Here's a post that's bound to get me in trouble.
Look, I'll be the first to admit that I have a lot of hang-ups about rock t-shirts, notably that I'm of the considered opinion that unless you're a genuine fan of the band in question, YOU SHOULDN'T BE WEARING THEIR GODDAMN SHIRT. This may or may not be one of those instances.
I should point out at this stage of the proceedings that I've never met Adam Duritz. I don't know him. We've never exchanged words. For all I know, despite suspicions based on his tonsorial choices and personal opinions about the music of Counting Crows, Adam Duritz may be an intelligent, thoughtful and generous individual with a deep propensity for kindness towards his fellow man. He also might have a great sense of humor.
Furthermore, for all I know, Adam Duritz may very well be a tremendous fan of all the bands he's emblazoning on his chest below, but that's not the point.
Based on the fact that his own music is SO FLATLY INDEFENSIBLE, I reallly, really want him to stop wearing t-shirts of artists I admire.
I don't care if he could earnestly croon a faithful-to-the-last-detail a cappela replication of Night of the Living Dead Boys, he needs to STOP WEARING THEIR DAMN T-SHIRT!!!
I just want him to stop. Now. Please.
Let's review, shall we?
Cheap Trick:
The Dead Boys:
David Bowie:
The Velvet Underground:
The Beatles:
Funkadelic:
The Clash:
Joy Division:
The Cars:
T.Rex:
Beastie Boys:
The Runaways:
Digital Underground:
KISS:
Run-DMC:
Pink Floyd:
The Ramones:
Devo:
Seriously, Adam, JUST CUT IT OUT!!!!
I normally back you 100%, but you have to give Adam a break. I might not like his music, but perhaps he truly is a fan of all those bands. He makes a living making music, I admire him for that.
That Rubber Soul t-shirt is pretty cool.
Posted by: Ivan | July 25, 2013 at 12:19 AM
yeah dude. i mean, fred durst in a joy division tee? that's worth complaining about. adam duritz? not so much.
Posted by: Sahan | July 25, 2013 at 11:52 AM
Love the shirt posts. It IS ok to get a replacement from Hot Topic if your shit is 25 years old & falling apart right?
Posted by: Makeout | July 25, 2013 at 04:25 PM
Never mind the shirts - he looks like Kevin Smith with dreadlocks.
Posted by: rick mcginnis | July 25, 2013 at 04:34 PM
Surely being in a band is cred enough without needing to flaunt your pretty mainstream taste through the medium of the rock tee. He's only reminding his audience of some of the bands they COULD be listening to... Something very uncool about this.
Posted by: James Taylor | July 25, 2013 at 07:11 PM
He seems like a guy wearing T-shirts because he likes music. You seem to have some deep-seated identity issues and insecurities. Music far too often, quite commonly with music critics, for example, is used as a crutch to prop up people who aren't comfortable with their own personalities, so they use music as a "tribe-indicator" so that others know they are supposed to be a member of a social group. There are many people, however, who just like music as it is without all the social implications. They just like music. It can be that simple if you're through trying to be cool.
Posted by: 140sec | August 23, 2014 at 08:10 PM
Well, each of those bands probably is significant in some way to him -- the dude really loves music. Anyway, this topic is ridiculously trite. Really, why would anyone care so much about what someone else wears?
Posted by: Mae | June 05, 2015 at 09:02 PM
Lighten up.
Posted by: Alex in NYC | June 07, 2015 at 09:14 AM
Counting Crows may well be my favourite band
Posted by: Stuart mcleary | December 27, 2016 at 02:59 PM
Paul McCartney has specifically told Adam he digs some Counting Crows records... so jokes on you I guess!
Posted by: Ron | October 30, 2017 at 11:01 AM
how do you figure that, exactly? Is Paul McCartney incapable of making bad decisions or something? He married Heather Mills and lost all his Beatles publishing to Michael Jackson. He's entirely capable of getting shit wrong, Ron.
Posted by: Alex in NYC | October 30, 2017 at 12:48 PM