Editing Iron Cross (section)

===Biker and heavy metal subcultures===
[[File:Lemmy-02.jpg|thumb|alt=Lemmy onstage playing bass guitar|Lemmy Kilmister of Motörhead wearing his trademark Iron Cross necklace ([[Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross]]).]]
In the United States, the Iron Cross was adopted by [[outlaw motorcycle club]]s in the 1960s, as a symbol of rebellion and probably for [[shock value]].<ref name="ADL">{{cite web |url=https://www.adl.org/education/references/hate-symbols/iron-cross |title=Iron Cross |website=Anti-Defamation League}}</ref> From biker subculture it spread to rock and [[Heavy metal music|heavy metal]] subcultures, becoming part of [[heavy metal fashion]]. [[Lemmy Kilmister]] of the influential band [[Motörhead]] often wore one.<ref>{{cite book |last1=Waksman |first1=Steve |title=This Ain't the Summer of Love: Conflict and Crossover in Heavy Metal and Punk |date=2009 |publisher=University of California Press |pages=151–152}}</ref> In the 1990s, this other use of the Iron Cross had spread from bikers to skateboarders and many extreme sports enthusiasts and became part of the logo of several related clothing companies. The [[Anti-Defamation League]] states that the version of the symbol with a swastika has been commonly used by neo-Nazis and other white supremacists as a hate symbol since it was discontinued following World War II, but the wider use of the Iron Cross in various subcultures means determining its use as a hate symbol relies on context: "an Iron Cross in isolation (i.e., without a superimposed swastika or without other accompanying hate symbols) cannot be determined to be a hate symbol".<ref name="ADL"/>