The Art of the Band T-shirt

About this book

ONCE T-shirts were just unadorned undergarments. But with the evolution of screen printing and the birth of band merchandising T-shirts became so much cooler. Now every band with an ounce of savvy knows the importance of T-shirts not only as a lucrative sideline but also as a means of self-promotion and a way for fans to show their allegiance. The Art of the Band T-shirt is a visual history of that perennial fashion statement complete with nearly two hundred images of the mostimportant influential iconic and ironic T-shirts. It includes shirt images from artists as diverse as Led Zeppelin the Ramones Madonna Morrissey Public Enemy and the Flaming Lips each with a caption thatincludes historical background little-known facts or an artists comments about the design. A fascinating beautifully illustrated archive for hipsters fashionistas serious collectors and all music fans The Art of the Band T-shirt is as indispensable and classically cool as the perfect T-shirt.