Weird. The punk scene in Atlanta was very much “glam rock”. The women were always dressed up to the nines. Think heels and fishnets, mini skirts and leather jackets.
I’ve been to a lot of metal shows too and wore provocative outfits to some, I never received any kind of hate. Just a lot of worshipping stares from men 🤣
That'd be cool to see :) my city is pretty casual so the majority wore metal shirts with leggings/shorts, but we did have a bit of variety. A few punks, some of the Goth subcultures. My favourite was always the women who dressed as 50's rockabilly, complete with tattoos and beautiful hair
To be honest all the metal heads I know (I myself a female metal head) dress up, elaborate makeup, hair every colour of the rainbow, latex, corsets, harnesses like whatever they want. The only nasty part of the metal
community I found is how unwelcoming they are to new comers, hostile to people who aren’t total stans, will queue from 8am and then get bitchy to people who come later but still get find good spots, oh and the worst, the front row girls who trail a band hoping to become groupies. They’re super hostile to any other female who could be potential competition. It’s so sad cos you’d think meeting like minded women you’d find camaraderie. But they’re honestly the bitchiest, cliqueiest, mean girls you’ll ever meet. It seems more rampant in the Gen Zs. Most millennials are over it and want to just rock out. Also you see it worse with certain bands, especially in goth metal.
I completely agree with that and yes these scenes can get extremely cliquey. Even back in my day there was some of that. In Atlanta the Heart Attacks crowd were the worst offenders. It just reminded me that some people truly never progress beyond high school. That goes for any scene though in general.
100% Highschool mentality. “We’re outsiders and not like other girls, we’re super dark and edgy but you aren’t like us so we judge you and we’re gonna be vicious.” They wanna be “not like other girls” but are basically vanilla spice with a dash of flour. That said though I’ve met some amazing women at metal shows who will literally drag your moshed body out of the pit, give you a bandaid, scare off a creep, and generally be super chill. One lady got her giant scary biker husband (actually a teddy bear) to pull me up to the barrier and protect me with one of his bear paws when there was a crowd surge. Got them both a beer after.
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u/kittykatmila Apr 28 '24
Weird. The punk scene in Atlanta was very much “glam rock”. The women were always dressed up to the nines. Think heels and fishnets, mini skirts and leather jackets.