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Old 08-26-2009, 12:38 PM
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You might be in a heavy metal band if...

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...at your last gig, people suffered permanent hearing loss who weren't even in the room

...every member of the band is on the Terrorist Watch List because they're in a band called [name of your band]

...you buy your onstage apparel at fetish shops

...you went to Pride last year to recruit your lead singer
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Old 08-26-2009, 12:41 PM
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...you cant hear your bass.

oh wait thats only metallica....
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Old 08-26-2009, 12:42 PM
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....made enough money to buy half the amount of gas necessary to get home...
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Old 08-26-2009, 12:42 PM
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at somepoint in your show theres some kind of blood spewing
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Old 08-26-2009, 12:45 PM
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When you've got more hair on your chin than on your armpits.
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Old 08-26-2009, 12:48 PM
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When every piece of gear, and earthly possession for that matter, you own says peavey on it.
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Old 08-26-2009, 12:53 PM
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....you're band's logo looks like blood splatter.

....you're pretty sure that Drop-C is "standard tuning"

....you once fired a band member for wearing a shirt that wasn't black.
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When either you or one of your band members look like these guys.

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If you shoot all your videos in a forest...

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Old 08-26-2009, 12:59 PM
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. . . you can't understand one danged word of the "lyrics".
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Old 08-26-2009, 01:01 PM
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lets try this again....

When all your fans look like these guys...

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Old 08-26-2009, 01:01 PM
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if you only play when the sun goes down. (Lamb of God)
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Old 08-26-2009, 01:06 PM
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- If you and your bandmates go to GC every Friday night to "Shred".

_ If both the front AND back end of all your guitars are pointy enough to inflict injuries.

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If you have an unnatural affinity for B.C. Rich instruments.
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When your bandmates girl looks like this..

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- If you spent more on hair products, piercings, and tattoos than equipment last year.

- There is a picture of Danzig hanging above your toilet.
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Old 08-26-2009, 01:12 PM
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If at any point in your life including the present, you looked like this..

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Old 08-26-2009, 01:13 PM
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If the only chicks at your shows are the barmaids.
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