text: in some male bands, why do they wear like really dark black eyeliner? i was just wondering because they want to. like he said up there. it started out with ozzy and others but it's been picked up by more and more band members today. i don't think it's gay (i mean really wtf? is with everybody calling people and things gay?), i don't think their trying to be goth or punk, i think of it as them carrying on a tradition.