Band shirts/hot topic

ZeroHourLP · Joined: 31 Dec 1969 Posts: -172359

How over priced can black t-shirts with anti-social statements on them be?

Stupid s**t I remember from those stupid t-shirts.

"You're the reason I don't want to get up in the morning."
"The voices in my head tell me to do crazy things."
"Why is it you think I'LL care about your problems?"
"lol how cum mister fork and elctrical outlet don't become frends Sad

ud get hurt n thatd be awsome cuz ur a poser"
"omg more voices in my head itz all croweded in there lol"
"o god i dun care bout u its alll about me me me fuk ur porblems"
"I'm 120 pounds of badass. Fear this."

Edit: I WISH a f**king shirt said that last one. There'd finally be some truth behind those stupid quotes.

Hey, emo and punk guys. Lift weights or something. You guys couldn't intimidate a flea. And NO, your "wit" won't save you from getting robbed. Sarcasm is over rated.

Actually, you guys would never get robbed. You wear nothing valuable. Just plastic and rubber on your wrists. Plastic, rubber, string, and sh*tty leather. With WOW METAL SPIKES.
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fallenangel · Posted: Thu Apr 07, 2005 8:29 pm Post subject:

I hate those t-shirts with sayings on them. "Look at this clever sentence someone came up with. By wearing it, I'm clever too!" Too bad after seeing it ten times, it's no longer remotely clever.

I think I have one in the back of my closet that was a gift from a misguided friend. Says something along the lines of "I'm up and dressed, what more do you want?".

Only one I've ever liked is one a friend had...god...6 years ago that said "Courage is walking naked through a village of cannibals". He was the only one I ever saw with one, and he didn't pound it into the ground.

[quote] How over priced can black t-shirts with anti-social statements on them be?
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$20-$30 for a generic black t-shirt with a little bit of text or a trendy cartoon character. I wouldn't pay more than $5. And that's pushing it.
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Tulips_and_Chimneys · Very bored Joined: 06 Jan 2005 Posts: 182

[quote]Actually Hot Topic has some cool band shirts there you can't buy anywhere else in a mall and in most stores (they sell Children of Bodom, Blind Guardian and Iced Earth shirts there in SMALL sizes! yaaaay!!!). They even had a leather Iron Maiden watch there once, that was cool. [/quote]

if you go to a show of many of the bands that they have at hot topic you can buy the shirt from the merch table for 5-7 dollars cheaper. soooo yea.

azure-draco · Very bored Joined: 03 Mar 2005 Posts: 177

[quote="Tulips_and_Chimneys (reggie)"] if you go to a show of many of the bands that they have at hot topic you can buy the shirt from the merch table for 5-7 dollars cheaper. soooo yea. [/quote]
actually about 70% of the bands and music that hot topic promotes are lame, cheesy-ass, trendy, simpleton music (linkin park, good charlotte, slipknot..etc).

besides, its tough to go to a concert to bands like children of bodom and blind guardian...those bands usually travel in europe.

for some ODD reason, hot topic sells some underground bands shirts in SMALL sizes. if you look on ebay or on the offical sites, you never hardly see shirts in small sizes. you know, some bands don't have enough money to get thier merchandise, so they only sell shirts that fit the majority of thier fans...

I personally like the spikes and leather. I've always liked that stuff (take a look at my early drawings of characters i drew back when i was 7 and they all got spikes), but I really hate how hot topic markets it. now we see 'LOOK @ ME! IM A ROCKER!!!' poser people running around. It's really lame-ass...especially to the people who truely like that stuff and don't just wear it to look 'badass'.

generic black shirts with lame sayings are getting really old now. especially when you see like 5 different people in one day wearing the same shirt. if your going to have a saying, at least make up one yourself and get a shirt made of it. It's so much more original that way.

Tulips_and_Chimneys · Very bored Joined: 06 Jan 2005 Posts: 182

some shirts they sell there are ok. they had glassjaw shirts there for awhile. and i guess if you like some of the bigger bands its hard to get to the shows, and chances are the price wont change but i like smaller bands so if i cant get the shirts at their merch table i can get them cheaper through the record label.

fallenangel · Posted: Sun Apr 10, 2005 2:36 pm Post subject:

Split this off, since it seemed to be ongoing...

[quote]actually about 70% of the bands and music that hot topic promotes are lame, cheesy-ass, trendy, simpleton music (linkin park, good charlotte, slipknot..etc).[/quote]

But then they also have the "retro trendy". Old bands that no one actually knows about or likes, but they buy them 'cause they're "retro". If you think I'm kidding, walk up to anyone wearing a Cinderella t-shirt from Hot Topic and ask them what their favorite Cinderella song is. Or Poison or any of the bands the kids wouldn't be caught dead listening to, but they'll wear the shirts. It's so irritating, why wear a shirt when you don't even like the group?

