METAL HEADS.
DATE STARTED – 1970’s – 80’s
ORIGIN – America
INFLUENCES – Metal, leather, Denim, Studs, Bands
MUSICAL INFLUENCES – Heavy Metal,
‘Metal Heads’ are a name given to heavy metal fans and go by a number of different names, including – Headbangers, Hessian and Thrasher. Heavy metal fans have created a "subculture of alienation" with its own standards for achieving authenticity within the group. Fans of heavy metal music have created their own subculture which encompasses more than just appreciation of the style of music. Fans affirm their membership in the subculture or scene by attending metal concerts, buying albums, growing their hair, and most recently, by contributing to metal websites. In place of typical dancing, metal fans are more likely to mosh or headbang, a movement in which the head is shaken up and down in time with the music. Fans from the heavy metal culture often make the "Corna" hand-signal formed by a fist with the little finger and index fingers extended, known variously as the “devil’s horns”. Typically, the heavy metal fashions of the late 1970s – 1980s comprised tight blue jeans or drill pants, motorcycle boots or hi-top sneakers and black t-shirts, worn with a sleeveless cut of denim or leather emblazoned with woven patches and button pins from heavy metal bands.
