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Wrong Impression of Metal Fans
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Some interesting (and funny) replies so far!:DThe best reply i got was "Oh my dad is a huge metal head"
LOL. or my favorite "Yeah, my dad loves Lynard Skynard too, you two would really get on!" :pac:Lil Kitten wrote: »
I used to be all black nail varnish, eyeliner, pink/purple hair, Metallica hoodies and constantly with earphones in. Lecturers didn't approve much in teacher training college. Closed minded feckers. Obviously I'd tone it all down for practices but I had to do a complete overhaul; nice Abercrombie and blonde highlights. Hmm now I'm a role model. :rolleyes:quoteunquote wrote: »
What does bother me is the fact that for every job interview I do, I have to take out all piercings, cover up tattoos and dress normally. Some people may say that interviewers aren't allowed refuse you a job on the basis of your appearance but, in my opinion, a fair amount do.
Yeah, this can be quite annoying- bosses/teachers/ whoever assuming you're not right for the job or are less responsible just because you wear black or have piercings and tattoos. It kinda puts me off getting piercings done (I want to get loads:p) because it will just be hassle to take them out again for my job.OK-Cancel-Apply wrote: »Geeze that's F*cking Hostile!brendansmith wrote: »Those classmates should have held their mouth for the war, used it for what its for.
Oh god, not puns! I hate puns! :pac:ShawnRaven wrote: »I still get grief for piercings and shaved head. Mind you, i have the best t-shirt I got at last years Whitby Goth Weekend which basically leaves a lot of people confused.
It's quite basic actually.
It's a black t-shirt
It has white writing
Simply saying
"f@cking weirdo!"
I love it, proceeds for it went to charity too.
That's fcukin' brilliant!
I also seen one once that said: "Keep Staring, I Might do a Trick!"christophicus wrote: »If only that were true. I used to think the same, but it would appear not to be the case.
I have long hair down to my arse and wear band T-shirts quite alot, I quite frequently get abuse hurled at me, and am suprised to hear that many people don't.
That's really rough. I've gotten the same sort of abuse, some times just for having band badges or patches on my schoolbag. I don't understand why people feel the need to tell me they think a certain band is just 'noise' and they can't listen to them (mind you, they probably heard one Linkin Park song and think they're the expert on metal) or that I must be a 'mad mosher' (:rolleyes:). Why they think I give a fcuk about their opinion is beyond me.My mother sometimes remarks that maybe I should "grow out" of my style.
This is the thing. Usually people who shout abuse at randomers are the type to slag off anybody who is 'different', yet there is also a general mis-conception about metal. I've gotten the same stuff from my parents (still, at the age of twenty!:p) that it's just a 'phase' I'm going through.redenemyjoe wrote: »Couldn't agree more. Try being in a metal band and not having super long hair or looking like a typical "metalhead" You get to know all about who actually gives a **** about their image.
This is the other side of the coin - metalheads who think just because you don't dress a certain way that you aren't as metal as them. Well, most metalheads I've met don't subscribe to this muppetry thankfully, however one time I got a few remarks before from the goth girls in Fibber Magees that I mustn't like metal because , on the night in question, I was wearing a white 'skanger' dress (I'd come from a different club earlier in the night.) :rolleyes:I love quoting these articles when people make comments about heavy metal fans:
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/1546193/Heavy-metal-a-comfort-for-the-bright-child.html
http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2007/03/070321130834.htm
http://www.newscientist.com/blog/shortsharpscience/2007/03/metalheads-are-stressed-boffins.html
Those articles are really interesting, and have confirmed what I've long suspected-Researchers found that, far from being a sign of delinquency and poor academic ability, many adolescent "metalheads" are extremely bright and often use the music to help them deal with the stresses and strains of being gifted social outsiders.
Damn straight!:) Some people seem to assume that metal heads are idiots who like to beat the crap out of each other at gigs- they totally miss the point!0 -
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If you dye your hair a nice angry colour like black or purple rather than a happy colour like pink then maybe people will understand your anger betterThe worse abuse I get is getting called "Pinkie" by the kids, what with having pink hair an' all. The funniest is getting called a Hippy... can't people tell I'm ANGRY at the world, not HAPPY?!. 0 -
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pcworldsucks wrote: »people who listen to metal are morons, usually are complete losers.
BWAHAHAHA! Lulz. 0 -
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Twilightning wrote: »So what bands are you guys told you listen to by knackers, anyway?
"Ye listen to that bleedin' Slipknot and all!? DUR-NUR-NUR-NUR-NUR-NURRR!"
Actually, one time a car full of people drove past screaming at me "AAAAAHH YA BIG SLIPKNOT YA!"
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Ive always been a rocker since the dawn of time when i was only a baby Heathen and my da was lashin on the lizzy for me in my bouncer.. got plenty of abuse in secondary school after getting booted out of a school that had a good few rockers to be sent to a school full of baseball cap wearing joyriders.. as you can imagine that was about as pleasant as eating glass.. but i just let it run off like water off a ducks back... have been a metal drummer for over 15 years now, work very closely with the music industry in this country and also work as a network administrator for a huge financial company... while my hair is short now i still live my the law of "Rock out with yer c0ck out"!! in work i dress neat as in an office.. but get me out to a gig and im full on metal i have never hidden the fact that im a metaller and never will.. everyone in my job knows im into my rock music, even had my boss chase up AC/DC tickets for me when i couldnt get them
the abuse was always there as a kid.. but to be honest i never really let it get to me.. it was just something you have to learn to tolerate and give back smarter answers to them and make them look like the t1ts infront of their mates
on a more important note... Acacia.. how you doin' ?
metal chicks rule!!0 -
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