when did you realise you wanted dreads?

Have you always wanted them or was there a point in your life that made you think YEAH I want them?
I remember vagley wanting dreads bout 6 years ago,the reason as I remember seeing someone elses and thinking they were really beautiful!
For ages after I was captivated by them!
I finally quit my last job 3 years ago and thought I can do what I like now so I did.
Just interested in what you dreadies think?

 

it came upon me in mid to late september of last year, when i realized that my hair was getting rather long and that i had just about every other hair style and i hadnt tried dreads yet. now 4 months in, im glad of the results

 

i first wanted dreads when i grew my hair out about 8 years ago, i've got really curly hair normally, so people used to say to me my hair was perfect for dreads, and i thought they were a cool hairstyle so 1 year and 3 months ago i got em eventually

 

My close friend of mine that I went to High School with always had this amazing sense of style that I loved. a few years after college I saw her at some x-mas party and her dreads were sooo long and covered in baby blue wraps (all of them).

then I worked in the maritimes and we often had bonfires on the beach. A bunch of hippies would come from fredericton, and have a drum circle and ever since I wanted them... took me about 5 years afterwards to get them!

you can't really see them that well, but this is colie with the wraps, that I will do some day.

 

I was 14, this guys inspired me.

 

whos that goofy looking guy?>


ok, this maybe a long story, since i believe it goes back to birth.

when i was young, my parents were the type to always insist i fit the image they wanted for me (think super goofy ultimate preppy..bully magnet type shit) they literly would tackle me and pin me down in order to cut my hair.
fast forward to 14, just escaped, got away from there and well odviosly hair was the 1st freedom of expression and i did alotta goofy things to my hair as i found my own identity.
then but 16-18 i saw my 1st dreads and asked him how he got em, he said stop combing and they happen
month later i was dready, but they congoed into a funky weirdness..i loved it, but certainly was not neat tidy dreads.
(a pillow in back, and 2 horns with maybe 6 other loose dreads)

had them as year and felt so attached to em so changed by em and so free
but an ex (evil bitch she was) and my lovely parents convinced me to go to school for computer programming (what a headache that gave me) whicch meant i had to chop em off...i was devastated then felt like i lost so much.
luckily at my graduartion party i broke my back and was saved from that corporate hell i almost got sucked into so a month later stopped combing my hair and 3 months later threwq in a few beads and knbew id have dreads the rest of my life.

im not sure i knew i wanted dreads from birth.. or even i knew i wanted em when i 1st saw em, i mightve just wanted something different then
i guess i realized i wanted em when i lost my 1st set and felt empty without em.

 

I don't know how I'd feel without mine. Probably quite empty too.
I have always been drawn to people w dreads. I had a beautiful boyfriend, Rob from Barcelona, who had beautiful blonde dreads w lots of trinkets and other treasures in them^-^
I've always thought people w dreads look so free and creative. It's my favourite look. I just never though I could actually have them! I kind of thought that some people were just lucky and their hair was able to dread. Then I found out that anyone can have them and decided I wanted them. My friend Vixi who has dreads wanted to do em for me, so came over from England to visit me. I've never been happier, I'm now married w a 6month old baby and have the hair of my dreams! Sounds corny, but realli. Everyday, I love waking up to my husband, babe and then my dreadsit's so nice to wake up looking good

 

I've always admired people I saw with dreads, but never really understood them or anything. It was a very random decision, Late in my second year at college I was bored in art one day and as you do, I was googling. Dreads came into my head, for some reason, so I researched them 2 months of research and 2 months of 'Eww why do you want dreads they are dirty/you'll have to cut your hair out after/you can't ash your hair' after asking what people thought of them

I decided to get the kit (yes I wanted them instantly ) pretty much straight after that

So it was a pretty random impulse thing ^^ But when I was waiting for the stuff to do them myself, I was so excited. Infact, the only times I've been as excited were turning 1, and coming to uni- Funnilly enough the antisipation of all three was at the same time, June 07, so I was about to explode xD

 

I found out all i need to know about Rastafari and a Rastafarian elder thats a good friend of mine said i need to get them in order to feel more free.

19 months later and i got em. For a long time i just had a mess hahaa.

 

Ive wanted em since as long as I can remember. But when I was younger it was just like oh thats cool, and I never actually thuoght about getting them. Ive always admired them. Then I got into reggae and wanted em more, now im at that point where I wanna get them but cant. My hairs probably just long enough to start. But I have to wait....

 

i realized when i shaved my head,
i was like
"fuck this, im growing it out."
a year and four months later they are on their way!
^-^

 

from about 14 I would let my hair grow out to about my shoulders, then cut it short...spiked short, then let it grow again. every time i did it i would let it grow a little longer and wait and extra month or two before cutting again. by 18 my hair was reaching 4 or 5 inches past my shoulders and i decided i wanted them to be locks. did some research and was scared away with all the shit that dread head HQ was selling and cut my hair again (spiked short). this time around, and almost 2 yrs latter I was determined to get them so i did some more searching, found a friend, backcombed, the next day i found this place. Never been happier with my hair. Never intend to cut them.

 

I have wanted dreads ever since I was in my mothers womb. I emerged a nappy headed rasta baby, ready to take on babylon....lol

 

I realized I wanted them when I found that I had some forming. I thought <i>"Shit thats tight dawg"</i> and did a little research on maintanene, found this forum... 7 months later I've never been happier

 

I realised about a month or less before I got them. It was rather a sudden epiphany!

 

I have always admired dreads, the look, the "lifestyle", the freedom i guess. While all my friends were going into uni after school and doing the "right" thing, I wanted to travel. So I did. I have spent the last 7 years traveling my country and the world. I love the total freedom it gives you. By the time my hair was long enough, just past my shoulders, i started. I guess the main reason I got them is sorta to not go with the flow of general society so much. I think it really represents my personality and dont plan on cutting them. Now I am starting to settle down, stop traveling and study, my dreads remind me of my gypsy roots. BTW, good thread.
C'mon everyone, we wanna hear your stories.

 

Damn SE..do you really knock everything that you dont know. Sad
That "goofy looking" guy is JAMES “MUNKY” SHAFFER guitarist for KoRn..who happens to kick ass!!! KoRns bass player Feildy has totally inspired my bass playing....even though I cant play anything like him...but I do aspire If you actually knew anything about KoRn SE I think you would admire them for fighting the music industry like they have. They even hold concerts for like $5 so that ALL people can enjoy their shows not just the ones who can afford to. Anyway!!!
Check out this vid
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RoNPqtznoXk

Okay...you all know my story already. I was getting ready to turn 35 when I decided I was going for it. A big "fuck you" to my old life. Never been happier

 

(Sorry off topic... Have KoRn cheered back up then or what? I haven't listened to any of their music after the 'Untouchables' album. I bought the one after it, listened to it once and took it straight back to the shop. Maybe I wasn't in the right mood or something, but I just found myself thinking, cheer the fuck up, you've got a massive music career, act grateful for once....lol. Are they worth getting back into?)

 

didnt one of them leave because he found jesus?
and they had the greatest hits.. but i havent heard much from them since =/
i quite like Issues.. good good album that

 

Yep..I have the tee shirt that says KoRn gave God Head (other guitarist)Haaaa Haaaa fixed it Phil
He is thinking about rejoining.
JD is doing various solo projects that are a bit more cheery. I love his remake of Got Money. But dont really think you are gonna find KoRn going pop...just not their thing Amy.
Smelly they released Untitled lastyear...awesome awesome CD!!!
Good lord yall got me rolling on KoRn..my favorite band !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!