People's Reactions to You Wearing a Band Tee Shirt

Also, one of the girls in my screenwriting classes in college refused to be in the same room with me when I was wearing my Gwar "Violence Has Arrived" T-shirt.

Metal shirts rule.

My buddy has that Microphones death shirt. It's awesome. People think it's a metal shirt. sept it has a big K records logo on the back.

My advisor in college, who headed the women's studies program, pointing out that the eggs on the shirt were awfully suggestive. When I said I hadn't realized that (and, dumbly, I honestly hadn't), she retorted, "Well, you would if you were a woman and had to deal with people staring at your chest all the time."

Us guys, goin' around not noticing things that look sort of like tits. What are we like?

My high school English teacher was of the frame of mind that heavy metal fans aren't very bright. One day I was wearing a Motley Crue shirt (Theatre of Pain), and he singled me out with the obvious intention of making me appear foolish. "Tell me, what is a Motley Crue?" I just knew he was expecting a dim-witted reply along the lines of "they're a band..." but instead I gave him the correct definition of a group of mismatched people that by outward appearances have nothing in common. Ha.

These days I don't get much of a reaction to my band shirts other than the occasional "I like your shirt".

It's a brilliant design and you shame the band for apologizing for it.

-- Alex in NYC, Wednesday, August 1, 2007 6:17 PM (Yesterday) Bookmark Link

Oh, Alex. :)

I forgot how much I missed you!

Who designed the shirt? Is it a Mike Coles? (God...I feel stupid for asking...something tells me I should already know this...)

- in elementary school with the dead kennedys shirt and trash pinned to my clothes, my principal said to me: "you know, you dress like you're 16. god, your mother..." and then she walked away.

- rage against the machine shirt: some dude trying to pull a "what do you know" on me, and i just gave him the names of my favorite songs, then the finger, and skated away (ice-skating at the time).

- Suburbia (old punk one) shirt in 9th grade, new school. pretentious kid who later befriended me said, "jesus, that is the worst fucking movie ever. what's your problem?" i just shrugged.

- the home-made Rapeman shirt my friend gave me and was lost one night post nekkid swimming... got a lot of flak about that in my vegan co-op at the time.

To return to the thread opener: I've seen maybe 10? people in NY and DC in the past week with an Unknown Pleasures shirt! Is this an industry thing (T shirt makers getting the rights to reproduce) or just a coincidence? It reminds me (in a less extreme way) of the rash of Raomes T shirts wo or three summers ago (kids, grandmas etc wearing 'em). It's interesting how some cult bands are suited to a graphic identity, while others (er, MBV) are not.

-- paulhw, Wednesday, August 1, 2007 4:02 AM (Yesterday) Bookmark Link

Well...about the Unknown Pleasures shirt...I think it's just a coincidence. I haven't seen those shirt sold in "hip teenage stores", or any chain stores, like the Ramones T shirts...Funny though.

Some douche bag adolescent emo kid ironically shouted "BLACK SABBATH!" at me when I was wearing a Black Sabbath shirt, to which I replied "Fuck you!" very loudly.

One evening in the Summer of 2001, I was wearing a London Calling t-shirt while standing outside a club in Austin. A bald man walked by and told me "Cool shirt, Elvis Costello is awesome!"

-- C. Grisso/McCain, Wednesday, August 1, 2007 6:24 PM (Yesterday) Bookmark Link

LOL!

That remindes me of when I was wearing a BLUE shirt with a pic of their self titled album on it. I was actually talking to Evan Dando...don't ask how that happened...

(I think I was 13 when this happened)
Evan: Cool shirt.
Me:Thanks.
Evan: It's supposed to be green you know.
Me:What?
Evan: You know. The album cover was green.
Me: Oh yeah. But they had blue and green at the store, and I liked blue better.
Evan: But it's supposed to be green.
Me: But I like blue more.
Evan: Ok. But it's supposed to be green.

Then he walked into the venu we were standing infront of. (I forget where he was playing that night...)

