Post pics of the best/worst Battle Jackets and ILM will mark them out of 10

http://i.imgur.com/KZdUN8Y.jpg

http://i.imgur.com/G6XU0Rp.jpg

http://i.imgur.com/zsg0pcp.jpg

http://i.imgur.com/kvHx1Cl.jpg

Dont see too many battle jackets round here now though they seem to be making a bit of a comeback but when I 1st loved here in 1991 ALL of them had WASP and Sacred Reich patches. Must have had a firesale somewhere.

Anyone still come across these? (non metallers I especially ask you)

Also I want smithy to post a pic of his!

long coat = 3
Bathory = 9
Running Wild = 7
Asphyx = 5

i wanna see more piss-bleached denim or gtfo

http://i.imgur.com/vro2Hle.jpg

7, docked a point for the Bruce Dickinson patch

http://i.imgur.com/UdXBzvO.jpg

NV you ever see anyone wearing these now?

http://i.imgur.com/QJ9w2yj.jpg

7 for the Venom jacket

xp not really, not even at college as far as i can remember

8 for that last one, +2 for the bleach job

http://i.imgur.com/EzUoSBE.jpg

http://i.imgur.com/Lf27HEf.jpg

There were a couple out and about at Indietracks (yes, really).

(Not ironic, either.)

black and white = 6, too orderly
Twisted Sister = 10
Helix = 5

http://i.imgur.com/bb9WuAu.jpg

There were a couple out and about at Indietracks (yes, really).

― emil.y,

i have to ask anyway. REALLY?

It's true!

is that Bolt Thrower? 6
Kill 'Em All = 7. mainly for the Dio patch

http://i.imgur.com/VNvJnwp.jpg

http://i.imgur.com/bcKLzNl.jpg

hahaha Avenged Sevenfold?
http://i.imgur.com/f31MkhT.jpg

how many points does Muse lose this?
http://i.imgur.com/0UnZ7uU.jpg

And the Police. And the fact that it's shit.

Muse loses it all the points, the Police gets 1 back for lulz, the Australia patch loses it again cos wtf

Does Colonel Poo have one of these?
http://i.imgur.com/6aSiLA6.jpg

Skid Row = 5, cheeky
The Crue = 8
pretty taken with the Judas Priest, above criticism

http://i.imgur.com/Sby9pDA.jpg

come on the rest of ilx post some battle jacket pics!

Folks still wear them all the time in Dallas. I see them at every metal show, and many other shows too (there were at least 4 or 5 at the Christian Death show the other night, for example, and one at last night's King Dude gig). Most I've ever seen were at the Valient Thorr shows, but they specifically celebrate that part of the culture.

When it's 100º+ it takes dedication to rock a layer of denim or leather.

best patch ever is the large Doom - Police Bastard one iirc

http://i.imgur.com/o5wIkzK.jpg

EZ in the USA are battle jackets known as 'Vests'?

http://i.imgur.com/v0dZI8L.jpg

double Whitesnake made it 9 but i'm docking 1 for Europe

5 marks off for the doors

http://www.tensionwire.com/media/blog/doom-leather-jacket.jpg

Yeah, I hear vest more than battle jacket.

Battle Jacket must just be a european thing then

http://i.imgur.com/J5id9Wc.jpg

http://i.imgur.com/GYI1rdV.jpg

200

and that was before i noticed the studs on the belt

I like the way Anal Cunt is on his bum, too.

http://i.imgur.com/FPthYQH.jpg

https://www.facebook.com/pages/Rate-My-Battle-Jacket/137583436320094

emil.y can you remember any of the band patches you saw at indietracks?

http://i.imgur.com/w9JAryT.jpg

I can't remember any particularly idiosyncratic ones. I did drunkenly rate the patches of one guy but can only remember fairly standard things - Maiden, Metallica, Sabbath, etc.

probably Slayer?

or one of these?
http://i.imgur.com/Nf3fFqs.jpg

http://i.imgur.com/bRgiMc8.jpg

"battle jackets"...never heard that term before.

but yeah hardcore dudes and gutter punx still wear these

i saw a girl with face tats and a "battle jacket" and a baseball cap with a Satirycon patch on the front at Wendy's in north mpls yesterday

You getting stuff from here? http://tshirtslayer.com/

nah just google images. please post some though!

http://i.imgur.com/Vp7a5Cd.jpg

http://i.imgur.com/y9oTMjX.jpg

here's a p good image of modern punx

http://farm4.staticflickr.com/3049/2821010060_6b7a676a2f_z.jpg?zz=1

some hybridization of metal/punk/hippie/homeless/grunge

http://www.fairfaxunderground.com/forum/file.php?40,file=31895,filename=gutter-crust-punk-squatter.jpg

I just put the url in "web" here http://imgur.com and it gives you links inc in bb code

xp

http://25.media.tumblr.com/5b748966d2a1c2604d27b9919a430d35/tumblr_mggb3bELDs1qcb642o1_500.jpg

http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lkajtdQLVw1qju5k6o1_500.jpg

http://i.imgur.com/M3lDNKv.jpg

^Bet roxy can name those logos

http://psupopculture.files.wordpress.com/2011/02/gutter-punks-pic.jpg

is that rancid?

http://i.imgur.com/V5uhMfR.jpg
jjj can top this

battle pants

http://31.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m72wh5LEe31rxcb72o1_500.jpg

great thread.

Grindcore fans can't spell:

Napal Death
NAPALAM DEATH
Napalm
napalm death
Naplam Death

http://s3.amazonaws.com/tshirtslayer/files-tshirt/styles/shirtview/public/user-7326/8e7c0fb17f7329bf916d451834c4a429.jpg

lol I thought that said Brokencyde

xps

http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lv10v8hnSZ1r51v3fo1_500.jpg

http://i.imgur.com/e9SRQzV.jpg

^ for emil.y

http://i.imgur.com/2THUo51.jpg

http://i.imgur.com/zrZZjd9.jpg

http://i.imgur.com/n5Ui3xW.jpg

http://i.imgur.com/wZWBG4v.jpg

http://i.imgur.com/Izq6Vow.jpg

http://i.imgur.com/vaq6o7o.jpg

http://i.imgur.com/HCLQLmh.jpg

hard rock battle jacket vs turtles bedspread.

mum must be so proud.

http://i.imgur.com/76crobc.jpg

http://i.imgur.com/jq5mEGB.jpg

http://i.imgur.com/eQHM9bq.jpg

I always thought these were called patch(ed) denims, never heard Battle Jackets before, sounds like a Manowar thing. Anyway Pagan Altar are playing the pub next door to where I work tonight and there will surely be some of these on show among the attendees, I'll report back!

