He looked worse with his early 80ies perm actually, that was poodle rock in perfection.
Of all the 1st league AOR monsters of the time - Journey, Foreigner, Styx & REO -, REO were the ones I had the most issues with though they weren't bad musicians at all, but Cronin's vocals were/are an acquired taste. The band's groove was noteworthy though and the guitarist had a nice American flow.
They're also the band "guilty" of turning Blackmore pop. A lengthy 78/79 tour as an opener for REO amply proved that the Rainbow Dio era-line up's appeal to teenage girls of North America was of somewhat limited nature. Blackmore returned from that tour a wiser man and Rainbow went from this here
to this here
and doubled their record sales in the process.