That.. Makes a lot of sense.

That’s the same reason why clowns started painting their faces, it helps exaggerate their expressions

yes, please, not everybody uses headphones.

@@BrunoNunes83 i du

This is the first name that came to mind.

Fire!! Do do doooooo

It was kiss guys

@@kylebible Hi Gene!

That was my guess too 🔥

He also invented the 'rock on' and put wings on flies.

And breathing! And shoes!

Gene Simmons also invented selling out & putting his band's name on everything to make a buck.

well at least kiss were the first famous band that had white and black makeup,i dont think black metal bands would have it without kiss.

Gene is God. Durr.

King Diamond anyday 🎤🐼

King diamond not as good as Judas Priest but still awesome

Gareth Manchester What Judas had to do with the corpse paint imaginary anyways!?

The best band with black facepaint is BVB

LLTK!!!! \,,/ \,,/

The first person i though of

Same

That was the first thing that came to my mind, but I can't find a picture of him wearing corpse paint (he wore a bone through his nose). I did however find Screamin Lord Sutch which I found some referencing when someone else mentioned Jay Hawkins . kzfaq.info/get/bejne/mZiKprp2s9XGYac.html

You right

Kabuki Theater

Arthur brown was inspired by Kabuki, I think. They have that same paint style of the face.

*....doesn't count... **_that's just the way his face looks naturally!_*

lol

Mike Bennett probably due to all the drugs dude is a walking zombie

Let’s hope the Stones never die

Fucking hilarious

So damn accurate.

Spot the fanboy

Corpse Paint is makeup .

You're right

He actually did patent (or copyright?) the "black and white symmetrical" design and was threatening to sue King Diamond in the late eighties/ early nineties if memory serves.

Kiss was more clown make-up than corpse paint

@@HagathaBroomstick Yeah King Diamond had to change his corpse paint because was sued by Simmons.

@@mmestari he claims he was changing his paint anyway which I can buy because he has changed it a lot.

@@rufussamsquanch_6547 He changed it the first time when it was very simple to more complex. He changed it second time because he was sued by Gene Simmons. After that he started to change it, because he already had changed it twice in the past. There's interviews including video where he says he had to change it, because he was sued by Simmons.

People say he did stuff.. some also say that the police were aware of the murder plans. So guess it's up to what people choose to believe

Both are scumbags. I dont know them so i cant say who is better, but i think vargs opinions are weird. I dont understand what he wants. Ok i dont think he is a total idiot.

Varg traveled 5 hours out of his way, allegedly to sign a contract, and murdered a man who was most likely all talk. He shouldn't have been talking, but even Varg admits that Euronymous didn't have Dead's rifle, or any of the things he said he did. People will always side with Euronymous a little more. They might _both_ be scumbags, one murderous and the other collecting the skull of his dead band mate and making it into necklaces, but who got _murdered?_ 🤔🤔🤔🤔

@@jessiehermit9503 he influenced dead to kill himself and took photos of his dead body, both are bastards and have blood on their hands

ikr Euronymous made dead kill himself and made his corpse into a album cover

Motorhead

Way more influential than well-known.

@Alex Logan "No mention of Screamin’Jay Hawkins?" Why would they mention someone who didn't wear any kind of face paint? Totally irrelevant to the topic.

@@mmestari he actually did man. Look it up he dressed like a voodoo zombie/skeleton.

@@rufussamsquanch_6547 He didn't. He had a fake bone attached to his nose, and no face paint at all. If you are going to tell people to "look it up", look it up yourself before writing a stupid comment.

Arthur Brown invented everything that's metal, except the music.

Yep. I just came here to say it was Arthur Brown, (when it comes to live music that is.)

Tf Christian death?

Christian Death is deathrock. It's a subgenre of goth music.

There's another obscure deathrock band that also used the face paint called Neva with Jacquy Bitch. Good stuff!

I thought it was...Papa Emeritus

Your face could use it :P

Quorthon ... what a great Artist

I thought it was eminem goddam

Whoop whoop!

I legit just choked on my drink😂😂😂😂

oh my fuckin god i can't stop laughing

Yes

Your GRANDMAAAAAAAAAAAA

Tammy Baker!!!😆😅🤣😂👍

Hahahahahaha...

the God Of Hellfire!!!

