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

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