This video was meant for comedic purposes (metal elitist satire), please watch up until the end of the video because I really don't care if you wear a band shirt that you don't know, wear what you want to wear and don't let anyone tell you otherwise. Watch the other parts of this series if you didn't see a band that you think should be on this list

I only buy band shirts from bands I actually listen to

I had one girl tell me nirvana was her favourite clothing brand , dumbest person ive met

I will never understand how people can wear band shirts without actually listening to them

I was wearing a Jimi Hendrix hoodie and a kid at school in gym said is that a clothing brand. Another kid in English class said is that a rapper and I said do you think all black dudes are rappers.

I really feel like pink floyd should be on here. Almost every store sells them

I agree on nirvana so many people wear and don’t know the music!!!

*patiently waits for ac dc*

His Hair Looks Like Tom Araya From Slayer

I remember when I was around 12 years old, I was wearing a Metallica shirt, and a cop noticed and came up to me and had a full conversation about Metallica with me. It was definitely something I’ll remember for a long time.

And the Misfits. So many girls wear them here.

The Nirvana smiley face shirt is so prevalent because they sell it at major department stores like Target, Walmart, and Kohls (just to name the big ones). I have one myself...but I figure that as one of those kids who fell in love with the Seattle sound back in 1991 and owned every Nirvana album, I've earned it. My 6-year old daughter wanted one just because she wanted to look like dad, so I'm allowing that too...because it's cute. However, I have also armed her with a little knowledge so that if somebody tries to embarrass her by sarcastically asking her what her favorite Nirvana song is, she can shoot right back with "Negative Creep -- what's your's?"

I got someone with a Metallica shirt to get into Metallica actually. I feel accomplished!

My son actually has 3 band shirts and he actually listens to them.

As someone who is so young, many assume that I don’t know jack about the band tees I’m wearing, I enjoy when people ask me the typical “name three songs” because afterwards they give me an approving “you’re alright” look.

I confuse rolling Stone magazine with a band.

I saw one girl wearing Nirvana t-shirt and she had no idea who are they..but I showed her Nirvana songs and now she's a fan ..I feel good😎😎

I know Thrasher has nothing to do with a Band but there are Posers who wear Thrasher and they don't even know that Thrasher has something to do with skateboards That makes me so angry

i think the posers are aware of what those shirts are about, they be just defending themselves with that "i didnt know its a band" shit. imo its obvious that the graphics are album covers etc.

so i’m a huge nirvana fan and i’m in middle school btw and one girl said that nirvana was her favorite song -_-. i obviously got in a huge argument with her

I know girls that wear misfits shirts and don’t even know who the misfits are

everybody thinks im a poser because i don’t look like a “metal head” but when people ask me questions it surprise them and the look on their faces when i answer them is priceless.

I saw someone wearing that horrible smiley faced nirvana shirt.

i have at least 5 nirvana shirts (i listen to their music) and everyone always calls me a poser. it’s very annoying i have the same kurt poster btw

alot of girls i see at my school keep on wearing the rolling stones forty licks shirt and they all probably think its a makeup brand and it ain't

Bruh I remember being to ashamed to wear band tees bcs I was scared people would call me a poser for not knowing all the albums and all the songs and what year they came out in. But like who gives a fuck if you like the music no matter what genre it falls under or who sings it own up to it there is no shame in liking something.

you will never catch me in a band tee i don’t listen to. i have the entire appetite for destruction album memorized. one of my fave albums ever.

I've been called a poser a few times but I can see why. I'm a tiny girl wearing a Slipknot or a Santana shirt and no one expects me to love it lol.

the ac/dc shirt, i saw one today i was like yucky

I’m a big Metallica and Nirvana fan. I don’t have any shirts from them but I’m considering getting some

“You’re the reason why I drink” got me HAHAHA

My rule for band tees is that if I have atleast three of their songs on my playlist... then I can buy them😅

Being a teenager myself, I mostly see other teens wear shirts from Metallica, Nirvana, Pink Floyd, and Def Leppard. Most of the teens that I do see that wear those shirts have definitely never listened to rock and it just bugs me lol. I would never wear a shirt of another band if I don't know anything about that band.

My mom bought me a Led Zeppelin shirt and didn’t understand when I said I didn’t want to come of as a poser. She bought it because she saw my MegaDeth tshirt in my room. I only wear merch of bands I listen to and enjoy in order to support them.

