Category: Rock

In terms of your wardrobe, there are few things more heartbreaking than losing a true vintage band tee. They’re high in both monetary and sentimental value. This young lady does her best to summarize the sorrow in less than 141 characters. Then we caught wind of another tragic story involving a Stones tee. The reported loss of a 1969 t-shirt was glorified by some club beats. Watch this video. We weren’t sure if we should dance or cry. They can’t be done at the same time, we tried. We contacted the artists behind this track, Dada Life, to find out ... Read more

1. Robert Plant in The Runaways T-Shirt This one-off Runaways tee was given to Plant by photographer Richard Creamer. It all went down in honor of a 1977 concert at the Starwood put on by Kim Fowley. The Holy Grail of vintage Runaways tees. Likelihood of finding this t-shirt at a thrift store = zero. 2. Slash in Led Zeppelin T-Shirt Slash showing respect for Zeppelin ’cause you must knock on heaven’s door prior to gaining access its stairway. 3. Nikki Sixx in Guns N Roses T-Shirt Sixx wore GNR, Axl wore Crue. They lived in the same city, participated ... Read more

Every few weeks we scour through vintage t-shirt sales across the web and report which relics are fetching top dollar. More reasons to raid your grandpa’s closet. 70s vintage Led Zeppelin t-shirt sold for $3250.00 by WyCo_Vintage 80s vintage Dead Boys Dead Years sleeveless tee sold for $989.01 by Stormcrow 80s vintage Leeway Born to Expire tshirt sold for $406.99 by blackrebelvintage 80s vintage Sarcofago Rotting t-shirt sold for $333.00 funguloid 70s vintage Rolling Stones Some Girls tee sold for $345.00 Max Vintage 90s vintage Naughty By Nature O.P.P. t-shirt sold for $300.00 WyCo_Vintage View a previous edition where a ... Read more

A gallery of vintage rock & roll torso toppers. Shirt #9: Deep Purple Availability: Check Defunkd’s Rock Selection Year: 1987 Album: The House of Blue Fact: Smoke on the Water is true tale about a fire in 1971 that destroyed a Switzerland casino. A Frank Zappa and The Mothers of Invention concert was held in the casino’s theatre which caught fire when a fan fired a flare gun into the rattan covered ceiling. Smoke from the fire spread across a lake that separated a hotel (where Deep Purple were staying) from the casino. DP watched the destructive blaze from their ... Read more

A gallery of vintage rock & roll torso toppers. Shirt #8: Blue Oyster Cult Availability: Check Defunkd for BOC Year: 1974 Album: Secret Treaties Fact: BOC was originally known as Soft White Underbelly. An unfavorable review of a 1969 Fillmore East performance prompted the first change to Oaxaca. Then came Stalk-Forrest Group, Santos Sisters until the band settled on Blue Öyster Cult in 1971. Approximate value: $750 Image Courtesy of: wyco_vintage View the previous Foghat t-shirt.