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Hair Metal Happy Hour

THE DONNAS GO (MORE) METAL

 Friday, July 24th, 2009 at 1:00pm by

Vince was pretty put-off by pop duo Tegan & Sara’s metal shirt earlier this year, but I’m inclined to give The Donnas a pass for pulling a similar stunt. Why? ‘Cause they’ve always been upfront about their love of hair metal (which is close enough, I guess), and I actually enjoyed their Butch Walker-produced album Spend the Night. Judge me if you must.

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What do y’all think? Is this a cool tip of the hat to all things metal, or a needless co-opting of our culture on par with Lindsay Lohan wearing a Maiden shirt?

-AR

[via The Deciblog]

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  • Daisy May Tinklepants

    it’s a fuckin t-shirt and it looks cool.

    who gives a shit

  • http://ultimateposerblog.blogspot.com Ultimate Poser Blog

    What you talkin’ ’bout Axl? Donnas ist Krieg.

  • http://www.metalspikybits.blogspot.com ashley

    Definitely a needless co-opting of our culture.

  • alliaphagist

    looks more punk anyway

  • Glorious Johnson

    somebodies reposting off of the deciblog today

  • niggaplease

    There’s no cross in the middle, so its not a GnR homage , and GnR were never metal, just an 80′s hard rock band. And also, since when do skulls mean metal? So you’re teeling me the Grateful Dead and a slew of 60′s and 70′s rock bands as well as psychobilly acts and other bands from other genres are all co-opting metal by using skull imagery?

    They’re just skulls. Jeez. There’s no connection here.

  • Dr.Spaceman

    This seems far more sincere than the Tegan and Sara one (although theirs looks better.) The Donna’s have always sung about getting wasted, messing with and around with dudes and about rocking out…dunno, that seems pretty metal.

    And, they always have been vocal about their metal appreciation and influences.

    This is all good and rad.

    • niggaplease

      No, that seems pretty rock. How do so many people miss the point?

  • http://www.facebook.com/people/Logan-Holloway/1100588308 Logan Holloway

    indeed

  • dEV

    I wouldn’t call the Donnas “metal,” but they definitely aren’t trying to be ironic. They’re pretty much carrying the torch for late ’70s and early ’80s hard rock.

    BTW – Butch Walker didn’t produce “Spend the Night,” but he did produce “Gold Medal.” Butch is awsome, but “Gold Medal” wasn’t. Check out “Bitchin’” if you liked “Spend the Night.”

  • dick?

    who cares…they’re awesome live.
    and they love metal.
    let them have it

  • http://www.last.fm/user/Richaod/ Richaod

    Since when did metal have a monopoly on the use of skulls as imagery, anyway?

    • Fufkin

      Exactly – we’ve all got skulls, and pirates were the first to market them.