Are metalheads and goths just not a thing anymore? Why are all these young people reacting like religious grandmas from the 70s? I wore band shirts with upside down pentagrams and crosses all the time in high school. Edgy satanic imagery is about as subversive as skateboarding or pissing Calvin
Youth music-oriented subcultures kinda don’t exist anymore. I think young people now orient subculture around which twitch streamer they enjoy. Rock music in general has also become far less culturally dominant.
Furthermore the pearl clutches don’t even need the satanic metal imagery anymore. They’re perfectly content finding devil stuff in Disney movies and soap commercials or whatever.
Actually maybe there are some geographical factors at play too. I feel like here in Finland I still see metal/goth/punk people of varying ages around. Hell, not too long ago I saw some high school or early 20s metal head dudes wearing black jnco pants with those stupid fucking straps which just about floored me because I remember people I knew wearing them nigh on 20 years ago and laughing at them when the straps got caught on shit constantly
I think Northern Europe has had a reputation for being a rock and metal holdout for decades already
what the actual fuck. Total respect for those extremely dorky nerds, that’s amazing.
I could not believe my eyes that someone was actually wearing them
Maybe they’re becoming retro or something
Amazing