WE HAVE A DIFFERENT USE IN MIND FOR THOSE NEW SLAYER MOTORCYCLE HELMETS
Tuesday, February 5th, 2008 at 12:16pm by Axl Rosenberg
So I’m not gonna pretend to know very much about motorcycle culture – call me old fashioned, but I like my motor vehicles to come with mufflers – but O’Neal USA, who a press release tells us are “one of the leading manufacturers of motorcycle and BMX accessories,” are releasing a line of limited edition Slayer helmets (pictured above). The helmets will come in three varieties ranging in price from $159 to $349 and “will be boxed in a custom-made container patterned after the Anvil road cases, which are used to transport band equipment while on tour.”
So here’s the thing: like I said, I have no use whatsoever for a motorcycle helmet, but I do have use for some protective head gear to wear into the pit the next time I go to a Slayer show. Seriously, those things are brutal; even Greg from Dillinger Escape Plan thinks so, and he’s a big scary dude himself. And since the helmet has the band’s art on it, I feel like it will give me some cred amongst my fellow Slayer fans.
Whatever use you have planned for these things, they hit stores February 25. The press release dramatically declares that “once they’re gone, they’re GONE,” so if you’re planning to buy one, you should, like, totally get on that already.
-AR
Just get it. You know you want it and are trying to rationalize the purchase. Just turn it into a candy dish and be done with it.
Slayer is turning into Kiss w/ their merchandising. Any truth to the rumor that the old farts are going to retire soon?
Young losers without a cent to their name are always the first to cry “sellout”. KISS may suck and they may be sellouts, but they don’t care. You know why? Because they can’t see you from way up high on that giant pile of money.
It’s different with Slayer, because (to get press) they talk shit about other bands, even though they hit their peak over 20 years ago.
But every single time they have the chance to pull some lame move (shoes, hot topic, helmets) they jump all over it because they’re going on 25 years since they had an original idea.
Satan…666…ooooohhh…so scary.
When I was 8 years old.
I am going to give my old helmet to my girlfriend, I think I have to get this helmet.
You would be amazed if you knew how many of those helmets we sold.
That is one cool helmet except it look a little messy. I would prefer something cleaner and neat.