Can you wear a band t-shirt without knowing the band?

Paul_C

I bought one of these from the US purely because of the name of the band - I did listen to a couple of tracks on youtube first though!

axisus

Who cares

Fretwired

Paul_C said:

I bought one of these from the US purely because of the name of the band - I did listen to a couple of tracks on youtube first though!

I like that ... although you run the risk that their a KKK band .. :-)

Flink_Poyd

My wife bought me a tshirt of a band, just says 1D on it. I must be well hip as everyone points at me when I wear it

BloodEagle

Hellbastard are(were) an ace band

holnrew

I prefer to wear plain t-shirts, they're less attention drawing. (Even though I have pink and purple ones)

markv

Music matters to me, so I would only wear the t-shirt if I like the music. Because why would I wear it if I think the music's shit?

I love my ABBA t-shirt and wear it with pride.

People who wear t-shirts of bands they haven't heard of, aren't actually interested in music.

gusman2x

Nah, I wouldn't, but it doesn't bother me to be honest. What really does boil my piss however, is people wearing band t shirts to see gigs not by that band. Nonsense elitist shit.

As an aside, does anyone wear their own band t shirt? And in what context, just live, for social?

BloodEagle

gusman2x said:

Nah, I wouldn't, but it doesn't bother me to be honest. What really does boil my piss however, is people wearing band t shirts to see gigs not by that band. Nonsense elitist shit

Huh? How do you figure that out - so if I go and see a band but am not wearing that same bands t- shirt (which happens quite often) I am being Elitist??

Reverend

Fretwired;579868" said:

Paul_C said:

I bought one of these from the US purely because of the name of the band - I did listen to a couple of tracks on youtube first though!


















I like that ... although you run the risk that their a KKK band .. :-)

Nah, Scruff is very, very left wing.

Reverend

gusman2x;579916" said:

Nah, I wouldn't, but it doesn't bother me to be honest. What really does boil my piss however, is people wearing band t shirts to see gigs not by that band. Nonsense elitist shit.As an aside, does anyone wear their own band t shirt? And in what context, just live, for social?

The rule is you don't wear the shirts of the band you are seeing.

Unless you have a very rare shirt.

english_bob

lustycourtier said:

 Jennifer Anniston is a massive music lover. Even made a Documentary on Jeff Buckley.  

So I hear. This went unnoticed by dozens of outraged music fans back in the day as I remember. Or maybe the argument was that even if Jen is, Rachel Green wasn't, so it wasn't OK. Meta.

Sassafras

I'd only wear a band T if I was being paid to advertise. Same reason I don't walk down the street wearing a Sandwich Board.

richardhomer

I wouldn't countenance the idea - I'm simply not the right shape for T shirts....

BloodEagle

Reverend said:

gusman2x;579916" said:

Nah, I wouldn't, but it doesn't bother me to be honest. What really does boil my piss however, is people wearing band t shirts to see gigs not by that band. Nonsense elitist shit.As an aside, does anyone wear their own band t shirt? And in what context, just live, for social?

The rule is you don't wear the shirts of the band you are seeing.

Unless you have a very rare shirt.

IBTINL era Bolt Thrower etc

Sambostar

I wear car T shirts that have some Indiana 500 from 1963 on them.  I wasn't even born then.  I also own lots of FORD T shirts but have been wary of wearing them since they closed the motor plant at Eastleigh.  Not that I'm scared, more like pissed off that they do all production in Turkey now.

Mostly I wear T shirts with slogans like 'Fuck off, so I forgot, I don't care, so fuck off'

I don't really do band T shirts as I believe that bands are nothing special and still, deludedly over rate myself and also I am a bit of a musical communist.  I do sometimes want to give someone a smack that is wearing a band T shirt though, unless it's so obscure that I don't realise it's a band.  But then people who were at the Indi 500 in 1963 probably think the same of me eh.

Sambostar

To me wearing a band T shirt is like saying, 'Yeah frigg my bum, I don't care whatever you want, which way do you want me?'

richardhomer

Sambostar;580345" said:

To me wearing a band T shirt is like saying, 'Yeah frigg my bum, I don't care whatever you want, which way do you want me?'

I'm sure whether I agree with this or not - but it really made me laugh.

Sambostar

Yeah, but you have to admit, it's a sign of failure and submission.

guitarfishbay

gusman2x said:

Nah, I wouldn't, but it doesn't bother me to be honest. What really does boil my piss however, is people wearing band t shirts to see gigs not by that band. Nonsense elitist shit.

As an aside, does anyone wear their own band t shirt? And in what context, just live, for social?

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