“If there's ever a kid out there that can't afford to buy the music, I still want them to hear it, and hopefully they'll go to the show, or buy a T-shirt from the band. That's the idea.” IfsWantStillsIdeasShowsKidsBandHopefullyShirtsT Shirt Author:Conor Oberst
“I have been doing merch' since I was 15 and in bands when I was a teenager - silk-screening shirts, making the emulsion in my mom's closet I converted into a dark room, through college. That's essentially how us bands survived was selling homemade t-shirts.” Has BeensDarkRoomsCollegeMomBandMy MomSellingTeenagerShirtsSurvivedClosetsT ShirtSilkScreeningHomemadeDoing MeDark Room Author:Steve Aoki
“At 13 years old, I realized I could start my own band. I could write my own song, I could record my own record. I could start my own label. I could release my own record. I could book my own shows. I could write and publish my own fanzine. I could silk-screen my own T-shirt. I could do this all myself.” WritingYearsBookShowsSongMy OwnRecordsBandScreensI RealizedReleaseLabelsShirtsT ShirtPublishSilk Author:Dave Grohl
“I would never talk to a girl in a bar, like a pick-up thing. But I could talk to anyone if they wore a t-shirt of a band I like.” IfsGirlBandPicksBarsShirtsT Shirt Author:Craig Finn
“'Princess' is a good word, as is 'girlish', 'pixie-like' and all these other things. I personally find it a bit boring, it's all been done before. The amount of times you read reviews of bands and it's an all-girl four-piece, and they talk about what the women are wearing... you'll never read a review that's like: "Male singer Thom Yorke, who was dressed in a white t-shirt and jeans..." You would never read that about a man.” MenDoneGirlBitsWhitePiecesFourAmountBandMalesBoringSingersShirtsReviewsPrincessJeansT ShirtGood WordsPixies Author:Lauren Mayberry
“Every band sells t-shirts and plays certain auditoriums, but I'm sick of being like everyone else, because I'm not.” PlayCertainBandSickSellsShirtsT ShirtAuditoriums Author:Justin Vernon
“You know, being in a rock band, you can't overdo the costume changes too much because everyone thinks, oh, that's not a real rock band. Look how many times he changes costumes. That's not rock. Rock's about going on in a T-shirt and staying in it and getting it all dirty. But that's not really my approach.” ThinkingKnowsLooksRealToo MuchRocksBandApproachDirtyShirtsStayingCostumesT ShirtRock Bands Author:Mick Jagger
“It's hard to play a laptop in the midst of band and have people want to buy your t-shirts and CD's.” PeopleWantHardPlayBandShirtsMidstT ShirtCdsLaptops Author:Girl Talk
“I had this fantastic collection of Grateful Dead T-shirts and live concert music the band had give me over all these years, decades of material, and when our boys became teenagers they started going through everything and wearing the shirts and listening to the music and that's what the Grateful Dead is all about.” GivingYearsBoysMaterialsListeningBandGive MeGratefulDecadesFantasticTeenagerShirtsCollectionsConcertsT ShirtLive Concerts Author:Bill Walton
“If you have a counterculture band, you put a name on it, you call them beatniks, and you can sell something - books or bebop. Or you label them as hippies and you can sell tie-dyed T-shirts.” IfsBookNamesBandSellsLabelsShirtsTiesT ShirtHippieBeatnikCountercultureBebop Author:Jim Jarmusch
“A lot of bands are going out and playing for nothing. A lot of bands will go out and get paid, but the gas tank will eat up their paycheck. When they manage to sell a t-shirt or two, there is a little bit of leftover money there so that they don't have to have McDonalds that day. They can actually eat something decent with possibly a bit of cash leftover. It's a huge part of the business now.” LittlesTwoBitsHugeBandLittle BitPaidSellsManageShirtsDecentGasCashGoing OutT ShirtTanksMcdonaldsPaychecks Author:Matt Snell