the ancient metaller
09-22-2004, 11:29 AM
Ok, so what's with the Iron Maiden T shirt thing?
I rocked into the Trocadero Saturday night in my faithful old Alchemist T shirt, a blue 'Organasm' T and one of only three Alchemist T's I saw all night. There were about 140 people there in a quick head count, and almost half of them were wearing IRON MAIDEN T shirts!
I tend to notice these things, alright? I spotted a couple of Slipknot T's, a couple of Slayer, one Ministry, Roy's Metal For The Brain T of course, I think I saw a faded Ramones T, and one Damageplan which was a bit of a surprise. Fortunately there wasn't a single Guns & Roses or KISS T shirt in sight! There wasn't even one example of Pantera's 'Far Beyond Driven' T, which seemed almost compulsory wearing here on the Gold Coast a few years back. But back to my question...
What's with Iron Maiden? I never did get into them much at all, I preferred Sabbath, Ozzy and Priest during the 80's and 90's, but I didn't think IM was THAT BIG in Australia? Is this trend limited to the Gold Coast, or is it Australia wide? Did KMart perhaps get a truckload of IM T's to sell for $10 each? I'm intrigued!
Peace, Glen.
I rocked into the Trocadero Saturday night in my faithful old Alchemist T shirt, a blue 'Organasm' T and one of only three Alchemist T's I saw all night. There were about 140 people there in a quick head count, and almost half of them were wearing IRON MAIDEN T shirts!
I tend to notice these things, alright? I spotted a couple of Slipknot T's, a couple of Slayer, one Ministry, Roy's Metal For The Brain T of course, I think I saw a faded Ramones T, and one Damageplan which was a bit of a surprise. Fortunately there wasn't a single Guns & Roses or KISS T shirt in sight! There wasn't even one example of Pantera's 'Far Beyond Driven' T, which seemed almost compulsory wearing here on the Gold Coast a few years back. But back to my question...
What's with Iron Maiden? I never did get into them much at all, I preferred Sabbath, Ozzy and Priest during the 80's and 90's, but I didn't think IM was THAT BIG in Australia? Is this trend limited to the Gold Coast, or is it Australia wide? Did KMart perhaps get a truckload of IM T's to sell for $10 each? I'm intrigued!
Peace, Glen.