# What would a heavy metal t-shirt for a twee band look like? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [January 31, 2011, 2:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-would-a-heavy-metal-t-shirt-for-a-twee-band-look-like/569594 "2011-01-31T02:40:33Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![The\_Seventh\_Deadly\_Finn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/6bbea6/32.png) [@The\_Seventh\_Deadly\_Finn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Seventh_Deadly_Finn)\ **Post date:** [January 31, 2011, 2:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-would-a-heavy-metal-t-shirt-for-a-twee-band-look-like/569594/1 "2011-01-31T02:40:33Z")
My band, who play cute indie pop in a Belle-and-Sebastian-meets-Tiger-Trap kind of style, think it would be fun to have a t-shirt that, from a distance, looks like one of those 80s metal band shirts. I’m sure you’ve seen these; they’re usually black and have some totally over-the-top graphic that’s supposed to look super badass. We’ve got a FOAF artist lined up who does deliberately ridiculous “badass” imagery: a tiger made of fire battling demons with machine guns inside a volcano, for example. But now, after convincing my bandmates that this is a good idea, I can’t think of what the graphic should actually be. I have the Def Leppard font for our band name, but the only thing I can think of for the actual image is a unicorn riding a motorcycle. I feel like we can do better. Any ideas? If we use yours, we’ll send you a shirt IRL when they’re done. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![AlsoNamedBort](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/alsonamedbort/32/3213_2.png) [@AlsoNamedBort](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AlsoNamedBort)\ **Post date:** [January 31, 2011, 2:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-would-a-heavy-metal-t-shirt-for-a-twee-band-look-like/569594/2 "2011-01-31T02:47:55Z")
What’s the band name? That might help. ---
**Author:** ![EvilTOJ](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/ee59a6/32.png) [@EvilTOJ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EvilTOJ)\ **Post date:** [January 31, 2011, 9:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-would-a-heavy-metal-t-shirt-for-a-twee-band-look-like/569594/3 "2011-01-31T09:22:02Z")
Let’s see… how about One of [these](http://www.google.com/products/catalog?hl=en&safe=active&client=firefox-a&hs=Tgq&rls=org.mozilla:en-US:official&q=metal+fan&um=1&ie=UTF-8&cid=5866089165120265519&ei=5H1GTcnAMpSosQOCgdXsCg&sa=X&oi=product_catalog_result&ct=image&resnum=2&ved=0CCwQ8gIwAQ#) with a guitar that looks like one of those Star Trek emblems. Or A dragon sitting on top of a giant castle breathing fire while Nazis and Stormtroopers shoot at it. With a full moon in the background. Death and the 4 Horsemen doing a Beatles impression(1950’s era). Skeleton Army armed with guitars instead of guns, fighting Zombie Army armed with machetes. ---
**Author:** ![jjimm](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ba8739/32.png) [@jjimm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jjimm)\ **Post date:** [January 31, 2011, 9:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-would-a-heavy-metal-t-shirt-for-a-twee-band-look-like/569594/4 "2011-01-31T09:40:52Z")
This infamous Whitesnake album cover ([NSFW](http://www.swotti.com/tmp/swotti/cacheD2HPDGVZBMFRZQ==RW50ZXJ0YWLUBWVUDC1NDXNPY0JHBMRZ/imgWhitesnake2.jpg)) but using Hello Kitty. ---
**Author:** ![GuanoLad](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guanolad/32/42_2.png) [@GuanoLad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GuanoLad)\ **Post date:** [January 31, 2011, 9:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-would-a-heavy-metal-t-shirt-for-a-twee-band-look-like/569594/5 "2011-01-31T09:57:36Z")
[Three Wolf Moon](http://alltheyoungpunks09.files.wordpress.com/2010/01/3wolfmoon.jpg) surrounded with a double rainbow and butterflies, but rendered [like this](http://i246.photobucket.com/albums/gg91/anto_054/blackpaganmetallogodesieu1.jpg). ---
