WHEN SCENE KIDS & METALHEADS GROW UP
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- Опубликовано: 8 сен 2024
- What happens when scene kids, emo kids and metalheads grow up in 2020? I explore a few of the most common options like indie hipster, graphic designer, photographer, military, powerlifter, podcast bro and more! Find out what happens to scene kids then and now!
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Hahahaha am that IT guy that sometimes roadie with local bands✌🏼
My mom had one of those canes that stands by itself a quad cane and my toddler used to get so excited when welcome to the black parade came on that she'd be wearing nothing but a diaper going full on Gerard Way w the cane as her mike stand lol it was adorable and went to the concert without her she got mad at us and said i don't wanna hear don't tell me I think I need a nap lol 😆 😆 😆
Instagram sucks.
Yay!!! GO KRACKEN!!!
Is 25 too old to do emo rap, finn? :(
you really had to come for my mustache like that huh
I couldn't help but laugh.. I am sorry Jared!
It's beautiful - don't let anyone tell you otherwise
Oh shit it’s Jared ! What’s up man?
By the way, you get a pass for the mustache 🤘🏼
Jared.....that mustache is free reign to get roasted, I'm sorry.
No matter what path we take, our love for wearing black never fades.
Until you become the classic menswear nerd. Then you realize that black is overrated and pretty much useless.
But our black t-shirts do.
Right I always wear black and dark colors
I was like “what I do wear to teach a freshman college class?” And my friend said “oh you can just wear normal everyday clothes” and I was like “I don’t think I can wear MY everyday clothes” and she was like “oh yeah...no, you probably can’t wear a Slipknot t-shirt...”
I swapped out the blacks for grays. Hides the inevitable food stains I will leave on my shirt.
You forgot one the “vape shop owner” 😂😂😂
Dude yessss hahaha
Bruh my friend that works at a vape shop was the kid who wore the cartoon monster merch and Toms. You straight up nailed that on the head
Lmao yep
Ahhh yes. When I was selling pot in the early 2000s these scenester late-teens were always buying from me. Fast forward to a few years ago and a vape shop opens in the area I work and this dude comes out with his hipster beard and man bun and says "hi Stompy, remember me?". 15 years before he was that scenester teen!
There is one that is missing: The normie during the day, music head every other time. The type of person that looks perfectly normal but blasts Deicide in the car.
\m/ to you sir \m/
As long as your heart is true it doesn't matter how you look like. The people that look the "normiest" are usually the ones with the most band knowledge
Lol The kinda guy who wears a suite without a tie in your daywork (because dud you gotta be edgy) and a misfits pijama. Or the guy who listen the Kickass Metal Playlist on Spotify after a business news podcast Lol
Me lol
You described me perfectly
Crabcore √
Military at 18✓
Married at 18 ✓
Divorced at 21 ✓
Working on an IT degree✓
The marines booth at Warped Tour worked after all
@@IHateMyAccountName that booth has no place at a music festival, still cant believe they pulled that shit back in the day
@@psychotropictraveler514 especially warped tour of all places
"no one wants to see a 34 year old emo rapper"
Ronnie Radke has left the chat
Hes actually 36.
@@luis_6068 he left the chat 2 years ago then
he's great tho
@@no-md2ub He is for sure
I thought he wasn't an emo rapper
Alot of scene kids actually end up ravers just as much as becoming hipsters
thanks breathe carolina
I don't like the new generation of rave since 2012
Or they become goths.
@@ronnato162 Same, that's about when I stopped. When "EDM" somehow became a specific subgenre ...of... edm... that was enough for me.
@@cdavis6104 dont forget I see stars
From neon long hair skinny jeans kids to Mumford and Sons
ew
Bro this was legit my buddy. Then he found Fleet Foxes so he's in the clear haha
Lmao 😂
The lesson we can gather from this: If you were a metalhead, you'll probably end up having some sort of future where you are someone who does something.
Which is actually a step up from some of the metalheads I knew in my youth, who grew up to be people who do nothing, and a few others who never grew up at all, God rest their souls.
I remember going to older bigger metal shows like Opeth and Sabaton and seeing some really nice cars in the parking lot.
That is totally spot on. I work in a Farm and dairy chemicals factory.
When you said “barista with a degree in humanities”, my husband yelled “me!” from the other side of the house 😂
😂😂
😂😂😂
You married a woman
I kid.