THATS WHY I ALWAYS ASK PEOPLE WHAT THEIR FAVORITE SONG WHEN THERE WEARING A BAND SHIRT AND THERE JUST LIKE 🧍‍♂️

Real fans would get a band shirt that says Led Zeppelin with a face picture of Gene Simmons

I have the iconic nirvana shirt but I actually know the band like Kurt and Dave and Krist my favorite song Is come as you are and in bloom

I have all of these band’s shirts because I actually listen to them. Long live rock and roll baby!

I am a MASSIVE Guns N' Roses fan, and have several of their shirts (including the one that looks like the Jack Daniels logo.) I have been asked countless times to name 3 of the songs or facts about the band of whose shirt I'm wearing, and I hate the thought of having people think I'm a poser just because I am a teen wearing a classic rock or metal tee. It breaks my heart when I see someone wearing a shirt like that when they have no knowledge of the band or their music.

Not only does this happen with Metal T-Shirts, but it happens with Horror movie (something I'm also passionate about aside from Metal) shirts as well which are often common at Hottopic stores. The other day I saw a young guy around his late teens and early 20s wearing a 'Hellraiser' pinhead shirt, a shirt that I also own, and I approached him and asked him "Do you know what the Lament Configuration was?" (which is a puzzle box that opens the doorway to hell in the film), and he looked at me in confusion like I had turds coming out of my ears. I then asked, "Do you know who Elliot Spencer is?" (Pinheads human name before becoming a Cenobite), and he said 'no'. I then said, "that thing on your shirt was his name once before transforming to a demon from Hell in a Horror film". He literally had no idea, and then I advised him to go watch the movies and learn before wearing that shirt again. It's bizarre that people buy things fandom or pop culture related simply for aesthetics or because 'it looks cool' especially now where it's becoming often way too common since being "Alternative" and everything associated with an alternative lifestyle is a trend these days. Kinda brings me back to my days in middle school seeing kids wearing AC/DC shirts and not having a single clue they were a band or could name a song by them other than maybe "Back in Black". My philosophy is that if you're gonna buy a shirt that's related to any fandom, whether it be based around music, movies, television, video games, or comics. Please get knowledgable and actually get interested otherwise you will be called out by the true fans or so-called "Asshole elitists" as they say of said medium.

Super accurate. Even though I cringe when I compliment someone’s band tee and they don’t know the band I try and see if I can make a metalhead out of them. I’ll nicely tell them cool songs to check out and related bands. And if they’re snobby after that then I’ll call them a poser.

Preach. I feel your pain. You won't see me wearing a rapper t-shirt cause i'm not a true fan.

I’m 13 and my favorite band is nirvana and I have a t-shirt. When I wear it feels like everybody thinks you’re a poser. But in my class are also two girls with AC/DC t-shirts or one girl with a Pink Floyd t-shirt and they don’t know these bands

I don't get how people wear band shirts without listening to their music. Before I wear a shirt of a band I make sure I know enough about the band to have a conversation with another fan

Most of my shirts have been from goodwill or a garage sale. My number one rule for buying band tshirts is that if I’m going to buy it, I HAVE to listen to the band. This has led me to finding new bands and expanding my music tastes. The shirts I have are: children of bodom, pantera, my chemical romance (please don’t judge me), Red Hot Chili Peppers, Metallica: METAL UP YOUR ASS (this is my favorite one), obituary (this one was a pleasant surprise to find), and dissection.

THE KURT COBAIN POSTER

Ah, one of my biggest pet peeves. I don’t even bother complimenting people on their band shirts anymore because most of them aren’t wearing them because they genuinely like or know the band.

the reason i started listening to metallica was because i asked my brother to buy me some shirts and he specifically bought me the metallica covid pandemic shirt, and later a friend in highschool told me it was a band so i naturally gave it a listen

I once had someone come up to me and say, DUDE DID YOU KNOW THAT THE T SHIRT COMPANY SUBLIME MAKES MUSIC? ITS CRAZY!!!!

