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Plain and simple, there are stereotypes on people from the types of music they listen to. Do you fit any of those stereotypes or not?
For me, yes. Tpyically Nerd Metal Head. Lots of band t shirts and jeans, doing a Physics degree, liking lots of cheesy and wankery Power/Prog stuff, long with lots of really heavy stuff because it's the only way I'm gonna be hard.
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A few I suppose. I listen to more punk, hardcore and DIY stuff than anything else. So being vegan, very left wing, putting on gigs, (trying) to play in bands, wearing badges and band t-shirts, reading zines and underground comics, having tattoos and being a student are all fairly stereotypical I guess.
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Probably not. I look much too mainstream/slightly preppy to blend in easily with industrial crowds. I guess I'm closer to the indie norm, but my style is generally too conservative--e.g., I wear cargos and t-shirts, but not particularly "hip" styles of either.
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I try, from time to time, to deny this, but yes, I fit the stereotypes pretty well, which irks me somewhat.
Indie kids -
*socially inept,
*not exactly gifted with an eye for dress sense (most of my clothes have holes in them -I like to pretend it's stylised, but when my jeans become more hole than fabric and my converse are being held together with gaffer tape, it's a sign I need new clothes),
*Self cut, fairly shoddily dyed hair
*A refusal to wear brand names with the exception of the afore mentioned converse
*A refusal to admit that said shoes were bought for fashionable purposes as opposed to practicality/comfort
*Inherent snobbery about other people's musical preferences
*An ability to rant about music for hours
*Plus all the free music and gig blagging, psuedo music journalism and stints DJing down the indie clubs...let's be honest, no-one's gonna mistake me for a hip hop fan in a hurry.
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Nope. Not sure what you'd describe my musical taste as in the first place because it doesn't fall neatly into any one genre, but I don't really dress particularly like anything. I just sort of look anonymous and slightly scruffy, which suits me just fine.
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Saw a reply like that coming.
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Well +10 predictability points for me.
Maybe it's a reaction to all those people who feel the need to dress a certain way to tell eveyone what they're into, or all those fuckwit 15-18 year olds who want to 'individual' and somehow fail to realise that they look like every other 'disaffected' sheep out there. That doesn't seem overly likely, because I was as I am now when I'm 15. More likely, it's because I don't particularly want to draw attention to myself and I wouldn't feel particularly comfortable wearing something that screams 'I LIKE INDIE/ALTERNATIVE MUSIC SO FUCKING THERE. Who can say.
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Eh, I'm no different to any other Nerd Metal Head in the world. Certainly not an individual, but then very few people in the world are.
Being all low key and all "so not being a stereotype and not being anything" has become one as well, what a shock.
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Well I am wearing a t-shirt with a huge dragon on it, which more indicates I am into role-playing than anything...and that I like dragons. Which I suppose should scream a Within Temptation fan or something, but no, not at all. In other words no I don't I fit a stereotype, because my taste is all over the place, and I only wear clothing that is comfortable and loose, sort of hippie I guess..
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Well, I like metal, gothic music, folk and industrial...
* Wardrobe is entirely black denim and leather, band t-shirts and camouflage
* Owns a gas mask
* Owns a trench-coat
* Wears combat boots for comfort
* Long, dyed black hair
* Wears an inverted wolfs cross at all times, and knows exactly what it symbolises
* Always wears black nail varnish except when at school (I've got addicted to it now, it just looks so great!)
* often wears heavy, deliberately smeared monochrome makeup when going out
* owns a jacket covered in patches and badges for his favourite bands/causes/artists/writers etc.
* Posseses endless hours of recordings by underground bands with unpronouncable names
* Plays (a big black spiky) guitar
* Is in a band
* Has his own side-project
* Is bisexual
* Likes fantasy and sci-fi books
* Thinks vampires are really neat
So probably. I don't fit into a lot of other stereotypes though, especially if you have fucking stupid ideas about goths (I'm not really a goth, but still, I get lumbered with the idea that I self-harm or don't wash or don't smile at all pretty regularly).
Also, I love people who start all that 'OMG U CLAIM TO BE AN INDIVIDUAL BUT U WEAR BLACK LIEK OTHA GOFFS' bollocks. I don't know about any other goths or goth-labelled-persons, but I don't dress like this to be an individual.
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I'm a whole mix of stereotypes, one for every type of music I like (well, not entirely). The clothes I wear include cut-off three-quarter length punk rock shorts, plain brown cords, baggy jeans, hoodies, jackets, hawaiian shirts, homemade t-shirts and loads of band t-shirts, the bands on them ranging from Down By Law and Capdown through the Blood Brothers, Thursday and My Awesome Compilation to Radiohead and the Wedding Present. One generalisation that could be made about what I wear is most of the time what I wear is trying to say something, be it "I like this band" or "Support your local poet"
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I'm in the same boat as rhynne. I'm too mainstream in my clothing tastes (yay old navy!) to be able to tell what I listen to. Plus in the summer, I work in a factory building heavy machinery so there you definately can't tell what I listen to! Maybe I'd look like I like '80s buttrock, as I like to wear old jeans bought thrifting and they're usually ugly and acid-washed and *gasp* straight leg. Plus old holey shirts.
Hmm.
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What do Captain Beefheart/Zappa fans look like?
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I'm not a completely dedicated fan of any particular genre or scene in music, so I don't believe that I could be typecast. Unless someone can guess what I look like and how I behave because I listen to Yes, Current 93, Darkthrone and Crass...?
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I'm have to guess you're some sort of nerd, lots of plain jeans, average t shirts and band shirts, from listening to Prog and Metal.
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What do Captain Beefheart/Zappa fans look like?
Hippies, or jeans/shirts/sweaters/t-shirts unassuming looking muso types. General beardiness too. We've probably got a slightly gleeful unhinged look in our eyes from overexposure to Trout Mask Replica too.
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Now there's a decent guess if ever there was one.
