bless me father for i have sinned, for whenever i purchase a shirt at a show i usually put it on. However i do not arrive with these things on me... will i still go to heaven?

who cares! wear a NIN shirt and throw some damn corn starch on it!!!!!!

Cindy posted:

conforming vs. going out of your way not to conform... I dunno what's worse.

thats totally true. honestly, i would think fellow NIN fans would object the very concept of something being "ok" ... I agree its pretty lame seeing the 12 year old in the hot topic head to toe, only singing "Closer", but as for anything else- who the hell cares?

im going to see NIN in a few hours. and will likely buy a shirt AND wear it. why wait till next week? then in 5 years when its all faded, i can remember how the first time i wore it was seeing NIN for the last time.

ALSO, if youre going to focus on OTHER peoples CLOTHES at a NIN show. Maybe you should question how much of a fan YOU are.

moqilok posted:

dont be "that" guy....

You mean the guy that buys a shirt to show they are supporting the band?

I'll wear mine, if Trent see's me with it on he'll know he got a few dollars of support from me.

It has nothing to do with being a poser, get over yourselves.

i always wear nin shirts to concerts. be it every nin concert or other that i go to. i have over 40 nin shirts wich makes up 75 percent of my wardrobe. i could care less about what someone thinks about what im wearing. i enjoy the close comfort and softness they provide while im rocking my stuff out.

unretrofied posted:

wear whatever the hell you want. want to wear a NIN shirt, then do it. want to wear a hannah montana shirt, then fucking do it.

Love this!



p.s. I'll be the one in the crowd with the Tori Amos tee shirt on!



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I wore my lits t-shirt to wave goodbye..its called supporting the band, pluse it looks cool..NIN T-shirt at a NIN concert? OF COURSE!! I saw a LOT of NIN shirts being worn from different tours last wednesday in Mansfield. At the DCU center in worcester last year it seemed like EVERYONE was wearing a NIN t-shirt. I wear concert shirts outside too...sorry.



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bythewayside posted:

I don't wear the band's shirt that I'm going to see and nobody I know does either. Having half the venue wearing the same shit is somewhat boring to me, not to mention how sheepish they look(they sorta remind me of the mindless, obsessive boy band fan types). I have always enjoyed seeing all the different band shirts at a show anyway. Show some originality when you go to a show.

No. LOL! I saw a Lot of different NIN shirts...I have never been to a concert where "HALF" the venue? was wearing the same shirt??? I saw a lot of Janes addiction shirts too...this is a pointless topic. I personally could care less what anyone wears to a concert, I saw people dressed like vampires-so what? What IS "original" these days anyway??? If I wear a machinehead shirt to a NIN concerts is THAT origianl...really who gives a fck. LOL!!! It does not make you any more or less of a fan if you wear the bands shirt to their concerts..get it?



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My buddy gave me a hard time and told me not to be "that guy" but I told him that I enjoy seeing everybody's different NIN shirts. There are so many of them at each show and every time I see one I've never seen before. I say be "that guy" and show off your sweet ass merch. That's why you bought it anyway.

Personally, I'm there to see the show. I could care less what everyone around me is wearing. I HAVE worn a NIN tee to a show but it was from the SPIRAL and frankly I'd do it again. Students wear school colors to games, fans wear team apparel to games, why not concert goers wearing concert tees? Makes sense to me.

ethanjroberts posted:

there is always someone at every fucking rock concert wearing an iron maiden t-shirt, always.

I KNOW!lol

I didn't realize this was an issue (and why it is I don't know). Seriously, who cares what you wear or anyone else. Isn't it good to wear a bands shirt to show support? I would have thought. I wasn't aware there were rules on what to wear and not to a fucking rock concert. This whole thing sounds like it should be discussed at miley cyrus or jonas brothers concerts between a bunch of tween girls.

I'm fine with wearing a band's merch to the show. It may look like the uncool thing to do by the superfan's standards, but really doesn't it help you seem more like a superfan

1. Wearing a band's shirt says how I love this band even more than you do because I shelled out another $40 just for the shirt

2. Wearing a shirt from a past tour shows that you were potentially at a show other fans really wanted to be at, the older the better.