I REMEMBER THINKING THAT THE BLACK SMILEY FACE NIRVANA SHIRTS WAS A RAPPERS MERCH 😭😭😭

i remember my geography teacher told me about iron maiden. At high school year, i wore an iron maiden t-shirt and my geography teacher told me bruce dickinson is a great singer and i was kind a like who's bruce dickinson and my geography teacher is laughing at me while at that time i loved sepultura and behemoth but i don't know anything about iron maiden so today, if he ask me again about iron maiden i will say to him yes bruce dickinson is the best but, i prefer paul d'anno because he has more groove than bruce. Just listen to killers album, it's so good and powerslave is good too by the way.

One guy on street came up to me and asked if I knew any Metallica songs and at the moment I was just excited to show off how many songs I knew. I named like more than 25 since their my favourite band. He was pretty impressed and surprised that I wasn't a poser.

I feel you. GNR has been my favorite band since 1987 and I see those shirts EVERYWHERE

People who wear band shirts for fashion or say it’s just a shirt and don’t even listen the the band then there’s no point of them wearing band shirts. It just basically makes them a poser I hate that.

seeing nirvana shirt after nirvana shirt everyday at school makes me feel super good about my taste in music. knowing that they have no idea who they are while i’m wearing my orwell’s shirt. they can’t call me a poser when i have a shirt on that they don’t even know is a band even though they went to our school lmao.

I have a story similar to yours. I was in my5th hour one time and a girl was wearing a Nirvana shirt and “I said I like your shirt”. She said “thank you” obviously because that was a complement. I then said “what is your favorite album or song”. Then she responded with “this is a band I thought it was a clothing brand” I then said “yes they were from the 90’s” I showed her probably the most known songs by them “smells like teen spirit” and she said “oh yeah my dad listens to them”

Some people uses to wear those Metal Shirts just trying to be Cool and Angsts. but they didn't know anything from those Band's songs. How such a Poser for that kind of people.

Honourable mentions: AC DC David Bowie Queen Kiss Motley crew The misfits

Been wearing band shirts when i was elementary cuz i love the bands music. When i went to highschool Tiktok Students started wearing them for the "AESTHETICS"

Me: oh cool you're wearing a led zeppelin shirt! Friend: oh yeah i listen to him Me: HIM?!?!?

Once my teacher taught im gay just bcs i was wearing a pink floyd tee

Mötley's shirt👌🏻

My dad got me in to this kinda music and I wear the shirts all the time but I love the music and listen to it all the time

There was a girl in high school who thought the Misfits skull shirt she was wearing was Zero Skateboards

Others name the songs of NIRVANA 1.Smells like a teen spirit 2.smells like a teen spirit (remaster)

This man would have a heart attack if he stayed a day at my highschool

Fun fact: the smiley face for nirvana was based off a logo at a strip club called the lusty lady

i really love metallica, and im thinkinh about buying a shirt right, do u guys think its okay to get a tee one? or not

3:21 I love metallicas first 4 albums and also black album. My favorite is ride the lightning, kill em all, master of puppets, and then...and justice for all and black album. I have 12 Metallica shirts, but no ride the lightning one. I dont know why....

I saw a girl on instagram who had 4 pictures, FOUR pictures with an abbey road shirt on. My friends and i were in a facetime group one day and she joined the group, so i played come together, literally the first track of the album and asked her if she knew what that song was, she didn't.

Wow ! Man I just found out about your channel and you make really great quality for your number of subscribers. I'm pour to be a new one !

dude.. if you find a shirt, with a badass graphic from a band, GIVE THE BAND A LISTEN!!

I looove guns n Roses and i could litterally name all of their song 🤘☠️🤘

I wanna get a Smiley shirt because I genuinely love Nirvana but at the same time I don’t know haha because alot of kids from my old HS would wear their shirts as a “Fashion Statement”. 🤣

This would be solved in clothing companies asked the buyer for 5 songs from the band, if they couldn't name 5 or they started googling, then they couldn't buy the shirt

I legit wear an A7X shirt and like the waiter at Buffalo Wild Wings told me they used to be her favorite band 🤩

I saw some kid in my school wearing a AC DC shirt asked him to name one song and they unironicaly said "for whom the bell tolls"...I cried

Who's here celebrating Pedro reaching 1k?

The Nirvana shirt is true. I see it everywhere, but it’s from people that I know that constantly listens to pop, hip-pop, rap, etc. and they say it is a clothing brand

I ended up speaking to a customer wearing that Nirvana shirt (5:29) at my job today and he couldn't name me any of their songs right away. I listed off all 13 songs from Nevermind to him and Smells Like Teen Spirit and Come As You Are we're the only two he recognized.