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Also, I love people who start all that 'OMG U CLAIM TO BE AN INDIVIDUAL BUT U WEAR BLACK LIEK OTHA GOFFS' bollocks. I don't know about any other goths or goth-labelled-persons, but I don't dress like this to be an individual.
Calm down dear. You're fucking nuts and are thus exempt, plus, you posess a brain, which clearly invalidates any claim to sheepery that you might posess.
On another note, I wasn't aware I had so tragically slipped into cliche. Fuck. Where can I find more people like me so that we can form an anti socail group social group and then be all snobby about everyone else? I'm so eager to get started, I have a tatoo designed and everything.
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Pretty much.
Some of the metal stereotypes I fit are..
- Long hair (was down to the middle of my back but I cut it to a few inches below my shoulders)
- Wears entirely jeans and band T-shirts (and the more "kvlt" the band the better, ohh yeah, :P)
- Socially inept
- Likes fantasy, sci-fi, RPGs, and video games
- Plays a BC Rich guitar
- in a metal band
some of the stereotypes I don't fit are..
- I don't drink beer or do any drugs (aside from nyquil and the occasional valium)
- I don't like to headbang all that much, though I do it on occasion at concerts when I can't help myself.
- I'm not really an "elitist" though I do listen to underground metal stuff. . I'm generally nice and not an asshole (mostly a BM stereotype)
ahh I can't think of anymore, haha.
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- I don't drink beer or do any drugs (aside from nyquil and the occasional valium)
lol, you reminded me
*When I drink I drink Cider (My folk side) and Jack Daniels (My Metal side)
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I've never seen drinking as part of the Nerdy Metal fan...or maybe because lots of them are too young to drink and I grew into the idea a few years ago, when I didnt even think about drinking.
Hmmm... But carry on people, it's interesting for the most part.
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Dear lord alive I love alcohol. Words cannot express. Drugs are fine as well, just can't be arsed with them to a large extent, as getting hold of them is a more hassle then going to the shops, so unless it's there then I won't be taking it. If there's something floating around then I'll give it a whirl though.
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No way I fit the stereotype for the kind of music I listen to most often. most of the stuff I listen to 98% of the time is classical.
and I just don't look like a classical music listener.
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Does that extend to coke as well. One of the ...oddest things maybe I've heard about drugs is. "I wont buy coke, anyawy that does is an fool and is asking for trouble. But if there's a few lines on a table at party, I'll be there and taking the marching powder."
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I'm have to guess you're some sort of nerd, lots of plain jeans, average t shirts and band shirts, from listening to Prog and Metal.
Aye, that is a good guess! Close enough indeed. No drinking for me either, it's just not my scene.
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All good my man, all good.
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Hippies, or jeans/shirts/sweaters/t-shirts unassuming looking muso types. General beardiness too. We've probably got a slightly gleeful unhinged look in our eyes from overexposure to Trout Mask Replica too.
Dammit, I am stereotypical on the matter of creepy eyes and abeard, along with many a pairs of pants and shirts.
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It all depends on what I feel like and what I'm listening to at the moment.
Recently I've become more 'average' and non-descript... moreso myself that I have been in the past.
I have been accused of trend-hopping in my more vulnerable years. I have been a goth, a rivet-head (moreso than goth), a raver (not the candy type), a nerdy prep, a grunge kid, and currenly the 'more myself self' fits kinda a stereotype of the indie fan but hints of my past regressions.
Lets just say I can fit in with pretty much any crowd I feel, which comes in handy when your taste in music varies so much. Though, I have been known to attend a show with a conflicting style just for humor.
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Not at all. It would be impossible in the first place because I listen to everything from pop-punk to emo to rock to classical...
My clothing style is just as random. Sometimes I'm in a casual jeans & a t-shirt, sometimes I look like a manufactured Hot Topic kid, usually I'm in some random outfit of a bunch of old clothes I slammed together to look like I've got "unique" fashin sense.
Well, I guess although I'm not stereotypical, my random taste in clothes reflects my random taste in music :P
Oh yeah, and I wore converses before they were cool... back when I was a loser made fun of for my bad taste in clothes. Muahaha.
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I'm an indie kid who leans towards post-punk, so the characteristics that specifically apply to me are:
-doesn't really dress into any kind of fashion, but prefers a weird blend of spiffy and unkempt
-shaggy, kind of long hair
-wears suits on occasion
-inherent snobbery about other people's musical preferences
-an ability to rant about music for hours
-tolerates pretentiousness
I nicked two from Muffy.
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i used to be a stereotypical emo kid. i still look the part, but i'm trying to change...
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Hmmm, I have a very strange mix of music taste, so let's see, shall we?
Classical, Jazz, Ska, Classic Punk, Classic Rock, Instrumental Rock, Billy Joel, and Showtunes.
Is there a stereotype that applies to all of those? I really like music, if that counts.
Lets see, The Classical, Jazz, and Instrumental Rock, show that I'm a music nerd wich I am. The ska says that I have at one time smoked pot, which I haven't. THe classic rock and punk show that I'm awesome, which I am. And the Billy Joel and Showtunes say that I'm gay (well, that's what my friends say), which I'm not.
Kind of a mixed bag, I guess.
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I have very varied music tastes, so I'm gonna go with no. I wear plain t-shirts usually without names, jeans, cords, 3/4 length shorts or cargo pants. I have shoulder length black hair, and 2 ear piercings. I tend to dress pretty normally, with an indy/goth/whatever twist.
I used to smoke a lot of pot, mind, so I'm guessing that didnt help.
Man, I cant type today, or remember anything. I've forgotten what I'm supposed to be writing about.
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Does that extend to coke as well. One of the ...oddest things maybe I've heard about drugs is. "I wont buy coke, anyawy that does is an fool and is asking for trouble. But if there's a few lines on a table at party, I'll be there and taking the marching powder."
Coke's for hookers and yuppies.