Mike Justice well, people’s sex and gender identity matter less to me than whether they’re good people, so 🤷♀️
@@luizahundt ARE YOU PAN AS WELL (sorry i like to look for fellow pan-lovers on the internet)
"Nobody wants to see a 34 year old emo rapper" people still lining up to see Ronnie
Case closed...
You shut your mouth. He's the only one allowed to do it.
@@RA-xx4mz Truth. Shiva-Guatama-Christ-Chan (the one true god) I love Ronnie
34 isn't even very old.
@@stephaniestephers4586 It is in scene years
I was into the scene heavily in the early 2000's, and being a 17 year old in 2005 was legit insane, I was a MySpace scene king and dominated Florida locally. By 2007 I was literally a completely different person with an insane amount of struggles that made me grow up fast. I'm 34 now, getting back into school for a trade. I miss the early 2000's no doubt, but, I'm grateful to be where I am and who I am these days. The 2000's were amazing!
Anyone with great hair and a good face could be a micro celebrity in your area.
It was an amazing time.
My game suffered long term because it was just wayyy to easy back then.
@@FormerGovernmentHuman I had the ear gauges. Snake bites. Clothes and extra money in my pocket. Ahhhh it’s wild though you were so right. Life is different for us man. But wherever you are in this world I wish you the best of luck man. Stay strong out there. Don’t give up.
I really wanna experience the early 2000s since i was tiny back then
Late teens-early 20's Hardcore: M O S H
30+ Hardcore: I B U P R O F E N
And chamomile tea 60 mins before going to sleep.
@@juvedoo99 Feeling called out now...
Im 45, 280lbs from the tough guy era- when I show up in the pit people think im there to break it up.
Only the finest 800mg for me.
Late teens 20's. Never experienced true metal and hardcore times on Myspace.
30's Myspace originals.
Oh man when he mentioned the girl with the old timey craft interest 😂😂😂. I'm a candlemaker with, wait for it, a cat lolol.
Cat mom knitter here o/ 🤣🤣
@@iyawakarehen lol yes! I want to learn how to make alien rag dolls lol
@@555orchid ngl i'm sure that's something someone has written a pattern for
Knitting while sitting next to my... Pit bull....... Fin! I've never felt more seen/attacked!
You had me at old timey.
I actually had a metalhead teacher back in secondary school. Our first German class was opened with 'Du Hast' by Rammstein. Good times.
Thats why I took german in high school in the first place, to understand what the fuck Rammstein was saying
Two of my metalhead friends are teachers now. They both sometimes play metal for the kids. But the kids aren't having it. 😅
@@hellofaname Pretty sure that's why everyone takes German in high school, even today lmao
@@shelbyb9965 that and it was too late for to enroll in Spanish as class was already full.
That's awesome!! LOL 😆
The military part was so on point. Especially the get married and then divorced by 21.
Wait lol TELL me your my boy John M 😂
I just realized that my cousin fits that military part exactly lol
I was almost one of those guys, at 18 I was like “eh I have no future, might as well enlist”
Lmao
You only really seal that deal by cosigning on a base model v6 camero or charger that is absurdly impractical for your situation and environment. And of course taking on the stupid amount of apr associated based on the vehicle and your lack of credit.
"the world doesn't need a 34 year old emo rapper"
I just turned 35, actually.
Stay based, bro. There's no age-limit for what music you want to do or what music you like.
one thing he doesn't realize is mid-30's doesn't actually mean "old" anymore like it did when he was in his 30's 10-15 years go
This is the one I felt in my balls the most... (30 here, just started doing scream rap)
If you're thinking that you're too old to manifest your true goal, the system GOTCHA -Krs One
Neil literally never change
I'm a grown metalhead...and I'll never change. Just because I get a little older doesn't mean my interest in music HAS TO change as well. I'm 30 year's old, still go to a TON of show's, still wear my band T's, and play my guitar. Age is just a number...so long as I still take care of my adult responsibilities like caring for my kid's, paying my bill's, and working my ass off...I can do whatever the hell I want to do. I honestly feel bad for people that think they have to act a certain way just because of their age. Be yourself NO MATTER WHAT. Stay true to who YOU are. If that mean's going to metal show's at 65 year's old then that mean's going to metal show's at 65 year's old...forget what anybody else think's. What's the difference between being an old metalhead and being an old star wars geek? There is no difference other then one being more culturally "acceptable" then the other.
None of these are me, 27 years old and still Emo trash.
