Guess what I’m listening to? The artist is Ed Repka.
The term “Megadeath,” according to the OED, was coined in 1953 and means “The death of a million people, esp. as a unit in estimating the possible effects of nuclear warfare.”
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Lincoln High School Students, 1982
Published August 27, 2014 '70s Decor/Design/Fashion , '80s Decor/Design/Fashion , '80s Music , Hard Rock/Heavy Metal , High School , Photography 2 Comments
All of the photos were taken by Gary Fong as part of a 1982 fashion shoot for the San Francisco Chronicle. Peter Hartlaub resurrected them for a three-part “flashback project” at SFGate. Abraham Lincoln High School is a public school, obviously. “Local 69 Muff Dive” didn’t fly in prep land, where all the rich kids wore pink shirts with little alligators on them.
You want to know if I found all the t-shirts the kids are wearing, right? I did.
Heavy Metal Kids on Skateboards, Circa 1986
Published March 25, 2014 '80s Decor/Design/Fashion , '80s Music , Hard Rock/Heavy Metal , Skateboarding 3 Comments
The Iron Maiden shirt on the left shows the cover from “Stranger in a Strange Land,” a single from Somewhere in Time (September, 1986). See both covers here. The artist is Derek Riggs, whose killer art nudged a lot of kids toward metal.
Another good portrait of a blossoming subculture, from the hair styles to the dark clothes—even the pose on the right. Tucking the pants into the tongue of the basketball shoes wasn’t just a metal thing, if I recall. Speaking of which, I can’t identify those shoes, and it’s bothering me. They’re not Jordan’s, they don’t look like Pony’s, and this kid wouldn’t have been wearing Reebok. Any other ideas?
The skateboards are generic deals. The one on the right might even be partially homemade.
(Photo via The Kat’s Meow Antiques)
2 Warps to Neptune 