I've been drug free for over 6 months now, but I would like some shrooms. I like saying I don't do drugs though, makes me proud.
I dont really look like what I listen to. I sometimes look like a complete punk (black hair & band tshirt, 80s ripped jeans, black hoodie, hightops) and sometimes I can look rather spiffy (gap dress shirt, cords). The majority of my listening is towards indie rock/pop, but I also like punk, ska, new wave and electronica.
I do exhibit some of the signs of an indie rock fan however. Thrift store shirts, converse/vans slip-ons, music ranting ability and plastic framed glasses are some of them.
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I'm currently into a mess of various experimental leaning genres. The stereotype is kind of like a snobby indie rocker but worse and bearded.
For:
Socially inept
Very messy hair I cannot control that looks awful
Only ever wears jeans with blank earthtone t-shirts
Like to hunt down vinyl
Buys tiny art edition CD-Rs and Tapes
Music ranting ability
Highly resistant to noise
Likes to stay up late and get mesmerized by the hum of the world (distant cars, fridge, air conditioning)
Speaks in an English accent
Against:
No Beard
Wears worn out old boots instead of converse (thought of getting some but nike bought em out)
My glasses are wire framed
Never wears band t-shirts
Has a corporate job at a supermarket
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I'm gXc.
Which is Ghetto-Core.
I only have 3 band shirts, Zeppelin, Floyd, and a local band. The rest is divided by 2 flannel shirts, 2 button up short sleeves plain shirts, a bunch of dragons/skulls/etc, some Rocawear, some Phat Farm, some Ecko, Fubu pants, Homestar shirts, and other random things. I always wear custom vans though, which I have two pairs of. They're black and pink checkered and black-white/pink-white skull and crossbones. I also have a pair of Jordans, And1, and some Nikes.
I'm vegetarian, and I have long hair. A PR beard, which is the beard that goes from the sideburns to the chins in a line, and then I have a goatee. I wear rubber bracelets. I wear ties, not just for stupidity, but because I actually like wearing ties. And I'm sXe.
And I'm currently listening to A Silver Mt. Zion.
So yes, I am your stereo-typical gXc kid.
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Ghetto-core?
That is sooo yesterday.
I'm prog-emo-death-l33t-core. With a ribbon.
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I'm an indie kid who leans towards post-punk, so the characteristics that specifically apply to me are:
-doesn't really dress into any kind of fashion, but prefers a weird blend of spiffy and unkempt
-shaggy, kind of long hair
-wears suits on occasion
-inherent snobbery about other people's musical preferences
-an ability to rant about music for hours
-tolerates pretentiousness
Good God, it's me. Except I say 'pretention', and lean more toward post-rock than post-punk.
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Yeah. Probobly.
I wear jeans and tshirts. So do most people. Some of them listen to the same music as me.
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Lets see;
-I own two pairs of nondescript pants
-3/4 nondescript tshirts
-I wear an old semi-broken watch
-my hair is slightly too long, straight and generally gets left where it sits in the morning
-socially inept (as much as i try to deny it)
-unemployed (still at high school)
-bitches about peoples music (and their cars) constantly
Whats my musical preference?
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Yes and no.
See, I love hardcore and metal.
Reasons why I don't fit into hardcore/metal stereotypes:
* I wear pants my size (as opposed to huge camo shorts, girls pants or leather)
* I actually wear shirts every now and then
* I don't suffer from "I only liked their first EP/demo" syndrome
* I don't listen to old-school hardcore and hate anything made after '89, or anything that doesn't sound like it was made in '89
* I think people who do the last two should be punched in the face
* I don't whine about how people don't support the scene and then refuse to go see bands I don't like because of some stupid principle
* I don't dismiss modern bands as "OMG BOTCH RIPOFF"
* I don't talk shit or spread rumors about bands on messageboards, and my posts don't consist to 95% of the word "fuck"
* I hate moshers who lack hand-eye coordination
Reasons I do fit into hardcore/metal stereotypes:
* Tough guy mosh
* Singalong obsession
* I refer to other hardcore fans as "kids"
* 90% of my t-shirts are band shirts
* Camo obsession
* Air guitar playing
* Air drum playing
More as I think of them.
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See, there's no escape.
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-3/4 nondescript tshirts
By that I mean 3 or 4 nondescript tshirts, not threequarters of a nondescript tshirt.
Just thought I might clear that up...
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Acoustic indie/ folk? Yeah probably. I wear jeans, band shirts, play acoustic guitar. I'm a pacifist. Don't do drugs or drink (though I guess that might not fit).
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Same here, acoustic indie, indie rock.
Im skinny, i have long hair, i wear t-shirts that have funny slogans and i look down on anybody who reads NME (thats YOU Cpt.Fantastic...)
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I thought anyone with a brain looked down on NME.
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I don't have any favourite genre. I just listen to what my mood dictates. I lean towards the indie rock side of things though.
And no, I don't fit the stereotype.
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Nope I don't think i do ....... I love lots of metal and prog rock yet
* I'm very sociable and outgoing
* I'm a Law and Public Policy Student
* I work in a very conservative clothing store for middle aged men
* I'm a natural blonde but i have an apprentice hairdresser best friend so my hair is currently brown atm with pinky panels through it
* I've been compared to barbie (that actually shit me off coz i hate pink)
* I love mini skirts as opposed to jeans
* I have more guy best friends than girls and often go to gatherings with 10 guys and me alone
* I hang out all the time with grungy metal heads at local gigs (and constantly get labelled a groupie)
* I occasionally model when my hairdresser/ designer friends make me
* I normally end up dating the type of trend whores who work in surf stores
* 1/3 of my wardrobe is black another 3rd is uber conservative work clothes and another third is clubbing/going out gear (mini skirts and skanky tops)
* I read alot
* I was captain of the high school debate team
So if you meet me at work you'll think I'm uber conservative because of my clothes yet if you saw me on campus i look like your regualr teeny trend whore and if you talked to me about books/uni/ politics you would probably assume I'm a nerd however If you flicked through my cd collection you would assume I'm some gothic freak........... or if your someone whose known me for a long time you probably still don't know what 'category' to put me in
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I just don't know if i fit into stereotypes or not. I just kinda do whatever.
