Study Claims That No Actual Ramones Fan Has Ever Worn a Ramones T-Shirt. Discuss
Er, what? Really? I wonder where this leaves me.
Fruit of the Loom–yes, the underwear people–carried out a study that says that Ramones t-shirts are only worn by people who never actually listened to the band. I quote:
“Our study found that, rather than being an expression of fandom of The Ramones, the t-shirt functioned as a sort of anti-conformist uniform for angsty teens, which is ironic,” confirmed Fruit of the Loom spokesperson Anne Hopkins. “It’s sort of the equivalent of a Che Guevara t-shirt for the apolitical.”
So it’s just a fashion/social/political statement? How many people were included in this survey? And did they talk to anyone over 25?
Oh, wait. This is a satirical news site like The Onion. Ah.
View the whole story at WundergroundMusic. (Via Tom)
I could not agree more
They should take the survey with someone who is in their 30’s, 40’s & 50’s. I’ve been a fan of them since the mid 1980’s, and have worn a shirt of theirs, either bought in a store or the rare time I saw them in concert (up to their disbanding) ever since. Even to this day, I will wear a Ramones shirt, and buy a new one in the store when the ones I have get raggedy.
It is not due to angst or rebellion, it is because I am a fan of theirs, I support their music and am promoting them, even though they’ve not been around for 18 years.
I’m a big Ramones guy. I owned one tour shirt a long time ago
I’ve been a fan since 1977. I’ve worn out about 5 Ramones shirts over that time. i’m usually the exception to the rule 90% of the time though.
its a spoof article website
Alan — SATIRE!