I went to high school in the 80's. 1984-1988 to be exact. Metal was king. All the metal heads (and there were alot) wore denim jackets with large patches on the back, displaying their favorite metal bands: Ratt, Dokken, Judas Priest, Iron Maiden and Metallica. I was the lone prog rocker, and I had to come up with my own thing, as pictured in my personal relics below...
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These were hand drawn by myself using fabric markers, while looking at the various single/LP covers.
I still wore these for about a year after moving to California. People didn't generally recognize the images, and filed me under 'acid head.' I remember hearing people comment behind me at 'City College, saying things like "tripper..."
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