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Some people mix several types, the whole Nerd Metal Head thing is a direct example. If not the best. But it seems to be something you slip part way into.
And it's just gender ratios more than anything that leave you as the only girl with a bunch of male Metalers...well, maybe. Could be other things. But anyway.
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mmmm yeah still the few other chicks ive met at gigs so conform to the stereotype: like a million piercings, a tattoo or two, leather gear with studs and eyelets, jet black hair and pale skin with eyeliner as the only form of make-up ......... whereas i flip my honey highlighted hair with my perfect nails and still manage to out-do them in the 'metal-knowledge' stakes ..... tis fun tho coz i like bein a mystery and freaking ppl out by not conforming to their preconceived stereotype of me
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Yeah, because while they come for the image, they dont stay for the music. They just keep on listening to Korn and shit.
Piercings are nice, but not when you could hang all your shirts from them. And hey, at least you'll stand out in the pit if you get knocked down.
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Lol yeah their all like omg Metallica are so cool like saint anger was teh shit and as for the piercings i prolly would have them if i didnt have a deathly phobia of needles that makes me pass out at the sight of them. And yeah I'm a hardcore mosher, but I'm always surrounded by over-protective dude mates who will take on any guy who so much as moshes too close to me or threatens my personal space so i sort of get private moshing bodyguards :D
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Heh, seen and done the bodyguard thing before. Also seen it turn into a King of the Hill deal. "I touched her, go me" (not in a dodgy way) before getting pasted back to the edges of the pit.
Awww, just take a friend and blame it all on them. "Are you ok with this?" "Look, we're sitting in a room full of several sharp objects, you really want to say I'm scared?"
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Lol yeah but you have to remember i also have an uber conservative job and will be a future lawyer so all visible piercings are out of the question, and the one time i did go to get a piercing (eyebrow it was) i fully freaked out and passed out and yeah by then i was too sick and neurotic to deal with anything other than a cup of tea *sigh* and yeah i know what u mean with the whole king of the hill thing ..... damn metal boys and their rampant lust (thats prolly the main reason my dude mates are over-protective lol)
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Hey, there's lots of none visable places to get done. Though many of them are dodgy and the rest are flesh ones and they tend to be rank and infected.
A lawyer? Please go defended all Rock/Metal acts that get these stupid claims against them, because someone needs to do it.
Rampant lust? Nah, it's just that the combo of true and attractive in a female Metaler is rare, so they're gonna be there like moths to a flame. Still, can always exploit that fact if you need to.
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Yeah i might take on a few pro bono cases for the good of musickind ......... wait a mo did i say pro bono??? cause alot of the musicians who have the stupid cases up against them have the millions of dollars that will be needed to afford me to represent them :-P and still if i couldnt even get an eyebrow piercing done how do you think i would go with a nipple piercing or the like lol and plus i could'nt exactly let everyone see that type of piercing ...... and yeah the whole attractive female metal fan thing is exploited occasionally AKA getting to meet the local bands (in a non-groupie way) and never having to pay for a drink ....... can anyone say unlimited corona's for life ..... WHOO HOO!
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Well, depends what bands. Some of them are still poor remember. But yes, if they can pay, let them pay. You have to keep up with the courtroom fashions after all.
You work pro bono for the bands that get done over by their labels. Because then they'll be poor.
This is a point. Oh well, not as if it's a needed thing. I dont think I could ever go and get one done either. But then nerds dont have bits of metal in their skin. Unless they trip and fall onto their replica swords.
Ahh, how foolish man can be at times. I'm sure some of those bands are glad to meet a girl that doesn't want to suck their dicks of course. "Hey guys, this one's legal and she isn't a bucket. Quick, bring out the poetry books and act smart"
Ok, this is now way off topic thanks to my ramblings.
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Does that extend to coke as well. One of the ...oddest things maybe I've heard about drugs is. "I wont buy coke, anyawy that does is an fool and is asking for trouble. But if there's a few lines on a table at party, I'll be there and taking the marching powder."
bragh, tricksy one. I do think theres a line between consuming the odd bit of whatever here and there and actually going out and buying the stuff, but quite often the people that are saying that are only doing so as a way of convincing themselves that they're not like that when actually they are.
Still, everyones got their own view on things, there are things I will and won't take, but at the end the end of the day it depends on mood and circumstance more than a strictly defined set of mental rules I have on the subject.
I'm actually very lucky with work, as the dresscode is farily lax, so I didn;t need to go out and buy a millions shirts and ties when I started work. I just dress the way I always do, it's great.
I 'spose I look more student than anything else, I guess you'd maybe be able to peg me as vaguely indie if you saw me, but that depends on whos looking.
Sorry, what were we talking about?
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I am wearing a Belle and Sebastian t-shirt and purple Chuck Taylors today. I don't know if that's stereotypical or not. Is there an indie pop stereotype? Does it involve sweatervests?
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well chuck taylors in black =indie/ metal/ punk but then again yours are purple so yes indie pop you are in my crazy world of preconceived misonceptions....... however a checks sweater vest and tie undone oh so casually with badges pinned onto it would complete the look :P
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Long hair, Black Chucks, Shorts, Hooded Sweatshirt with this on the front:
(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v12/sademie/kristne.jpg)
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First off, my soapbox: I really don't see a problem with following the occassional trend, where clothes are concerned, or just being very particular about what you wear in general. Contrary to popular opinion, it doesn't make you an idiot. I'm honest about it, I'm a guy that loves clothing. You gotta have hobbies, right?
