The fact that Dark Angel rocks harder than Death Angel is an issue that was settled here at M.I. sometime back. Nevertheless, a two part mini-documentary about Death Angel that was done back when they first signed to a major label (with band members' ages ranging from 14 to 19) is certainly worth sharing with our readers. These guys look exactly as I wanted to look back then. Sadly, my mom wouldn't let me have long hair and I didn't have rad metal shirts. Sure, sure, my brother and I shared a couple of metal tees, but for the most part I was rocking my sweatpants, my Freddy Kruger sweatshirt (not a sweater like the one Freddy wore, no, a heather grey number with his face screenprinted on it), or maybe an OP shirt, all the while dousing myself in Brut cologne (to atract the ladies). Since baja's (drug rugs) came up in the last post, I should mention that I also wanted one very badly circa 1990, but my mom wouldn't let me have one. Bummer.
Check out their bodacious skate gear, the sweatsocks, the suspenders, the matching outfits....the Sisters of Mercy shirt? That shirt should have been a sign to us all about things to come. Enjoy.
Part One
Part Two
as a Filipino-American metalhead/hardcore bro, i remind everyone that Death Angel does not represent the Filipino-American heavy music community at large.
ReplyDeleteHow can a band with such a good first album can record so much shit afterwards?
ReplyDeletePreviously in another post it was stated that Death Angel beats Dark Angel in terms of name. After this guy's explanation about the meaning of the band's name, that statement should be reconsidered. Lame...
Finally, Sisters of Mercy's first album (First And Last And Always) and the demos before that album are awesome, and I don't feel embarrassed in affirming that after the previous post about awful glam metal bands that should be forgotten. Supporting those bands is like supporting deathcore nowadays.
And what about the homo-erotic tag? Check the second video, around 1:58, when the singer starts softly and gently touching the microphone stand during the soft part of Voracious Souls...
ReplyDeleteIllegal aliens...hahaha
They always seemed really average to me. Sisters of Mercy are great, though!
ReplyDeleteoh damn, you're totally right about the band's name! it's not evil at all!
ReplyDeleteregarding sisters of mercy, i've never heard them, but then again...I live under a rock. I say I live under a rock because I still firmly believe that no music in any genre has been made since 1995, so what do I know. If anyone tries to prove to me, for example, that death metal still exists, I'll show them how NASA probably made those albums in a Hollywood soundstage.
Thanks for incorporating the "drug rug" term into the M.I. lexicon! Early '90s represent! Hypercolor t-shirts!
ReplyDeleteHypercolor! No joke, my ol' lady's uncle was one of the people involved in developing hypercolor technology, if you want to call it "technology".
ReplyDeleteWhere I come from, sweat socks are affectionately known as "jimmy-three-stripers or "jimmy 3's" for short. They must also be fully extended to qualify. I know, I know...nowhere near as clever as "drug rug" but my friends and I are not clever people and it's funny to US.
ReplyDeleteThe Sisters of Mercy were active from 1985 to 1990. The first and second album are very much worth the attention I'd say.
ReplyDeleteForget the sisters of mercy. The cro-mags shirt is where it's at.
ReplyDeleteLucho, it sounds like your mother loved you very much and didn't want you to dress like a Filipina girl. You should call her.
ReplyDeletesisters of mercy are awesome
ReplyDeleteyou think theyre bunk,but you like shit like tuff?
what the fuck? look at that cheeeezy picture of pretty boys floyd...that guy in the middle is holdin the 2 guys legs like a total gay.
psssh.
YOU SHARED T-SHIRTS WITH YOUR BROTHER!?!?!?
ReplyDeleteFUCKING GROSS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
yes we shared tshirts. there simply was not enough money in the family budget for TWO anthrax "state of euphoria" shirts.
ReplyDeletechrist, in 1990 i wanted a pair of chucks, a bitchen skater hawk and cooler looking glasses, but my mom wouldn't go for it esp. with me being a good little church goer. tough times for the suburban crossover kid....
ReplyDeleteLucho-I can just imagine the conversation you had with your girl, in which you discovered that:
ReplyDeleteLucho: Hey baby, you know what's really early '90s-style? Hypercolor t-shirts!
Girl: Oh, hey, my uncle helped design the technology for those.
Lucho: ...if you want to call it technology.
Girl: Fuckin' dick!
Lucho: SHhhh! I'm listening to Vengeance Rising.
LOLZZZZ!! the above comment by Ian Spermgrinder is quite possibly the funniest thing i have read on the internet this week! what makes it extra funny to me is that i know lucho and his wife so i imagine them in their house having the conversation in the basement doing laundry. too funny...
ReplyDeletethe truth hurts. and thus, this hurts.
ReplyDeletethere should be more posts called "Who gave these _____ those rock guitars". body count cracks me up.
ReplyDeletealso, you poseurs were not very metal if you let your parents dictate your "look".
i was 11 when i started to rock, sadly, my parents did have some control over my look. i suck. i was a poser i guess.
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