In all reality fans try too hard to wear something only kind of related to NIN, but not really. When going to a NIN show either wear a NIN shirt or a plain black t-shirt and everyone is happy

jforsyte posted:

I was raised to NOT wear merch from the band your seeing to their show..

even if i buy a shirt i fold it up and carry it i WILL not wear it.
and sometimes when i see it i kinda laugh in my head

my dad(48yrs) always told me it was poserish to do that..
i have even taught my girlfriend and my little cousin this, and they follow "the code"
some people think im crazy
but most agree
and sometimes when i see it i kinda laugh in my head

Am i crazy?

hmmm,
i can't BELIEVE this is a thread..?
seriously??!!

lmfao!!

does it really matter?

my dad's dad 70+yrs old told me that not all people were created equal and it was all based on race, sex, religious beliefs, or sexual preferences, and that was "the code" back then (and yes that is what he still believes, no one gets to choose their relatives)!!

THAT MENTALITY IS NOT SOMETHING I PASS DOWN TO MY KIDS!
SOME THINGS JUST MAKE SENSE...
...SOME THINGS, DO YOU REALLY HAVE TO THINK ABOUT IT MAN??!!

(maybe that was extreme, but that was where your logic took me. i apologize here and now if the above rhetoric is offensive to anyone. it wasn't meant to be. i am in favor of free thinking and not a fan of bullying to conform to whatever statutes another deems appropriate...
what's a poser but someone who is lost and cannot define themselves for or by themselves, so they practice camouflaging self by what the mass majority or their peers deem most prudent following whatever asanine rules or codes, for whatever clique they subscribe to.

when you are comfortable with who you are and have belief in your own self/being as a whole, i imagine you will probably throw off the shell of any clique and not define yourself by rules or codes deemed appropriate by someone else's sense of; how to be cool, just like me-guide book..that's just my opinion..)

Nazis wore uniforms to their gatherings too. just sayin..............



Ok, Im more trying to be shocking or funny with that than serious, and Im late to this thread for sure, but I was raised in the late 80s going to my first shows that its lame and poseurish to wear a band shirt to their shows. Though having such a "code" can be a little lame too.
Whats worse is sitting there at a show judging everyone on what they are wearing.
I remember seeing some young punk/goth types at a NIN show bitching about everyone and how they looked and what they were wearing. Sorry, you missed the whole point of punk if youre doing that.
And trent wearing a shirt of his to his shows is a little different than a fan doing it. Somehow I doubt when he went to the My Bloody Valentine show recently in Los Angeles, I doubt he was sporting a My Bloody Valentine shirt.
But then I dont know the guy so who knows. For me, its kind of silly and over-fanatic.
Wont do it. But anyone else can do what they want. You wont find me there judging you. Im there to fucking enjoy a show.


ONE POINT TO CONSIDER:
I often wear New Model Army shirts cause they are one of my all time fav bands and I want to support them. One cool result is I get people that walk up to me at say a NIN show and they are like "WOW, another New Model Army fan..." and then we talk and make friends. If I was at a NIN show wearing a NIN shirt, I doubt anyones going to come up to me and say "WOW, I cant believe I ran into another NIN fan at this show"..
just sayin.






More importantly and brought up in this thread is the idea of wearing things with corporate logos. I dont buy or wear ANY clothes with obnonxious logos on it. Like youll NEVER catch me with an Abercrombie and Fuckface shirt on with some big logo plastered all over it. It always surprises me how many people seem lost on the fact that a big company, who GLADLY pays LOTS of money on their advertising all over the place, convinces young people (and old) that they will TAKE your hard earned money, and get so much FREE advertising out of you as long as you wear the shirt. So all of you that wear big corporate logos on clothes, you are PAYING them to advertise their stuff - the same companies that pay others handsomly to do advertising for them.

I support art on my clothes, bands and such. I wont wear a company logo unless its a company that is truly doing good things for the earth and the people on it. Thats the ONLY way someones going to get free advertising on my dime.



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I tend to look down on those who wear t-shirts of the band they're seeing, at the concert. The exception to this is, of course, NIN, if for no other reason than the obvious: NIN has been around, and touring, for so long, that there are a shitton of different designs, and it's kinda neat to compare the different designs.