Cowl (metal scene)
A cowl is in the metal scene a denim waistcoat or leather jacket, with the patches (English patches ) of preferred bands of the carrier or other applications such as rivets is fitted.
background
The first cowls were made in Great Britain in the mid to late 1970s based on the motorcycle cowls of the rocker scene. Instead of the motif of the respective motorcycle club , a large backpatch with motifs of the favored band initially came into fashion. Popular motifs were, for example, the Iron Maiden mascot Eddie or the Highway-to-Hell album cover by AC / DC . The small badges of friendly motorcycle groups were replaced by small patches with lettering or album covers from other groups.
Frank “Pelle” Below from the early German thrash metal scene reports that the local rockers banned metal bands from wearing frocks, so that they made T-shirts instead; "Then they stood in front of us in the swimming pool and couldn't help us."
Due to the differentiation of existing and the emergence of new musical styles in metal from the 1990s onwards, the original clothing style, among other things, changed and expanded. In the course of this, the habit, among other things, lost its distribution, but it did not disappear entirely from the scene. The Berlin rapper Romano dedicated a song of the same name to his “metal habit”, in which he explains the meaning of his habit for him.
style
With the metal habit, the wearer expresses his taste in music and his affiliation to the metal scene. Classic metal-cowls are often with a large baking patch provided on the back part, while the remaining space is covered with smaller patches. In addition to the patches, accessories such as rivets, chains and buttons are often attached to the habit. It is also common for musicians to decorate the habit with autographs .
Depending on the genre, there are a number of different design elements. In Black Metal , for example, a black denim vest is common, while most members of the scene do without a habit entirely.
As in the rocker scene, it is not customary to wash the cowl.
literature
- Bettina Roccor: Heavy Metal - Art. Commerce. Heresy. IP Verlag Jeske / Mader Gbr., Berlin 1998, ISBN 3-931624-07-2 , p. 220-223 .
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ Tom Küppers: Metal in the pot . Ruhr-Thrash Part 2. In: Metal Hammer . Axel Springer Mediahouse GmbH, Berlin July 2010, p. 46 ( [1] [accessed September 2, 2010]).
- ↑ Christian Dornbusch, Hans-Peter Killguss: Unheilige Alliances - Black Metal between Satanism, Paganism and Neo-Nazism . 1st edition. Unrast Verlag , Münster, ISBN 3-89771-817-0 , p. 74 .