It seems to have various names http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cut-off

but the metal version is battle jacket

A cut-off, also known as a kutte or "battle jacket" / "battlevest" in heavy metal subcultures, is a type of vest or jacket which originated in the biker subculture and has now found popularity in the punk and various heavy metal subcultures. Biker, metal and punk subcultures differ in how the garment itself is prepared, what decorations are applied, and how this is done.

Cut-offs are usually made from leather or denim jackets with their sleeves removed, or cut very short, and often adorned with patches, badges and painted artwork that display motorcycle club affiliations known as colors,[1][2] or alternatively band names, political affiliations, beliefs or sexual acts performed.[3]

In the 1970s and 1980s, cut-offs were almost always blue denim. Thrash metal fans favored heavily washed denim, while members of one British motorcycle club bleached theirs until they were almost white. From the mid to late 1990s, some punks and metalheads have worn multi-pocketed hunting or fishing vests, both in plain colours and camouflage patterns, and leather cut-offs—always popular with punks, and with bikers in recent decades.

The word Kutte (plural: Kutten) is a German loanword which literally references the religious habit of a Christian monk (from the Latin cotta, cf. Engl. coat) but that is also, in a tongue-in-cheek fashion, used for Cut-offs.

Punk and hardcore
Punk kutten are often made from leather and heavily decorated with metal studs.

In punk subculture, cut-offs are often leather (but can also be denim). Typical decorations are metal studs and badges (often painted-on) of bands or political causes, with cloth patches being secondary, ultimately because of the difficulty of doing the required needlework on tough leather. In addition, sleeves are more likely to be kept attached to the body of the jacket. As part of the DIY philosophy of the hardcore punk scene, the vests may be home-repaired with heavy thread, dental floss, or safety pins, and the band logos may be put on using paint and crude home-made stencils. Some wearers also drape chains or other paraphernalia from the vest.
Heavy metal
A pair of typical heavy metal / hard rock fans proudly wearing and discussing their "battlevests".

Cut-offs in the heavy metal scene are often adorned with patches of logos and album covers of bands, ranging in size from small square patches to large patches that fill the back panel of the vest. Patches are the main decoration; however, some Heavy Metal kutten have studs on them, particularly for fans of crossover hardcore-metal bands such as mid-1980s Discharge or of thrash metal.

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c0/Anti-NowhereLeague-1-Augustibuller2007.jpg/800px-Anti-NowhereLeague-1-Augustibuller2007.jpg

http://i.imgur.com/tXb1jzK.jpg

http://i.imgur.com/W7iSmEW.jpg

http://i.imgur.com/1smbwCo.jpg

http://i.imgur.com/U4TdTOf.jpg

http://i.imgur.com/Wgb1wc3.jpg

The most popular centrepiece back patches circa 1981 (from memory) :

http://www.bzar.jp/data/bzar/product/20130623_4e0cc7.jpg

http://www.foofighters.com/sites/foofighters/files/imagecache/blog_large/rainbow.jpg

http://www.marthascloset.co.uk/asps/uploads/big/5397-2.jpg

This was like the ones I used to see in Glasgow/Lanarkshire
http://i.imgur.com/r3xYI1F.jpg

I have no idea why Sacred Reich were so popular here as they were really shit.

Is this a thing in hip hop now too?
http://i.imgur.com/Bpxx5ay.jpg

http://i.imgur.com/cYZ1ROX.jpg

http://i.imgur.com/ajVmEWF.jpg

http://i.imgur.com/UC6EKVy.jpg

http://metalinjection.s3.amazonaws.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/11/ChrisBrownGoneMetaljacket.jpg

Is that Chris Brown? Don't let Alex In NYC see that!

How does NV rate this one?
http://i.imgur.com/w3rldvQ.jpg

@ag : yup ..

and i very much doubt alex comes over this side of the wire these days.

:(

He pops up occasionally. I'm sure he knows about those pics.

I used to see loads of these battle jackets with Public Enemy patches alongside Anthrax/Slayer/Megadeth etc I keep forgetting how much Public Enemy crossed over to the metal crowd

http://i.imgur.com/ibR6JRu.jpg

The Chris Brown pic ... while roundly indefensible ... is indeed ancient history. I already addressed it back in November of 2012.

ahhh .. say his name 5 times ...

Told ya!

But did he have a battle jacket with a Killing Joke patch?

http://i.imgur.com/aYJj6EX.jpg

skillz.

how many of these were done by the mums ..

(and yes, i know there is a chance that the dads may have done them, but you just know they were done by the mums .. )

nah what else do you think they did during the home economics lessons they forced on us first two years of high school

that last one is very organized

exactly upper mississippi ..

a hormonal spotty 16 year old would never have arranged them like that.

extrememetalbattlejacket.xls

well most battle jackets i see now are guys older than i am. and im pretty sure the great majority of jackets were bought from someone else. Im damn sure a lot of ppl wore patches by bands he'd never heard (my old mate from school had one he wore to donington in the 90s and he had only heard the black album by metallica nevermind the other patches on it

That last one looks like the patches were all sewn on at the same time, i.e. a poser's jacket

I was told (by someone that knew them well) that a slightly renowned retro-rock band of a few years ago actually paid someone £600-odd to make up patch denims for them.

do they not have punx in UK?

2 jackets actually, £600 each

i want to be very clear here. that Saxon jacket is. fucking. mint.

s'pose i shd confess i'm not a big fan of punker leathers tbh, unless it is 1983 and you are in the Anti-Nowhere League

Again i used to see punks with discharge/gbh/crass leathers but not for ages (unless im in glasgow shopping)

Another patch always on jackets round here early 90s was Hawkwind.

