AKICOTLJ/DW

[mmegaera]

For the current WIP, pretty please.

It's 1983. I need the name of a very popular heavy metal band. The more disreputable the better. It would also be lovely to know what one of their concert t-shirts looked like, and what sort of shorts someone would be likely to wear with it.

I quit listening to popular music in the late 70s, and never was into heavy metal myself, so I'm at something of a loss. It's going to be worn by someone who also is clueless on the subject (he's four), so I'm not going to get the rest of it wrong, fortunately.

Help?

Thanks!

Comments

[dfledermaus]

Iron Maiden? I wasn't into the music myself, but happened to know one of the members slightly in the early 80's (enough that I once got invited to go to the Bahamas with him; at 22 my response was a blush and a mumbled "I'll have to ask my mother").

[mmegaera]

Really? That was the only name that sprang immediately to my mind, too [g].

Thanks!

Google is your... what??

[thnidu]

Google Images "heavy metal" audience includes a fairly small percentage of audience shots, mostly showing waving arms, but I didn't look very far.

Google search used to let you use a plus sign to require that the word be in the search terms. They've taken out a whole lot of features recently: try "heavy metal" +audience, with and without the quotes, and see WTF you get!

Re: Google is your... what??

[mmegaera]

Well, that's why I asked here [g]. I was having trouble getting the results I wanted by searching. But thanks.

BTW, you may want to bookmark this: http://www.google.com/advanced_search?q=advanced+search&hl=en&biw=1024&bih=624&site=webhp&prmd=ivnsr

It's the Google advanced screen, which doesn't appear to be linked from anywhere on Google's home page anymore.

Re: Google is your... what??

[thnidu]

Not on the home page. But once you've entered a search expression and hit "Google search", when the search results page comes up you can click on the gear icon at the right near the top for a list of options that includes Advanced search.

As I'm sure you know, Iron Maiden T-shirt in Google Images will get you lots and lots of images. But I don't know how you'd find which ones would have been available in the eighties. Maybe better find someone who was around then (I was) and a fan of theirs (I wasn't). Or a web community of or including such.

Re: Google is your... what??

[mmegaera]

Precisely [g].