Hair Envy : Men of Metal

My long weekend was super productive.  I finished the long, black, silk skirt and it looks great (huzzah!) but my camera is about ready to kick the bucket (mmmm, bogus) so pictures will come later. 

I was getting tattooed this weekend when my dear friend and tattoo artist, Dawn, commented that my hair has gotten really long. I was glad to hear it, but told her it still doesn't feel long enough. A little over two years ago my hair was pretty long when I foolishly decided to cut it. I was wearing it up almost everyday, and my husband had seen an old photo of me where my hair was short and almost black and said it looked really pretty that way.  So I went out and chopped my hair off to just above my chin.  Stupid.  Though I liked it at first, by the end of the first week I deeply regretted cutting it.

Since then I have experienced moments of intense hair envy if I see someone who has really long beautiful hair, and even now with my hair being pretty long it still doesn't seem long enough.  Some of my most intense envy has been felt toward dudes in metal bands.  These guys aren't fucking with their hair, destroying it with dye and other products, they're just letting it grow and be glorious.  So let's take a moment to appreciate some awesome hair on some metal men.

First up: Zoroaster.

Brent Anderson there in the middle has some purty hair, don't ya think?  It's shiny and straddling the line between wavy and curly.  I saw this photo in a magazine awhile back and instantly thought, "I want it."  Let's see it in action.

Yes, yes.  Now while his hair is lovely, it's not quite long enough, so let's take it up a notch. 

Check out Skeletonwitch, below.  This is not the best photo to show the amazing-ness of their hair, but you can at least see that they're all representin'. Also, it's nice to see some red hair in metal that isn't attached to Dave Mustaine.

Now let's see this shit in action.

I want it on my head.  Now.  You can see more of these photos over on Metal Sucks, the whole post is about their hair, seriously.  I'm going to end with the hair that I have found to be the most covetable of late.

Can you handle it? Me neither.  When I saw Goatwhore play not long ago they were great, but I must admit that I kept finding myself being distracted how beautiful and looooooooong the lead singer, Ben Falgoust II's hair was.  These photos do it no justice.

I think this is really the overall effect I'm going for here.  I want to be able to work the whole Blue Lagoon, I'm topless, but no fear, my hair's got me covered in the modestly department look. 

And there you have it. I just need to keep the chemicals and the scissors away, and in like two years this hair is totally mine.