**Author:** ![don\_t\_ask](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e68b1a/32.png) [@don\_t\_ask](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/don_t_ask)\ **Post date:** [January 31, 2011, 10:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-would-a-heavy-metal-t-shirt-for-a-twee-band-look-like/569594/6 "2011-01-31T10:05:32Z")
Two fairies kicking a cat. ---
**Author:** ![foolsguinea](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/foolsguinea/32/14751_2.png) [@foolsguinea](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/foolsguinea)\ **Post date:** [January 31, 2011, 10:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-would-a-heavy-metal-t-shirt-for-a-twee-band-look-like/569594/7 "2011-01-31T10:08:03Z")
You need a band of unicorns slaying a giant cyclops, who is on fire & crumbling into ash, which falls like snow onto a pool fed by the tears of a beautiful nymph, who wears an ornate woven-metal emblem over her forehead, held in place by chains through her hair. Also a frog. Somewhere. Maybe a subliminal frog. ---
**Author:** ![GuanoLad](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guanolad/32/42_2.png) [@GuanoLad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GuanoLad)\ **Post date:** [January 31, 2011, 10:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-would-a-heavy-metal-t-shirt-for-a-twee-band-look-like/569594/8 "2011-01-31T10:12:16Z")
> [@foolsguinea](#): > > Also a frog. Somewhere. Maybe a subliminal frog. According to the Discworld calendar, I was born in the Year of the Subliminal Frog. ---
**Author:** ![Slade](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/b5ac83/32.png) [@Slade](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Slade)\ **Post date:** [January 31, 2011, 10:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-would-a-heavy-metal-t-shirt-for-a-twee-band-look-like/569594/9 "2011-01-31T10:15:45Z")
> [@don\_t\_ask](#): > > Two fairies kicking a cat. We have a winner. And what _is_ the band called? ---
**Author:** ![The\_Scrivener](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/eada6e/32.png) [@The\_Scrivener](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Scrivener)\ **Post date:** [January 31, 2011, 9:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-would-a-heavy-metal-t-shirt-for-a-twee-band-look-like/569594/10 "2011-01-31T21:47:44Z")
Umlauts. Even if your band name/language of band name doesn’t justify them – add some umlauts anyway! ---
**Author:** ![Doug\_K](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b5ac83/32.png) [@Doug\_K](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Doug_K)\ **Post date:** [January 31, 2011, 9:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-would-a-heavy-metal-t-shirt-for-a-twee-band-look-like/569594/11 "2011-01-31T21:58:07Z")
Something like this, maybe? > **[Skull Illusion](https://www.newopticalillusions.com/scary-optical-illusions/skull-illusion/)** > > Skull Illusion. Browse through our collection of visual, scary and funny illusions at NewOpticalIllusions.com ---
**Author:** ![GargoyleWB](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gargoylewb/32/199_2.png) [@GargoyleWB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GargoyleWB)\ **Post date:** [January 31, 2011, 11:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-would-a-heavy-metal-t-shirt-for-a-twee-band-look-like/569594/12 "2011-01-31T23:21:28Z")
It reminds me back in the 80s…in the halls at high school I saw someone wearing a new tour T-shirt with epic badass artwork and graphics. Flames, devils, chrome exhaust pipes, leather and studs, this shirt incorporated everything that was cool heavy metal of the time. I had never heard of the band before and rushed out to track down a cassette tape, sure that they were the second coming of Judas Priest, Def Leppard, Van Halen, and Iron Maiden combined… The band? Tears for Fears I’m still pissed about that 7 bucks I spent. ---
**Author:** ![Superfluous\_Parentheses](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/8edcca/32.png) [@Superfluous\_Parentheses](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Superfluous_Parentheses)\ **Post date:** [January 31, 2011, 11:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-would-a-heavy-metal-t-shirt-for-a-twee-band-look-like/569594/13 "2011-01-31T23:29:32Z")
> [@The\_Seventh\_Deadly\_Finn](#): > > I have the Def Leppard font for our band name, but the only thing I can think of for the actual image is a unicorn riding a motorcycle. I really don’t see why you need us. [Unicorns are metal](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q5im0Ssyyus)! ---