I’m the female equivalent of that loser who lives in his mum’s basement and never had a job, just plays video games all day and never shuts up about the glory days before the scene became “sold out” and “over-produced”
Calling myself out haha
Stop making the rest of us look bad. It's embarrassing.
Its not a phase mom!
@@Anonymous-wb3nz hell nah
27?? yeah, your still a kid. Get over yourself. No hate.
@@jaykong1128 27, not a kid.
You forgot one:
The church youth group kid who was into Underoath and Emery but has since left that part of his life behind and lives a normie life as a campus pastor at a mega church
Or
Same kid who turned into a hipster worship leader who wears shirts with his sleeves rolled up to show his forearm tattoo at a megachurch and feels edgy talking about deconstructing their faith in some ways.
Damn! That’s accurate. I went to church with a kid from 2004-2006 who’s favorite bands were literally Underoath and Emery. We’re friends on facebook and now he has a beard and does something with a church.
Wow That's spot on mate hahahaha
Oh god that’s me but I managed to leave the church lmao
Is there a catholic, orthodox or even Jewish equivalent to that?
Metal Head -> Bit of trouble -> Joined Military at 22 -> Got out and work in IT now
Fuckin' nailed it, dude. You described literally each of my old metal friends in crazy detail.
Also... Jiu jitsu... 10P4L
"how many barbers with a converge tattoo does the world really need?" I think that's your best opening ever haha
Nate! Love that you watch this channel
I didn’t know you watched Finn!
To be fair , Converge was the very best of that genre and great guys .
I never thought the mate himself would comment on a PRMBA video
That statement stuck on me LOL!
When scene kids and meatlheads grow up:
Finn gives us literally every possible look,career and lifestyle option anyone can ever have.
somehow he failed to talk about the one where they start a youtube channel and mock people trying to survive
yeah I noticed it ended up being catch all like that
Konstantine Linakis your prospects must be extremely limited if you think this covers everything.
Yeah toward the end I was like, "this is covering almost every type of person." Haha
Some of them stung, though.
This hit waaaaayy too close to home lol. My dude was the married by 19 military guy then shifted to the blue collar skill tree, I'm the thick rimmed glasses hipster mom who loves embroidery.
We live in a small town, so our only local friend is the rockabilly lady who sells vintage clothes and accessories on etsy.
😂😂
Me: I’m none of these. I’m exempt
Finn Mckenty: And then there are the cat moms who usually like some old hand crafts like crochet
😳
Also enlisted in the navy and am now a veteran 😞
In IT 😭😭😭😭😭😭
What was your rate?
I’m an indie cat mom with a humanities degree. I was just certified to teach but I’m returning to uni for my masters 😂
Was actually crocheting while watching this vid, almost screwed up my mitered granny stitch when he said that
“A functional adult, free of mental health issues”
damn Finn, putting it that way, I’d love to be a normie
Same!
Same
Never. Always a scene kid.
I can't say I know a single adult completely free of mental health issues. Even the people who seem the most normal and put together have SOMETHING they hide from most people.
Former/current Emo Girl, went to college and law school. Spending my days working as an attorney. Only attorney in my state with a Mohawk. Spending my free time doing arts and crafts, grabbing beers with friends, and going to shows.
Finn, this hits pretty close to home. Im ok with it. Im a 43 year old dad who is an enlisted retiree with 2 masters degrees playing in a crust punk band with a couple of 50ish year old dudes.
The trifecta, lol
Fuck yeah. Rock on dude!
Used to play in a hardcore band, thought I was hardcore. I now work in a coal mine, pretty hardcore, huh?
Do you happen to drive a truck, jeep, of 4runner as well?
Hell yeah! Sounds awesome!
Came RIGHT AT ME with the “maybe it’s because he smiles every time his kid says Fugazi”
I think there's someone on the earth who wants someone to say it for a minute straight, while they beat off on the phone
I felt that one too
I was personally attacked by that one.
yup, same
30 years old now... scene kid back at age 15-19. I started playing bass guitar and piano in 2009. I've been a full-time music producer since 2015 within the chillstep genre. When I released 3 albums by 2013 nobody had actually put out that many albums in that "new" genre. But speaking of transformation, I got into the gym 3 years ago and it changed my life and appearance A LOT. Also been rocking a solid beard for the past year now. I refused to grow out my beard for 10 years until I realized it actually suited me xD
I do feel sad and nostalgic at times about the 2006-2008 era. It was something to live through.