I love fashion, and fuck do I ever love stylish girls. What you wear is what you want to communicate to the people around you, yes? Well, I like people, I like to be social, and I like to go out. Smart, well coordinated outfits communicate confidence and sociability.
I listen to Mos Def, Talib Kweli and The Roots, Massive Attack, Radiohead and Travis, Death Cab for Cutie, and the Deftones to name a few.
I'm sure the music I listen to and the people that has led me to be acquainted with has influenced my clothing but my musical tastes are so diverse I've picked up a lot of neat little fashiony things from all over the place. I've a little hip hop in my clothing, and a little skinny alt rock boy, probably leaning towards the rocker side in style (although I've met a lot of people similarly dressed at b-boy competitions).
With that being said, I'm not into tight or baggy clothing. I like clothes that fit. I like earth tones, but I mix it up with brighter colors if I feel like it. Sort of depends what I'm doing.
I'm usually in favor of clever t-shirts (dope grafitti prints especially), I like jeans of different tones and fades (depending on what shoes, shirt/jacket I'm wearing. I alternate between chucks, pumas and other casual sneakers.
I fit in at most hip hop clubs and rock concerts. I wear cheap, and I wear designer shit. Call me a sad, confused hipster if you want, I'm not into uniforms (although I see their merits: i.e. attracting likeminded individuals). I wear clothes I think look cool (how novel!). I love suits too; I do love pretentious, uppity, smokey lounges (sometimes). Used to be a bit of a raver too.
I have 4 piercings (3 on 1 ear, 1 on the other), and 1 tattoo.
I think we should wear whatever we want, but know why we want to. We're all vain anyway (especially if you're posting in this thread).
Fun thread.
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Trollstormur, I gotta own that hoodie.
I like the one I have, made in protest to the Christian Union at my University. Now, because they're anti-homosexual, they can't actually be a part of the Union and it's groups, so after several attempts of trying to control areas and stuff for meetings when they had no right along with causing loads of shit.
Christian
Union?
No
Thanks
Gotta love seeing that on several hoodies around the uni.
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I listen to loads of different styles of music, but I usually just fall back on band t-shirts and jeans...
thats about it.
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I dont fit the stereotypes anymore, because well, I grew up and realized that limp bizkit is not the best band ever, in fact, probably just the opposite, and now, well.. I listen to everything. But back in the day before I became educated, I wore my brothers jeans which happened to be 12 sizes too big for me and.. his shirts too, also too big, and I had my hair cut real short and spikey and I looked like a boy... no wonder I suffered from low self-esteem!
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I think we should wear whatever we want, but know why we want to. We're all vain anyway (especially if you're posting in this thread).
Fun thread.
Not necessarily vain, although I fit a lot of the stereotypes about some of the music I listen to when it comes to clothing not so much. I remember one girl I went out with got a bit of a shock when she discovered she hadn't netted a nice indie boy. There's more to musical stereotypes than just the threads.
I'm with you on the first and last bits though.
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What you wear is what you want to communicate to the people around you, yes? Well, I like people, I like to be social, and I like to go out. Smart, well coordinated outfits communicate confidence and sociability.
Definately. Clothes are plumage. :)
I'm wearing black Converse One Stars, brown flat front dress pants, and a bright blue t-shirt right now. Indie? I don't know. There really aren't indie types around here, so I just kind of make it up as I go along.
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I think we should wear whatever we want, but know why we want to. We're all vain anyway (especially if you're posting in this thread).
Fun thread.
Not necessarily vain, although I fit a lot of the stereotypes about some of the music I listen to when it comes to clothing not so much. I remember one girl I went out with got a bit of a shock when she discovered she hadn't netted a nice indie boy. There's more to musical stereotypes than just the threads.
I'm with you on the first and last bits though.
Haha, my true colors shine through... perhaps I should speak for myself in the future :).
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Trollstormur, I gotta own that hoodie.
I like the one I have, made in protest to the Christian Union at my University. Now, because they're anti-homosexual, they can't actually be a part of the Union and it's groups, so after several attempts of trying to control areas and stuff for meetings when they had no right along with causing loads of shit.
Christian
Union?
No
Thanks
Gotta love seeing that on several hoodies around the uni.
hahaha, nice.
There were some Christians having a protest about abortion or some shit on my campus, and my friend went and paraded around in his Vital Remains "Dechristianize" hoodie.
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I have a rather nice Slayer longsleeve, which I've never seen anywhere else but is brilliantly anti-christian, in that the front sports a giant inverted cross with the rotting corpse of Jesus nailed to it and the caption "Smell the Stench of Immortality". Very nice artwork as well.
I vaguely remember one time when I was drunk and a Christian missionary-type tried to push pamphelts and crap on me. According to more sober friends, as opposed to my own more fragile memory, I was screaming things like "Fuck the Messiah", "Spit upon the corpse of the fucking Nazarene", "We're all doomed to walk the fucking earth as slaves to you living dead fuckers" and various similiar epithets before breaking into a drunken rendition of 'Christraping Black Metal'.
The poor bastard probably thought he had a Marilyn Manson fan to deal with.
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* I hate moshers who lack hand-eye coordination
BAH! That made me laugh. Its so true though. I think we should team up in a crime-fighting duo ridding the world of annoying moshers.
I am wearing a Belle and Sebastian t-shirt and purple Chuck Taylors today. I don't know if that's stereotypical or not. Is there an indie pop stereotype? Does it involve sweatervests?
GOD YES! Is that even a question?
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ARGH the dreaded sweatervest! RUNAWAY!!!
I personally don't really have a set style, either in music or in clothes. I listen to all sorts of stuff, and wear all sorts of stuff too. I own one pair of shoes, blue Saucony's. I own two pairs of jeans, one regular and one slightly darker blue. What I wear depends on what's clean... Usually random t-shirts I've accumulated through the years from some place or another, but I also have a nice collection of button down work shirts, mostly in plain stiped patterns. Sometimes I'll even throw a curveball and wear a t-shirt UNDER a nice button down! Ooohlala.
