HEAVY METALISTS

This category covers a wide range, perhaps from eight to 24. Currently it is probably the largest group in most schools. They listen to today's bands and their taste runs to Judas Priest, Motley Crue, Van Halen, KISS, and Ratt.

Their clothing tends to emulate the garb of their musical idols: black parachute pants or dark blue levis, tee-shirts with pictures and names of musical groups, plaid shirts, and white, black, or red tennis shoes. Hair is usually shoulder length and unstyled. Girls may wear large earrings, sometimes looking somewhat like fish lures. Boys tend to wear a single earring. Little makeup is worn.

They are heavy drug users, with pot being the favorite, but including hard liquor, crystal, and the older ones add cocaine to the list. Many are not motivated to do much of anything constructive. They get their drug money from thefts, and from dealing in drugs themselves.

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