like him, but we’re pretty sure it wasn’t him.
This will come as a shock, but Ryan Gosling did not go to this show. He wasn’t even born.
We apologize; Ryan Gosling was born at the time of the previous show, he was a tiny Canadian baby at the time. He was not born at the time of this show. We checked to make sure.
We aren’t 100% on this one, but we think he was doing Mickey Mouse Club or some shit at the time. He wanted to be there though.
Pretty sure Mickey Mouse Club; too busy
Shawna swears he was at this one, but we haven’t been able to trust Shawna since she stole one of our favorite records and then denied it. He wasn’t at this one, basically because Shawna is untrustworthy.
This is one of Ryan Gosling’s favorite bands but there’s no way in hell he was actually at the show. You were probably thinking of Steve. He sort of looks like Ryan Gosling from behind.
Nope. We couldn’t believe it. He would still be talking about this show if he was actually there.
He’s not really a street punk fan, so he wasn’t at this one just based on that fact.
Can you think of anymore shows Ryan Gosling didn’t attend? Let us know in the comments below!