Fresh Loaf

Kenny: The most commonly asked question is how long it is. Ninety percent of the time that’s what comes out of the opposite sex. Depending on what mood I’m in is how I answer the question. I’ve almost been hit because of the way I answered. You get some that are real rude and obnoxious and a lot of yuppies, hipsters, and they kind of approach you like you’re a science project, so I can be just as obnoxious back. White chicks hate me. It’s Atlanta, man. I’m not the Abercrombie bitch, Urban Outfitter’s model. You know what I mean?

Cherri: I intimidate a lot of guys. I used to get hit on more before the haircut. Interesting now the guys I’ve met [with the current hairstyle]. Guys I thought would never have been attractive to me — guys that are into hip-hop, the R&B world — are very attractive to me. It creates an edge, I guess. I’ve been told that my look tells them that I can teach them something. So when I meet a guy because of my hair it kind of makes me interested in him because it’s like someone who can look past a hairstyle. I like people like that.

Jay: It’s a really big conversation starter. But most of the girls think I’m disgusting and hideous, but that’s pretty much what I’m going for. I tell them the uglier you think I look, the better I feel about it. As soon as they smell it they’re like, ‘Gosh, what is in that?’ I tell them it’s probably beer, sweat and powder from all the stage shows. And I do have a dead bug in it. But I love it. It brings out who I am. Girls into the whole industrial goth scene like it.

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Bubbles: Pittsburgh fans have much more heart and soul. We love smash-mouth football. It’s all about the team. Falcons fans really don’t have much to go on. The fans and players are fluffy. They play in a dome, so they don’t play as hard. Steelers play in the cold, the snow, broken bones – things like that. It’s a whole family thing in Pittsburgh. Falcon fans are wishy-washy. With the Steelers, we got our Terrible Towels. With Falcon fans, I don’t know what, but they need something.

Matt: It’s hereditary. My dad is a Steeler fan, my grandparents were Steeler fans. They had no choice but to root for the Steelers. You grow up caring for the Steelers more than anything else other than family and health. The Falcons have never had a historical fan base. No one is interested. Atlanta has such a disparate fan base. No one is from here. In Pittsburgh, the entire identification with the city is with the Steelers. Atlanta is the Georgia Bulldogs or Georgia Tech and a bunch of northerners that moved here for work.

Holly: The passion. We’re not fair-weathered fans. It’s deep. We’re born with Terrible Towels. It’s in our blood. Falcons fans don’t have the passion. They just suck. In Atlanta, there are more Steelers bars than Falcons ones. The Steelers is such a great NFL organization. We’ve had three coaches since I’ve existed. The Falcons have had multiple coaches, multiple issues. Pittsburgh is a hard-hitting, blue-collar city. You go up there anytime of year and they’re wearing Steelers. Here, they may wear Falcons stuff ’cause they got it from Wal-Mart for five dollars. It’s just not the same thing.

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