ANATOMY OF STAGE FRIGHT
The pit is behind them and the
band is in front of them. Are
they in heaven, or is it a hell?
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Dot-com geek puts on dreadlock extensions
exclusively for killer shows.
Drinks Tab®.
On two tabs.
Out-of-place frat boys blindly
copying what the veteran
hessian up front is doing.
On 10 tabs.
Dungeons and Dragons®
was her gateway drug to
big-time spookiness.
Bottled mineral water-
a must at any black
metal show.
186 THRASHER
Five-second rule still in
effect for chew that fell
out of his mouth.
Excited fan expressing his
jubilation by making the
Macaulay Culkin Home Alone
"Yes!!" gesture.
"Ok ist gørk beelzebub hëimengloben."
(Scandanavian satanic-metal mantra)
"King Diamond?!? I thought this
was gonna be Neil Diamond."
"Nobody knows I'm a virgin."
"I wonder if he'd notice me
more if I got my septum
pierced too."
Will go back on Fido
after the show.
Crossed arms symbolize his straight-edge, militant-vegan,
Hasn't been this excited since he landed the
role of Socrates in his school-play presentation
of Bill & Ted's Excellent Adventure.
"Impress me or die" affiliation.
Each bracelet commemorates an encounter with
a roadie to go backstage and "meet" the band.
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