Ten things you had if you were a metal fan in the mid-late 1980's.
1)Long hair of course.
2)Denim jacket.
3)Big back patch of a metal band on the back of the jacket.
4)A bunch of buttons of metal bands on the front of the jacket.
5)Lots of concert shirts almost all of them in black.
6)Posters of metal bands on your wall.
7)Pin-ups from Hit Parader, Circus, Rip and Metal Edge on your wall.
8)Ripped jeans.
9)Some type of metal footwear. Probably either worn leather Nikes, Chuck Taylors or combat boots.
10)A notebook with band names and logos drawn all over them.
And of course lots of us thought it as cool to smoke. However I finally kicked that bad habit in 1998. It got to a point where I either needed to give up smoking or give up running because the two habits were not working out together.
Great list! I can just picture you in your 80's attire. Glad you chose to run rather than smoke.
ReplyDeleteI had all but #7 on your list! HA HA HA HA. And congrats on quitting smoking...that's not easy to do!!
ReplyDeleteYeah. Great list. You have me pegged. I still have my black Slayer button. The rest are long gone.
ReplyDeleteI was in my 30s during the 80s, and pretty much a closet metal fan(Bible Belt, ya know), so the only things I owned were the lps and/or cassettes of my fave bands.
ReplyDeleteI had very few concert tees to remind me of the concerts. Most of my money at concerts were spent on other concert 'paraphenalia.'
ReplyDeleteSubstitute the jean jacket for a black leather biker jacket and you got me. If it wasn't black I didn't wear it.
ReplyDeletebar bar a and curare z-Thanks, quitting smoking was very difficult. I smoked a pack and a half a day for 11 years.
ReplyDeleteFred Charles-I have a cigar box filled with metal band buttons.
Bruce-That's what really matters in thelong run is the music.
Fuzz-I had a few because that's back when they didn't cost an arm and a leg.
Mike-I had a leather jacket too, but not until I was out of high school and making enough money to buy one.
I wasnt a metal fan so I only had the ripped jeans. I did have a demin jacket but I never ever wore it.
ReplyDeleteOver in the UK in the (early 80's) the metal guys used to wear a denim jacket with the sleeves cut off over a black leather motor cycle jacket.
The denim would be faded and studded or had a band logo sewn on the back.
I was a "mod" in the early 80's. (Ska 2-Tone) all the Mod gys wore suits or crisp jeans and Fred Perry polo shits, with short cropped hair. The difference between the two groups was an advantage when it came to fighting obviously ;)
had everything but #3 - but also had a black, leather trenchcoat. :) glad you didn't mention spandex!
ReplyDeletePixie-I remember Twisted Sister wearing the denim vests over their leather jackets. Probably picked that look up when they over in the UK recording.
ReplyDeleteVicious Steve-I remember the rising sun shirts.
onmywatch-Spandex? Yuck! I don't anyone that wore that.
The oldest concert shirt that I still have is a Morbid Angel shirt from 1991. It has holes in it but I will not part with it!
ReplyDeleteFred Charles-I have a Metallica tour shirt from when I saw them in 1988 and it fits me way too tightly, but I don't plan on parting with it. I also have a Judas Priest tour shirt from '90 that fits pretty well for it's age. Believe it or not I thought Blessed are the sick was a great album when I heard it in '91, but I thought their albums after that were just noise with no soul.
ReplyDeleteCircus! Oh man, I forgot about that magazine. I remember passing those around in 7th grade.
ReplyDeleteDon't forget the "F--- You!" attitude. Most metalheads I knew had plenty of that, too.
ReplyDelete-- david
I still walk the same as back in the 80s like on your list. Why not???Why you dont?
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