Yeah I agree with Jeff on the tattoos thing.
Almost everyone I know that gets them just does it to be "tough" and "cool.
It's rare I come across someone who actually gets a tattoo because it's truly meaningful to them and don't get one to be an attention whore.
The whole tattoos and piercings thing just isn't for me in general. I don't have any and don't plan to get any.
It's weird, as much as I'm not really into the whole "core" scene, in the way I dress I think I identify with them much more so than a lot of the "true" metal bands that wear over the top stuff, have the ridiculous tattoos, piercings etc, because I'm just a t shirt and jeans guy really.
The hardcore scene was all about just wearing stuff that was practical and comfortable, which back in the 80s when it first really came around, was a cool contrast to what a lot of metal dress code seemed to be like (I wasn't around then, so I can't know for sure, this is just based off what I've read and seen in pics, I'm sure James Murph can probably elaborate more seeing as how he was actually around in the 80s) which just seemed way too over the top with all the chains, makeup, spiky wrist bands, piercings leather which just looks cheesy.
I went to a shitty metal nightclub late last year, and saw guys in their mid 30s dressed like that and I'm just thinking "Geezus, you're not a teenager anymore, grow the fuck up man!"
The original punk scene with the mohawks, leather and shit, well that was probably equally as bad as when metal peaked with its terrible fashion (not a bash on the music though, I can dig some classic punk rock).
