Ever get insulted for liking Alice?

[Desperado22]

This might just be me, but I get this quite a lot. I tend to wear a lot of band t-shirts and for some reason it seems to annoy a lot of people.
It doesn't really bother me anymore, as I'm used to it, but I find it really weird.
People shout out "Freak" and "" at me from their cars. Sometimes people actually shout at me that I should listen to normal music or that I should die etc.

My gf of 3 years broke up with me last year because I didn't listen to chart music lol.

Half of the people that shout these things at me are just Chavs. But I've had people in their 40s telling me to grow up. I wear Jeans and normally a band t-shirt so it's not like I'm covered in white face paint like Cradle Of Filth.

I mainly get it shouted from a distance since I started working out lol.

Like I said, it doesn't bother me anymore, I'm just curious if anyone else gets this. Is it normal for people to get so angry over music preference?

[Diane D.]

No... as long as you don't end up like those guys...

http://youtu.be/KW3Ci2eiVmE

[Inmate]

If I wear an Alice shirt, I do see people staring at it weirdly.

[While Heaven Wept]

This might just be me, but I get this quite a lot. I tend to wear a lot of band t-shirts and for some reason it seems to annoy a lot of people.
It doesn't really bother me anymore, as I'm used to it, but I find it really weird.
People shout out "Freak" and "" at me from their cars. Sometimes people actually shout at me that I should listen to normal music or that I should die etc.

My gf of 3 years broke up with me last year because I didn't listen to chart music lol.

Half of the people that shout these things at me are just Chavs. But I've had people in their 40s telling me to grow up. I wear Jeans and normally a band t-shirt so it's not like I'm covered in white face paint like Cradle Of Filth.

I mainly get it shouted from a distance since I started working out lol.

Like I said, it doesn't bother me anymore, I'm just curious if anyone else gets this. Is it normal for people to get so angry over music preference?

My advice is to move. Sounds like you live in a retarded place.

[recoop]

Nope...never had any stick and have lived in various parts of UK in last 40 years or so of Alice listening..however have never worn a rock t shirt of anyone...told plenty of people I like AC songs/music/shows..sometimes people have shown surprise but never an adverse reaction..

[cherrypie]

I get a lot of positive reaction - I have a T shirt I wear a lot with a pic of me and Alice on it, and loads of 'normal' people comment on how great it is. Somebody wanted a photo of it once . I went to see a consultant in hospital last week, and he was much more interested in talking about Alice than looking at my problems (what a surprise, lol)

I wear my Schools Out T shirt a lot too, and that seems popular as well.
Better move to Gloucestershire, Desperado22

[wind_up_toy]

Your ex sounds like an utter waste of space!

Oh and have never been mocked for wearing Alice shirts in England. Not sure if I've been to Dragontown though, where is this place?

[The Spider]

That's pretty disgraceful. Not sure whether any of you are aware of Sophie Lancaster who was sadly killed because of the way she dressed by a group of chavs. Scum. I have pretty strong views on chavs, but I won't share them on here

I've not been mocked for liking Alice, but I have however, been mocked for playing instruments. Which I find strange?

[tuneylune]

Had my chops busted a lot, but nothing too serious. More on KISS, especially as they became more of a "kiddie" band. My brother got me a pretty cool LOVE GUN era T-Shirt and after one day, wore mainly to bed.
Shame about your girlfriend-my wife thinks I like Coop and company too much, but she likes a lot of the songs and has gone to shows with me. Which meant I might bite my tongue when she was on U2, Seether and Collective Soul rants!

[Hank]

I once had a bipolar ex-girlfriend who, for some reason, hated Alice. After I broke up with her (via a restraining order--she was literally a certified nutcase) I discovered that much of my records, etc. were missing.

[RemarkablyInsincere]

People shout out "Freak" and "" at me from their cars.

Are you sure it's because of the shirts?

:lol:

[kevinuk81]

No... as long as you don't end up like those guys...

http://youtu.be/KW3Ci2eiVmE

Would rather end up like these than same dribbling old fool who hates real music.

[DaveJay]

...I dont know if this "Counts" as an insult, but.....here goes:-
I was off work a lot in the late 80's due to illness, and the Company Union steward came around to my house to see how I was coping/feeling ( which was not too good, at the time..). He came to my room for a "Talk", and was almost immediately Horrified to see a huge "Constrictor" poster on my wall. ( amongst other rock-related things). He told me ( Seriously) that my "Health Problems" could actually be being caused by having such "Satanic" ( HIS words) imagery in my home. I explained that the poster was just a souvenir from a show I had recently been to ( On the "Nightmare returns" tour, in London), and that it was completely innocent in nature, but he suddenly decided that he had to be elsewhwere, on urgent union business, and left rather hurriedly!!. Upon my eventual return to work, he tried his best to avoid me at all costs!! ( l soon ( when back at work) discovered that he had became a "Born again Christian", and thought that all such "Rock" was Sinful, etc....).I didn't really have the patience at that time to try to inform him of Alice Coopers own Christain faith..., as i was more "Bothered" trying to get him to actually sort out my own Many, Many, work-related problems with the companies management!!

PS...If anyones further interested...I had long since left that place of work,( @ 1993) and had started my own "Mobile DJ" business, and was performing at an "in-store" saturday afternoon promotional gig for a shop in a market area, when, suddenly, out of the blue, a hand tapped my shoulder...I turned around, and it was the same union bloke ...he just clasped my hand, and said " I recognise you, and I STILL pray for you"...and then walked away!!

[TheBlackWidow]

I've never been insulted. Often people ask me, if he's still alive

[Desperado22]

That's pretty disgraceful. Not sure whether any of you are aware of Sophie Lancaster who was sadly killed because of the way she dressed by a group of chavs. Scum. I have pretty strong views on chavs, but I won't share them on here

I've not been mocked for liking Alice, but I have however, been mocked for playing instruments. Which I find strange?

Yeah I remember reading about Sophie Lancaster. Made me sick.
I do sometimes get other Alice fans coming over and talking about his music with me which is cool. However, I seem to get more negative reactions than positive lol. Some people in my area are complete idiots I guess.

[Desperado22]

People shout out "Freak" and "" at me from their cars.

Are you sure it's because of the shirts?

:lol:

Lol.

[Diane D.]

No, I've never been insulted for liking Alice. Always liked the T-shirts and the humoristic drawings on them, but they are always too big and heavy for me, and they make me feel so unfeminine and ugly, that I rarely buy some.

[old school vet]

The only comments that I have heard, was when I wore my Glen Buxton memorial T-shirt to a Status Quo concert, I could hear these two guy's talking about the shirt so I turned around and told them to google the Blonde Bomber and walked away with a grin on my face - often wondered whether they did google Glen or not...

[scotty]

I always get thumbs up when my wife and I bring up cooper. my family and friends know better than to ever put him down. I have converted at least two friends into hard core cooper fans that actually sometimes get the new cd's before I do (which kills me).

[NotSoPerfect]

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My gf of 3 years broke up with me last year because I didn't listen to chart music lol.

That must have been her lame excuse for some other (also possibly lame) reason. I can't fathom dating someone for 3 years if something as small as that was going to be the thing to end it after all that time. It's not like it was some piece of info about you that caught her off guard.