Why do people think wearing a t-shirt of the band you are seeing is a no-no?

pjfan31

its bullshit. Wear what u want

xkevvx

rudiger10 wrote:

I really think its only cheesy if its a shirt from that tour.

Yeah.

That and I think it is cheesy to wear a "generic" Pearl Jam shirt to a show, like one that is not from a previous tour or specific show.

I have only worn a Pearl Jam shirt to one Pearl Jam show. I wore the Boston 04 "Free the West Memphis Three" shirt to the Reading show a few days later. I felt that was ok.

Since 91

tvismyfriend wrote:

Was that before or after he joined the band?

It was 2006.

bernmodi

I feel it's absolutely ok to wear a PJ shirt to a show or everywhere else I want to. I like Pear Jam shirts because they are like a piece of art to me and yet somehow discreet - they don't scream "I'm a fan" at first sight.
But, at my age (41) I would wear a Rolling Stones shirt with a really big tongue at one of their shows only.

mrwalkerb

ok I think the idea is that if you are at the show you're clearly a fan and wearing the shirt is redundent. Like if I'm at a PJ show I'd wear another tour shirt from someone else that implies "I like Pearl Jam but also all this other stuff", my friend has a rule that you're suppossed to wear a shirt of band that is more obscure than the one you're seeing. why? because it means you're cooler or something I don't know.

SENROCK

vital5 wrote:

Mike McCready even wore a Pearl Jam shirt on stage.... That's gotta make it okay I wonder which band member is his favourite? :eek:

thats a smart man right there!!! cuz afterall, he IS the Master!!!!

Julien

audiodave wrote:

Well, I wear PJ shirts most places...and that includes gigs. Especially PJ gigs...and most other ones aswell.

same here...

Mike Gossard

I'm the guy wearing a PJ hat, and shirt and the socks. Dont forget the dog tags. I carry my posters in my gym bag as well.

SENROCK

Mike Gossard wrote:

I'm the guy wearing a PJ hat, and shirt and the socks. Dont forget the dog tags. I carry my posters in my gym bag as well.

do u have the limited edition avocado sunglasses too?

Kilgore_Trout

i prefer to wear band t-shirts of a band other than the one im seeing... everyone in the audience already knows i like the band im seeing because im seeing them, but maybe a different band can be a conversation starter or make me stick out in a positive way... dont really have anything against those that wear PJ shirts to PJ tho... older is cooler tho in my book as has been mentioned already

Heineken Helen

mrwalkerb wrote:

ok I think the idea is that if you are at the show you're clearly a fan and wearing the shirt is redundent. Like if I'm at a PJ show I'd wear another tour shirt from someone else that implies "I like Pearl Jam but also all this other stuff",

that's the way I'd see it too. I don't see anything wrong with wearing a pj tshirt to a pj concert... but yep, it's pretty obvious I kinda like them anyway if I'm there. I like wearing one the night before or day after though to meet other fans.

billtospill

i think at huge shows (arena and so on) it doesn't matter if you wear a shirt from the band you're there to see. if you're going to a small club, i would say don't do it. i used to wear a t-shirt that said 'your favorite band sucks' and i was amazed that anyone even cared i was wearing it, but some people got really pissed like i was actually directing it at them. people do pay attention to what you wear and judge you, so if you want them to think you're cool, wear a mother love bone or green river shirt to a pj show and they'll swarm to you!

Curly Joe

dontgimmenolip wrote:

There was a movie called PCU - check it out. Not a bad flick, but so far as I know, that's the origin of the faux pas.

Quote:
Jeremy Piven as Droz addressing John Favreau as Gutter: What's this? You're wearing the shirt of the band you're going to see? Don't be that guy.

Wasn't that also the origin of "Don't be that guy"?
Such an influential movie.

Ok, hypothetical situation: Let's say I show up for the concert, buy a t-shirt from the merchandise stand as soon as I get there, and put it on over the t-shirt I was already wearing - just so I don't have to carry it around. Is this acceptable, or am I still "that guy".

In my opinion, trying too hard to make some kind of statement with your t-shirt is even worse than wearing the t-shirt of the band you're seeing. Like wearing a Cubs jersey to a Pearl Jam show, just because Ed's a Cubs fan, or wearing a Fugazi t-shirt because Ed has cited them as an influence. Also, there's a dude on the Live at the Garded dvd wearing an Atlanta Hawks jersey.

Worst one yet: I saw a guy at a Pearl Jam show in 2003 wearing a Gas Huffer tshirt. This apparently is a band containing former members of Mudhoney, who were previously in a band with members of Pearl Jam, or something like that. The point is, get a life dude.

Come Back in Black

I don't buy concert T-shirts, buttons, pins, hats, posters, or hoodies so I don't run into this problem. I do follow the other faux pas though. I don't listen to the band I am about to see while tailgating in the parking lot. I always went along with that one and like it. Listen to some other crap and have a nice fresh palette when its time for the show. I feel like that one is as well known as the t-shirt one.

walkunafraid

The reason it is considered a faux pas is because somehow it has become uncool to be a hardcore fan of a band. I mean, how many people here have been mocked or scoffed at for having multiple PJ shirts, a large catalog of bootlegs, and for listening to PJ 80% of the time? I have.

I know a TON of people younger than I am who go to shows primarily for the social aspect of attending a concert. It's like adding notches to a belt -- but they know so little about the music that their experience is very different from ours.

For instance, my girlfriend's sister (who is the person who introduced me to the "no shirt of the band you're seeing" and "no listening to the band you're seeing on the way to the show" faux pas) was raving to me a few months ago about seeing the Arcade Fire twice last year, and about how great they were. Then I asked her what she thought of their studio albums, and she had no clue that they had more than one, had no idea what the names of any of their songs were, and knew pretty much nothing about the band. She also expressed no interest in knowing any of these things, because it is supposedly "dorky to follow a band that much" (her almost-exact words).

donnie

Love the band, love the t's and look forward to any opportunity to wear 'em. It's not to make a statement or look "cool". And as was said already - I love the fact that I can identify the "community" in the hours or days surrounding the show, by their t's. Have met plenty of great people that way!

Brain Of E

i think it's funny how the people who say its lame to wear a shirt of the band you're seeing are the same people who buy a shirt before the shows starts and start wearing it immediately and then there's a sea of people all wearing the same shirt that they just bought.

DriftingByTheStorm

CAN YOU BLOW ME WHERE THE PAMPERS IS!!??!!

People,
Quit taking movies for gospel!
Though it is a GREAT movie!
PCU

rival.

DriftingByTheStorm wrote:

CAN YOU BLOW ME WHERE THE PAMPERS IS!!??!!

People,
Quit taking movies for gospel!
Though it is a GREAT movie!

chips! chips! chips! chips!

fanch75

hrd2imgn wrote:

From time to time I see people ripping on fans who wear attire of the band they are going to see. It was on some top ten list I read on some website(maybe Rollingstone.com which says it all) that wearing a t-shirt of the band that is performing is a fopaw(not sure how to spell this word)

personally if I love a band I want them to know it I'm wearing that t-shirt. I don't think of it as being a mark anymore than being on messgae pit, in the fan club etc.

what do you all think?

I vote wearing a PJ shirt to a PJ concert is the right thing to do by golly!

People who have a problem with wearing a t-shirt of the band you are seeing are either:

1) 16 years old and don't have real shit to concern themselves with. Keep it real, yo!

2) Pretentious and don't have real shit to concern themselves with.