I used to see loads of these battle jackets with Public Enemy patches alongside Anthrax/Slayer/Megadeth etc I keep forgetting how much Public Enemy crossed over to the metal crowd

There's a bit in Whiney's Nation of Millions book saying that Chuck D and Hank Shocklee admired the way Megadeth and Maiden gave their album covers an identity by using the same logo/font every time, and how PE did the same.

http://i.imgur.com/8NUsPsr.jpg

http://i.imgur.com/WjN0DLa.jpg

where did people get hold of metal patches? Places like Affleck's Palace I guess, but also mail order? I seem to remember back pages of Kerrang! would feature mail order ads for them.

used to be shops/market stalls that wd have big displays of patches for sale back in the 80s

Music t-shirt shops seem to have disappeared in recent years, except in a few places like Camden Market. Thx internet!

yeah free with albums, record shops (you can get them still in a 2nd hand record shop in Glasgow along with drug paraphernalia and those big band flags you put on yer wall and tshirts ) and yes mail order. Was never into it but had a few nice patches with records over the years.

NV and others what mark out of 10 for
http://i.imgur.com/3XKt7W9.jpg

http://www.tumblr.com/tagged/battle-jacket

Too many of these have bright new patches on them - not showing any wear or signs of battle on them. Also, if you don't devote a large part of the back to your favorite band, I think you're doing it wrong.

http://31.media.tumblr.com/dc2eaecee41f76f9c43197c301a2f78d/tumblr_msue450Uoj1rl0o1yo1_500.jpg

1/10 for the coors/pilsner/ass patches

http://25.media.tumblr.com/2e27e3a5a9d67e826e819720a016321f/tumblr_msh2llHB0N1sbzmbxo1_1280.jpg

http://i.imgur.com/5g2q9hu.jpg

http://25.media.tumblr.com/6c62193e6b3a16b74a2ac0426765e637/tumblr_mse9r1Oeop1r3bomio1_400.jpg

woah Mournful Congregation!

10/10?
http://i.imgur.com/CPPbmvj.jpg

hah that is amazing!

http://25.media.tumblr.com/17563e15edbecc983e4b5e402d89757d/tumblr_ms1vwzcPwd1s8b49ko1_250.png

peace, anarchy... ecstasy?

docked 2 points for the pink floyd and offspring patches

http://i.imgur.com/nC6LYUE.jpg

who would put an offspring patch on with those others?

Saxon jacket above - 6/10.

Battle hardened - 7/10
Mild asymmetry - 7/10
Sewn on by his mum - 8/10
Bands that don't suck - 6/10
Variety - 1/10

http://i.imgur.com/z2TkOBe.jpg

Back

http://i.imgur.com/xMrvSZ3.jpg

that one goes to 11, the extra point for the rivets!

peace, anarchy... ecstasy?

― PRISON WARDEN CONSCIOUSNESS (4th Dimension) (Viceroy), Saturday, September 14, 2013 7:15 AM (23 minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

that's Equality.

This thread rules, btw.

Thin Lizzy and Eddie inside the jacket!

where did people get hold of metal patches?

http://rusted-faith.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/2166741856_3ea372ac61_z.jpg

^^ Hippy/headshop, with a wide range of music stuff downstairs with the bongs.

Would people think I was a dick if I made a battle jacket with nothing but NWW list bands on? Y/N?

If you can find an Annexus Quam patch then go for it say I.

I love the term "battle jackets."

I saw two of these in the wild at a bar last weekend. I don't remember the bands - a lot of black/death/doom metal.

Do ppl save up patches then sewed them on at once to ensure a pleasing layout or just sew as they go?

i wd buy a NWW list jacket but it shd still look like a tattered denim mess with a big centrepiece or no sale

big NWW patch in centre then list bands on the surround

Oh yeah, that was what I was thinking.

But did he have a battle jacket with a Killing Joke patch?

I had a denim vest circa 1984. Motorhead patch on the back, UK Subs & Clash patches on the front. Painstakingly replicated the Killing Joke font circa FIRE DANCES across the top of the back (in white-out) and the Venom logo (swirly, Roger Dean-esque letters) somewhat crudely beneath the Motorhead patch. In retrospect, I'd give it a B-.

Saw a few at last night's show. Most memorably, a crusty old dude in a vest with a big old Cro-Mags patch on the back. Based on the style of denim he had to have made it in the late 80s.

Also told one young woman I was going to have to charge her $1 for each stud on her Discharge painted leather vest and her jaw just dropped. Took her 6 or 7 seconds to realize I was joking and not going to ask for $100+.

I just got a really nice denim jacket from the Gap in this weekend's mail. I will not be putting any patches on it.

poseur

http://i.imgur.com/unz4HRt.jpg

Some lovely patches to be had here: http://www.rockbymail.com/index.asp

My top 3:

http://www.rockbymail.com/ekmps/shops/rockbymail/images/howard-jones-close-up-printed-patch-10082-p%5Bekm%5D228x300%5Bekm%5D.jpg
http://www.rockbymail.com/ekmps/shops/rockbymail/images/andy-david-the-williams-brothers-woven-patch-10116-p%5Bekm%5D300x225%5Bekm%5D.jpg
http://www.rockbymail.com/ekmps/shops/rockbymail/images/marillion-fish-and-group-photo-patch-2150-p.jpg

I had an army surplus jacket with a big circle A painted on the back in white out. It was a total failure.

Would people think I was a dick if I made a battle jacket with nothing but NWW list bands on? Y/N?

― emil.y,

Patch of Albert as centrepiece?

http://www.rockbymail.com/ekmps/shops/rockbymail/images/japan-david-sylvian-printed-patch-8524-p%5Bekm%5D300x295%5Bekm%5D.jpg

I'll have this one
http://i.imgur.com/8oEux6G.jpg

this thread is making me crave 70s printed t-shirts where the print thing has started to crack

http://i.imgur.com/6G084V4.jpg

http://i.imgur.com/185Kzep.jpg

http://i.imgur.com/FCqIO5v.jpg

http://i.imgur.com/2b34sve.jpg

I wonder how many ilxors have clicked on this thread and seen the pics and have turned their noses up at it?

