People's opinions of your music T-Shirts

I was wearing a Pink Floyd shirt to my church one day, and a guy asked me if I knew anything about the band.

It went something like this:

Dude: "Do you know anything about Pink floyd, or do you wear that shirt to look cool?"

Me: "They were a 70's rock band."

Dude: "Is that all?"

Me: "No. They were a progressive rock band from England that made music from the 1960's till the early 1990's. They were composed of David Glimour on guitar, Nick Mason on drums, Roger Waters on bass, and Richard Wright on keys. They released Piper at the Gates of Dawn, Sacreful of Secrets, Ummagumma, Atom Heart Mother, Meddle, Dark Side of the Moon, Wish You Were Here, Animals, The Wall, The Final Cut, A Momentary Lapse of Reason, and Division Bell. For the first two albums, Syd Barret was actually the lead singer for the band. However, he did too many drugs and he went insane. etc"

Dude: "Oh"

Some other dude asked me the same thing about Van Halen, but that is too long a story.

I was wearing my Vengeance Rising - White Throne t-shirt walking around the mall with my wife. A little kid almost walked into me and came face to face with the terrorized image of a face on the shirt. He turned to him mom and said, "eeewww, that's an ugly face."

I was wearing an Ultimatum shirt in Walmart a few weeks ago and this dude walks up and says he's a huge fan of Ultimatum. He didn't realize I was the singer for the band. I just smiled politely and listened to him. He then asked me is I knew if they were still around. LOL!

Smindas wrote:

I searched that song out of curiosity and have concluded that 'You Can't Bring Me Down' is surprisingly awesome. I need to look into Suicidal Tendencies.

Indeed you do, young sir. That particular track comes off of my favorite S.T. album, LIGHTS, CAMERA, REVOLUTION. Your mission, should you choose to accept it, is to get thyself to a CD store and track it down immediately if not sooner.

I had an old Faster Pu$$ycat shirt that said kitten whipped on the back that used to get some comments.

Then there was the the Rock Me, Roll Me, Jackyl Me Off, shirt that raised a few eyebrows but never any direct comments

Ya know,

I think you could wear a T-shirt depicting a kitten playing with a ball of yarn and SOMEONE, SOMEWHERE would be offended by it.

I gave up worrying what people think a loooong time ago. I use my own moral compass to decide what is and is not offensive and if the UberPC Police don't like...too damn bad!

I don't know about offending people but i hate going out in public and seeing someone else with the same shirt. That's probably why i avoid most Metallica shirts these days. I hate when something gets too trendy.

troublezone wrote:

I don't know about offending people but i hate going out in public and seeing someone else with the same shirt. That's probably why i avoid most Metallica shirts these days. I hate when something gets too trendy.

Me too. That's why I have multiple Ministry and KMFDM shirts. I'm not likely to meet someone else with those shirts.

tohostudios wrote:

troublezone wrote:

I don't know about offending people but i hate going out in public and seeing someone else with the same shirt. That's probably why i avoid most Metallica shirts these days. I hate when something gets too trendy.

Me too. That's why I have multiple Ministry and KMFDM shirts. I'm not likely to meet someone else with those shirts.

I like my Crowbar shirt. i have yet to see anyone with that.

skullsmasher wrote:

Then there was the the Rock Me, Roll Me, Jackyl Me Off, shirt that raised a few eyebrows but never any direct comments

That's why mine just says "Jackyl".

Actually, I wear more humane organization Tshirts than band T shirts.

My favorite is the ASPCA shirt that has a dog, a cat and a horse with empty comic book balloons coming from their mouths with the caption saying "We are their voice".

tohostudios wrote:

Actually, I wear more humane organization Tshirts than band T shirts.

My favorite is the ASPCA shirt that has a dog, a cat and a horse with empty comic book balloons coming from their mouths with the caption saying "We are their voice".

You should like that Cattle Decapitation cover. They hate humans.

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Ya know,

I think you could wear a T-shirt depicting a kitten playing with a ball of yarn and SOMEONE, SOMEWHERE would be offended by it.

I gave up worrying what people think a loooong time ago. I use my own moral compass to decide what is and is not offensive and if the UberPC Police don't like...too damn bad!

I'm with you Toho, I don't care what others think of me which is why I go into Mardel Christian Bookstores with Iron Maiden, Iced Earth, Nightwish, etc. shirts on.

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I don't know about offending people but i hate going out in public and seeing someone else with the same shirt. That's probably why i avoid most Metallica shirts these days. I hate when something gets too trendy.

I never have a problem with this because my t-shirts are so varied and very rarely purchased at trendy shops. I have over 50 band shirts (estimated) and have never had someone else where the same one I was wearing. Out of all those shirts, I've only seen about 5 on other people.

Nobody has ever really said anything to me about my shirts. But I will admit I tend to like the simple logo/tour dates ones the best. Long ago I used to get a lot of "hmm, that's interesting" comments on my Bad Brains Banned in D.C. shirt.

I actually witnessed a hilarious thing at my local JC Penneys. They were selling AC/DC, Sabbath, Hendrix, and Zepplin shirts. These two kids probably no more than 12-14 were having their grandmother buy them a few. The sales lady (who was in her late forties and looked every bit like a Penney's employee) starts grilling the kids about the music and bands whose shirts they are buying. Those kids should have just said they knew the music, because I thought she was actually going to not sell to them. They had to promise to look into the music if they were going to wear the shirts.

Fat Freddy wrote:

Smindas wrote:

I searched that song out of curiosity and have concluded that 'You Can't Bring Me Down' is surprisingly awesome. I need to look into Suicidal Tendencies.

Indeed you do, young sir. That particular track comes off of my favorite S.T. album, LIGHTS, CAMERA, REVOLUTION. Your mission, should you choose to accept it, is to get thyself to a CD store and track it down immediately if not sooner.

I've put it down on my 'to buy' list, as I've literally just been sitting around listening to 'You Can't Bring Me Down' and 'Institutionalized' on loop.

troublezone wrote:

I don't know about offending people but i hate going out in public and seeing someone else with the same shirt. That's probably why i avoid most Metallica shirts these days. I hate when something gets too trendy.

when I was in highschool there were two other guys and a girl that had the same classic boneman misfits shirt as me in my band class we were the "misfits kroneys".

One time I wore the said Misfits shirt to a mens retreat that my church put on. we went hiking on a local mountain and of course someone took pictures. When we got back our pastor wanted some pictures on the announcements projector before service. a couple pictures had huge shots of the evil looking boneman on my shirt and the pastor had the techie guys use the paint program to turn my shirt black because some old women were offended. hahahaha.....

Fat Freddy wrote:

I used to have a Raven T-shirt that had their logo on the front and a listing of all of their albums on the back. At the bottom of the album list it said "REAL HEAVY SH*T!" in huge letters.

One summer day I was walking thru the supermarket and noticed a lot of the soccer moms giving me dirty looks, and I didn't know why till I realized I was wearing that shirt. Somebody's kid must've pointed it out and said "Mommy, look what THAT man's shirt says!"

My mom has had some less than positive reactions, particularly to my Kreator - Pleasure to Kill shirt.

She'd rather I dress normal. Maybe I should show her the pictures I have of me with hot women while I'm wearing metal shirts just to see her reactions.