I don't understand how people enjoy it as much if they don't like the band as the graphic

Hi I’m a new subscriber and I own a Rolling Stones one Metallica, Guns N’ Roses, AC/DC, Led Zeppelin but Guns N’ Roses is my favorite my favorite album is Appetite For Destruction also they prolly don’t even know your crazy or anything goes like come on people don’t wear band t shirts if you don’t even know what it is!

i’ve only gotten one band t that i didn’t really listen to. it was a smashing pumpkins tee and i got it because it matched some super hard to pair pants. i listened to them on the way home from the store

i only get band t-shirts when i can name 10 songs and name every member

Back in the 90s I would wear a band shirt only ones I listened to and kids would give strange looks etc until I had to say who they are. I hate it when people say the most popular song eg Teen Spirit

I find this so sad too :( I‘m happy that my parents thought me good music XD

Honestly those stores should have like genres sections so people will know what they are getting.

Do you know where I can buy Mayday Parade and Crown the Empire shirts?

I have both the Appetite for Destruction and Ride the Lightning tees because they are both one of my all time fave albums and it gets me so mad seeing everyone and their mother wearing those shirts without even knowing one Metallica or GNR song. For this reason I only buy band's tees I actually like and know, however I do have one band's shirt I don't listen to, the reason is that they played before one of my faves once in a concert and they were dope and I wanted to support them. I only wear it around the house tho and for sleeping so I think I can be excused for that one 😂

I own a lot of Ramones shirts, then being my favorite band and all. I love and own every album from them. I really enjoy the later albums that are often overlooked (Too Tough to Die and Adios Amigos are underrated), and I get sad when people think it’s a shirt brand. I once seen some chick rocking the classic Ramones shirt and asked her to name one member and she said , “member? They’re a band?” The names of the original members are literally on the shirt. Smh. You bet your ass I was a gatekeeper in that incident. Now I see Kanye West and the Kardashians rocking Metallica and Ramones shirts because they’re trendy now. It’s sad

A girl in my class wears the nirvana smiley shirt, so I walked up to her like "what's your favorite Nirvana song?" She couldn't even name ONE. not even Smells Like Teen Spirit... My heart died. I have one of the shirts too but it's a more faded one and I love it

The problem with wearing an appetite for destruction t shirt when you havent even heard of it is that its so easy.

One time I meant someone wearing a Linkin Park shirt of the Hybrid Theory album I said "Hey, Cool shirt" and She said "Thanks?" And I said "So, What's your favorite song off that album?" She said "Wait, This is a band? I thought this was a brand." 🤦‍♂️

Despite being 15, I would consider myself a real fan of Nirvana. The reason I say this is because my favourite album is Bleach but also because I like Incesticide, And I will admit Smells like Teen Spirit and the Nevermind album is overrated!!

I agree w/ you bro!! 100% a lot of plp just go w/ the trends or what’s cool, i’m a big fan of Nirvana & Gun & roses 🌹 but now watching this it’s making me wanna listen to Rolling Stones & Ramones b4 i buy the shirt

THANK YOU FOR THIS!

I say it u listen to the the band u can wear the t shirt

Love this :) Do you happen to know what the deal is behind all these band shirts getting sold from big retailers? Like, did the bands sell their shirt design? Otherwise there must be some copyright infringement going on? Asking out of pure interest. Aaaand because Im also annoyed by it, hehe. But if the bands sold their name, the blame is kinda 50/50 maybe. Another thing, that may sound totally off in America... hehe.. but, I live in Europe, and as you might know association football is HUGE over here. And you know what? It is happening there as well: people will literally buy an expensive football shirt, because they like the colors. And then get beaten up in the street, because they wear it in a rival city. Because they don't know shit about what signals they send out. It is even more stupid than the band shirt thing. Maybe a sort of poetic justice (violence is BAD, however). Good subject; try and put just a little thought into what info you give people around you, when you put on a shirt. It's a good thought process :)

You missed a big one “Grateful Dead” I saw a guy wearing one today and complimented him and he told me he got it at Walmart. Then said he used to be into them when he was younger. I’m 37 and he was younger than me. The Dead aren’t a band you grow out of they are a band you grow into!!!

I haven't seen the Nirvana seahorse shirt since the 90's and that's like the iconic Nirvana shirt for me, because you also learn fun seahorse facts