From Maryland Deathfest
http://i.imgur.com/NvySkqa.jpg

i lol'd

I wonder how many ilxors have clicked on this thread and seen the pics and have turned their noses up at it?

srsly AG - enjoy what you enjoy and stop worrying what other people think about anything!

http://i.imgur.com/hh7pp2F.jpg

http://i.imgur.com/c3e1fwi.jpg

^ marks out of 10, NV?

http://i.imgur.com/nEvgbUb.jpg

http://i.imgur.com/v6MHT9m.jpg

http://i.imgur.com/txVGNBl.jpg

y'know i'm marking down anything with the Doors or the Pistols on it, it's not even a musical thing, i just demand ruthless territoriality on my Metal jackets

http://i.imgur.com/mzKhx3O.jpg

http://i.imgur.com/WdGd2hP.jpg

http://i.imgur.com/ClvI7qD.jpg

Has anybody ever seen people wearing these?
http://i.imgur.com/7vxUIu7.jpg

http://i.imgur.com/MSh0kkv.jpg

SPOT THE ODD PATCH OUT

http://i.imgur.com/Rt8tD4T.jpg

This thread is the greatest.

And I've never seen a confederate flag jacket but have seen plenty of these irl:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=05G8xk9YMMM

http://i.imgur.com/gXjkduT.jpg

http://farm3.staticflickr.com/2245/2167807713_a727a769f8.jpg

which do you think is the odd one out on that other one dude?

foo fighters

lol ez with the tattoo with the wrong spelling

i'm 33 am i too old to wear one of these?

no.

more likely too young! Its still mostly 35+ who I see wearing them. Of course in big cities/gigs it may be quite different.

Which is why I asked if anybody ever saw anyone wearing them now. (it's supposedly been making a comeback the past decade)

http://i.imgur.com/T5AGVB2.jpg

http://i.imgur.com/l6vCxVN.jpg

Which one would you wear whiney?
http://i.imgur.com/ibR6JRu.jpg
or
http://i.imgur.com/eQHM9bq.jpg
or
http://i.imgur.com/Bpxx5ay.jpg

Yeah the dudes wearing their battle jackets to the bar were late 40s at least.

well, when I was in High School, I had a denim jacket that I had my mom sew back patches on — iirc they were Primus, Red Hot Chili Peps, Korn, Public Enemy and a few more.

Kind of thinking it would be kind of cool to make a new jacket covered in all pre-1992 hip-hop patches

there definitely is younger ones around no doubt but not seen enough personally to know if it really is a thing now or just an oddity (or wearing dads/big brothers)

http://i.imgur.com/CVWkunz.jpg

the rev said he would wear
http://i.imgur.com/eQHM9bq.jpg

and by "cool" I probably mean "would be a fun project" because no bald, doughy dude is gonna make that cool

I dont think anyone who wears battle jackets worries about being cool. It's not very metal.

i'm kind of psyched on this idea thank you AG

http://i.imgur.com/Ly9v7bi.jpg

http://i.imgur.com/sn1LPc0.jpg

http://i.imgur.com/YcUDvlA.jpg

http://i.imgur.com/2svmVQi.jpg

http://i.imgur.com/hGmCdwQ.jpg

http://i.imgur.com/RxNIrih.png

http://i.imgur.com/PwDaXxb.jpg

http://i.imgur.com/OUpkzBt.jpg

http://aux-www.s3.amazonaws.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/11/Brown-jacket.jpg
http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_mdrnvvK1EI1qmgnmfo2_400.jpg

ahead of the game:

http://www.decibelmagazine.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/07/missy-elliot-motorhead.jpg

check out the presumptuous garbage rant that leads the article that photo is from

http://www.decibelmagazine.com/featured/%E2%80%9Cfinely-aged-dishrags%E2%80%9D/

i expect kids to be stupid, it's always disheartening when you see adults doing it and presumably getting paid for it

Musicfans can be very territorial

http://i.imgur.com/GThGYyg.jpg

http://i.imgur.com/GoVy5Ur.jpg

http://i.imgur.com/H2ZSxeP.jpg

the back of this one I posted earlier
http://i.imgur.com/Bpxx5ay.jpg

http://www.jiratpatradoon.com/Heavy-RnB-Battle-Jacket

http://www.jiratpatradoon.com/Heavy-RnB-Prototype

http://www.complex.com/art-design/2011/09/artist-james-jirat-patradoon-explains-his-rappunk-denim-vest-project

i dunno if the goons would read this thread so perhaps whiney might want to post those pics/links elsewhere

Musicfans can be very territorial

yeah i don't think this is v. justifiable for adults

SPOT THE ODD PATCH OUT

I wouldn't have said Foo Fighters (though they do suck); what caught my eye was the Mago de Oz patch. They're a weirdo folk-metal band from who've been around for about 25 years.

tbf i never heard of them

btw from that rnb jacket guys tumblr

t's an exploration of the music industry's relationship with fashion and branding, I intend to raise questions about the power of a brand, what a musician or a band means beyond the context of just their music, what they represent culturally or emotionally to people. When one becomes aware of this power, and re-arranges and recontextualises these symbols, it can open up new meanings and questions.

Music also has the ability to mark personal growth or change, life stages, tastes, subcultures etc. I grew up during the late nineties and early noughites when it was pretty common to just be labeled one thing, punk, goth, homie, etc. depending one what you listened to. Why limit yourself to being so one dimensional?

I also have a vested interest in exposing the hypocrisy of punk, it seems the movement (if you could call it that) was so much about 'Fuck everything, do what you want EXCEPT listen to hip hop EXCEPT go to university EXCEPT get a nine to five job EXCEPT eat meat.' I began to see it as a mini fascist regime, and the negative reactions from music fans on both sides about this project just go to prove this. That was exactly my intention."

Foo Fighters wouldn't be the odd ones out with Audioslave and RHCP on that jacket as well, to me.

well I never noticed audioslave but my thinking was more along the lines of rhcp were around in the 80s and metal fans liked them whereas FF were more a younger alt crowds band. but i suppose audioslave ruins that

i thought the odd one out was bon soddin' jovi.

I also have a vested interest in exposing the hypocrisy of punk, it seems the movement (if you could call it that) was so much about 'Fuck everything, do what you want EXCEPT listen to hip hop EXCEPT go to university EXCEPT get a nine to five job EXCEPT eat meat.' I began to see it as a mini fascist regime, and the negative reactions from music fans on both sides about this project just go to prove this. That was exactly my intention."

Interesting (but not surprising?) that the rap/rnb crowd criticised it too.
I knew a ton of people in the 90s who loved metal and rap. Did nu-metal kill all the goodwill on both sides?

US ilxors like sean and rocky were as much into rap as metal.

Ahh the guy who did the rnb jacket/vest is from Australia

When did punk -> straight-edge happen? Going off the 'except eat meat' thing from that guy. I guess Crass were vegan/vegetarian, but was it a UK thing or transported from US hardcore?

