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Recommend me some cool t-shirts for stagewear

#27
I've made it a point to wear t-shorts from bands that are wholly on the opposite end of the spectrum of the music I'm playing. In the classic rock band I routinely wore an old Sisters Of Mercy shirt. In the Blues band I had a great classic Joy Division tee.

For the Gothic/Industrial band I had this great vintage Bowie concert shirt (Glass Spider Tour).
 
#28
Basically whatever fits the music or look you are going for. Music related or shirts of bands you like are always a classic (as long as they are not your bands shirts) or plain color shirts (black) you cannot go wrong with either.
 
#30
dukeisdog said:
Why don't you rep the gear you play? Get a shirt for the brand of basses you own, amps and cabs, and then just pick.
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To some degree I loathe to wear gear shirts to gigs. They already have my money from buying gear, why should I throw them more cash?

Alternatively I've made deals in the past with local tattoo and bod-mod shops to wear their shirts on stage in exchange for services.
 
#32
Heck, just have a local tee shirt shop print a google map of Northern Kentucky on the back of your favorite color shirt. Be sure to have the directions printed out for how to get from Bever Lick Kentucky, to Big Bone Lick state park and from there to Rabbit Hash Kentucky. I kid you not, they exist. Might even start an interesting conversation or two.
 
#33
GBassNorth said:
Heck, just have a local tee shirt shop print a google map of Northern Kentucky on the back of your favorite color shirt. Be sure to have the directions printed out for how to get from Bever Lick Kentucky, to Big Bone Lick state park and from there to Rabbit Hash Kentucky. I kid you not, they exist. Might even start an interesting conversation or two.
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oops, that's Beaver not Bever:hmm:
 
#34
Skarekrough said:
To some degree I loathe to wear gear shirts to gigs. They already have my money from buying gear, why should I throw them more cash?

Alternatively I've made deals in the past with local tattoo and bod-mod shops to wear their shirts on stage in exchange for services.
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I agree, they just seem shill-like to me. I might wear one if I were paid to, but from my perspective it’s just free advertising; WORSE even, how many players who wear current gear advertising actually PAID TO BUY THE SHIRT ALSO? :smug:

On the other hand, I do wear defunct gear logos. I have some Sound City shirts, and my favorite…

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Which I had made for myself and some fellow Sunn-o-philes.

Normally though, I just wear solid dark colors without pockets.
 
#38
I wear button-up shirts more often (and sometimes no shirt), but my general rule for stage T-shirts: whatever makes them cool should be obvious enough at a pretty long distance in dim lighting.
 
#39
I usually avoid t-shirts too, because it seems like all the kiddos wear "cool" shirts on stage, or if they want to seem like they don's care about being cool they wear a plain white undershirt. I really despise shirts with silly phrases or pictures. I have a few shirts from friends bands, but usually stick to a long-sleeve button up shirt with the sleeves rolled to the elbows. I might add my Texas Rangers hat if it matches, or a camo army hat, but I don't like obvious logos or brand names (and that's true of my everyday wear also...).

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I think it just separates me from the youngins (I'm only 27, but we play shows with high schoolers sometimes...) who are trying to be funny or cool with goofy t-shirts. With that said, I say go for something with a vintage vibe that isn't too "quirky". A quick search on the ol' Google for vintage t-shirts brought up this: PalmerCash Vintage T-Shirts. The seems to have some decent stuff if you sift through the junk.
 

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