http://i.imgur.com/KZdUN8Y.jpg
http://i.imgur.com/G6XU0Rp.jpg
― pfunkboy (Algerian Goalkeeper), Friday, 13 September 2013 16:08 (twelve years ago)
http://i.imgur.com/zsg0pcp.jpg
― pfunkboy (Algerian Goalkeeper), Friday, 13 September 2013 16:13 (twelve years ago)
http://i.imgur.com/kvHx1Cl.jpg
― pfunkboy (Algerian Goalkeeper), Friday, 13 September 2013 16:14 (twelve years ago)
Dont see too many battle jackets round here now though they seem to be making a bit of a comeback but when I 1st loved here in 1991 ALL of them had WASP and Sacred Reich patches. Must have had a firesale somewhere.
Anyone still come across these? (non metallers I especially ask you)
Also I want smithy to post a pic of his!
― pfunkboy (Algerian Goalkeeper), Friday, 13 September 2013 16:16 (twelve years ago)
long coat = 3Bathory = 9Running Wild = 7Asphyx = 5
― Cap'n Save-a-Co. (Noodle Vague), Friday, 13 September 2013 16:16 (twelve years ago)
i wanna see more piss-bleached denim or gtfo
― Cap'n Save-a-Co. (Noodle Vague), Friday, 13 September 2013 16:17 (twelve years ago)
http://i.imgur.com/vro2Hle.jpg
― pfunkboy (Algerian Goalkeeper), Friday, 13 September 2013 16:23 (twelve years ago)
7, docked a point for the Bruce Dickinson patch
― Cap'n Save-a-Co. (Noodle Vague), Friday, 13 September 2013 16:24 (twelve years ago)
http://i.imgur.com/UdXBzvO.jpg
― pfunkboy (Algerian Goalkeeper), Friday, 13 September 2013 16:25 (twelve years ago)
NV you ever see anyone wearing these now?
http://i.imgur.com/QJ9w2yj.jpg
― pfunkboy (Algerian Goalkeeper), Friday, 13 September 2013 16:26 (twelve years ago)
7 for the Venom jacket
xp not really, not even at college as far as i can remember
8 for that last one, +2 for the bleach job
― Cap'n Save-a-Co. (Noodle Vague), Friday, 13 September 2013 16:27 (twelve years ago)
http://i.imgur.com/EzUoSBE.jpg
― pfunkboy (Algerian Goalkeeper), Friday, 13 September 2013 16:27 (twelve years ago)
http://i.imgur.com/Lf27HEf.jpg
― pfunkboy (Algerian Goalkeeper), Friday, 13 September 2013 16:28 (twelve years ago)
There were a couple out and about at Indietracks (yes, really).
― emil.y, Friday, 13 September 2013 16:28 (twelve years ago)
(Not ironic, either.)
― emil.y, Friday, 13 September 2013 16:29 (twelve years ago)
black and white = 6, too orderlyTwisted Sister = 10Helix = 5
― Cap'n Save-a-Co. (Noodle Vague), Friday, 13 September 2013 16:29 (twelve years ago)
http://i.imgur.com/bb9WuAu.jpg
― pfunkboy (Algerian Goalkeeper), Friday, 13 September 2013 16:29 (twelve years ago)
There were a couple out and about at Indietracks (yes, really).― emil.y,
― emil.y,
i have to ask anyway. REALLY?
― pfunkboy (Algerian Goalkeeper), Friday, 13 September 2013 16:30 (twelve years ago)
It's true!
― emil.y, Friday, 13 September 2013 16:31 (twelve years ago)
is that Bolt Thrower? 6Kill 'Em All = 7. mainly for the Dio patch
― Cap'n Save-a-Co. (Noodle Vague), Friday, 13 September 2013 16:31 (twelve years ago)
http://i.imgur.com/VNvJnwp.jpg
http://i.imgur.com/bcKLzNl.jpg
hahaha Avenged Sevenfold?http://i.imgur.com/f31MkhT.jpg
― pfunkboy (Algerian Goalkeeper), Friday, 13 September 2013 16:33 (twelve years ago)
how many points does Muse lose this?http://i.imgur.com/0UnZ7uU.jpg
― pfunkboy (Algerian Goalkeeper), Friday, 13 September 2013 16:34 (twelve years ago)
And the Police. And the fact that it's shit.