The only thing that’s missing is the “Amateur Comedian”.
Good call
As someone who started doing open mics last year, ouch.
That's for the Pt. 2 🤙🏿
I was trying to figure out why I didn't fit into any of these categories but I slot in perfectly here lol
The idea of listening to hardcore while designing Hollister clothes is really funny to me.
right? like didn't we all used to hate hollister kids for no reason at all? it's like working for the enemy
Scene kids in 2006 unironically wore it during the myspace era sadly
@@bluBlaq33 it's true
Finn: Old Punks and Goths become Rockabilly/Psychobilly.
Me: "That's utter nonsense!", I scoff while wearing a leopard print circle skirt and a black cardigan while chilling in my apartment festooned with Halloween decor as my iTunes plays music by The Cramps.
I'm wearing a psychobilly t shirt as I watch this vid 🤣
Another option: there are surprisingly many former emos and metal heads in the hippie community, especially in the electronic forest festivals, myself included. Lots of people who used to only dress in black and dye their hair in whatever colour from the rainbow now sport dreadlocks and dress in earthy colours made from natural fibers. They might practice yoga, do some dj'ing or have hoop workshops etc in these festivals.
And this is how I got introduced to LSD
Yep. And we go to burning man too haha
Baggy tshirts and bread this was suppose to be my first year :(
They just go from one trend to the next. Zero original personality.
@@VincentsVideoVisions lol maybe we're trying to look for our personality with these soul-searching retreats to South East Asia while doing meditative yoga and consuming psychedelics. :DDD
On the other hand, psychedelic forest festivals and hippie scene are pretty niche thing in my country so maybe we're just jumping from one scene to another as we're hella bored. Maybe that's just a characteristic of millennials in general.
Basically: If you were a metalhead you can be anyone.
Finn is so poetic. 😢
Lol that was my first thought when he gave the list of types of people at the start.
You wouldn't think so considering most of his videos are about boiling music fans down to homogenous stereotypes.
@@BlueZirnitra But there's a grain of truth in those stereotypes. Upon growing up, this homogeny branch out and do their own thing, then become part of another homogeny.
@@BlueZirnitra It’s all in good fun ❤️
I didn't even think of this when you were asking on insta, but I just realized that a lot of metal and scene women grew up to be witches/wiccans/pagans. And I am in no way calling myself out with that...
You forgot the “cosplay/gamer/streamer”
Yes good catch!
Oh no, that's me
Charlotta Bävholm share your links to support you🙌🏻
@@heribertodelgado4655 Oh! Sure! I'm not a streamer, but an artist/gamer :D instagram.com/charlottabavholm
Charlotta Bävholm just followed you ! Best of luck :D
Same goes to anyone who creates any type of art:)
The transition is always rawr xD... to “steadfast is the best pomade on the market.”
@Dustin Hudson my old spice keeps me fresh an smellin great even after a 12hr shift
@Dustin Hudson works great, smells great
Layrite*
I love steadfast 😂
I only use matte finish now haha
Honestly, Rockabilly is the best choice. I regret nothing. Not even a scenester
Everyone: after all this time?
2000's emo kid: always.
Nice reference XD
Been binging too much secondary Harry Potter content lately...
It always has been
The real kicker is when you live long enough to be at least four of these people.
Amen 43 tomorrow I maid it suprized as hell but made it.
I've gone from riding my fixed gear bike listing to punk/hc to driving in my Subaru listening to Fleetwood mac. Getting older is weird man.
Yup, from punk to military, to designer to IT dad here
Bruh same at least four haha
I've got those bangs.
gross
@@trihard7939 preach 🙌
@@doomdell2233 preach🙌
@@variklane7032 preach 🙌🏾
@@sefilrot peach 🍑
PRMBA: "Scene kids have a pretty predictable career path"
Also PRMA: *Lists like 100 post scene career paths*
The whole video was just him shit talking literally everyone
@@zanderspinks485 As he should
Zander Spinks which is why it’s perfect!
@@zanderspinks485 yep
Was funny
Why do I fit into most of these... Joined the army at 18, academic... now a high school history teacher, punk rock Podcaster (SLC punkcast), sason ticket holder for Bakersfield Condors. Laughed the whole episode. Nothing but love to you. Be safe up there!
SLC as in Salt Lake City? 👀
I’m unemployed 26 year old battling depression/suicidal thoughts every day in my moms house. I don’t know where I’m going in life, but I know that whatever it is I’ll get there.
