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deesnider

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AO-Hell Horns!?

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Monday, November 23, 2009 21:43 Written by Dee Snider

AO-Hell Horns!?WTF!  Are they kidding me?!  This is exactly the type of thing that I’m talking about!  They’ve even been pushing a metal horns emoticon!  When a corporate giant like AO-Hell thinks that the metal horns are an acceptable image to put their stamp on and will make their image cooler by association with the metal community, something is seriously wrong!

This is why this site exists.  This is the kind of exploitation and cherry picking of our beloved music form that we must rise up against!  This is the reason we’ve got to take back the horns...dot com.

If this pisses you off as much as it pisses me off, let AO-Hell know how you feel.  Visit their Corporate Site, call and email them and tell them to find their own damn symbol and leave ours the hell alone.
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Mission Statement

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Friday, June 19, 2009 13:15 Written by Dee Snider

Calling all true headbangers! Join the fight! It’s time to take back that which is rightfully ours and return “the Metal Horns” to their one true home and former metal glory!
 
The OnionI first became conscious of the misuse of the “Metal Horns” when I read a article a few years ago in the brilliant, sarcastic, fictitious, weekly newspaper “The Onion”.  It was entitled “Metal Council Convenes To Discuss 'Metal Hand Sign' Abuse” and it was a hysterical send up on how it seemed everyone was “throwing the Metal Horns” and for all the wrong reasons.  I remember laughing and thinking to myself, “Yeah, there really are a lot of people using the horns these days.”  But that was the end of it.

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Origin

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Friday, June 19, 2009 14:27 Written by Dee Snider

Ronnie James DioThere is only one, true, proven originator of the heavy metal horns, and that is Ronnie James Dio of Rainbow, Black Sabbath and Dio.  Any and all other claimants to this creation are either liars or delusional.  Case in point Gene Simmons.

Gene--a legend in his own right, who can (and does) lay claim to much, but not this--has said that it is in fact he who invented the Metal Horns, siting photos of himself over the years throwing upside down, thumb extended, palms facing out hand gestures.  While less informed, metal fans might be fooled and intimidated by Gene’s forceful claims and “photo evidence,” any early fan of Kiss will know that prior to the Metal Horns popularity, Gene always sited comic books, particularly “Spiderman” as the inspiration for much of his onstage body language and unique hand gestures.  As a Spiderman and Kiss fan I can tell you, this is in fact where Gene got his “demon hands.” One need only watch any of the Spiderman movies to see the same hand gestures being made each time “Spidey” shoots his webs.  And no...Spiderman is not imitating Gene Simmons.

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Usage

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Friday, June 19, 2009 14:33 Written by Dee Snider

WACKEN OPEN AIR FESTIVALIf taking back our horns is the first step, the second has got to be the reestablishing of the proper usage of the Metal Horns.  There are definite limits to where they are allowed to be used.

First and foremost, the Metal Horns can and should be used at all heavy metal shows.  This is where they were first used and this is still where they are used best.  Whether they’re in the smallest clubs or biggest stadiums, this is the one place where the Horns can be thrown with abandon.  The more often the better.

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