Heartland

In the run up to wear your favourite band t shirt to work day this Friday & following on from the 6 common gig gripes thread, a nice little article including the age old question,"Is it acceptable to wear a band’s t-shirt to their own gig?"

The answer is however 'no'.

Zacharias wrote:The answer is however 'no'.

Do you think so? I'd be inclined to say yes.
&, as the merch stand never gives you a bag, it's a darn sight easier to wear the thing.

How about "I can't give two s**t about what t-shirt etiquette is, I wear what I want"?

IZ.

I think it's pretty obvious that you like the band if you're going to their gig.

I know it makes me sound elitist and reactionary but what does make me sad is seeing Nirvana and AC/DC, even for goodness' sake Thunder t-shirts in Primark. Worse I even saw a £50 Joy Division shirt in a posh version of Primark. Yeah I know I'm old...

abridged wrote:I know it makes me sound elitist and reactionary but what does make me sad is seeing Nirvana and AC/DC, even for goodness' sake Thunder t-shirts in Primark. Worse I even saw a £50 Joy Division shirt in a posh version of Primark. Yeah I know I'm old...

Now THAT is just plain and we know that...



IZ.

I'm with Iz on this. If people think they can decide what I should and should not wear to a gig, they can stuff it up their arse.
My clothes, my life, my night out, my rules.
I don't actually care what your judgement is of me for what tshirt I wear, but I'm going to judge you very heavily for having that judgement in the first place. Or thinking that it's ok to make it. Or even having the goddamn time to bother with such a ridiculous thing.
Says a lot about people if they sneer at others in this way.

Totally agree on yours & Izzy's view.
Whether you wear that band's shirt or not is frankly irrelevant.
I posted this on TCC too & the responses are quite interesting but general consensus is "who the fcuk cares what shirt I wear to a gig?"

(Who is the panel at a gig judging this breech of etiquette?)

I appreciate when other people wear their band shirts to gigs as it identifies them as fellow fans and I can say hello prior to the show. I rarely wear one myself just in case some freak wants to corner me prior to the show to say hello.

If I’m travelinf for a show, I’m probably wearing a political t-shirt and multi-tasking.

For any non-Sisters shows, I usually wear a Sister’s t-shirt, with the implication being, “wish I were seeing them instead of you, Peter Murphy.�

Chaotican wrote: For any non-Sisters shows, I usually wear a Sister’s t-shirt, with the implication being, “wish I were seeing them instead of you, Peter Murphy.�

There was a young lad near me wearing a Black Sabbath t-shirt at a recent Kraftwerk gig

"wear what you want" is of course the correct attitude. 9/10 i will wear a "motorhead england" shirt when i'm actually going out somewhere as thats simply my favourite t-shirt. (just got a new one as it goes, god knows how many ive owned over the years.)

Chaotican wrote: I appreciate when other people wear their band shirts to gigs as it identifies them as fellow fans and I can say hello prior to the show. I rarely wear one myself just in case some freak wants to corner me prior to the show to say hello.

eastmidswhizzkid wrote:

Chaotican wrote: I appreciate when other people wear their band shirts to gigs as it identifies them as fellow fans and I can say hello prior to the show. I rarely wear one myself just in case some freak wants to corner me prior to the show to say hello.

Tbf recalling aforesaid moterhead tee. It is normal for them to have arms and a neck.

emilystrange wrote:I'm with Iz on this. If people think they can decide what I should and should not wear to a gig, they can stuff it up their arse.
My clothes, my life, my night out, my rules.
I don't actually care what your judgement is of me for what tshirt I wear, but I'm going to judge you very heavily for having that judgement in the first place. Or thinking that it's ok to make it. Or even having the goddamn time to bother with such a ridiculous thing.
Says a lot about people if they sneer at others in this way.

I can't be doing with this band fan snobbery 'you should be wearing this, not wearing that, you're not a real fan cos you've not been to 'this' , 'that, or 't'other' gigs.
When it comes to clothing, everyone should be able to express themselves as they see fit and not be judged!
There's a lot more to be concerned about in this world than what shirt someone has on!

On the other hand, I saw this question pass me by on the Farcebook as well:

"Should a band wear their own band t-shirts on stage?"

I would say no, I never did it anyway with any of my bands, but I wouldn't mind much if the band on stage did. Again, can't be arsed about dresscode.

Apart from Black Metal bands, of course, they should wear the spikes and belts and corpsepaint, coz I'm old's cool like that

IZ.

Izzy HaveMercy wrote: "Should a band wear their own band t-shirts on stage?"

Again, really doesn't bother me either way.
I guess this is done more by less well-known bands to promote themselves more.

The Sisters wore their own shirts from the beginning and still do so now, i think it's fine.
should come on stage wearing one of those bootlegs shirts with just his face on, that would be funny!

He and the band can wear what they like as far as i'm concerned.....except maybe mankinis, not sure i could take that.....then again i probably would

Should a band wear an American Football Shirt on stage?

abridged wrote:Should a band wear an American Football Shirt on stage?

You only wear an American Football shirt when you are an actual American Footballer actually playing or going to play a game in the next hour or so. Period.

IZ.

Izzy HaveMercy wrote:

abridged wrote:Should a band wear an American Football Shirt on stage?

You only wear an American Football shirt when you are an actual American Footballer actually playing or going to play a game in the next hour or so. Period.

IZ.

To be fair he was wearing it with pads underneath, so may have been on the way to play in a Pop Warner game.

EmmaPeelWannaBe wrote:

Izzy HaveMercy wrote:

abridged wrote:Should a band wear an American Football Shirt on stage?

You only wear an American Football shirt when you are an actual American Footballer actually playing or going to play a game in the next hour or so. Period.

IZ.

To be fair he was wearing it with pads underneath, so may have been on the way to play in a Pop Warner game.

He's excused then!

IZ.

I may well be wearing my 'Jesus Loves...' tee-shirt at the Cooper/Mish/Tubes gig on Saturday in Leeds.

Swinnow wrote:I may well be wearing my 'Jesus Loves...' tee-shirt at the Cooper/Mish/Tubes gig on Saturday in Leeds.

Hello stranger
Hope you get right down the front

Alright mate, I'm on the 8th row so I'm sure my old mucker Wayne will see me lol