This was my first guest post with Jared, I’m reclaim­ing it for my blog, Enjoy.

I’d be will­ing to bet you remem­ber the first band t-shirt you ever owned. You might even remem­ber whether it was rock-on love at first sight at the Khol’s you’ve just been dragged around 3 times by your mother, that you just HAD TO HAVE, or if it was a gift from the uncle that your fam­ily doesn’t really talk to too much any­more, prob­a­bly for the same rea­sons that he just gave you an ABBA t-shirt for your 13^th birth­day. I remem­ber mine, I was actu­ally 15 and was rockin’ out to a local band at a small venue in NY. The folded, util­i­tar­ian dark blue and char­treuse T, bran­dish­ing the clever band name across the chest spoke to me of it’s orig­i­nal­ity and truth. “Cir­ca­dian Rhythm” it said in hand­writ­ten typo­graphic glory. I wore that shirt till it relin­quished it’s seams and stitches and fell to the ground in a tat­tered clump the last time I went to put it on.

Here is a selec­tion beau­ti­ful shirts I’ve found over the past few days that demon­strate the artistry and pas­sion that are behind the music I love. Thanks Jared, for let­ting me con­tribute!

Incubus: Love Hurts

Cage the Elephant:Natural

Owl City:Winterbirds

Anber­lin: Motif

Atreyu: Dust Cloud

Run DMC: Classic

The Used: Good­bye to You(Ramble)

Linkin Park: Mid­night Photo

Atreyu:Ribzzz

A Day To Remem­ber: Pac Man

Armor For Sleep: Cam­era Shy

Brand New: Typography

Bay­side: Shud­der Bird

Thurs­day: Explod­ing Man

Bring Me The Hori­zon: Dinosaur

Avenged Sev­en­fold: Land of Cain

Enter Shikari: Juggernaught

The Gal­lows: Grey Britain

Arti­cle writ­ten by Jared Thomp­son + Chris Trude

 

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