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METAL COUNCIL CONVENES TO DISCUSS ‘METAL HAND SIGN’ ABUSE

 Thursday, September 18th, 2008 at 11:34am by

An oldie but a goodie from The Onion:

“I remember a time not long ago when the Devil Horns were reserved for only the most righteous of person, deed, or riff,” Grand Elder Lemmy Kilmister said. “To see someone throwing the horns to his mate at the launderette because the clothes dryer came to a full stop just as he finished reading his copy of Circus… It breaks my heart.”

Touche.

-VN

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  • John

    \m/

  • Will

    I once saw some country artist give the horns on a commercial about country music. WTF?

  • Sammy

    I’ve made a personal decision to stop using the hand sign altogether. All things come to an end and it’s time to retire this one. It’s been overused and abused to the point of ubiquity.

  • jesse

    A perfect example of abuse is when one of those overrated pop princesses does the metal horns and sticks their tongues out as to try to be some sort of hardcore. It also kills me when you see them do it with the thumb out, which in some translation means I love you, but you know that’s not what they’re trying to say.

    The only time I’ll break out the horns is when I’m at a concert and the front man demands(not asks for) them.

    I agree with Sammy. It has definitely faded.

  • David

    My band/close group of friends use it so often for such redundant events that it’s become a cliche. It will never go away but perhaps great discretion in its use is in order.

  • Damotello

    Busting out the horns anywhere but at a metal gig instantly makes you biggest sap within a half a kilometer radius, unless there’s someone else nearby busting out the horns and sticking their tongue out, even at a gig, that’s just embarassing.

  • mrsaucytrousers

    i have not used the horns for years. I opted out for the grimmer metal claw ages ago. It just looks so much more brutal when you appear to be cupping a pair of goblin balls.

  • jesse

    @mrsaucytrousers

    Hell yes man. The claw is the shit.

  • metalanus

    Excuse me mrsaucytrousers – you win at everything forever.

  • bucketochicken

    [img]http://i127.photobucket.com/albums/p152/rhinolith/howardbealeismadashell2.jpg[/img]

  • bucketochicken

    No html in the comments? Jesus. What is this, ISCA? Fucking weak sauce. Happy 1996 everybody.

  • Gordon Bombay

    i prefer the Metal Back flip, try and pull that shit off Dio.

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