Minor Threat

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0OSnAPxyMzo

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Straight_edge

Did that start the trend for abstinence or reflect/name an already-existing trend, though?

xp ah, right you are

Did you guys have those coke mirrors with metal album covers in the UK?

emil.y does brighton have a sXe scene still?

When I say "still" I dunno if there was a big sXe scene there but it seems the kind of place that would

I guess I consider 'hardcore' as a different genre to 'punk' so it seemed weird him talking about vegetarianism in the hypocrisy of punk. But maybe that's just the narcissism of small differences.

xxxp

AG - I wouldn't know about that sort of thing, hahahaha. There are punks of several stripes, though.

Late 80s everyone liked metal & rap

don't think I'd quite go that far, in the UK anyway. thrash metal fans did seem to be open to it thanks to Anthrax/Public Enemy/Beastie Boys/Slayer.

Battle of returning fashions

http://i.imgur.com/BBCWT72.jpg
versus
http://i.imgur.com/IsUpuMu.jpg

http://farm3.staticflickr.com/2313/2476484672_bf4f6ebbe5_o.jpg

http://img1.etsystatic.com/005/1/5321094/il_570xN.401121727_pop2.jpg

http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_me211bV55R1rs4h5do1_500.jpg

http://25.media.tumblr.com/670b1cae3b9e1d160c5d163b3d456ec4/tumblr_micezdpKp51rdfjako1_500.jpg

http://24.media.tumblr.com/c2fe5c42fe2aabf0ed58fd01886b9303/tumblr_mhvrnipC871rlfnn0o1_500.jpg

http://24.media.tumblr.com/8c15ade697ab8d7855e1637b96a6e104/tumblr_mrszl6u30A1se40fpo1_500.jpg

http://i.imgur.com/VzMfmBX.jpg

http://i.imgur.com/aCSmV7T.jpg

Cattle jacket

http://static3.businessinsider.com/image/4edd326eeab8ea0a53000027/heres-the-true-story-behind-the-cbot-traders-famous-cow-print-jacket.jpg

http://i.imgur.com/KdxGbsL.jpg

http://i.imgur.com/BGONuZq.jpg

http://i.imgur.com/7d3oeNZ.jpg

http://i.imgur.com/pFVkOh6.jpg

I'd love a pfunk battle jacket

http://userserve-ak.last.fm/serve/500/18905405/Violator+Violeitor+xD.jpg

http://i.imgur.com/wTyVefU.jpg

http://www.metal-archives.com/images/1/7/8/6/17869_photo.jpg

http://i.imgur.com/uX4otAE.jpg

the nu-thrash explosion really brought back the uniform. in a really uniform way.

http://24.media.tumblr.com/270625244d17cb82f21d371366d7ff4f/tumblr_mmoh85uwPW1r59i8bo1_500.jpg

I love this one. It has a Paul Chain patch!

http://i.imgur.com/DmTKcVS.jpg

skot did you ever wear these?

woah that's a great jacket! Cough, Uncle Acid, Electric Wizard, Paul Chain... I wonder if the owner likes drugs.

http://tshirtslayer.com/battle-jacket/d00000000000m tells you all the patches
Black sabbath Electric Wizard Saint Vitus Denial Of God Pentagram URFAUST Paul Chain the obsessed Acid Witch Lord Vicar Place of Skulls THE DEVILS BLOOD Ahab The Gates Of Slumber Iron Monkey Witchcraft Graveyard orodruin Blood Ceremony cough Church Of Misery Ophis Salute wormphlegm Druid Lord Horse Latitudes Black Oath Bongzilla las cruces dopefight doomdogs Uncle Acid and the Deadbeats dopethrone

Cat jacket 10/10

front

http://i.imgur.com/2cNHkz2.jpg

Did you guys have those coke mirrors with metal album covers in the UK?

― My Little Pono (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Saturday, September 14, 2013 6:04 PM (5 hours ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

Obv not directed at USA me but I love these things and had a pile of them from state fairs/boardwalk games as a kid. Also feathered roach clips. Totally appropriate prizes to give to 10-year-olds.

what do they look like?

http://i.imgur.com/0pKvjA3.jpg

more the viceroy might like http://tshirtslayer.com/shirt-band/electric-wizard?type[]=5335

http://i.imgur.com/C0gBbO0.jpg

"Coke mirror" gis surprisingly unfruitful, but they are 3 or 4 inch square mirrors printed with a band logo and enclosed in a cheap wooden or cardboard frame.

multiple patches of the same band is just not right.

I've only just clicked on this thread and now realise it's not a weird thread about some band called Battle Jackets

I'm sure plenty think it's a weird thread though

Now this is just LAME
http://i.imgur.com/jlNxB5x.jpg

http://tshirtslayer.com/shirt-band/manowar?type[]=5335

http://i.imgur.com/cLyot6Y.jpg

http://i.imgur.com/I9AsDIt.jpghttp://i.imgur.com/IMS1Exel.jpg

http://i.imgur.com/obaKa1G.jpg

Did you guys have those coke mirrors with metal album covers in the UK?

― My Little Pono (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Saturday, September 14, 2013 6:04 PM (5 hours ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

Obv not directed at USA me but I love these things and had a pile of them from state fairs/boardwalk games as a kid. Also feathered roach clips. Totally appropriate prizes to give to 10-year-olds.

