Anyone else had this happen to them?

Not me, but embarrass yourself publicly if you feel the urge:

"I bleached my hair just like Vince Neil
Then you made me cut it like James Hetfield
We're gonna put an end to alternative rock
We'll find a way to make the Cranberries stop
We went to Sears for pictures at Christmastime
But they wouldn't let us make the metal sign
No they wouldn't let us make the metal sign

I'll bring the wine you bring the bread and cheese
It's hard to eat when you're headbanging
Makin' out in the middle of the pit
How come Slayer doesn't sing about this
If anything comes between you and me
Then heavy metal heaven, that's where we'll meet
We are - Pantera fans in love

What's with these punk rock nerds, they can't even sing
I wish we'd never heard of The Offspring
A candlelit dinner, now we're holding hands
I taught you how to draw your first pentagram
We went miniature golfing but we didn't get far
Because we used the clubs to play air guitar
Oh we used the clubs to play air guitar now

I'll bring the wine you bring the bread and cheese
It's hard to eat when you're headbanging
Makin' out in the middle of the pit
How come Slayer doesn't sing about this
If anything comes between you and me
Then heavy metal heaven, that's where we'll meet
We are - Pantera fans in love
We are - we are - Pantera fans in love

We saw Ozzy on our first date
Our special song is Crazy Train
Makin' out in the middle of the pit
How come Slayer doesn't sing about this
If anything comes between you and me
Then heavy metal heaven, that's where we'll meet
We are - Metallica fans
We are - Megadeth fans
We are - Manowar fans in love
We are - Pantera fans in love."

I do love me some Nerfherder.

Nerfherder was one of those bands that should have been huge in that scene. Never understood why they never got as big as Weezer.

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"I bleached my hair just like Vince Neil
Then you made me cut it like James Hetfield

In high school I had the Lars mullet only cropped at the sides a little shorter. One summer, being the rap fan I also was, I got the bright idea to cut lines into the sides as was the style at the time. Turned out about as goofy as you would expect. Thankfully I steared clear of the bleach.

For the record I was perfectly fine with the Metallica hair cuts. Never understood what the fuss was.

I always wanted to go to L.A. and do a pub/titty crawl of all the strip joints mentioned in Motley Crue's 'Girls, Girls, Girls'.

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For the record I was perfectly fine with the Metallica hair cuts. Never understood what the fuss was.

The problem as I saw it wasn't the actual haircuts per say, it was the band hiring "stylists" to tell them what their new look was supposed to be. Some sissy stylist telling James "F**king" Hetfield what to wear and how to comb his hair? Please.

The haircuts also coinsided with the shift in musical direction along with touring with bands like Linkin Park and the Deftones. It was as if they were trying to distance themselves from the very world of metal that spawned them.

For allot of fans, it was the band turning their back on them. Some folks still hold a grudge, some have forgiven them and moved on. I'm probably somewhere in the middle.