Music T-Shirts etc: The Merch Thread

[aggroculture]

I recently moved and had to get rid of a lot of my band t-shirts. This made me aware of how attached I am to some of them, even ones I don't wear anymore. I have accumulated several hundred of them: when I see a band I like these days I try to support them by buying a shirt. Not easy, as most merch is unimaginative and boring/something I just won't wear.

Lately I've been into white t-shirts or understated ones, or ones with no visible band logo: something a little different than the usual black shirt with obvious logo up front.

Also, some of my favourite t-shirts are bootlegs: I have two Tool 10,000 Days-era shirts I can't find internet images for, that are among my most cherished.
Share yours/discuss merch etc...

Here are some of my favourite band t-shirts over the years:



^Word glows in the dark

^Shiny embossed logo





^I dig this ott contemporary neon style, but it's hard to find shirts in this style for bands I actually like.

[SarahConnor]

I also collect band shirts. For sentiment, sure, but as far as collectibles go, tees consistently retain value. 'Wish' (ahem) I still had my NIN shirts from high school. The 'Broken' and 'Ninetynine' ones are on eBay for $100+ ...so they're cost prohibitive to replace.

[Failure]

I just picked up this bad boy!

[ibanez33]

Picked up the QOTSA 'Succubus' shirt the other day at Squamish Festival



I wanted a Gogol Bordello shirt but only had enough cash on hand for 1. I want to order this one, but I'm moving in a couple of weeks so it has to wait:



I lost my Mastodon 'Crack The Skye' shirt, might replace it with this one soon:



And, of course, my favorite semi-band-related tee:



I'm slowly turning my t-shirt collection into entirely band tees. I'll take some of my own pics next time I've got them all out for laundry or something.

[xmd 5a]

My favorites from my "collection":







And my most recent acquisition:

[fortysixand2]

@aggroculture I love that Tool shirt. It's one of my favorites also. I just wore mine yesterday.

[frankie teardrop]

my favs:

[ericy210]

I've heard of websites/businesses where they'll make a quilt out of your t shirts. One side has the fronts and the other the backs, or however you want it. A friends wife did it with a bunch of Harley shirts. Turned out dope

[SM Rollinger]

I made the mistake of selling alot of my tour shirts from when I was younger because they din't fit anymore, then I lost a bunch of weight. Including my white Fragility 2.0 shirt with the flower on the front and dates on the back, and a Lateralus tour shirt with dates (I did keep my long sleeve "Inside the Outside" Tool shirt though, thats a nice one.)

[LaneSax]

one of my recent purchases which i really love

[Krazy]

This Meshuggah black tee is fucking incredible.

[ChasingTheGhost]

Love the Peeping Tom & Mr. Bungle shirt, aggroculture.

[Millionaire]

Always wanted this thing but you can only get sweat-stained, beat-up oldies on ebay.

[aggroculture]

My favorites from my "collection":

I like and own this t-shirt.
But it kind of falls into the category I was mentioning about black shirts with band logos: I've come to feel that they are kind of a bit aggressive: that there's something confrontational about walking down the street in one, in the way that it puts you in the category of "metalhead" or "goth" or "punk" or whatever. I used to find strength and community in this act, but now I feel it makes me something of an outsider, and I don't always want to call attention to myself in that way. I could be over-analyzing this, but I am now more wary of wearing black band shirts.

Recently I bought:

and...feel free to laugh:

[Mantra]

Hey you're a literature professor, right? You should wear this while lecturing.