do you show off being metal?

[The Butt]

- play metal really loud and piss off your family/neighbors

Nah.

- wear metal shirts to the grocery/laundry

Yeah, I do that. I wear metal shirts everywhere.

- whip your waist-length metal hair around the office and poke your coworkers in the eye

Don`t have long hair. I actually did get it cut, since I looked like a hooligan with my semi-long hair.

- try to make your non-metal friends like your music even if theyve told you repeatedly that they absolutely hate it

Nah. My friends know I like metal, but they`re indifferent enough towards it where I don`t try to troll them with it IRL.

- use death metal vocals in normal conversation

Don`t do this.

- other "hey im a badass metalhead" stuff?

Nope.

 

[Xorv]

edit - if someone could find a more ridiculous picture or quite possibly a black metal pic which is on the other end of the spectrum (IE not silly/dumb) plz post it.

 

[sevag00]

do you do things like...
- play metal really loud and piss off your family/neighbors
- wear metal shirts to the grocery/laundry
- whip your waist-length metal hair around the office and poke your coworkers in the eye
- try to make your non-metal friends like your music even if theyve told you repeatedly that they absolutely hate it
- use death metal vocals in normal conversation
- other "hey im a badass metalhead" stuff?

I do non of those.
I don't show off, since there is nothing to show off for being metal. I never answer people when they ask me what type of music do you listen to.

 

[Orion Crystal Ice]

I like the people who say they "listen to everything". Always everything but what you listen to of course.

 

[Xorv]

^lulz good point, put on some cyber grind and they instantly say; "everything except that"

damn hypocrites

 

[genocide roach]

edit - if someone could find a more ridiculous picture or quite possibly a black metal pic which is on the other end of the spectrum (IE not silly/dumb) plz post it.

not silly or dumb:

hella silly:

~gR~

 

[TheInsane]

I have long hair and thats usually a give away since there arent any hippies around anymore

I usually have band merchandise (t-shirts, hoodies) and wear jeans or cargos.

I also sport two leather jackets. One which is totally metal in style. The mc type of jacket (like the one Testament wears on their "souls of black" album. And then I have one thats more discrete. Some kind of 50'ies style leather jacket.

I dont push my music onto others though since I know how annoyed I am if they push their music on to me.

 

[Vegard Pompey]

Usually especially if it's somewhere I don't drive much, I try to make sure it's something really far removed from anything that would fit far into the known cliches, like having "a lot of screaming and noise", or "sounding 80's". Something beyond obnoxious like Rhapsody or Spiral Architect which will confuse everyone.

I want a car (and a license) for the sole purpose of driving around and sharing my taste in music. Was thinking some prog, noise and maybe some jazz. Actually, definitely jazz.

 

[arg]

on the train, i often turn up my iPod, put on my "metal face" and headbang. other passengers think im retarded.

 

[Burning In Hell]

Metal is as metal does.

 

[Orion Crystal Ice]

 

[Ultimate_Symphony]

on the train, i often turn up my iPod, put on my "metal face" and headbang. other passengers think im retarded.

Funny as fuck when you see other people's faces

 

[Crimson Velvet]

I have long hair and wear metal shirts a lot. I am generally known amongst my pupils as hardrockeren (the hard rocker), which I think is awesome.

 

[Jreg]

These days it's really just the long hair that might give away my taste in music, and that alone really says little about a person anyhow. I used to be a bit more into "showing off" when I was wearing all the band shirts in my closet that don't get much game time these days. I'm generally not all that open about my musical taste as much nowadays.

That said, I still do have a good deal of friends into metal. When hanging out together, we probably do show off a bit, but it's really more that we're trying to amuse ourselves by being very over-the-top and tongue-in-cheek about being metalheads. We've been on many outings that involve being "brutal" and "metal" in odd situations. My friend got his picture taken on Santa's lap at the mall a few years ago (he was 22 at the time) and him and Santa were both giving the metal claw in it. At the Renaissance Festival last month, several of us passed a fiddle player and started windmilling. Another time we went to Baskin Robbins in corpse paint.

Okay, so maybe I do show it off...

 

[mutantllama]

not silly or dumb:

~gR~

This one is really silly and dumb.

 

[Belligerent]

- Had long hair throughout high school
- Still wear metal shirts
- Anytime i have people over to drink, metal is played. Leave if you don't like it.
- If i'm at a bar with friends i try to download metal on the jukebox to piss everyone off. Childish? probably...but entertaining to me.

 

[The Ozzman]

I download metal all the time too. I have to hear shitty indie rock and dance rap all the time, they can listen to my music for a bit

It always gets turned off here though because people are gay

 

[Belligerent]

People that regularly go to bars are usually fucktards to begin with, and they get their jollies playing Bob Seger all night.

The running joke between my buddies and I was to throw "Bible Bashers" on by Deicide everytime we went to this one bar. The owners used to get super pissed and they deleted all the metal off the jukebox somehow
Even if you try to enter in Led Zeppelin it won't show up.

 

[General Zaroff]

- Anytime i have people over to drink, metal is played. Leave if you don't like it.

 

[Einherjar86]

I don't show off being metal. I don't own any metal band t-shirts. I don't really see the point in making fashion statements, or any kind of ostentatious proclamation. I wear basketball shorts, but I never play basketball; I wear them because they're comfortable. My girlfriend actually gets upset when I go out with friends and dress in basketball shorts and a loose-fitting, ragged t-shirt. She always says "You're going out looking like that?" And my friends always say to her "You should be happy that he's not trying to impress anyone." And I'm not. Fashion style and appearance inevitably lead to false assumptions and labeling. People should be judged on personality.

Of course, I realize this is somewhat idealistic and impractical. Even I wouldn't wear basketball shorts to a job interview I just don't approve of the implications that go along with defining oneself by appearance.