― carl agatha, Saturday, September 14, 2013 7:33 PM (1 hour ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

This is blowing my mind because I remember these as a kid but never put together that they could be used for cocaine — or intended for cocaine

leather vs denim.

discuss.

fave so far = black leather black Sabbath studs ...

post pics of your fave battle jackets so far then everyone!

i would if i knew of any elo ones ..

i meant on this thread so far

my fave so far
http://i.imgur.com/2cNHkz2.jpghttp://i.imgur.com/DmTKcVS.jpg

i recently bought a ruffed up biker leather jacket f*cked up by a polish pop star vamp.

no metal bands were involved in the chaos, so, it does not fit the criteria for this thread ...

http://tshirtslayer.com/shirt-band/electric-light-orchestra

no elo

well it says the jacket there has one

ok.
rechecked.
small button badge does not qualify for thread glory.

you're so fussy

http://i.imgur.com/d4kXnXA.jpg

http://i.imgur.com/6xq0amk.jpg

http://i.imgur.com/C8qZFwm.jpg

http://i.imgur.com/MaTENH5.jpg http://i.imgur.com/WGKB6ER.jpg

Awesome Candlemass back patch. Nice Blag Flag patch again too

LOL @ the coke mirrors. Memories of the county fair.
http://www.ebay.com/sch/i.html?_trksid=p2050601.m570.l1313.TR0.TRC0.Xvintage+carnival+prize+mirror&_nkw=vintage+carnival+prize+mirror&_sacat=0&_from=R40

http://i.imgur.com/84A814g.jpg

http://i.imgur.com/seYC6E1.jpg

http://i.imgur.com/xPEFncc.jpg

http://unbornprod.shore-of-nothingness.com/kk2.jpg

worst?
http://31.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_mdl8ly09QX1rxn9c3o1_500.jpg

LOL

http://i.imgur.com/d5rZwl8.jpg

http://i.imgur.com/s5cy5vB.jpg

http://i.imgur.com/Scx9Gbu.jpg

A THOR patch? Wait, you mean this guy???

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OlEGORSKXDE
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mv_hgJaNOMQ

This is blowing my mind because I remember these as a kid but never put together that they could be used for cocaine — or intended for cocaine

― Vinetalic - "My Friend Terio" (Whiney G. Weingarten), Sunday, September 15, 2013 12:37 AM (1 hour ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

I put two and two together when I figured out the feathered things were roach clips and thanks to the Beastie Boys - "doing nose candy on the Bowie coke mirror."

yes, that thor

http://i.imgur.com/fuuJ8Wy.jpg http://i.imgur.com/IVqY0SS.jpg

I had my 5 year old heart set on a John Travolta coke mirror

like Whiney I had no idea these were for snorting rails

O_O

Lol Carl Agatha I had a feathered roach clip too from the county fair, just thought it was a decoration or something

http://www.allmusic.com/album/beastwomen-from-the-center-of-the-earth-a-rock-odyssey-mw0001090454

http://i.imgur.com/dE9bO3d.jpg http://i.imgur.com/DCs7at4.jpg

i wore a feathered roach clip to school

fucking hell

wtf 80's

like this?
http://img.gawkerassets.com/img/18l56qjnyuzqcjpg/k-bigpic.jpg

not exactly lol

http://www.nativecrafts.us/images/3-feather-roach-clip-NTW-NV064-sm.jpg

http://bminusblogs.files.wordpress.com/2013/05/bumper-stickers.jpg

I totally won a coke mirror at the state fair in 1985 but for the life of me I can't remember what it was. I passed up the opportunity to buy a purple rain one this summer for $5 which is a sign of something I guess. I also never new what they were for until the beastie boys line, but always knew them as roach clips and had no idea what they had to do with bugs.

Surely somebody has by now made the tuxedo t-shirt version of a battle jacket, right?

I won a roach clip at my school carnival in 1st grade. Around the same time I got a Transformers coke mirror from the county fair or something.

Love the battle jacket upthread with S.O.D., Pantera, and Skynyrd. Pretty sure that's all I need to know about that dude.

These kids today, covering every square inch of their vest like it's a fuckin classified ads section.

To answer q from way upthread, no I don't have one of these. But they are still v popular at punk gigs in London, and not just the oldsters.

I thought they might be.

Ted Nugent & Rush
http://i.imgur.com/YwBjWLN.jpg

http://i.imgur.com/AgygNHO.jpg

http://i.imgur.com/nvJ2QGy.jpg

http://i.imgur.com/e4JScQi.jpg

re Ted Nugent and Rush - somebody has a sewing machine with a programmable embroidery feature.

the run dmc fan is clearly not sure re the band as its only pinned on ...

run dmc patch guy - http://thexstylez.blogspot.co.uk/2012/01/patchwork-how-to-make-your-own-home.html

well, or they are also a fan of punk rock, where safety pins are pretty cool.

http://i.imgur.com/1tsnvWh.jpg

would like to see a bit more detail as to how he pinned that run dmc patch on, cos that's some seriously impressive action.

http://i.imgur.com/0sjNNP2.png http://i.imgur.com/ijobObC.png

http://i.imgur.com/LaRoLWk.jpg

http://i.imgur.com/GtlnuZn.jpg

http://i.imgur.com/aSFWvbB.jpg

http://i.imgur.com/p3F8KsR.jpg

http://i.imgur.com/tVN30SB.jpg

mark e might like this one

oh and emil.y look closer!

NYAN!

http://i.imgur.com/URhGgFM.jpg

taco bell?

I'm going to try and get my sister to send me picture of hers. Had Nausea, Crass, UK Subs, Subhumans and a massive odd one out but I can't remember what it was.

The real story on that Nugent/Rush one is existence of Blackfoot back patch

Ted Nugent? ;)

xp

blackfoot = southern rock, right? think i've seen chuck talking about them.

http://i.imgur.com/4sTFc32.jpg

More battle jackets/vests here
http://www.tumblr.com/tagged/metal-vest

http://i.imgur.com/CK0zFwM.jpg

Everything Butt

that patch is too new (and looks like a cheap knockoff) and her jacket is ugh quilted, I am giving her low marks for that

I like the ones where the patches are collaged without much visible denim rather than evenly spaced ~just so~ bcz even though I'm usually all about symmetry they kinda scream OCD to me

FYI: vintage patches go for $$ if you ever seen any somewhere.

http://www.ebay.com/itm/IRON-MAIDEN-MERCHANDISE-COLLECTION-VERY-RARE-1981-SEW-ON-PATCH-THATCHER-/360700769161?pt=UK_Music_Music_Memorabilia_LE&hash=item53fb70f389

plus, they are really easy to sell and ship.

worst jacket

http://www.ebay.com/itm/vintage-heavy-metal-patch-jean-jacket-size-xlarge-80-s-90-s-SKID-ROW-SABBATH-DIO-/261252098651?pt=Vintage_Men_s_Clothing&hash=item3cd3d6aa5b&nma=true&si=HqKGiDVmKjj80ZImgxalKAhIm4k%253D&orig_cvip=true&rt=nc&_trksid=p2047675.l2557

bad enough that they even HAVE a britny fox patch but featuring it on the back? jeeeezus

LOl you aint kidding

http://i.imgur.com/4Z4olfY.jpg http://i.imgur.com/QTVyYZ0.jpg

I have two of these, but I always called them "crust vests", not Battle Jackets- maybe that's just me? I dunno.

