I had a conversation with a girl once who was wearing an AC/DC t-shirt, asked her what she thought of their latest album and I just got a blank stare followed by, "Oh, I don't ACTUALLY listen to them!" OK love, jog on then.

I've been in the same situation a few times. Rather toe curling if i recall.

I keep seeing girls who look about 6 wearing BBK or Stay Dench snapbacks where I live. I highly doubt they actually listen to those artists tbh. Doesn't bother me though, it's great advertisement for them, better than the usual methods such as graffiti lol.

I admit it does annoy me, I only buy t-shirts by the bands I like now when I actually attend their shows.

Did I say they have publicly stated that?! Nope I said they could be fans of them. I don't really understand a t-shirt with a band's name on it can cause so much offence

Tought the same thing when i saw willow smith wearing a metallica shirt few day ago

Im sure shes a huge fan

Some people just love being offended, but I agree that it's making a big deal about nothing.

Sometimes, a shirt is just a shirt...
And sometimes it is a sign of belonging to a sort of tribe that you proudly display. If it matters that much to them, maybe that's why they feel so strongly about it (not that I agree).

Those offended could always return the courtesy and go buy a The Wanted or 1D T shirt to confound other fans.

It doesn't annoy me so much if they are not into them per say. More the fact they are doing it to appear cool and have no real apprecation for the band or their legacy.

This annoys me on two counts:
I'm a huge Rolling Stones fan and their shirts are some of the most common to fall under this category,
I'm also pretty young to be a Stones fan so people probably assume that I would only be wearing the t-shirt for the fashion etc.

I'm no fan of The Rolling Stones but I have a t-shirt with the band's tongue logo on it. As the t-shirt was bought for me by someone else, who presumably just thought it looked "cool", does that get me off the hook??

At least my one just has an image on it. I do think it looks naff when the top has the band's name on it.

Nope, sorry!

are these logo's not copyrighted or anything?

yeah. but the license them out to people to use. god knows why the do it with primark as that isn't conducive to projecting a quality image of the brand. they must be offered piles of money or something dodgy is going on

I'm sorry, but this is ridiculous. People can wear whatever they like, for whatever reason they like. People banging on about 'the legacy of the band' and interrogating total strangers wearing band t-shirts about B-sides are far more annoying than the people actually wearing the t-shirts!

My friend bought me a t-shirt with 'Umbrella Corp' on it from a movie convention. I've since found out it refers to the Resident Evil games/movies which I haven't played/seen. I should clearly stop wearing it! Oh, and my Shakespeare t-shirt should go in the bin because I haven't read all of his plays!

I don't think people pay a lot of attention to what's actually written on the t-shirt as long as they like the colour or design etc. You see loads of people going around with t-shirts with the manufacturer's logo emblazoned all over it (Bench or Jack Wills or Hollister or whatever happens to be in vogue this week) and I don't think they give much thought to the logo other than some vague notion that it's "cool".

I do remember asking a girl a few years ago what her favourite Joy Division song was. "Who are Joy Division?" she asked me...while wearing a t-shirt with the distinctive "Unknown Pleasures" cover on the front.

far more annoying? in what way?
people can wear what they want, but there is a time and place for wearing certain things. you wouldn't go around dressing up as a bus driver and going about getting on buses if you weren't a bus driver, or dressing up in a mcdonalds outfit and going for lunch at KFC if you didn't work at mcdonalds, would you? if you did, then you only have yourself to blame for being ridiculed by others.

it's got nothing to do with interrogating people. it's more to do with you being able to spot people with similar tastes in the places you are in, and being able to spark up a like minded conversation and even build up a friendship. so if you spot someone in a bar with a t shirt on from one of your favourite bands, you might go over to start a conversation about the band, with a reasonable expectation that the person would like the band and be interested in the conversation, as they appear to be advertising their interest for the band across their chest. what is annoying is when you approach someone in good spirits to chat about something you are interested in and find out they don't have a clue. that deflates your spirits, which is surely far more annoying. it's a completely different thing to spotting someone wearing the same clothing brand as you. in fact typically a lot of people would dislike that, as people prefer to look different, and women in particular can get upset if they are in a bar and another girl is wearing the same outfit.

as a result of approaching and talking to people who were wearing band t shirts i've met people from all over the world and made friends for life. i've met people on international flights, places as strange as iceland (and not the one that does prawn rings for a pound), and as far away as america and canada

this is a completely different thing to band t shirts, just as i mentioned brands. but to some degree, you may seem a bit strange to people if you are wearing a shakespeare t shirt and don't know a single one of his plays. no-one is saying you have to have all an artists records to wear a t shirt, but that wearing a t shirt of a band when you don't have a clue at all about thier music makes them seem dumb. imagine if they found out the band has racist or homophobic lyrics or is in favour of something the wearer really disliked? you might look daft sitting in mcdonalds wearing a smiths t shirt

How is that even possible by the way? To not ever have heard a Stones track when they are some of the most famous and well known songs of all time? Do you live in a cave?

if there was a clap hands symbol I would put it, you are far more eloquent then I was in my opening post

To me, maybe some feel the same, a bands t-shirt is the same as a football shirt, you are pledging your allegiance to something.

This seems unlikely.

why

I have a GnR teeshirt my father in law bought me, but I actually like GnR, well, Appetite era. People like you make people like me look like one of those losers who dont know anything by the band.

When I was at college (a fair few years ago now), the place was full of wannabe rockers wearing Slipknot etc hoodies, most of whom wore them to 'fit in' and had no knowledge of the sort of bands they supposedly loved enough to wear a Hoodie of. As I was, and still am, a contrary little madam, I used to enjoy wearing my Westlife tour hoodie in a similar fashion. My god the confounded looks I got! I don't think the wannabes quite 'got' I was taking the mickey.

But of course, those I knew who were genuine fans of those types of bands thought what I was doing was hilarious and totally got the joke.

In the end, if you wear a T-Shirt or whatever of a band you've no interest in, it's your own choice, but the joke is always going to be on you!

depends on the poster's age. I'd be surprised if a teenage girl had heard anything by the Stones. Or a teenage boy for that matter unless they were fans of classic rock. I can imagine lots of people in their 20s in the same position. Where would they hear this music? On Radio 1? Music channels? On the soundtrack of the latest Hollywood blockbuster? No. Maybe on an advert but they'd not be told who the artist was.

i get my band t shirts from amazon..guns n roses one though is faded abit ..rainbow and ac/dc are still good . i dont see them round the shops here, as shops are crap here

It doesn't really irk me to be fair, though I personally will only wear one if I like the band. Currently have my Blink 182 one on now.