What band name was most commonly carved on desks at your HS?

[Strawman]

My High School, 1986-1989, gotta say it was probably Megadeth.

[AllegroRondo]

1. AC-DC

I think its because it was the only one they could spell.

[Strawman]

4. Yep. That one was up there

The more creative burnouts would carve a lightning bolt instead of a slash.

[ceile]

2. We didn't destroy school property.

:yoiks:

[Phillycat]

3. Metallica, Megadeth, AC/DC, Led Zep.

What a hilarious question!

[Strawman]

8. Led Zeppelin for sure

They probably had more overall than Megadeth now that I think about it.

But I suspect alot of theirs were "legacy" carvings from previous students even though they were still enormously popular among my peers.

[Dulcinea]

70. Led Zeppelin, Van Halen.

I'm class of '83. Their concert t-shirts were mandatory among stoners.

[AlCzervik]

5. Van Halen.

81-85

[Strawman]

10. yes, with the winged V's and H's

that's some real craftsmanship there.

[AlCzervik]

11. yup.

[Reverend_Smitty]

6. I don't remember a lot of desks with drawings and carvings on them...

although I do remember sitting at a desk for an entire school year with a Wu Tang Clan symbol drawn on it in black magic marker. I think it was in one of my health classes.

btw I was in high school from 1998-2002

[Little Wing]

7. ST was all over the place

I perfected the blank and white version of

[Strawman]

15. That's a long name to carve

and I hope someone gave you a Pepsi.

[Little Wing]

17. the entire name was for special occassions. like law class which was

near impossible to stay awake through.

I meant the S with the upside down T :-)

[InternalDialogue]

9. Second vote for Van Halen.

Followed closely by the initials R.R.

[Shine]

12. Journey.

1979-1982
:eyes:

[unsavedtrash]

13. Pink Floyd

[MsKandice01]

14. Slayer, I think... n/t

[Strawman]

19. That was another big one

I think "Piece By Piece" came in second in the voting for our class song.

I wish it had won instead of friggin' "Don't You Forget About Me."

[KitchenWitch]

16. Van Headache...I mean, er Halen!

[supernova]

18. Thin Lizzy or Blue Oyster Cult

This was late 70s. I think every girl who wasn't a preppy had the Thin Lizzy T-Shirt too. :-)

[bif]

20. NONE.

I don't recall ever seeing a band name carved on a desk in HS.

[Silver Swan]

25. Ditto

When did this band carving thing start?

I guess way back when I was in high school bands weren't the basis for popular music--unless it was percy Faith and his orchestra!

[bif]

28. I graduated in '73

I guess we had respect for public property way back then. Also, if we got caught, I'm sure they would have made us replace the desk plus face other punishments.

[flvegan]

21. Also '86-'89, but Metallica ruled at my HS

I didn't really get it. I was into *shock* hair bands (Poison, etc).

[RedStateShame]

22. The band that I was in at the time

I was a shameless whore then, too.

[grace0418]

23. All of the above plus Dio.

My high school was kewl.

[Phillycat]

33. OMG Dio!! I forgot about that - we had them too!!

[Strawman]

35. Dio was inexplicably undercarved in my school

The wicked elf deserved more respect among our burnouts.

[kid a]

24. KISS

[Arugula Latte]

27. Yep. KISS.

:headbang:

[Va Lefty]

53. KISS

[ScreamingMeemie]

26. 84-88..a tossup between the Doors and Van Halen

:hi:

[auburngrad82]

29. Rush, BOC, Skynyrd and Kiss

Those are a few that I remember on my desks from 74-78

[auburngrad82]

30. Delete- Duplicate

Friggin' fat fingered it

[XNASA]

31. Lynnyrd Skynnyrd

Or possibly a band called 'Heartsfield' who were a local act with a record deal.

[ptvet]

32. Rush, Crue,

The usuals for 1980-84....
AC/DC, Dio, the first Def Leppard album...(I said album)
Sammy, Iron Maiden, Priest...
Triumph and maybe some Bob Seger and Journey for those parties.

OK thats way too many, but I just had an 80's moment. :hi:

[NewJeffCT]

34. Class of 1985 - so Van Halen probably topped the list

Though, in my first few years, I'd have to say Led Zeppelin was it.