I wore my Type O Negative T-shirt to a Moonspell/Katatonia show (Gothic metal type bands, for those unfamiliar), and loads of people complimented me on the shirt, which sort of confused me. Not that people were complimenting me on it, just that it's not like that was an obscure band shirt to be wearing at that show.

As far as bandmembers complimenting shirts, I was at a party with some guys from In Flames after one of their Los Angeles shows, and one of the guys told me he liked my Sentenced shirt, which is funny since I got it at a show where Sentenced was opening for them.

(I like metal.)

i'd pay you a compliment for wearing a sentenced shirt too. i think they're pretty cool

My friend wore a Stryper t-shirt (a red one, no less) to see the Sisters of Mercy in 2000. I believe he also wore madras shorts with it. Heroic!

isn't that Andrew Eldritch's standard wardrobe these days anyway???

only instead of Stryper it would be Georges Sorel

Who designed the shirt?

You continue to shame the band. Absolutely astounding.

when i wore my ramones t-shirt on a trip to mexico in '86, i stepped off a bus and the driver said, 'ramonays!'

I saw the Dismemberment Plan just before "Is Terrified" came out and bought a t-shirt. A few weeks later I was wearing it around Tacoma Park, Md., and this dude stopped me and started to talking to me about the Dismemberment Plan, about how they were really good and going places, how his band played shows with them. It turned out he was the drummer for Jawbox. FIN.

-- n/a, Wednesday, 1 August 2007 18:33 (Yesterday) Link

ha! i know zach, he's a good guy.

You continue to shame the band. Absolutely astounding.

-- Alex in NYC, Thursday, 2 August 2007 17:15 (Yesterday) Link

My god. You are such a bitch!! It's hilarious!!

Look....I shouldn't even know who Killing Joke even are, but for some odd reason I do...Ok...I'll give this ONE MORE SHOT...

Was it Paul Ferguson?? God, this would be a lot easier if I WAS ALIVE WHEN THIS STUFF WAS MADE!

Take care Alex.

how old are you these days, Aja?

16

It's weird being somewhat familiar with the goings-on of ILX, but not familiar enough to know whether TWEENER AJA is some joke that everyone's in on, or if it's indeed 4 real.

I want to believe

Ok...whatever.

I'm 16. If you don't believe me, that's your problem.

It's your posts from 3-4 years ago that trouble me. I wouldn't be surprised that a precocious kid might find her way onto ILX, but that whole Dante thing, I mean.... what?

Yeah...Sorry about that....I don't talk to him any more...Thank God

Hen Fap.

I'm sorry...but what?

One evening in the Summer of 2001, I was wearing a London Calling t-shirt while standing outside a club in Austin. A bald man walked by and told me "Cool shirt, Elvis Costello is awesome!"

-- C. Grisso/McCain, Wednesday, August 1, 2007 6:24 PM (Yesterday) Bookmark Link

wtf austin knows better than this

this would be a lot easier if I WAS ALIVE WHEN THIS STUFF WAS MADE!

ilx: the new class

;_;

<i>Well...about the Unknown Pleasures shirt...I think it's just a coincidence. I haven't seen those shirt sold in "hip teenage stores", or any chain stores, like the Ramones T shirts...Funny though</i>

Urban Outfitter has been selling Unknown Pleasures shirts for years, albeit without any mention of JD...just the design.

Anyone caught wearing an Unknown Pleasures shirt who can't name at least three songs from the album (let alone hum them) should be immediately bludgeoned with a ball peen hammer. Here endeth the lesson.

Except when they're wearing a tshirt with 100 successive pulses from the PSR 1919+21 Pulsar, obviously.

No, them too. KA-POW.

It's weird being somewhat familiar with the goings-on of ILX, but not familiar enough to know whether TWEENER AJA is some joke that everyone's in on, or if it's indeed 4 real.

-- wanko ergo sum, Friday, 3 August 2007 01:10 (14 hours ago) Link

well, she did post a picture on the "unnaturally-colored hair" thread