@@RickHeffe God damn right!

Yes!

You would be correct. I would guess less than 5% of the population knows he existed.

I enjoy your first point; I look nothing like someone who listens to black metal but it really is the theatrics (and to me just way too many subtle layers of interest within the music) that make me enjoy it, but "imagery and art" is a great way of including all that. As to your second point, incidentally I-for fun-watched Behemoth perform without makeup yesterday or the day before by searching for that specifically on youtube, and the comments are full of how almost "cooler" the band was. I found that fascinating. It almost means there may have been people in the comments checking out black metal who wouldn't have normally, because perhaps the theatricality of it all is actually a turn-off... not the music. (I'll never know of course.)

just what i thought

Yeah, if they did their research they'd know that Varg still is a scumbag

@@martinpazdera3904 Fortunately, your opinion isn't a universal one. Euronymous was a scumbag too. And so are many others. But a personal opinion, even if shared by others, is not universal.

@@martinpazdera3904 A highly intelligent scumbag...

@@christopherscott934 he would make a good spy movie villain....007: Dunkelheit

Phantom of the opera

*Secos e Molhados

Carlos Veloso Yes they were a very fun band. In Mexico were known as Secos y Mojados which is the same in español.

Yeah, but the quality isn't what it used to be. Plus Danzig's thought process is just weird now. It feels like he has legit albums, and then shitty vanity projects(like his cover albums, attempts at symphony music, and shitty movie). I liked Black Laden Crown, but it's a shadow of his former glory. And Danzig insist on producing his albums, and he's not all that good at it. And I wish he'd get rid of Tommy Victor. Tommy doesn't realize that every riff doesn't need to end with a pinch harmonic. All the annoying pinch harmonics since Tommy joined has kept me from enjoying those albums more. But Danzig writes the songs, and produces the albums so ultimately he's to blame. I actually enjoy Danzig's later catalogue, with the exception of Blackacidevil...the one album that's worse than St. Anger. But I'm all for Danzig retiring. I actually think he should have done it years ago.

What about Ozzy? He's like 71 and has made countless solo/band albums. Also Bruce Dickinson, he's done what, 14 Iron Madien albums and countless solos he's about 62.

Is nobody gonna mention that the dude in the picture isn't Glenn? It's Michale Graves.

Christopher lee was 90 when he started his heavy metal band...

Certeza que foi o Secos ,& Molhados

A banda Joelho de Porco usava tmb

Yeah, but the use of makeup in music has been around for a while- Alice Cooper started doing it in 1971, 2 years before Secos & Molhados released their debut album. They sound nothing alike musically either... to say Kiss copied them in any regard is a bit of a stretch. They're throwing out wild accusations without a leg to stand on

@@scottbrown6248 you don´t need to be musically alike to get inspired by a visual concept

Sarcofago

They may not be full metal as you like, but they are certainly metal and were metal before most metal bands. They've influenced lots of metal bands and still do. Certainly influenced many other bands other than metal bands with their stage show.

@@wild1nc2000 Agree. And according to Wiki, "The use of corpse paint in the black metal imagery was mainly influenced by the American 1970s rock band Kiss." And whether people like it or not Gene Simmons early outfits, makeup, and stage presence did look quite sinister. IMO KISS also pioneered what a metal band should look like with their early black leather outfits with accessories bought at S&M shops in NYC. Even if they didn't wear makeup no other band looked like KISS in 73-74.

The best band with facepaint is BVB

@@greenrobot5 I fuckin hope you are trolling.

Hipsters have not discovered him yet.

@Joseph Nickell Oh hell yeah you are correct. 😁

You're not wrong, however they were both huge scumbags. Although, Varg is more well known for being a terrible human being despite the fact that Euronymous is equally, if not more, of a piece of shit.

@@Fhyerfiyfek couldn't have said it any better. Finally someone who doesn't praise Varg for his bullshit innocence.

Yeah, I love how they had to throw in the “scumbag” comment when referring to Varg...wouldn’t be loudwire without some virtue signaling. 😂