[Nicholas D Wolfwood]

36. NIN and Nirvana. (nt)

[Pool Hall Ace]

37. Kiss, Led Zep, Aerosmith, Rush

1976-1979

Oh, and not that he was all that terribly popular, but one notorious carver was a big Robin Trower fan.

[Zavulon]

38. Rush.

Usually followed by "2112."

[GenDem]

56. Yup, that was definitely the #1 carved band

1. RUSH -- 2112 (always followed by that)
2. Aerosmith
3. AC/DC
4. Led Zeppelin (only carved band that I liked)
5. Kiss

I never really understood the whole Rush phenomenon. The only tune I liked was the one about the talking trees.

[Zavulon]

66. I, on the other hand,

grew up with Rush and was a faithful listener right up to and including Power Windows. They were easily my favorite band. Then they took "progressive" overboard and I couldn't stay on board anymore.

I still have all of their old albums and still listen to them.

[LynneSin]

39. Our desks were carve-proof

:cry:

[SKKY]

40. Basically, it was any of these three...I used "logos" rather than names...

...it seems much cooler at the time, 'till Prince came along and jacked up my philosophy.

The "Snake" looking thingy on the Seven and the Ragged Tiger album

The Van Halen "VH" design

And the Dead Kennedys DK

[Phillycat]

44. The DK - yeah, we had that a lot too.

Probably because it was really easy to carve.

[smtpgirl]

67. I loved the Dead Kennedy's

did not get into that group until after I graduated high school

[Arkansas Granny]

41. I don't think I ever saw that in high school.

[smtpgirl]

42. Led Zeppelin, Aerosmith, Black Sabbath, Van Halen

my desk had Judas Priest & AC/DC

[smtpgirl]

43. self-delete

[ms liberty]

45. c/o '77: Probably Zepplin, Aerosmith, or Kiss...but...

I don't really remember. I do remember carving 'legalize marijuana' on every desk in my English class in the 9th grade though!

[Initech]

46. It was most definitely NIN.

[ronnykmarshall]

47. Glen Miller

[Left Is Write]

50. You look marvelous for your age!

:rofl:

[mitchum]

48. Nurse With Wound

you're not really buying that, are you?

[Strawman]

62. no

but that would be an interesting high school.

[mitchum]

63. But I really did keep track of a Led Zeppelin vs Golden Palominos...

grafitti war in a bathroom stall when I was in college. This thing went on for a couple of months. And that really is the truth.

[Left Is Write]

49. Van Halen (went to high school 1981-1984)

[Blue-Jay]

52. yep.

http://photosleeve.com/gallery2/d/51115-1/Van+Halen+LogoSWEET.JPG

[dolo amber]

51. Van Halen, FUCK, Lemmon 714

AC/DC, so-and-so *hearts* so-and-so 4-EVER!!!!!!11 4

Well, maybe no "4".

[izzybeans]

54. Slayer or Pantera

[BelleCarolinaPeridot]

55. Not a rock band but I saw Wu-Tang everywhere.

[MrSlayer]

57. Slayer.

I did a bit of the carving, heh.

Also a good bit of Metallica and Iron Maiden.

[Carni]

58. Led Zep or Pink Floyd

Oh shit I just dated myself lol

[William Bloode]

59. Never made it to high school.

In Jr high however it seems AC/DC, Black Sabbath, Zepplin, and B.O.C. 79-81 or so.

[enigmatic]

60. Led Zepplin

Far and away, though Van Halen's logo was up there by the time I graduated HS...

[Chan790]

61. It wasn't a band name...

but 1/2 the desks in my HS had the word "cock" carved very-ornately. I think it may be relevant that I went to Catholic boarding school.

[NNadir]

64. Many people where I went to school had "Lawrence Welk" carved into their foreheads

with a pen knife.

Often they dribbled in ink from leaky "Bic" pens to make crude tattoos.

Most of the big time "Lawrence Welk" fans were either heroin addicts or speed freeks.

Followers of "Mitch Miller and his 'Band of Renown'" tended on the other hand to be either cokeheads or potheads.

[DainBramaged]

65. By 1966, we had crappy carve-proof desks with metal book bins

And "magic Markers" were still a wet dream for budding graffiti artists. Come to think of it, the people in my high school were really lame and music wasn't important, and at our 38 year reunion in May (38 years, too weird) I can't wait to see all the old bald fatties talking about "the good old days".

Jeez they sucked.

[ileus]

68. Van Hagar

[QMPMom]

69. Black Sabbath.