Concert T-Shirts I Have Owned
Published 2004-10-10
- Huey Lewis & the News — Sports Tour — 1982 or 1983
- Beach Boys — (tour unknown) — 1983 or 1984
- Frankie Goes to Hollywood — “Frankie Say War! Hide Yourself” — 1984
- UB40 — Little Baggariddim — ca. 1985
- R.E.M. — “Postcard from Athens, GA” — 1986
- R.E.M. — Pageantry — 1986
- Young Fresh Fellows — (tour unknown) — 1986
- R.E.M. — Chronic Town — 1986
- Sex Pistols — “Never Mind the Bollocks” — 1986
- Murphy’s Law — (tour unknown) — 1987
- The Smiths — “The Queen is Dead” — 1987
- R.E.M. — “What Noisy Cats Are We” — 1987
- R.E.M. — “Allied” (Document Tour) — 1987
- R.E.M. — “Bicycle” (Reckoning Tour) — 1987
- Sonic Youth — “Sonic Life” — 1987
- Replacements — Let It Be — 1987
- Sonic Youth — Sister — 1988
- Descendents — All — 1988
- Minutemen — “The Roar of the Masses Could be Farts” — 1988
- Hüsker Dü — New Day Rising — 1988
- R.E.M. — “Pop Song 89” (Green Tour) — 1989
- Robyn Hitchcock & the Egyptians — One Long Pair of Eyes — 1989
- The Cult — Sonic Temple Tour (Canadian) — 1989
- R.E.M. — “Get Up” (Green Tour) — 1989
- R.E.M. — “You Are the Everything (white)” (Green Tour) — 1988 or 1989
- R.E.M. — “You Are the Everything (black)” (Green Tour) — 1989
- R.E.M. — “We Are Having a Wonderful Time” (Reconstruction Tour) — 1991 or 1992
- Millions — “Admit Nothing, Blame Everyone, Be Bitter” (glows in the dark!) — 1992
- R.E.M. — Monster Tour — 1995
- Shonen Knife — “Happy Dead Teddy Bear” — 1997
- Stereolab — (green & pink) — 2001
- Kraftwerk — Radio Activity — 2003
- Stereolab — (defiant fist) — 2004
- Dead Kennedys — FY 1983 Tour — 2004
So immediately I recognize three trends:
- My musical tastes sure improved after I hit puberty (ca. 1984)
- I bought almost all my concert t-shirts when I was in high school (1986 - 1989
- damn I bought a lot of Sonic Youth t-shirts.