Life is depressing, especially when you realize how fucked up people and the world really are
Hey man, i was the exact same as you. It's a sucked up place to be. I got some help and some meds that worked for me and now i'm out of home, half way through a degree that will actually get me a job and i' feel better than I have since maybe 11 or 12 yrs old. None of it was easy, but it was all possible. I hope you find your way, sounds like you have the right attitude when you say you know you'll get wherever it is you're going, that's the same attitude I tried to keep, despite the crushing depression.
"stay tuned and see if you can spot yourself"
sir I'm 19 😭 let me stay scene
I never even started getting into the scene until I was that age.
Same here
@@stephaniestephers4586 I got into it when I was 12, but the problem is, I was born in 2001. So it was 2013 and much of it had already died out. So it's painful to hear others talk about memories I've never had.
I,m 46, still love Metal, Industrial, Goth music, I skate and surf longboards, I draw, keep Reptiles and still go to gigs.
I,v never considered myself as part of any scene as such, just still love the music and I m as passionate about music now as I was in my late teens.
Real fans of music don't change that much. We have families, jobs, houses etc....but we don't outgrow the love of our music.
Just be true to whoever you are and stuff trends.
@RobertDawson - Rock on dude 🤘 . Not yet 40 but same here.
Ya mean logs? Or is this bonga perkins??
Here here man, rad comment. Samesies.
Yeah, he missed the reptile keepers! But I've been a reptile keeper since early middle school a few years before my scene days started.
Yeah man, absolutely! The love for music never fades. I aspire to be like you when I get to my 40's. Which I know will happen much sooner than later :l
man... this made me laugh, cry inside a little, then laugh some more.
My path: from stage diving, crowd surfing crazy dude to a lawyer. And i can tell you, there are many secret metalhead in this field.
With you. And still do the stage diving and crowd surfing!! Lol
I’m going to be applying for law schools soon, most lawyers are badass. Can’t wait to be there.
Lol! I'm a xray tech working in the OR, and you'd be surprised at how many neurosurgeons are doing conplicated brain surgery while blasting Megadeth through the room haha
@@ptlovelight2971 I'm a doctor and i can confirm this haha, i've met a bunch of surgeons who listen to heavy stuff during the surgeries.
Shout out to matty Matheson. He's one of the success stories of a hardcore, acid dropping scene kid going culinary trade. Love that guy
This is by far your most underrated video. I've never felt so attacked and laughed so hard
Ihsahn is the ultimate example of this ‘transition’
*Emperor fan:* “ARE YOU SERIOUSLY GOING TO ABANDON CORPSE PAINT AND OTHER BLACK METAL AESTHETICS IN FAVOUR OF TURTLENECKS AND NOT MAKING NEW EMPEROR ALBUMS?
*Ihsahn:* yes
my man straight up REFUSES to consider making new Emperor shit. do you think that like, Samoth and Trym are really bitter about it?
Nicholas Romig honestly I’m just glad he’s doing what he wants to. Honestly I prefer his solo career. Emperor was good while it lasted though
@@IOxyrinchus I do NOT prefer his solo career, but I like it a lot. have those EPs he's been releasing been any good?
Nicholas Romig night most of his recent output has been very good, he never fails to surprise me and that’s partly what I love about him - he’s unpredictable
I mean at les he’s still making shows with Emperor and they are awesome.
I died laughing- guess who is both a “roller derby pit bull mom” AND an “indie cat girl” ( after breaking my ankle in derby) ??😂😂
You have a pit bull and a cat?
T E yep!! 3 cats!
@@shannoncarrico2211 add a ferret please.
I feel exposed and fit into a couple places, but most of all burlesque and cat lady with old hobby. And I have 5 cats lol.
The enlisted > IT path is so accurate it made me feel like you're on my social media haha. I think the reason is a lot of military enlisted are used to having methods and procedures because of our training and experience so IT scratches that itch Uncle Sam conditioned into us.
Me: Heh, none of these are me so far!
"Overnight hockey guy"
....shit
Truth 😄
Damn 😂
I was a hockey fan before I even knew what hardcore was, but like, I get it... hockey is fun and has a unique, tight-knit community.
powerlifting guy right here. still listening to "Not The American Average" on heavy deadlift days
a prophecy helps me break PRs
I prefer slipknot debut album
Same
You forgot the phenomena of all the guitar nerds of the metal scene going to music college and becoming obssessed with jazz guitar throughout their 20s, then eventually giving up their dream of being the next Pat Metheny and becoming either a high school music teacher or a RUclipsr
"He'll never cover me"
"Law and order and corrections... MMA and BJJ"
Whoa.
