GETTING DRAGGED TO A LAME SHOW? RETALIATE WITH YOUR BAND TEE
Our buddy Bram over at MetalInsider.net wrote an article that brought up an interesting point yesterday. Here’s the cliffnotes for it if you’re feeling lazy: One of Bram’s buddies does merch for tours- but not always for bands he likes- and recently spotted a dude in a Behemoth shirt at a Norah Jones show (Exhibit A, below)
And then two thoughts occurred to me-
- “I haven’t really worn a lot of my band shirts in a while…”
- “Interesting point, my dear Watson!”
First, I realized that I almost never wear band merch to a show. Nowadays I usually rock that shit when I’m just lounging around or running errands. But more importantly, I think it would be more fun to wear said clothing in places it “doesn’t belong” (i.e. Phish and all assorted other hippie dippy/jam band shows). I would totally wear a Behemoth shirt if I was dragged to Norah Jones (though I’d rather see her than a lot of other artists. You know, she IS someone with actual talent), and this summer I now plan to wear my LoG gear to Phish and Furthur. Not necessarily in protest, and not really to prove any point, just because I’m not gonna wear a tie-dye skirt and lesbian sandals Birkenstocks just so I can fit in with the crowd. When have I ever even fit in at a metal show?
Have you ever purposely “dressed the part” at a show?
-Julia
