Similar Styles Outside Metal
Corpse paint has been associated mainly with black metal and heavy metal in general, but it has inspired musicians and others outside metal:
- In the fall of 1996, professional wrestler Sting began wearing corpse paint in a persona inspired by the film The Crow featuring Brandon Lee.
- Another professional wrestler, The Undertaker, wore make-up similar to corpse paint in the mid-1990s in reference to his stage name.
- Japanese pro wrestler, Onryo, uses extensive corpse paint.
- Professional wrestler, Jeff Hardy, wore corpse paint similar to black metal musician Nattefrost.
- Rap groups the Insane Clown Posse and Twiztid have been donning corpse paint since the early 1990s.
- Mexican Wrestler Chessman uses red and black corpse paint.
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Famous quotes containing the words similar and/or styles:
“Let the day perish wherein I was born, and the night in which it was said, There is a man child conceived.”
—Bible: Hebrew Job, 3:3.
A similar imprecation is found in Jeremiah 20:14-15.
“Can we love our children when they are homely, awkward, unkempt, flaunting the styles and friendships we don’t approve of, when they fail to be the best, the brightest, the most accomplished at school or even at home? Can we be there when their world has fallen apart and only we can restore their faith and confidence in life?”
—Neil Kurshan (20th century)