"Guy who says he only listens to real country."
Seriously, Finn. Just @ me next time.
From Hatebreed to Hank n’ Weed 👍
Oh, you like country music? Like, Taylor Swift?
I’m 18 and my favorite bands are Linkin Park, Alexisonfire, Blink 182, A Day To Remember, Brand New (although I do not condone Jesse’s actions in the slightest), MCR, and Sum 41, I own a bunch of band shirts and novelty Spongebob tees from Hot Topic and I religiously watch old Simpsons, what will I evolve to later in life or will it just stay the same? Please tell me I won’t transform into a douchey genre elitist
@@ronstoppable5659 tough to say for sure, but don't be surprised if you're listening to most of that, but with a little bit of indie music in there too.
@dcurlee dcurlee Well, at the moment Brand New and Jack’s Mannequin are the closest things to indie music I listen to, shit like Tame Impala puts me to sleep
While covering a lot of options, this video eerily hit quite a few marks in my life, loving hard rock as a teen, considering becoming a tattoo artist, getting an education in graphic design and now being a coffee entrepreneur.
Only thing missing is being author of the book, "Time Out - The motorcycle ride of a lifetime"!
That female powerlifter you showed in the video, Stefi Cohen is actually a huuuge hardcore fan
Me: Haha I'm so glad I'm not one of these dorks!
FInn: Guys who start a podcast and nerd out over outdated media like horror vhs
Me: ...*dies inside*
That feel when Finn calls out the entire staff of Cinemassacre.
Man the electric wizard clip was so inaccurate 😂😂
MY STEM DEGREE AND BTBAM TATTOO FEEL ATTACKED!.... This was brilliant.
I'm currently wearing a Contortionist t-shirt and a Cisco hoodie. I think he called me out specifically...
Damn I’m a “Subaru dad” 🤦🏻♂️ trying make sure my kids like ADTR as much as I do 😅
If I ever have kids, I will become a Subaru Dad. Thanks for paving the way 😂
Man your videos are great! I'm not sure how old you are, I'm 31, and everything you talked about and bands you mentioned are all things that are close to me, because I was a young teen when I was an emo/scene kid and listening to these bands for the first time.
Finn: Maybe you took pictures of bands in highschool and college...
Me: Dont do it.
Finn: Now you are a wedding photographer.
Me: He really did it.
you forgot "Guy who made it on social media and now loves giving their friends advice about 'diversifying' " haha great vid
I got married at 18 joined the Army then got divorced at 22. Became a bartender then a IT guy and now I work security lol dang you did your research
The accuracy of this video makes me uncomfortable. I love it.
You missed the veterinary field. At least for women, there’s more tattooed, former hardcore people than not.
Hmm I'm getting ready to be a dog trainer, but when I take my dogs to the vet I've noticed that too!
Its the collars, leashes and trying not to get bit by the overly furry :)
I find that a large majority of alternative people like/ are into animals, so it makes sense.
Sooo true!!! Haha. The amount of alkaline trio tattoos I’ve seen at the vet haha.
Present! 🙋♀️
Wow. I used to be a purple haired scene kid, now I have a degree in Advertising and taking Barber classes. I've never been called out so hard in one video
On the “scene kid turned startup founder” part - I wasn’t exactly a “scene kid” as I understand it. But I was a metal kid turned software engineer and subsequently startup founder.
I still go to meetings wearing Napalm Death and Cattle Decapitation shirts 🤷♂️
Cattle decap!!!
I'm still a scene kid and going to college to become a massage therapist. I kicked the odds in the nuts. Ima have a Brokencyde poster in my message room.
No matter who you are if you ever liked brokencyde you just plain suck
@@rocketgrunt5252 So Brokencyde must be your favorite than huh?
@@franzferdinand479 I'm gonna call you haircut..that's your name now
@@rocketgrunt5252 Thanks! I love my hair cut! I've been emo since age 11.
