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Guys, I have seen that not all of you have long hair. I wonder why metal means to have long hair? Or what does it means to you, long or short hairs?
Why can't/want you have long/short hair? job, family, others?

I just want to know what do you think about that...

EDIT: I have added a forth option: I am female and have short hair - but it won't work

Long hair have been a trend since the first metal and rock bands were created in the 70's...Perhaps a remnant of the hippies?I liked long hair only because of the headbanging. Anyway, I wanted to have long hair, but long hair didn't want me it seems...It started falling. But now I'm ok again after cutting it!

... and in the Hippie-era, it was a kind of revolution?

It's nice to have longer hair, stratobabius, but it needs time too

I thought I have to try the long hair style. Now I can do it because I go to school and on my job it's possible or: my boss says it's ok. Remember I work on a bank! And when I would cut my hairs, I would let them grow so long... So I have my cut and let the hair do the talking

I've got long hair. I'm a student, no one can say anything

Actually, i've never had short hair, except when i was born!

I have short hair and It is far more easier to look after that long hair...

Mhhh...

http://www.stratovarius.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=7651

I had long hair once, it's a pain in the ass and isn't worth the trouble ... I don't look like metalhead at all, no long hair, no bands' t-shirts

Shurik wrote:I had long hair once, it's a pain in the ass and isn't worth the trouble ... I don't look like metalhead at all, no long hair, no bands' t-shirts

A POSER!! KILL HIM!!!

Dave wrote:Mhhh...

http://www.stratovarius.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=7651

Funny, I answered first there too...

Short hair for me. Besides, male pattern baldness runs in the family, so it's very likely only a matter of time before it would become an Xtr3me mullet™
Like Shurik, I don't dress like a metalhead either; I'm just not into the metalhead garb...

I had so many times short hair that I was ashamed by this kind of hair-styling. I prefer to have long hair (I'm long-haired since 5 years now) and for me metal is a question of long hair...

Half a year ago I still had long hair, now it's short.

I am me, I don't want to 'look' metal, I want to look like I do, individual!

Long hair & headbanging. Aah.

Anyway, I think also having long hair is refreshing, I namely became completely bored with short hair or even short trendy hair. As long as I´m student it´s good to grow hair.

Long hair

Not "long" by metal standards (think more like Jorg than Lauri) but its getting there. Too bad practically everyone tells me to cut it

stratoplayer wrote:Not "long" by metal standards (think more like Jorg than Lauri) but its getting there. Too bad practically everyone tells me to cut it

Here it was the same, and, well.. I cutted it.

Dave wrote:Mhhh...

http://www.stratovarius.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=7651

hehe you had to do that didn't you


and it's long for me, ever since i heard power metal about 14 months ago.. i haven't touched my hair with anything sharp... i don't know why.. i think it's because i look like a monkey with short hair lol

I look like a 13 year old geek with short hair... some say I have a baby face..

I am male and have short hair, but i do miss my long hair

I cut my hair a short while ago also, and dang I still miss my old , charming , long and a little curly hair

Well, I had a long hair, but it had to be shortened. So now I have a semi-long one.

i can't headbang with short hair, plus short hair looks crappy on me.

I have to confess that I made herecy...

I cut my hair in a Beatle like style.....

But now its like non short, non long hair.

I have long hair VERY long to the top of my butt But its not because of music I grew it long like that.

Hair is no reflection of musical preference, just like not having piercings or tattoos does not mean a person is not "Metal". And I hate that hateful stereotypical terminolgy of judging someone to be "Metal" or not. Metal is not a Cult, its simply a style of music&no matter how old a person is, or what they look like, anyone can be a fan of Metal. :headbang:
Stereotypes are so Nazistic!

browneyedgirl wrote:Hair is no reflection of musical preference, just like not having piercings or tattoos does not mean a person is not "Metal". And I hate that hateful stereotypical terminolgy of judging someone to be "Metal" or not. Metal is not a Cult, its simply a style of music&no matter how old a person is, or what they look like, anyone can be a fan of Metal. :headbang:
Stereotypes are so Nazistic!

I share the entire post with you but I dunno what exactly you want to say with your last sentence.

It's right, Metal is a style and lives in a heart and doesn't mean to have long hair, piercings and wear a 10 kilo bandoleer on a gig. But I was surprised on Wacken, how many people have short hair, I recognised after the openair....

And it seems I will have in any months short hairs again...

Well, Any kind of stereotype, saying a person has to look a certain way, even have a certain type of philosophy to like something, or be worthy to be included in a group is kinda judgmental&rigid, and very unfair to say to someone. Maybe Nazistic was too strong a word.

My son has short short&nobody wold say he's not "Metal"!

I remember once a person on a forum said I was not "Metal" and it just flew all over me&I will never, ever forget it. Because this person had alot of rotten gumption to judge me who she does not know. A person knows within themselves their beliefs&all.