I'm a product of my time. So, this is all I know.....and care to know. For me, this represents Classic Heavy Metal. And I will continue to defend it.
I don't want to fight with anyone.....nor do I want anyone to feel that they cant express their views. But for me, this image is a way that needs to be preserved for all Metal bands. For concerts, album covers, magazines, videos.....all public appearances and photo shoots. If a Metal band is to be seen performing in the public eye, there is no other way. The image needs to be preserved like culture, religion, and language.
That may sound elitist or narrow-minded.....but it's not meant to be. So what IS the Heavy Metal image? Metal is a mindset, a way of life. It's like the Seattle Seahawks going out on the field with plain uniforms. They need their colors, logos, numbers, and identiity.
So, the Metal image is no different. It is a Metal bands' "colors" and "uniform".....like any job. And you can't do your job properly if you're not dressed for the part. Just my opinion.
Since 1990, we've been force-fed this grunge-look that Nirvana, Pearl Jam and Alice in Chains made famous(infamous?).....and that look has entered into and become the traditional Metal look 15 years later. Uh.....no thank you. For the most part, the Metal style has always been sleek and classy.....not of some hobo living under a bridge, sleeping on park benches, pushing shopping carts down inner-city streets, and collecting thrown-out food in dark alleys. What the fuck has happened to the traditional Metal image? It's been taken over by tunnel-hats like Foo Fighters and Good Charlotte!
This is a quote from another website. Form your own opinions.
Metal is a style of music. This style of music typically has a very negative attitude. Metal attracts losers and outsiders and deadbeats and all forms of social scum basically. These people need to belong somewhere, so they started emulating their heroes and dressing up in silly uniforms to tell OTHER PEOPLE (cause its more important for them to signify to others what they stand for, rather than actually stand for it)... so the dress code and uniform becomes more important to them than the music.
When you spend more money on band t-shirts than you do on the band's music... you're a fucking loser. End of story.
For the record: I own a business and wear suits and ties to work. I deal with the top 1% corporate tight-asses. Many of you probably fall into my category. So, Im not one of these losers and outsiders and deadbeats that was previously mentioned. Nor are most people who get into this style of music. Personally, I think we all have a lot going on for ourselves. But my belief that image and music go hand in hand is probably more a reflection of my generation than, say, someone whos 20. And never had the "priviledge" of experiencing Heavy Metal the way some of us did back in in the day when bands like KISS (Hard Rock) and Priest and Venom gave us the spectacle.....along with the music. Both fed off each other.....and you remember the image just as much as the music. It was a complete package. And thats what you expected and paid for, right? Has anything changed? Again, JMO.
Peace everyone!
I don't want to fight with anyone.....nor do I want anyone to feel that they cant express their views. But for me, this image is a way that needs to be preserved for all Metal bands. For concerts, album covers, magazines, videos.....all public appearances and photo shoots. If a Metal band is to be seen performing in the public eye, there is no other way. The image needs to be preserved like culture, religion, and language.
That may sound elitist or narrow-minded.....but it's not meant to be. So what IS the Heavy Metal image? Metal is a mindset, a way of life. It's like the Seattle Seahawks going out on the field with plain uniforms. They need their colors, logos, numbers, and identiity.
So, the Metal image is no different. It is a Metal bands' "colors" and "uniform".....like any job. And you can't do your job properly if you're not dressed for the part. Just my opinion.
Since 1990, we've been force-fed this grunge-look that Nirvana, Pearl Jam and Alice in Chains made famous(infamous?).....and that look has entered into and become the traditional Metal look 15 years later. Uh.....no thank you. For the most part, the Metal style has always been sleek and classy.....not of some hobo living under a bridge, sleeping on park benches, pushing shopping carts down inner-city streets, and collecting thrown-out food in dark alleys. What the fuck has happened to the traditional Metal image? It's been taken over by tunnel-hats like Foo Fighters and Good Charlotte!
This is a quote from another website. Form your own opinions.
Metal is a style of music. This style of music typically has a very negative attitude. Metal attracts losers and outsiders and deadbeats and all forms of social scum basically. These people need to belong somewhere, so they started emulating their heroes and dressing up in silly uniforms to tell OTHER PEOPLE (cause its more important for them to signify to others what they stand for, rather than actually stand for it)... so the dress code and uniform becomes more important to them than the music.
When you spend more money on band t-shirts than you do on the band's music... you're a fucking loser. End of story.
For the record: I own a business and wear suits and ties to work. I deal with the top 1% corporate tight-asses. Many of you probably fall into my category. So, Im not one of these losers and outsiders and deadbeats that was previously mentioned. Nor are most people who get into this style of music. Personally, I think we all have a lot going on for ourselves. But my belief that image and music go hand in hand is probably more a reflection of my generation than, say, someone whos 20. And never had the "priviledge" of experiencing Heavy Metal the way some of us did back in in the day when bands like KISS (Hard Rock) and Priest and Venom gave us the spectacle.....along with the music. Both fed off each other.....and you remember the image just as much as the music. It was a complete package. And thats what you expected and paid for, right? Has anything changed? Again, JMO.
Peace everyone!