I've talked to guys wearing AC/DC shirts that didn't even like them. :huh:

As for clothes being cheaper at the merch table, that depends on the group. Any artist big enough to have their name at Hot Topic probably won't sell their stuff for under $25-$35 at shows. With the exception of groups that aren't really together anymore or are touring really small venues, like Cinderella.

But you can get original concert stuff from past shows super cheap on Ebay or their personal sites or Fanfire. I just got a Michael Monroe one from his Not Fakin' It tour for $10 on Ebay. Have several Gn'R ones for $6-$8.

EDIT: Actually, now that they're headlining a tour this summer, Cinder's merch is back to $25-$35 as well.
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Tulips_and_Chimneys · Very bored Joined: 06 Jan 2005 Posts: 182

[quote]Any artist big enough to have their name at Hot Topic probably won't sell their stuff for under $25-$35 at shows.[/quote]

not from my experience. i get t-shirts for ten bucks at merch tables.

fallenangel · Posted: Sun Apr 10, 2005 4:12 pm Post subject:

What bands? :huh:

I haven't bought any from signed, semi-big name artists for under $20 in a long time. Poison, Bowie, and Motley were all over $25.

Smaller bands, $10 is about average.
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Tulips_and_Chimneys · Very bored Joined: 06 Jan 2005 Posts: 182

well your right about them being smaller bands. but they were still in hot topic.

glassjaw
the juliana theory
furthur seems forever just to name a few

fallenangel · Posted: Sun Apr 10, 2005 5:34 pm Post subject:

Ah, yeah, I've only heard of the first one. Smaller bands like Tuff and Crash Kelly are always cheaper...or sometimes free, in my case. Very Happy

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ZeroHourLP · Joined: 31 Dec 1969 Posts: -172359

[quote="azure-draco (Azzy)"] generic black shirts with lame sayings are getting really old now. especially when you see like 5 different people in one day wearing the same shirt. [/quote]
My school is covered with these shirts. I thought they were funny at first, when the t-shirts were actually humorous and had jokes on them, but then they started focusing on the angsty s**t and I became angry.

Also, how does one tell the difference between "true" rockers and all these posers. Because everyone on the Internet is hardcore. Yet, everyone is a poser. And most rock kids love computers, so what the f**k?

I can't tell the difference.

Edit: Also, you say you wear spikes and s**t because you like them. But everyone else does so because it makes them badass. And they like it. They love their f**king spikes and little, metal ball necklaces, and all that s**t. So, you are automatically hardcore because you were influenced into buying unecessary accessories at an earlier age?
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fallenangel · Posted: Sun Apr 10, 2005 6:46 pm Post subject:

[quote]Also, how does one tell the difference between "true" rockers and all these posers. Because everyone on the Internet is hardcore. Yet, everyone is a poser. And most rock kids love computers, so what the f**k?[/quote]

The only "poseur" ones talked about were those who buy shirts they don't even like because they're cool looking or some shit like that.
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jhonenfreak · Posted: Sun Apr 10, 2005 9:00 pm Post subject:

I'll see people wear those shirts and ask, "So you like such and such band too, huh?" Half of them could never recognize a single song sung by the band they were promoting.
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qtlilhunnibear · Member Joined: 31 Dec 1969 Posts: 57

lol those shirts are so weird....and over used

i only have one shirt that says have you hugged my t-shirt today....i dont wear it

i have no problems with band shirts but they are really expensive and half the time really bad quality

but whats wrong with spikes??
i am a big fan of studded things...i dont know why i think it was ariels influence..

Beatlechick90 · Posted: Mon Apr 11, 2005 12:33 pm Post subject:

Ahem.. I'll give a cookie to anyone who can tell me the [i]meaning[/i] behind those oh-so-trendy studded bracelets. I bet 95% of the people who wear them don't know.

As for the t-shirts with sayings on them, I make my own. I buy some cheap white t-shirts and write my own sayings on them with these special crayon things. My last one said simply, "Wardrobe Malfunction".

