Band T-Shirts and Pictures of Bands Caught Wearing Their Own T-Shirts

Band T-shirts first appeared in the 60's where bands began to travel internationally and take part in larger crowds scale. Concertgoers began to demand souvenirs, other than merely a ticket stub for the recollection of the concert that they attend, so t-shirts started to being sold at the show. The demand grew and grew and stores/outlets began to offer varieties of them for die-hard fans to acquire. Band t-shirts also started from undergrounds bands who only had their own word-of-mouth to promote themselves. Early adopters include The Beatles, Led Zeppelin, and Black Sabbath.

People wear band t-shirts because they listen to the band, love their music, and supports them. Wearing band t-shirts meant something, it is to communicate to the world and your peers that you're a fan without having to talk about it. Or if you wear a tour t-shirts, it shows that you had been there, in the pool of sweats. It is also a way to be seen differently, but also to fit-in. It is a badge of identity.

Later, this trend is adopted by the mainstream and soon it become a fashion statement with no actual meaning for the wearer. Now people can walk into plenty of retailers and see band t-shirts of The Ramones, MC5, Velvet Underground, or AC/DC without having to actually ever listen to those bands in the name of "cool" and a mere fashion statements. Its shallow. I'd probably get pissed off if I saw a clueless someone walking around the city wearing a band t-shirt that I really like and they could't even name any songs from them. Sad thing is, nowadays you can flip through a gossip magazine and see a bunch of photos of celebrities ironically wearing band t-shirts; One Direction's Zayn Malik wearing a Nirvana, Jessica Simpson wearing a Rolling Stones, Kim Kardashian wearing a Van Halen, Ke$ha wearing a Metallica and still a long list of other celebrities. While it is possible that they actually like the band, but it is clear that band t-shirts isn't about music identity anymore, instead they have become a fashion statements. What do you think?

Ok, off with the topic for a little bit, let's see some interesting pictures of band members wearing their own band t-shirts to lighten up the post. :)