Top 3 favourite shirts:
-grey Rochester Red Wings t-shirt I picked up from the Salvation Army at some point
-white Special Blend t-shirt, made by someone I went to school with in their graphic arts class and printed onto a tee. This I traded my set of genuine Japanese construction pants for, and also received the blue hat seen in the pic thread.
-maroon striped Geoffrey Beene button-down shirt I found at my house after a party I threw. Also how I gained half of my extensive hoodie collection.
I like to play masquerades sometimes. Like, if I'm flying anywhere, I wear jeans and a nice shirt and put on my, 'young professional' attitude. When I wear t-shirts and a hoodie I find myself stopped by customs 9 times out of 10.
When I got called for jury duty, I threw on a pair of UFOs (yes, I own a pair, plz don't hurt me), my 'Burlington Board of Health: Let's make smoking history! t-shirt (irony is fun) and put in the biggest gauged earrings I owned. I was playing, 'young raver hoodrat' and it worked, they didn't pick me!
Ok I'm weird, whatever. It's fun to mess with people's minds.
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I was screaming things like "Fuck the Messiah", "Spit upon the corpse of the fucking Nazarene", "We're all doomed to walk the fucking earth as slaves to you living dead fuckers" and various similiar epithets before breaking into a drunken rendition of 'Christraping Black Metal'.
Dude, you missed the classic band "Jesus Tastes Like Chicken!"
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hmm. lets see.
music: largely downbeat electronic stuff, nerd hip-hop, drum and bass, experimental-ish stuff.
- shoulder-length dreadlocks. don't know where that puts me.
- tendency to wear a fair bit of black -- not big heavy stuff, just black jeans, black t-shirt, black cons, black hoodie, that sort of thing.
- i wear a lot of sportscoats / blazers and scarves, especially during winter. and i like badges.
- i wear a lot of t-shirts screenprinted/designed by myself/friends. patches and stuff too.
- most of my clothes are from second-hand / army disposal stores.
so in conclusion, i have no idea, really.
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I dont know what genre I fit into, I dont know what style I have. I like to say I dont have any.
Hmmn... My style is... Plain and random...
I dont match colours or styles or whatever you're supposed to do.. I just put on stuff if its comfy or I like it...
I have this natural thing to want to buy or try on anything in a store that is GREEN or stripey, I basically dont look at other stuff, I'm not sure why that is..
But one piece of my clothing that I am proud of are my NO SWEAT shoes... In relation to the talk of lots of chucks and also of sweat shops in this thread. Wearing my pink NO SWEATS makes me feel like I'm at least TRYING to do a little bit about the problem...
Besides I can walk down the street, and see everyone else with their cool chucks and think to myself "Little kids didn't have to starve for me to look awesome"..
And I'm not pretentious in anyway, I just feel really good about this. And happy when I see someone else with no sweats aswell..
http://www.nosweatapparel.com/miva/merchant.mvc?Screen=CTGY&Category_Code=NSS < come on you know you want some.
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Maybe...I don't try to go for a genre but I have certain tastes...and I have been called...something a couple time at least, but I'm not...or are you something by your general taste even though you are what you are just because you like it not because you were aware of what genre it followed...
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Never.
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because i am ineducated and only recently (as in the last 2 months) learned what a chav was i still dont really know what musical stereotypes are. i wear heavy eyeliner and have a mild fetish for hats...
i listen to all types of music but ive been through the phases. i think the hat obsession came from liking musicals (damnit) so musical lovers could be stereotyped as hat obsessists?
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i have about as many piercings as Tchaikovski has symphonies, so no, i don't think i am a stereotypical classical music nerd somehow :P
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Talking about a stereotypical skinhead is pretty dicey territory simply because most people don't know anything beyond the movie American History X or Romper Stomper. I am a traditional skin, meaning I'm not racist, and that I do not ally myself with any particular political faction within the subculture, although my personal beliefs fall into SHARP (SkinHeads Against Racial Prejudice) territory, but I disapprove of there almost gang-like tactics in combating boneheads. That said, I frequently wear braces, Docs or Grinders, cuffed, tight jeans and polo shirts. However, I spend an equal amount of time wearing Dickies, sneakers, band t-shirts and hoodies. In fact, pretty much every t-shirt I own is from a punk, oi! or metal band. Expectedly, I have close cropped hair, although every so often I grow a mohawk (I love mohawks). As far as music goes, I listen to stereotypical skinhead music: oi!, 60's ska/reggae, hardcore and punk. On top of that I listen to a ton of heavy metal (especially in recent years), classic rock, a good amount of hip hop, and a little bit of everything else from country to jazz. My greatest musical loves though are definitely hardcore punk, oi! and metal.
Oh yeah, I've also got tattoos, although none of the traditional skinhead tats, like the crucified skin, laurel, or boots. I'll probably get laurel at some point.
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I had a random woman tell me that the t-shirt I was wearing was a wonderful way of affirming my (Christian) faith.
The shirt displayed the cover art for the single of Ministry's "Jesus Built My Hotrod." :D
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I'm perpetually displaying my Christian faith. I have a blue cross tattooed on my arm. It's part of a larger piece, but it's still there. I figure it negates the revolver on the other side of my arm.
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I listen to a lot of indie rock.
I wear:
1. Brown or Olive Green dickies
2. Navy blue hoodie (neighborhoodie, no less) (with a fake flower pinned on the front too)
3. brown converse shoes
4. Band shirt. Almost always bown, olive green, or navy blue. I also wear bright red, green, or yellow shirts on occasion.
In addition to listening to music, I:
1. take "artsy" photos with a stylish 35mm camera.
2. read underground comics
3. read the alternative press
4. slobber all over Neal Stephenson
5. pointlessly make obscure references to historical concepts, all the time for no reason
6. am a sissy
So, not only am I colorblind, I am really predictable. At least I don't pretend to enjoy reading Pynchon novels. I have yet to even try reading Russian literature. I only joke about reading Finnegan's Wake every day, I've never even held the damn thing.