There are these annoying girls at my school- I like to call them the "Olsen Triplets" or the "Hair-Straightening Brigade" who buy t-shirts from like Poison and KISS and AC/DC at Bluenotes, which is nothing like Hot Topic but they do sell those damn band shirts. I've bought a Beatles shirt there [i]once[i], because it was on sale. Anyways, they buy these t-shirts from these bands that they probably haven't even heard of and they walk around and wear it all the f**king time. Then when you see someone with a Ramones t-shirt and ask, "Oh, cool! You like the Ramones? What's your favorite song?" and they say, "Uh... I don't know the names of them...". Some fan, huh?
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Tulips_and_Chimneys · Very bored Joined: 06 Jan 2005 Posts: 182

i hate happy bunny apparel it is the most stupid s**t i've ever seen. wow, you buy stuff that have dime a dozen insults on them to boost your self esteem greeeeat.

jhonenfreak · Posted: Mon Apr 11, 2005 1:02 pm Post subject:

Happy Bunny really is stupid. The phrase I hate most of all is "It's all about me." That phrase is seen on so many products by different companies that it makes the majority of today's youth look self-centered. ...not saying that a lot of them aren't, but that doesn't make it any less stupid.

I have a few band shirts, but only of the bands I listen to. I also have one of those "I laugh because you're different" shirts that I haven't worn in 3 years because by that time everyone had one. It's contradictory, ya know?
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fallenangel · Posted: Mon Apr 11, 2005 3:22 pm Post subject:

[quote]Then when you see someone with a Ramones t-shirt and ask, "Oh, cool! You like the Ramones? What's your favorite song?" and they say, "Uh... I don't know the names of them...". Some fan, huh?[/quote]

:wacko: Those people make the baby Robert Plant-Jesus cry. Grr!

The latest craze around here is The Killers. Only a handful of people are actually going to the concert that's coming up, but three times as many ran out and bought their merchandise because "they're so cool! No, I don't have any of their music. Um...I don't know the name of my favorite song." Granted I hate the Killers, but still, what the hell?!

I wouldn't wear a shirt for a movie I'd never seen. Sad

These people gettin' my hopes up that they might actually like a band I do, but noooo. Grr!

Happy Bunny must die. Fuckin' stupid fad.
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qtlilhunnibear · Member Joined: 31 Dec 1969 Posts: 57

i know...it really is quite sad to see the cool shirt wearing people...just think of my fave bands as some trendy fashion accessory...it makes me want to shove glowsticks up their nose.

azure-draco · Very bored Joined: 03 Mar 2005 Posts: 177

[quote="ZeroHourLP (Leo)"]Edit: Also, you say you wear spikes and s**t because you like them. But everyone else does so because it makes them badass. And they like it. They love their f**king spikes and little, metal ball necklaces, and all that s**t. So, you are automatically hardcore because you were influenced into buying unecessary accessories at an earlier age?[/quote]
thats silly. I said I [i]liked[/i] them at a young age but that didn't mean I wore them then.

[quote]Also, how does one tell the difference between "true" rockers and all these posers. Because everyone on the Internet is hardcore. Yet, everyone is a poser. And most rock kids love computers, so what the f**k?[/quote]
well, there isn't any true way to find out if they're not posers, at least not on the internet anyway. You'll know right away as soon as they open thier mouth and start talking. from my experimence, the true lovers of music will talk about the music itself, and have no problem admitting they like other music of a different genre. It also seems like the non-posers are very open-minded (not all but most), and have respect for older music or stuff that is considered 'uncool' (such as classical and jazz), while the poser will is more likely to talk about how 'badass' they're idols are and have a snotty, 'badass rebel' attitude. If they are in a group with a simular attitude and all dress the same, you'll know right away. after all, in the poser's mentality, hanging out with people not in your 'group' makes you 'uncool' Rolling eyes

For an example, I remember this one group of Manson and Slipknot fanatics and they all acted and looked the same. always talked about drugs (even though they never used drugs..lol), wore the same clothing (all bondage and black from hot topic of course), burning things, always dissed people who didn't like the same music, and all had the mentality that failing school is 'cool'. They also had the mentality that animal torture was a cool thing that only 'hardcore gawths' could do. Those, my friend, are posers :(

The way your labeling 'rockers' is generalizing. Then again, there are rockers and metalheads out there who don't have the 'rocker look'. Which is cool. After all, music is about the music itself, not about fitting in with the 'look'.

EDIT: this is a bit of a joke and off-topic, but here is a list that has posers. it's so sad, and funny...but so true- http://www.mtvhell.com/articles/posers/index.html

[quote]But then they also have the "retro trendy". Old bands that no one actually knows about or likes, but they buy them 'cause they're "retro". If you think I'm kidding, walk up to anyone wearing a Cinderella t-shirt from Hot Topic and ask them what their favorite Cinderella song is. Or Poison or any of the bands the kids wouldn't be caught dead listening to, but they'll wear the shirts. It's so irritating, why wear a shirt when you don't even like the group?
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wow..that actually makes sense now. I've never imaged it that way. I've always bought the underground shirts at hot topic because I love the bands...but man, that is terrible Sad