― emil.y, Friday, 13 September 2013 16:35 (twelve years ago)
Muse loses it all the points, the Police gets 1 back for lulz, the Australia patch loses it again cos wtf
― Cap'n Save-a-Co. (Noodle Vague), Friday, 13 September 2013 16:36 (twelve years ago)
Does Colonel Poo have one of these?http://i.imgur.com/6aSiLA6.jpg
― pfunkboy (Algerian Goalkeeper), Friday, 13 September 2013 16:37 (twelve years ago)
Skid Row = 5, cheekyThe Crue = 8pretty taken with the Judas Priest, above criticism
― Cap'n Save-a-Co. (Noodle Vague), Friday, 13 September 2013 16:38 (twelve years ago)
http://i.imgur.com/Sby9pDA.jpg
― pfunkboy (Algerian Goalkeeper), Friday, 13 September 2013 16:39 (twelve years ago)
come on the rest of ilx post some battle jacket pics!
Folks still wear them all the time in Dallas. I see them at every metal show, and many other shows too (there were at least 4 or 5 at the Christian Death show the other night, for example, and one at last night's King Dude gig). Most I've ever seen were at the Valient Thorr shows, but they specifically celebrate that part of the culture.
When it's 100º+ it takes dedication to rock a layer of denim or leather.
― EZ Snappin, Friday, 13 September 2013 16:39 (twelve years ago)
best patch ever is the large Doom - Police Bastard one iirc
― i'll be your mraz (NickB), Friday, 13 September 2013 16:40 (twelve years ago)
http://i.imgur.com/o5wIkzK.jpg
― pfunkboy (Algerian Goalkeeper), Friday, 13 September 2013 16:41 (twelve years ago)
EZ in the USA are battle jackets known as 'Vests'?
http://i.imgur.com/v0dZI8L.jpg
― pfunkboy (Algerian Goalkeeper), Friday, 13 September 2013 16:42 (twelve years ago)
double Whitesnake made it 9 but i'm docking 1 for Europe
― Cap'n Save-a-Co. (Noodle Vague), Friday, 13 September 2013 16:42 (twelve years ago)
5 marks off for the doors
http://www.tensionwire.com/media/blog/doom-leather-jacket.jpg
― i'll be your mraz (NickB), Friday, 13 September 2013 16:43 (twelve years ago)
Yeah, I hear vest more than battle jacket.
― EZ Snappin, Friday, 13 September 2013 16:43 (twelve years ago)
Battle Jacket must just be a european thing then
― pfunkboy (Algerian Goalkeeper), Friday, 13 September 2013 16:50 (twelve years ago)
http://i.imgur.com/J5id9Wc.jpg
― pfunkboy (Algerian Goalkeeper), Friday, 13 September 2013 16:51 (twelve years ago)
http://i.imgur.com/GYI1rdV.jpg
― pfunkboy (Algerian Goalkeeper), Friday, 13 September 2013 16:53 (twelve years ago)
200
― Cap'n Save-a-Co. (Noodle Vague), Friday, 13 September 2013 16:54 (twelve years ago)
and that was before i noticed the studs on the belt
I like the way Anal Cunt is on his bum, too.
― emil.y, Friday, 13 September 2013 16:56 (twelve years ago)
http://i.imgur.com/FPthYQH.jpg
― pfunkboy (Algerian Goalkeeper), Friday, 13 September 2013 17:00 (twelve years ago)
https://www.facebook.com/pages/Rate-My-Battle-Jacket/137583436320094
― emil.y, Friday, 13 September 2013 17:01 (twelve years ago)
emil.y can you remember any of the band patches you saw at indietracks?
― pfunkboy (Algerian Goalkeeper), Friday, 13 September 2013 17:01 (twelve years ago)
http://i.imgur.com/w9JAryT.jpg
― pfunkboy (Algerian Goalkeeper), Friday, 13 September 2013 17:03 (twelve years ago)
I can't remember any particularly idiosyncratic ones. I did drunkenly rate the patches of one guy but can only remember fairly standard things - Maiden, Metallica, Sabbath, etc.
― emil.y, Friday, 13 September 2013 17:05 (twelve years ago)
probably Slayer?
or one of these?http://i.imgur.com/Nf3fFqs.jpg
― pfunkboy (Algerian Goalkeeper), Friday, 13 September 2013 17:06 (twelve years ago)
http://i.imgur.com/bRgiMc8.jpg
― pfunkboy (Algerian Goalkeeper), Friday, 13 September 2013 17:07 (twelve years ago)
there are shit tons of Patches on ebay..
― SeanWayne, Friday, 3 January 2014 07:37 (eleven years ago)
What about the big ones in the back? Are they hand painted? If so some of these are impressive:
http://i.imgur.com/381JmRz.jpg
― Moka, Friday, 3 January 2014 07:38 (eleven years ago)
http://i.imgur.com/kQ9G9DR.jpgIdk what I was expecting when looking for battle jackets on pinterest... I ended up on a board filled with tight leather pants. Some cool jackets though:
http://www.pinterest.com/tvman/denim-and-leather/
― Moka, Friday, 3 January 2014 08:04 (eleven years ago)
All those big back patches, small ones, iron ons, studs, all on ebay
― SeanWayne, Friday, 3 January 2014 08:11 (eleven years ago)
Couple of teenage kids with starter battle vests came into the store the other day. One of them was wearing tight zebra print pants. Other one had seriously old looking patches and I asked him if his "Bonded By Blood" patch was vintage, he got this kind of proud look on his face and said "Hell yeah!"