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I love beautiful music but I'm fucking ugly, so no parallels there.
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BAH! That made me laugh. Its so true though. I think we should team up in a crime-fighting duo ridding the world of annoying moshers.
They do, though! Seriously, it's not about punching others, people!
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A mosh pit is not a fight. Anyone that starts one in a pit as asking to have the shit kicked out of them (oh irony).
Even in "violent" pits (Slayer, Dying Fetus, etc) there still shouldn't be punching etc. Hell, I was in a Dying Fetus pit for Pissing In The Mainstream / Kill Your Mother Rape Your Dog, which was the most violent 3:30 of my life, still no punching or shit.
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I'm sure it's been said before, but can I just say: I love the diverse nature of the QC forum's members.
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Damn right. And those two tracks are two of the best protest/anti-corp tracks in all of Metal.
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I only joke about reading Finnegan's Wake every day, I've never even held the damn thing.
Ermm, Finnegans Wake.
PUNCTUATIOWNED!!!
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Hmm... I'm probably ok with my stereotype vs dresscode thing... I wear black cargo pants or jeans and black t-shirts along with a trench coat, plus the hair I'm still growing... probably implies I'm a lot more metal than I actually am.
Also have the most gorgeous pair of gothic boots ever that I sometimes wear to college when I'm trying to impress one of my teachers.
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Expectedly, I have close cropped hair, although every so often I grow a mohawk (I love mohawks). As far as music goes, I listen to stereotypical skinhead music: oi!, 60's ska/reggae, hardcore and punk. On top of that I listen to a ton of heavy metal (especially in recent years), classic rock, a good amount of hip hop, and a little bit of everything else from country to jazz. My greatest musical loves though are definitely hardcore punk, oi! and metal.
I'd have to say, you sir, are awesome. If everyone in this world could have a mohawk, I'd be happy. I'm actually shaving about a third of my hair off the September after the summer, not quite a hawk, though.
And about the pit, a huge group of friends of mine beat the shit out of this "punk" who was hitting people in the mosh pit and kicking people with fucking steal toes when he croud surfed. I didn't approve of the violence, but I got knocked in the head really hard!
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wait... enough people like post-industrialreggaecore for the to be stereotyped? holy SHIT!
everyone fits neatly into one little box or other, whether they want it or not. i guess it makes it easier to identify who is worth your time and who isn't, i guess, so at least that's good.
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I'm not so sure about that, unless there's a box for "people who don't fit into a box". I know it's the most tedious thing in the world to go on about how varied one's taste is, but there are quite a few people out there who are "non-standard".
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Ummmm, yeah there is. No one ever said you had to fit into JUST one box. There's A LOT of boxes out of there that you can slip into. And there's always people claiming they dont fit into a box. So there for there is enough "Oh I'm not in a box" people to make it a steretype.
Sheer weight of numbers means you're a stereotype. Live with it. If you where someone special, we'd know.
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Whatever, man. Whatever.
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Well you know. I know fine well there's nothing special for different about me and the way the world is I wouldn't be shocked to find a fair enought of peopel almost the same as me.
Would you rather I just someone else running around claiming to be so different and individual when I'm clearly not?
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Okay, I was kinda joking, but you raise another interesting point. Just because you are like a lot of other people, doesn't mean anyone else is. There may well be nothing special nor different about you. I would disagree if someone said the same about me.
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I dun know if I fit into my scene at all, as I think I constitue the ska scene in my area... but
Music: Ska, Indie, West Coast Indie Hip Hop , and did I mention ska?
Dress: Tee-shirt, shorts, Over shirts with fire prints and/or dragon/tiger symbols on them. And the Fedora. Occasionally, I'll hit up the suit/tie deal, but not to often.
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Maybe. But then I maybe I feel fine knowing I'm just part of a whole.
Certainly if you said there was no one locally, with in your social circles like you, I'd have no problem with that. But weight of numbers in even just the western world makes me think about being saying I'm or anyone completely special.
But ya know, unless you have some major problems and you're happy with what you are, fair enough.
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Trollstormur, I gotta own that hoodie.
if enough people express interest in the shirts I'm designing, I'll sell the on the internet.
(norwegian and swedish versions would available too)
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I'm quite tall, frighteningly skinny, and I wear black-rimmed glasses, so I guess in those ways I look like an indie kid. I also tend to wear cords a lot these days. However, I also tend to wear black metal t-shirts, so that kind of clashes with the look... but hey, I like it. :)
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Hey, which stereotype is "easily intimidated by meeting rock band members?" Because I fit that one too.
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I wear khaki cargo shorts/pants, sometimes depending on the weather, sometimes not. I put on whatever shirt is on the top of the stack although there are no band shirts or anything. Wear skate shoes...although that doesn't mean much anymore. I mostly listen to punk but also anything I deem "worthy" (which can be from Mozart to anything short of rap). I guess if I had to be classified it would be under the skater/prep type although i don't see myself following any group. I make decisions based on what I think, I listen to the music i like, and I dress in whatever is easiest :p.
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I can't say that I fit into any one really well, but I listen to tons of different music genres and I can probably pull a look out of my closet for any of them. I just really like fun clothes.
I listen to: indie, alternative, classic rock, folk, emo, punk and some metal.
I wear: Mostly just jeans/cords and hoodies, but I have tons of hats, some really girly hippy skirts, band t-shirts, stilettos, black combat boots, band tshirts, polyster 70s shirts and pants, rev velvet pants, moccasins...
I have really short hair now, that was dyed black, and that looked pretty emo/punk whatever. But before that it was in the middle of my back, brown, and stick straight and I looked like a flower child.