2000: Metal/emo chick wearing Chucks and baggy jeans, making personal websites that have very little meaningful content but lots of graphics made in Photoshop using decay brush presets and indecipherable script fonts
2005: Humanities student wearing brightly coloured American Apparel bodycon dresses listening to mid-2000s hip hop and Ed Banger artists and trying to make the MySpace scene
2010: Facebook employee shopping in the “vintage” section of Urban Outfitters and listening to a lot of party music and electronica while working/dancing at my standup desk
2015: Product manager at a tiny startup wearing skinny black jeans and listening to If These Trees Could Talk and whatever other ambient metal Spotify generated from that
2020: UX Designer, wearing exclusively second hand clothing, listening to Hozier and Tame Impala and drinking oat milk lattes
2024: Learning drums at age 37, getting back into metal, finding out Deftones are still making music and catching up on the last 20 years since self-titled, wearing Chucks again for the first time since I was 17.
IT ALL COMES FULL CIRCLE
I thought I was safe... hiding my Underoath tattoo while I work on my very expensive masters degree!
Underoath is bad ass, so don't hide the tattoo. Look up Palisades they're similar to Underoath.
Have any emo/scene kids grown into classic rock fans like listening to led Zeppelin and rolling Stones and are ashamed of there emo days?
I jam a lot of classic rock now adays, although I’m not ashamed of my scene kid days. Yeah I looked really stupid and I was really cringe and awkward. But it was something I was really into at the time and in a really weird way I feel like that era will always be a part of me.
No emo is love emo is life haha
It wasn’t so bad, then again I listened to Blood on The Dance floor at one point to fit in...
I grew up with classic rock so I already had that phase before going into post hardcore and metal...although I do have to clarify I wasn’t a scene kid, those years happened for my younger sister, I had a kid and was out of highschool by that point.
Yuuup. Former Marine turned DoD analyst here. Not only did I sell out to the Man, I became the Man. I still love listening to metal in the car though.
I was a wannabe scene kid rocking Alesana and Chiodos shirts who was never really "cool" enough to fit into the real scene clique in high school back in 2006-2008, went the STEM route, and now I'm four years out of med school and just graduated from residency. In all my time as a med student and resident, I've only met one other MD who was into early 2000's post hardcore like I was (...probably for the best).
I wasn't a scene kid cuz I'm too young (22 years). But I started to listen to this kind of music 5 years ago and I study at Med University.
I met here only one guy who listens to the same music as me
Cardiology NP here. I’ve run into one med student who liked speed metal then hated BTBAM when I showed them to him. And one fellow NP student who told me he liked my FYS hoodie.
I'm a GP but also a "metal vest dude"! There are a surprising amount of closet metalheads in GP land that I never knew existed before joining certain social media support groups...
I mean, how can you go to med school and not be into Carcass is beyond me.
I finally found the medical field people! Lol CNA and nursing student, I rarely meet people who listens to metalcore/deathcore/posthardcore, it's sad. Lol
Damn...im so early that EMO meant standing in a crowd, looking down and gently pounding your heart.
Sweater vest vibes
Keeping the faith.
Nailed it, with a minor caveat. Metalhead > Enlisted > IT while also waiting to go to Officer Candidacy School
I'm the dude that drives to work blasting Avenged Sevenfold, Killswitch Engage, and All that Remains.
Currently at my work as an accountant, where I either listen to A7X (because idc, they're my fave), or listen to RUclips videos
Same.
Out of those 3 you listed, KSE is my main that I blast.
My dad is and always is that person. I’m the dude that goes to school blasting MCR and Black Veil Brides and Asking Alexandria on my headphones
You forgot "Let's resurrect our emo band from the mid-2000s. We're older now, we know what we're doing, we're not gonna fuck this up this time" type of guys.
No need to fire shots at the Deftones like that.
It’s gonna work! Even if the genre is even less relevant than it was 13 years ago!
@@drewbeta01 "THE deftones" lol
@@kirillkrugliakov1463 lol right
Former scene kid here lol: I work at Ford Motor Company, have the insurance 401k blah, drive a 2000 Volvo and still listen to the same music I did in high school. I do wear band t shirts to work as well lol. Not sure what category I fall into.
"The Sad Academic" really hit close to home. I just got my doctorate in April and have two adjunct jobs already hahaha
This video is golden!! XD
I just want to say that is so awesome that you accomplished that. I don’t know you but I am stoked.
Congrats! I hope to be a sad academic. Indie cat mom with a humanities degree is ok though.
Before you go too far down that path, remember that you would make more money with better benefits teaching high school (if you're already on the adjunct track, a tenured professorship is probably out of the cards already).