― barranca jagger (GOTT PUNCH II HAWKWINDZ), Friday, 3 January 2014 08:18 (eleven years ago)
Some of the big ones look like cut out t shirts? Could that work too? I'll be definitely making one later this year!
― Moka, Friday, 3 January 2014 08:21 (eleven years ago)
You can definitely use a t-shirt, I remember people doing this with bands that didn't have backpatches available. It's a little tricky because t-shirt fabric is stretchy, I think.
― barranca jagger (GOTT PUNCH II HAWKWINDZ), Friday, 3 January 2014 09:02 (eleven years ago)
https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1701596064/tharsis-sleeps
― koogs, Wednesday, 26 February 2014 14:01 (eleven years ago)
do you know, all those years of seeing their logo on Man City shirts and I never knew Brother made sewing machines
― imago bantz and the deems context (DJ Mencap), Wednesday, 26 February 2014 14:11 (eleven years ago)
lol
― Scooby Doom (۩), Wednesday, 26 February 2014 14:38 (eleven years ago)
for purposes of accessorising
https://scontent-b-lhr.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-xpf1/t1.0-9/q84/s720x720/10376919_863359893681325_7618282790648703716_n.jpg
― From Tha Crouuuch To Da Palacios (DJ Mencap), Friday, 6 June 2014 08:56 (eleven years ago)
Perfect.
― underrated aerobies I have flung (how's life), Friday, 6 June 2014 10:18 (eleven years ago)
OG Crusty
― nitro-burning funny car (Moodles), Friday, 6 June 2014 13:54 (eleven years ago)
Needs a "No Khans No Masters" patch tho
― Vera said that?! (GOTT PUNCH II HAWKWINDZ), Saturday, 7 June 2014 01:58 (eleven years ago)
https://pbs.twimg.com/media/BoWC0h_IIAAZA-e.jpg
― EZ Snappin, Saturday, 7 June 2014 02:01 (eleven years ago)
OMG Battle Hawaiian Shirt is a thing that needs to be a thing, please make it so.
― emil.y, Saturday, 7 June 2014 02:04 (eleven years ago)
Needs pukka shells instead of metal studs
― joygoat, Saturday, 7 June 2014 02:12 (eleven years ago)
Tommy Bahama's Easy Breezy Krieg collection
― Vera said that?! (GOTT PUNCH II HAWKWINDZ), Saturday, 7 June 2014 03:02 (eleven years ago)
motherlode:http://noisey.vice.com/en_uk/blog/les-vestes-a-patches-du-hellfest-2014
― Barry Gordy (Neil S), Friday, 4 July 2014 14:40 (eleven years ago)
the sodom logo on that looks like it is made up of badly-formed croissants
― john wahey (NickB), Friday, 4 July 2014 14:49 (eleven years ago)
some typically snarky Vice commentary which should probably be ignored
― Barry Gordy (Neil S), Friday, 4 July 2014 14:50 (eleven years ago)
nah I like the commentary even if NV was pithier upthread
― Kiss Screaming Seagull Her Seagull Her (DJ Mencap), Friday, 4 July 2014 15:23 (eleven years ago)
Vice biting ILX ONCE AGAIN
btw the most remarkable patch on that first jacket is what appears to be "DEICIDE" written in a vaguely Comic Sans font.
