If you are attending an 80s fancy dress party and you want the perfect costume for the 80s man then why not try the metal head. Back in the 80s heavy metal music was all the rage and bands like AC/DC, Iron Maiden, Guns and Roses and Metallica were seen as icons.
Men wore their hair long, wore tight trousers and boots. Throw a black heavy metal t-shirt with this and you were the coolest looking dude around. Head banging was an art and no disco was complete without a huge circle of men head banging to these heavy metal tunes. Another popular dance craze for heavy metal fans was moshing and you really did need to be fit to keep up with this. Men jumping up and down in a huge gang on the dance floor. If you weren’t into heavy metal you had to get out of the way.
The perfect metal head 80s fancy dress costume is easy to perfect especially if you follow this guide. The first thing has to be your hair. The 80s metal head had long hair which was all the better to head bang with. Mullet styles and male perms were also very fashionable. They also work sunglasses for that cool look. A bandana was another essential item and this was worn around your neck or around your jeans. Think Jamie Afro on X Factor.
A black t-shirt of black leather vest was another item of clothing that metal heads in the 80s wore. Tight jeans were also a must and on your feet it was either work boots or cowboy boots. Leather band bracelets and silver neck chains finished the look off.
Also popular were denim jackets with patches of heavy metal bands on them. Graffiti on denim jackets was also very popular.
Axl Rose is very popular for men when it comes to 80s fancy dress costumes. This look is easy to achieve and for this look you need to get a wig that is long and straight and light brown in colour. For your bandana you will need to tie it around your head and place your sunglasses on top of it. Axl Rose also wore a black leather jacket with his black tight jeans.
If Axl Rose isn’t for you there are always the other members of the band including the every popular Slash who was of course the guitarist. His hair is the main thing that you will need to get right for this one.
Be prepared to start singing if you decide to attend an 80’s fancy dress party. You might want to listen to some Guns N Roses tracks for the eighties just in case. Some popular songs are Welcome To The Jungle which was a popular track on their first album Appetite for Destruction which was released in 1987.
