‘Game of Thrones’ Star Peter Dinklage Had a Punk Band in the ’90s, and We’ve Got the Wild Shots to Prove It

And you thought Tyrion Lannister was badass…

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Before he was the pugnacious Tyrion Lannister, Game of Thrones star Peter Dinklage shredded on the guitar and busted out mean sax solos. 

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NME unearthed that photos from 1993 to 1994 of Dinklage fronting his own “punk/rap/funk” band Whizzy.

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No audio exists of the band (yet), but there are shots aplenty of Dinklage and his bandmates raging.

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“I was pretty angry back then,” Dinklage told NME about his punk rocker days.

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(Photo: Getty Images)

It’s a shame he has mellowed out in recent years, because it looks like the guy put on one hell of a show.

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