Here's the front of the first one; you can see the Disrupt and HellHammer patches but not the Cremaster patch

http://i1295.photobucket.com/albums/b636/DrDrewDaniel/DisruptCrustVestFront_zps3b87d582.jpg

and here's the back of that one, with a Merzbow back patch and a C.B.T. bumflap thingie:

http://i1295.photobucket.com/albums/b636/DrDrewDaniel/MerzbowCrustVestBack_zpsf0a88ff7.jpg

my second one is simpler, just a "charged" field of spikes with a Matmos patch (patch was custom made for me by a street vendor in Nepal!):

http://i1295.photobucket.com/albums/b636/DrDrewDaniel/MatmosCrustVest_zps66291f6a.jpg

and here I am wearing it (shades of wdyll):
http://i1295.photobucket.com/albums/b636/DrDrewDaniel/DrewHopscotch_zpsa2b3195b.jpg

I guess being a 42 year old professor who dresses like this is kinda lolzy and weekend warrior-ish but whatever

I think it works better with a beard and lots of alcohol, preferably in a smelly backstage area

http://i1295.photobucket.com/albums/b636/DrDrewDaniel/DrewandAndrewLahmannLondonDressingRoom_zpsbcf5eb9b.jpg

i award you 10/10

so awesomw

awesome even

Maryland DeathFest had so many great, crazy ass examples of this "extreme metal craft", where some dude from a small town in like Alabama had color coded ones, like one with all orange n black fonted metal logos that he wore on one day, and another that was all blue and black and white logos on another day- very OCD and obsessive.

My friend Jane has a killer vest that has a giant Kate Bush back patch on it, truly rad. Wish I had a pic cuz it's a beauty.

Also: what about crustpunk stylings where it's on a plaid shirt or a black military jacket rather than denim? I see that a lot at shows.

Dunno if this counts but Griff1n (S3wn Leather guy) made some Whitehouse back-patches and I put mine on a men's winter coat with a big raccoon fur collar. My cat Puck is positioned for scale:

http://i1295.photobucket.com/albums/b636/DrDrewDaniel/WhiteHouseBackPatchwPuck_zps043e6f06.jpg

Ok I'll stop now.

no way don't stop, these are gr8

Seconded.

Also I kind of feel like making one with a giant Sparks backpatch.

i wanna see a joni mitchell crust jacket

you guys should totally make those

i always like when people just cut the front of a t-shirt into a square and pin it to the back of a jacket. but i'm lazy like that. and those are bitchin', dr*w. truly. they look awesome.

i used to write on my jean jackets with black magic marker. band names. scrawl stuff. and i would put stickers on my boots. crass. conflict. that kinda thing. but never patches. buttons. crusty buttons. flux, rudimentary peni, etc. i just saw an old jacket of mine in the closet and the only thing on it was a metal young gods pin. that would have been early 90's though.

patches always seemed like a lot of work. sharpie & liquid paper was as close as i ever got

that's great dr3w! please post more!

Scott I had a young gods pin but lost it :(

https://www.facebook.com/pages/Full-Battle-Jacket/164078137095119

http://i.imgur.com/bG5aHlC.jpg

http://i.imgur.com/3V3nOdM.jpg

i always like when people just cut the front of a t-shirt into a square and pin it to the back of a jacket

I've got a t-shirt that's falling apart at the back and I've been wondering if I could save the front image somehow. RAIL ENTHUSIAST MAGAZINE battle jacket, anyone?

*whistles*

that'd def be a winner at indietracks, emil.y (also I know at least three people would buy one off you)

Found you one for your NWW list collection:

http://www.wncrocks.com/forsale/magma%20patch%20for%20sale.html

rail enthusiast battle jacket = lock thread

let's not forget beer badges!

http://www1.pictures.zimbio.com/gi/Lynne+Morgan+Real+Ale+Enthusiasts+Flock+CAMRA+ctZMl2-8xGSl.jpg

rail enthusiast omg

and of course the German football fan variant

http://lookatthesescenes.files.wordpress.com/2013/08/bd5.jpg

not a fan of Kaiserslautern by the look of it

http://i.imgur.com/XKQV5x0.jpg

http://i.imgur.com/cBApQnF.jpg

Südtribüne is a standing room terrace that fits almost 25K!

not many of those around today

is there a hummel-figure battle jacket out in the world? if not, there should be

A what?

hummel figurines, little ceramic collectibles that weird people have thousands of

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hummel_figurines

I like the one with the Winter and Asphyx patches, extra points for black/white/red color scheme and Nihilist patch. So like 10++.

http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_md9up26eGB1qgdi0ao1_1280.jpg
crust pants.
http://www.terminal-boredom.com/crustpants.html

zounds! forsooth

pretty crusty

Would not subject my bits to that.

I wouldn't subject your bits to it either

Disappointed people stopped rating jackets out of 10.

where's noodle vague?

http://i.imgur.com/BvCcnxU.jpg

http://i.imgur.com/mOL0Ht1.jpg

http://i.imgur.com/p042ZND.jpg

Sean Wayne you must have had one of these

I must?

I'm too lazy, those things are a lot of work. I got a few patches on a jacket, but nothing like that..

awww I thought you may have one growing up as a teenage metalhead

Weird that only one ilxor has ever had one of these.

I had a denim jacket with patches growing up and was intending to do the vest over leather jacket thing, then I got a leather jacket and realized I didn't really want to wait to break it in and traded it for a guitar. I had a Venom - From Hell to the Unknown backpatch and various thrash metal patches on it (Big 4 bands, which were easiest to get, and Venom's Legions and Carcass patches because I loved Carcass like crazy).

Denim was probably acid washed btw. It was the eighties!

No pics?

Oops. No, sorry. Was never much for taking photos, but I'll ask my mom if she's got any of my metal/awkward hair years.

haha that would be great

http://i.imgur.com/fZFEF6e.jpg

I'm looking forward to Noodle Vague rating this un..
http://i.imgur.com/B9cIGH9.jpg

Love that one

ned came across this
http://www.urbanoutfitters.com/urban/catalog/productdetail.jsp?id=30096358&parentid=SEARCH+RESULTS

OU sell a bunch of these, I saw some a few weeks ago. would've posted a link here but barely had time to be on ILX for about a fortnight

I want that Jodeci patch.

