Report: Headbangers Invade Princeton University

October 16, 2009

Sara Wallace of The Daily Princetonian reports: On the Sunday of Lawnparties this fall, Michele Tyler and Lola Aceves passed on the usual Princeton garb of sundresses and sandals, instead donning very different outfits: knee-high black boots with studs, heavy black eye makeup, short black skirts and MISFITS T-shirts.

As the two heavy metal fans entered Cap & Gown Club, a bouncer inspected their proxes, let them in and then respectfully asked them about the reception they were getting on campus. Further down the Street, Tyler and Aceves heard some students considering asking the bouncers to kick them out of Cloister Inn. And later, two female students outside Campus Club asked them with skepticism, "Do you guys go to this school? Where do you guys hang out?"

While this hostile reaction is not unusual, Tyler, Aceyes and the rest of Headbangers Inc. — the first and only Ivy League hard rock and metal appreciation group — are busy proving to skeptics that "Princeton" and "heavy metal" can actually be used in the same sentence.

Read the entire report from The Daily Princetonian.

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