― the asterisk is the most sensitive part of the d*ck (GOTT PUNCH II HAWKWINDZ), Friday, 4 July 2014 22:53 (eleven years ago)
https://scontent-lhr3-1.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-xfp1/v/t1.0-9/1607133_10152763912010940_8111971360484386386_n.jpg?oh=2de513dd6a35d90dc2fb5f3744ff9a4f&oe=56195137
― there was a lot of beer and people doing sit ups, (laughs) (DJ Mencap), Saturday, 27 June 2015 23:35 (ten years ago)
JACKIN
― that's why god destroyed the radio (GOTT PUNCH II HAWKWINDZ), Saturday, 27 June 2015 23:46 (ten years ago)
11
― 2 jazz boys 1 jazz cup (Noodle Vague), Sunday, 28 June 2015 07:51 (ten years ago)
wow
― kurt kobaïan (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Monday, 13 July 2015 16:39 (ten years ago)
http://www.metalsucks.net/2015/08/07/nothing-to-see-here-just-some-photos-of-cats-wearing-metal-battle-vests/
― a poetic ODE to FORNICATION (GOTT PUNCH II HAWKWINDZ), Thursday, 13 August 2015 21:47 (ten years ago)
http://i.imgur.com/b7sAZPM.jpg
spotted in town earlier by housemate
― Hector Ringtone (DJ Mencap), Friday, 25 September 2015 14:19 (ten years ago)
http://www.rollingstone.com/music/news/meshachs-vest-the-strange-journey-of-a-heavy-metal-treasure-20160212
― we salute you, our half-inflated dark lord (GOTT PUNCH II HAWKWINDZ), Friday, 19 February 2016 12:46 (nine years ago)
I love a happy ending
― Gaz upon my works ye mighty, and despair (Neil S), Friday, 19 February 2016 14:02 (nine years ago)
http://www.topman.com/blog/the-history-of-the-battle-jacket/
― Odysseus, Saturday, 27 May 2017 15:02 (eight years ago)
Spotted this oddity at the farmer's market yesterday
http://i.imgur.com/GP3PGI7.jpg
― joygoat, Sunday, 25 June 2017 17:10 (eight years ago)
-50
― pray for BoJo (Noodle Vague), Sunday, 25 June 2017 18:15 (eight years ago)
not so much a battle jacket as a reflective contemplation jacket
― Yoni Loves Chocha (VegemiteGrrl), Sunday, 25 June 2017 18:17 (eight years ago)
I think an Alfred E. Neuman battlejacket is an excellent idea
― André Ryu (Neil S), Sunday, 25 June 2017 20:49 (eight years ago)
looks like someone follows this thread (one of my ILM faves it has to be said).
"BATTLEJACKET # 1 is an independently-produced, limited-edition photographic magazine, with 50+ colour pages dedicated to the art of home-made heavy metal denim. Shot on location at metal gigs in London over 2016 and 2017 by Justin Quirk and published by NO UFOs. Plus the Patron Paperback level."
an extra if you pay over a certain level for a book re Glam Metal :
https://unbound.com/books/good-time/
― mark e, Wednesday, 2 May 2018 18:00 (seven years ago)
Has anyone seen a good battle jacket lately?
― Thus Spoke Darraghustra (Oor Neechy), Thursday, 15 August 2019 22:39 (six years ago)
I saw loads of great ones at the King Diamond gig last weekend,
I’m currently making a new battle jacket since my old one from the 90s accidentally ended up in the trash (don’t ask), which has me thinking about some of life’s great questions such as: cut off the collar yes or no? Are studs ever acceptable or trying too hard? Bullet belt on the bottom too much if you already have one on yr jeans?
― Siegbran, Sunday, 18 August 2019 09:31 (six years ago)
There was one dude rocking a black tuxedo jacket with patches.
― Siegbran, Sunday, 18 August 2019 09:45 (six years ago)
Took the kid to the movies this weekend, would totally check out the new SMOTE record:https://i.imgur.com/mJJRMyP.jpg
― joygoat, Monday, 9 March 2020 16:10 (five years ago)
Good to see some Hades love
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GhWtAPCKmDo
― panic-buying the upmarket pasta (Matt #2), Monday, 9 March 2020 16:14 (five years ago)
https://64.media.tumblr.com/2e00d1b40ccf8ab2230d26f2000b7f58/05a9db3a005e6934-c6/s1280x1920/3f176cb8aa27ec516d4941369504f32ddd5aaafd.jpg
― Low-poly ghost New Donkers (bizarro gazzara), Saturday, 24 May 2025 15:13 (five months ago)
https://cdn.imgchest.com/files/4be305432df6.jpg
Not a jacket, but I got given this for my 50th.
― I would prefer not to. (Chinaski), Saturday, 4 October 2025 19:04 (one month ago)
is that a kitchen apron? it rules.
― sleeve, Saturday, 4 October 2025 19:11 (one month ago)
saw this excellent back patch on a vest last night
https://www.etsy.com/listing/1115582992/?ref=share_ios_native_control
― werewolves of laudanum (VegemiteGrrl), Saturday, 4 October 2025 19:12 (one month ago)
<3 <3 <3
― sleeve, Saturday, 4 October 2025 19:13 (one month ago)
Aye, kitchen apron. I fucking love it.
― I would prefer not to. (Chinaski), Saturday, 4 October 2025 19:14 (one month ago)
I've got "fool" on my kitchen apron as well!
― vodkaitamin effrtvescent (calzino), Saturday, 4 October 2025 19:16 (one month ago)
<3
― I would prefer not to. (Chinaski), Saturday, 4 October 2025 19:30 (one month ago)