That "spirit of 77' 'Gob on You' beauty is a 10

As is the' Wasted Again' Flag number - both have an excellent shade of denim.' Gob On You's studs are particularly fetching

cross-ref with the 'is this the worst piece of music writing ever' thread: http://www.caughtinthecrossfire.com/music/news/hardcore-leather-jacket-creates-hatred/

"the current fashion-obsessed Facebook generation twats..."

lol I'm not sure this is a generational issue, but ok Mr. 40-year-old-punk-rocker, hate on...

http://www.caughtinthecrossfire.com/uploads/2013/09/URBANOUTFIITERS_LEATHERJACKET_PUNK.jpg

lol Mansun

when I think of Anarchy the first thing that comes to my mind is Enya.

i'm having more of a problem with the sleeves on that jacket than the backpatch

and the backpatch is horrible so

I feel like he's going to turn around and it'll be Tricky as a bad guy in Johnny Mnemonic II.

Battle Jacket vs Predator

http://i.imgur.com/yMRpWws.jpg

nice color quadrants

Was going to start making my two and a half year old one recently with all of the patches I get in the post. I'm not sure if he'll get grief in his nursery for being hipster metal because of the Southern Lord patches though.

this guy needs to broaden his horizons
http://i.imgur.com/FXDq8XI.jpg

http://i.imgur.com/D4eNqFB.jpg

look closely and see if you can spot the ABBA patch

http://i.imgur.com/MsBOHTA.jpg

love the maiden dude
keepin it trv

abba ..
brilliant.
wonder if anyone has ever made an easy listening version of one of these ..
james last, sinatra, matt monro etc.
...

If you were to make an ILM Battlejacket what would go on it besides New Order and Taylor Swift?

Geir and Tuomas joined together like the evil conjoined babies on the original Bonded By Blood cover.

NED BY DAWN

http://i42.tinypic.com/ixsb9i.jpg

These are awesome! They're not that popular in here... It's been years since Inlast saw one (biker gang logos notwithstanding). I could really see Zara or Pull N Bear selling them and bringing them back for a season.

Would love to make my own ironic one.

Where can you get them oatches? Do people buy them or make them?

Patches*

there are shit tons of Patches on ebay..

What about the big ones in the back? Are they hand painted? If so some of these are impressive:

http://i.imgur.com/381JmRz.jpg

http://i.imgur.com/kQ9G9DR.jpg
Idk what I was expecting when looking for battle jackets on pinterest... I ended up on a board filled with tight leather pants. Some cool jackets though:

http://www.pinterest.com/tvman/denim-and-leather/

All those big back patches, small ones, iron ons, studs, all on ebay

Couple of teenage kids with starter battle vests came into the store the other day. One of them was wearing tight zebra print pants. Other one had seriously old looking patches and I asked him if his "Bonded By Blood" patch was vintage, he got this kind of proud look on his face and said "Hell yeah!"

Some of the big ones look like cut out t shirts? Could that work too? I'll be definitely making one later this year!

You can definitely use a t-shirt, I remember people doing this with bands that didn't have backpatches available. It's a little tricky because t-shirt fabric is stretchy, I think.

https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1701596064/tharsis-sleeps

do you know, all those years of seeing their logo on Man City shirts and I never knew Brother made sewing machines

lol

for purposes of accessorising

https://scontent-b-lhr.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-xpf1/t1.0-9/q84/s720x720/10376919_863359893681325_7618282790648703716_n.jpg

Perfect.

OG Crusty

Needs a "No Khans No Masters" patch tho

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/BoWC0h_IIAAZA-e.jpg

OMG Battle Hawaiian Shirt is a thing that needs to be a thing, please make it so.

Needs pukka shells instead of metal studs

Tommy Bahama's Easy Breezy Krieg collection

motherlode:
http://noisey.vice.com/en_uk/blog/les-vestes-a-patches-du-hellfest-2014

the sodom logo on that looks like it is made up of badly-formed croissants

some typically snarky Vice commentary which should probably be ignored

nah I like the commentary even if NV was pithier upthread

Vice biting ILX ONCE AGAIN

btw the most remarkable patch on that first jacket is what appears to be "DEICIDE" written in a vaguely Comic Sans font.

https://scontent-lhr3-1.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-xfp1/v/t1.0-9/1607133_10152763912010940_8111971360484386386_n.jpg?oh=2de513dd6a35d90dc2fb5f3744ff9a4f&oe=56195137

JACKIN

11

wow

http://www.metalsucks.net/2015/08/07/nothing-to-see-here-just-some-photos-of-cats-wearing-metal-battle-vests/

http://i.imgur.com/b7sAZPM.jpg

spotted in town earlier by housemate

http://www.rollingstone.com/music/news/meshachs-vest-the-strange-journey-of-a-heavy-metal-treasure-20160212

I love a happy ending

http://www.topman.com/blog/the-history-of-the-battle-jacket/

Spotted this oddity at the farmer's market yesterday

http://i.imgur.com/GP3PGI7.jpg

-50

not so much a battle jacket as a reflective contemplation jacket

I think an Alfred E. Neuman battlejacket is an excellent idea

looks like someone follows this thread (one of my ILM faves it has to be said).

"
BATTLEJACKET # 1 is an independently-produced, limited-edition photographic magazine, with 50+ colour pages dedicated to the art of home-made heavy metal denim. Shot on location at metal gigs in London over 2016 and 2017 by Justin Quirk and published by NO UFOs. Plus the Patron Paperback level.
"

an extra if you pay over a certain level for a book re Glam Metal :

https://unbound.com/books/good-time/

Has anyone seen a good battle jacket lately?

I saw loads of great ones at the King Diamond gig last weekend,

I’m currently making a new battle jacket since my old one from the 90s accidentally ended up in the trash (don’t ask), which has me thinking about some of life’s great questions such as: cut off the collar yes or no? Are studs ever acceptable or trying too hard? Bullet belt on the bottom too much if you already have one on yr jeans?

There was one dude rocking a black tuxedo jacket with patches.

Took the kid to the movies this weekend, would totally check out the new SMOTE record:
https://i.imgur.com/mJJRMyP.jpg

Good to see some Hades love

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GhWtAPCKmDo