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do you still wear band T-shirts and such? have you ever though much about why? or if you hate the idea, why? what about other apparel?

and which bands DID produce the best apparel and ephermera?

one thing that irks me is the way the nu-metal scene is so cynically saturated with merchandise, seemingly more so than anything else. kids lap it up - hooded tops and t-shirt sales for Korn, Slipknot, Linkin Park, Incubus and the like have dwarfed anything like that by other bands/genres in the last ten years, maybe more than the heavy metal of the 80s (?) - why do you think this is? why is it so important to wear those bands as brands? does it make a lot of bands seem like hypocrites when this happens?

is it true Depeche Mode have had the biggest merchandise sales in the U.S. if not the world over time? i did hear that on a TV programme once - i suppose it would include concert ticket sales and of course records though.

― stevem (blueski), Tuesday, 4 February 2003 15:04 (twenty-three years ago)

i really wish the blood brothers had had 'medium' tee shirts in stock when they played london last year, because i am wearing my 'small' and it feels like i've donned a corset...

― stevie (stevie), Tuesday, 4 February 2003 15:09 (twenty-three years ago)

I used to wear a Stone Roses t-shirt all the time when I was 16, but I can't remember the last time I bought a band t-shirt. I was tempted at the recent Flips gig, but none of the designs were to my taste. I can't imagine wearing a t-shirt as a proclamation of my fondness for a band anymore, but I can see myself wearing a t-shirt/hat/etcetera related to a band if it was well designed/made. I've got an old Beta Band t-shirt with a stick of dynamite exploding on it which still gets worn, but that's more cos I like pictures of things going *bang!* than anything else.

― Nick Southall (Nick Southall), Tuesday, 4 February 2003 15:10 (twenty-three years ago)

Ha ha, do some jogging, Mr Chick!

― Nick Southall (Nick Southall), Tuesday, 4 February 2003 15:10 (twenty-three years ago)

i am also wearing my Something Corporate red terrylene wristband. it fits fine, thank you.

― stevie (stevie), Tuesday, 4 February 2003 15:12 (twenty-three years ago)

fuck jogging, i just need to drink less than five cans of coca cola a day. damned sugar/caffeine addiction.

― stevie (stevie), Tuesday, 4 February 2003 15:13 (twenty-three years ago)

i agree with mr southall on his first post: i actually wear a lot of band t-shirts, but only if i like both the band AND the design.
btw, i always thought stevie was miss chick :-)

― joan vich (joan vich), Tuesday, 4 February 2003 15:15 (twenty-three years ago)

Ah, the dreaded Coca Cola addiction. Emma suffers from this too. Sometimes she claims she craves it. This scares me. I have only ever craved Guinness.

― Nick Southall (Nick Southall), Tuesday, 4 February 2003 15:22 (twenty-three years ago)

i agree with joan that tees need to have good designs, not just promote good bands. always buy mine at the merch stand, too, so the bands get their dues.

disagree with joan that i am a miss. i am a mister. sort of.

― stevie (stevie), Tuesday, 4 February 2003 15:24 (twenty-three years ago)

i am also a Coke addict

― stevem (blueski), Tuesday, 4 February 2003 15:24 (twenty-three years ago)

when you are thirsty, and it is very very cold and fizzy, it is the best thing ever. i could quit alcohol tomorrow, but would still crave coca cola.

sxxx

― stevie (stevie), Tuesday, 4 February 2003 15:24 (twenty-three years ago)

Wow.

― Nick Southall (Nick Southall), Tuesday, 4 February 2003 15:31 (twenty-three years ago)

do you still wear band T-shirts and such?

*looks down at MBV Glider EP cover shirt being worn today* No, not at all.

― Ned Raggett (Ned), Tuesday, 4 February 2003 15:46 (twenty-three years ago)

I hate that most band t-shirts are only XL. I am not even an L, so if I get one, it makes me look like a 12 yr-old

― Horace Mann (Horace Mann), Tuesday, 4 February 2003 15:48 (twenty-three years ago)

handmade silk screened shirts for $8 and under temd to me more classic than $10+ duds.

also, 1" pins = classic

― Jonathan Williams (ex machina), Tuesday, 4 February 2003 15:52 (twenty-three years ago)

I'm wearing a Tricky shirt promoting his shite last album, but it's a great shirt. I wear a lot of band shirts, but I now refuse to wear them if they're too big. I'm very glad that most bands have small girl-sized shirts these days.

Search: Manowar panties (click on "Ladies Only") I am SO SAD these don't come in my size.

― teeny (teeny), Tuesday, 4 February 2003 15:53 (twenty-three years ago)

You can now buy Slipknot hoodies in the Argos catalogue. How weird is that?

― Jason J, Tuesday, 4 February 2003 17:05 (twenty-three years ago)

its hilarious!

― stevem (blueski), Tuesday, 4 February 2003 17:35 (twenty-three years ago)

I guess I only like music tee's if it's subtle. I got a Hieroglyphics shirt that doesn't say their name anywhere on it.

― Oops (Oops), Tuesday, 4 February 2003 17:41 (twenty-three years ago)

Wasn't it Ned's Atomic Dust Bin whose series of T-shirts made more money than their live shows?

― christoff (christoff), Tuesday, 4 February 2003 17:45 (twenty-three years ago)

Personal favourite item of apparel: 4 or 5 years ago, I had Pulp knickers. They said "Are You Sure?"

I lost them somewhere.

― Kate Dornan, Tuesday, 4 February 2003 17:46 (twenty-three years ago)

Wasn't it Ned's Atomic Dust Bin whose series of T-shirts made more money than their live shows?

Lord knows I bought enough of them.

― Ned Raggett (Ned), Tuesday, 4 February 2003 17:52 (twenty-three years ago)

So Ned, are they cool or you just a sucka?

― christoff (christoff), Tuesday, 4 February 2003 18:06 (twenty-three years ago)

Yes and yes. ;-)

― Ned Raggett (Ned), Tuesday, 4 February 2003 18:11 (twenty-three years ago)

I own Neds Atomic Dustbin t-shirts too.

― Chris V. (Chris V), Tuesday, 4 February 2003 18:12 (twenty-three years ago)

Did they glow in the dark?

― Horace Mann (Horace Mann), Tuesday, 4 February 2003 18:33 (twenty-three years ago)

Most of the gigs I've been to recently have had the tossed-off-the-production-line-in-ten-minutes t-shirts that just have the bands name in that 'baseball' lettering no matter what the band are actually like. Don't really bother with them anyway now, but I'd really like one of those black ones with the Unknown Pleasures artwork on.

The merch stalls at Reading had a good Pulp one of a cartoon woman screaming 'FAILURE' at her baby. That's not as good as the knickers.

― Ferg (Ferg), Tuesday, 4 February 2003 19:53 (twenty-three years ago)

liars were doing hand-screened thrift store merch for a while. i'm the proud owner of a wicked baby blue sweatshirt emblazoned with dark blue spacemen.

― lauren (laurenp), Tuesday, 4 February 2003 20:47 (twenty-three years ago)

The two Delgados t-shirts I got on Sunday were pretty g'damn
swanky. One's got HATE written in the AC/DC style... and I have
this strange feeling I'm the only one what cares...

― William Bloody Swygart (mrswygart), Tuesday, 4 February 2003 20:49 (twenty-three years ago)