**Author:** ![Superfluous\_Parentheses](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/8edcca/32.png) [@Superfluous\_Parentheses](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Superfluous_Parentheses)\ **Post date:** [January 31, 2011, 11:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-would-a-heavy-metal-t-shirt-for-a-twee-band-look-like/569594/14 "2011-01-31T23:35:25Z")
> [@Superfluous\_Parentheses](#): > > Unicorns are metal! Of course I meant Ünicörns! ---
**Author:** ![elmwood](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/elmwood/32/3060_2.png) [@elmwood](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elmwood)\ **Post date:** [January 31, 2011, 11:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-would-a-heavy-metal-t-shirt-for-a-twee-band-look-like/569594/15 "2011-01-31T23:46:07Z")
[The symbol for the so-called new zodiac sign of Ophiuchus](http://i.imgur.com/QGEkS.jpg) is pretty bad-ass in that 1980s heavy metal concert t-shirt kind of way. You also gotta’ have some [Nazi font](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fraktur_%28script%29) in there somewhere. ---
**Author:** ![ZipperJJ](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/zipperjj/32/211_2.png) [@ZipperJJ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ZipperJJ)\ **Post date:** [February 1, 2011, 3:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-would-a-heavy-metal-t-shirt-for-a-twee-band-look-like/569594/16 "2011-02-01T03:19:38Z")
> [@Doug\_K](#): > > Something like this, maybe? > > [http://www.newopticalillusions.com/scary-optical-illusions/skull-illusion/](http://www.newopticalillusions.com/scary-optical-illusions/skull-illusion/) Oh, that’s awesome! ---
**Author:** ![foolsguinea](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/foolsguinea/32/14751_2.png) [@foolsguinea](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/foolsguinea)\ **Post date:** [February 1, 2011, 3:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-would-a-heavy-metal-t-shirt-for-a-twee-band-look-like/569594/17 "2011-02-01T03:28:26Z")
> [@GuanoLad](#): > > According to the Discworld calendar, I was born in the Year of the Subliminal Frog. That would imply that Pterry is a Brian Bolland fan. I wonder. ---
**Author:** ![GuanoLad](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guanolad/32/42_2.png) [@GuanoLad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GuanoLad)\ **Post date:** [February 1, 2011, 3:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-would-a-heavy-metal-t-shirt-for-a-twee-band-look-like/569594/18 "2011-02-01T03:59:35Z")
Sorry. I made that up to amuse myself. Though it wouldn’t surprise me at all if Terry’s daughter Rhianna was into Bolland. ---
**Author:** ![Hypno-Toad](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/b2d939/32.png) [@Hypno-Toad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hypno-Toad)\ **Post date:** [February 1, 2011, 1:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-would-a-heavy-metal-t-shirt-for-a-twee-band-look-like/569594/19 "2011-02-01T13:54:59Z")
Perhaps the Four My-Little-Ponies of the Apocalypse might work. ---
**Author:** ![Elvis\_Chimney](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/50afbb/32.png) [@Elvis\_Chimney](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elvis_Chimney)\ **Post date:** [February 1, 2011, 2:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-would-a-heavy-metal-t-shirt-for-a-twee-band-look-like/569594/20 "2011-02-01T14:21:03Z")
I once saw a fey indie type at a festival wearing a t-shirt from the band Art Brut which reinterpreted the iconic Metallica Master Of Puppets t-shirt as “Master Of Pop Hits” but try as I might I can’t find an image of it anywhere. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-would-a-heavy-metal-t-shirt-for-a-twee-band-look-like/569594.md?page=2)