Default78334 I want to teach grade school during the day and community college in the evenings. I already have a teaching certification
“The one thing both sides can agree on is they liked Dillinger Escape Plan... and probably cocaine” 🤣🤣🤣
That comment about the outlaw country prick would’ve really hit too close to home for me four years ago. I can’t stop cringing
I'm 31 and I recently joined a roller derby league. I feel offended, man 😂
I would love to do roller derby. Someday.
It’s so bizarre to me that every ex scene kid I know either works at an artisan barber shop/bakery/bar/coffee shop (or some combination thereof) and voted for Bernie Sanders or is married with three kids, loves hunting, and voted for Trump. There’s no in between.
Now you’re just describing the whole state of America circa 2020
Wow! I feel like a washed up Metal scenster! Thank you for that!😂 I went down the culinary route and became a chef. I got tired of all the drama that took place inside those farm to table hipster joints and ended up working in the hotel business. My best friend who was also big in the Metal scene started out as a band photographer but couldn’t make any real money so he ended up as a wedding photographer! I also wanted to say that two of my good high school friends who were also big Metal and Hardcore Kids ended up going into the military and when they got out they ended up working as grunts in the I.T. Department of Companies. Also as a side note all my friends that I mentioned including myself became big gun enthusiasts! It’s absolutely amazing that you were able to break all of this down the way you did because it’s absolutely true!
A variation on the "overnight hockey guy" is the "overnight soccer guy". Tons of my scene friends started watching European soccer all of a sudden (Premiere League ONLY), were Arsenal or Chelsea fans five years ago, are Tottenham fans NOW, and will be Wolves fans in like a year or two.
GO HOTSPURS!
My path: therapist-in-training who cringes at my “this band saved my life” phase and wishes it was professional to work “I’m a therapist not a cop” into the confidentiality statement (met a surprising number of us in my grad program lol)
Maxwell Hart mine is: wasnt* scene enough to actually fall into any of these categories but still loves the aesthetic and is going into early childhood education
I was going to say, some kind of mental health/social worker career path. I'm a case manager, met quite a few of us in the decade I've been doing it. There was a thread on the Axe to Grind facebook group about what people do for work, a bunch of folks doing that too
When I saw those little metalheads moshing my childhood came flooding back🤣
I have my eggs in a lot of the baskets that were discussed in this painfully accurate video.
Its crazy how he foresaw every trend i almost went down on my path to being a normie
I front as a normie, but there ain't nothing normal about me. There's a lot to be said for keeping your real self on the DL.
I’ll call myself out in the fact that there’s another sub route that end up working at vape shops and skate shops. Working at a vape shop and zumiez, we’re all former scene turned hardcore kids
TRUE
Keep these scene kid videos coming! I love them. I believe I may be one of the last scene kids still alive. It's not just a phase.
Listen to Palisades if you don't already
Me too
I'm 27 now, I came up in the 2007-2011 scene (basically just my high school years I guess). After high school I was asked to start a rock band so I did that for like 18 months and then we broke up. Soon after that I heard BABYMETAL and I got sucked into J-Pop. Now I process health insurance claims while listening to metalcore and J-Pop, but I've still been writing and releasing my own music consistently for many years. I have like 3 albums in the tank at the moment, two of which are metalcore/ deathcore. So I guess I'm like the IT/ office person and normie but also I never really left the music scene. :P
I think most scene kids were in bands as teens. Some of them were actually talented, not just in the trend so they kept going, even if as a side hobby or in different genres.
Where can I find your music?
@@SevenDaySunset Yeah I bought my first guitar at 11 years old and then within a couple months of being in high school I joined a band to play bass. I played in a couple bands and filled in where I was needed to help friends out. It was a fun time. I have another youtube channel named Ladderlad Music but haven't uploaded for a number of months since I'm in the process of rebranding to August Silhouette. I have a youtube channel for that as well but have nothing uploaded, but I have an instagram with some random shit @ augustsilhouette . Thanks for the interest man, I hope you like something. 👍
For me it wasn't J-Pop but instead J-Rock specifically the Visual Kei bands. I had a huge phase. I went mall-goth, to VK, to emo / mild-scene and then normie. I'm in my early 30s now, went into the medical field but I still want to make some music since I didn't act on it at the time.
The overnight hockey guy haha that hurt.
I can’t help but wonder how much of that has to do with Violent Gentlemen and their past with the hardcore scene and Chain Reaction back in the day.