This book, however, isn’t just another pretty face; full of facts about the budding rock T-shirt art, it guides you through the years of hand-drawn pictures done in limited runs to the screen printed mass productions of recent years. But whatever the era, the song remains largely the same, and wearing your heart on your sleeve has never been out of fashion:
- There was a time, thirty or so years ago, when rock T-shirts were new, incredible things. They let fans connect with their heroes in a radically imitate way. And they still do. The enduring popularity of rock tees testifies, in a way record sales never will, to the extreme connection people have with their favorite music and the continued appeal of rock iconography.
It makes me wonder if in another 10 years my own collection will be worth anything. The classic Slipknot, Marilyn Manson, or Weezer. Maybe not since I’ve worn them ragged, but that’s what a rock T-shirt is for: to wear ragged and proclaim to the world who you are. It’s better than giving the finger, but hey, you can do that too.
You call yourself rock 'n' roll? Prove it and get the T-shirt.
Article comments
1 - Christopher Rose
I actually hate T-shirts.
Time was when they were an alternative to mainstream fashion but these days they are mainstream fashion.
It's the easiest and laziest thing in the world to stick on a T-Shirt and a pair of jeans and think you're cool. You're not, you're ripped off and looking exactly like everybody else.
T-shirts? *Shudders*
2 - Katie McNeill
I love my t-shirts. I don't believe they are 'cool' but I've never been a person to try to be cool. I just love them because I love the music and the bands.
3 - Christopher Rose
Well, it is possible to love a band without looking lame...
4 - Katie McNeill
LOL. I guess but sometimes I look lame. Don't care though.
5 - Julie
I love to wear rock tee shirts and concert tees! Especially to the concerts. I don't care what people think about me, at least the know what I like.