Most of the time I just wear nondescript plain tank tops and pants (I also don't wear any brands like someone else mentioned.. I didn't know it was indie, but I hate being a label whore), but I really like to be able to mess around with my look pretty easily, I can go from metal looking, to preppy and trendy, to pot smoking hippy. And since I like all of those kinds of music, it works for me.
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Hmm, I'm horribly bad at the whole label thing but here it goes anyway.
I wear jeans, button up shirts or t-shirts. That's about it.
If I had to say I was anything I'd say I was an indie kid (at least by musical tastes), it's just that I'm not very good at it.
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Once I dyed my (very dark, almost black) hair, black. It was an experiment for Halloween.
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Same here, acoustic indie, indie rock.
Im skinny, i have long hair, i wear t-shirts that have funny slogans and i look down on anybody who reads NME (thats YOU Cpt.Fantastic...)
Bastard.
I have my prog side(snobbish), then my indie side(chilled), my hate-filled-non-metal anger side, my suit-wearing side and my eyeliner side. I look like a posh 1950's bisexual stoner most of the time.
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ok, so I'm pretty tall, pretty muscular, long hair (usually in ponytail) and wear thin-rimmed rectangular glasses. I wear mainly jeans, nikes or some other comfy trainer, t-shirts (mainly plain blue ones, some band Ts, some random colourful ones), and sweaters (not hoodies) or shirts, depending on weather hehe... mix all that with either leather jacket or some weird black one... and um... you get... well - i donno
personality wise... i'm usually the clown of the group, motormouth and all...
if any of you can figure out a stereotype from all that please enlighten me.
to lend a helping hand, i listed mostly to folk, indie rock/pop, blues rock, 90s alt rock, IDM industrial, metal... that about sums up my favourites i guess, add a pinch or rap maybe...
so yeah. what stereotype am i?
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i guess i fit into the idie stereotype, i listen to idie rock, and none of my friends have ever even heard of my favorite bands. and im skinny, which goes along with the stereotype i think.
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wait... enough people like post-industrialreggaecore for the to be stereotyped? holy SHIT!
I could get into that music... if it existed.
My favorite theoretical musical genre: grindabilly. Stand up bass, blast beats, slide guitar. Lyrics about 1965 Pontiac GTOs and how the human race is shit.
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Ahhh, the invent a genre topic. That one's always fun what's the stupid ideas die down. And if you ever make a band that plays music like that, I'll listen to it at least once.
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There really aren't indie types around here, so I just kind of make it up as I go along.
I'm in the same situation.
The only sort of apparel I whore is my footwear. I have a bright pink pair of Mary Janes with wooden heels and fat buckles that are the coolest things I own. Also, I wear tons of band pins. I probably look like an insane fool most of the time, but it's fun.
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I stopped trying to fit into a group awhile ago, but it's inevitable. I used to be one of those skater dorks who wears all sorts of skate brands, then I realized that was no better than the commercialism I was trying to escape from. I went to wearing more band shirts, and then eventually stopped giving a shit. I used to want to have liberty spikes, but now I don't even fucking care. I guess if anything I kind of fit a late eighties/early nineties punk style (not fucking new wave). I'm not vegan or vegetarian or straight edge. I wear mostly just jeans and tee shirts (without really caring what's on them, no seriously, I'm not picky). I immensely enjoy-
*Playing punk and hardcore style drums
*Getting wasted (drunk, high, tripping, whatever)
*Going to shows and moshing a whole fucking lot
If you think I am wrong about how I classified myself, just say so.
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Meh, its all good. I think I've gotten a little too old to care a lot about what "classification" I'm in. I think you loose a little bit of that affinity for classification after high school. Not all, but a bit.
But dude! Liberty spike roXorz. I'm a rather big fan of the punk attire/look.
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I don't mind being outed as an indie fuck because of the way I dress and act, and it's started some interesting conversations,
but
I'm getting kind of tired of people coming on all 'indier than thou' on me - it's like I have a beacon that says 'Hey, I'll humour you in a game of 'how many bands can you list until I say one that you don't recognise so that I can indulge my superiority over you'' It's getting pretty tedious.
I think I may start dressing like a chav to combat this
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Chav in Canadian terms = thugged out kids?
Yah, that's why I don't really dress 'indie'. Somethings are silly and plus, like you said muffy, that whole "indier than thou" thing just kinda ticks me off.
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Yeah, over here a Chav is the kind of person with an IQ of about 60, who try so hard to emulate the various noxious celebs that populate the media, and do so by wearing a kilo of make up, much hair gel, and all the girls are pregnant by the time they're 16...
That said, I'm gonna get a T-shirt made up which says 'Indier than Thou' and wear it to the next indie club I go to. I think it'll be funny, though indie kids are a notoriously humourless bunch...I'll see how it goes :)
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I don't, really...much to the amazement of people who have become my friends over the last little while. i'm pretty mellow in terms of clothing, opting for comfort more than anything. in terms of the music i like, i should be wearing black latex bondage pants 24 hrs a day.
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Yeah, over here a Chav is the kind of person with an IQ of about 60, who try so hard to emulate the various noxious celebs that populate the media, and do so by wearing a kilo of make up, much hair gel, and all the girls are pregnant by the time they're 16...
That said, I'm gonna get a T-shirt made up which says 'Indier than Thou' and wear it to the next indie club I go to. I think it'll be funny, though indie kids are a notoriously humourless bunch...I'll see how it goes :)
See, in Canada, we call 'chavs' genos/genas. Geno for male, gena for female. Here, they go to clubs, listen to bad music and where far-too-tight jeans with enough makeup on to last a hooker ten years.
Hahaha, good luck with the tshirt idea, I'll be surprised if you're not snubbed/snarled to death. I wish you a safe trip!
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If you want to see hostility go to a underground punk club wearing dress clothes. You'd think I was Satan incarnate with the welcomes I got. I'm sorry if I have a job that pays me well and requires me to dress nice. What was even dumber was that they were there for the scene not the band.