From The Beatles and Blur to Chvrches and QOTSA - check out the coolest t-shirts on the planet
Andrew Trendell

13:54 14th November 2013

Everybody loves to wear their musical tastes on their sleeve - and their favourite bands on their chest. Yes, it's one thing to be a thoroughly cool band, but it's another entirely to inspire a truly awesome t-shirt design.

Yup, a really cool band t-shirt is that one item of clothing that we all grow attached to at some point in our lives, wearing it out until it falls to shreds or dissolves in the wash. Of course there are the classics that have stood the test of time, from the likes of Bowie, The Beatles, Joy Division - but it's worth giving a nod to the really brilliant merch on offer from the likes of newer bands like Arctic Monkeys, The 1975, CHVRCHES, London Grammar and more. 

We've scoured the internet to bring you 27 of the coolest band t-shirts available at the moment. Christmas is coming, maybe Santa will bring you a few of these? 

  • Blur. Source: Blur.co.uk

  • The 1975. Source: The1975.com

  • CHVRCHES. Source: Chvrch.es

  • Arctic Monkeys. Source: arcticmonkeys.com

  • David Bowie. Source: Amazon

  • LCD Soundsystem. Source: www.shutupandplaythehits.com

  • The National. Source: americanmary.com

  • Linkin Park. Source: LinkinPark.com

  • The Beatles. Source: Amazon

  • Crystal Castles. Source: Amazon

  • Biffy Clyro. Source: biffyclyro.com

  • Frightened Rabbit. Source: Frightenedrabbit.com

  • Johnny Marr. Source: thestereoboutique.com

  • Joy Division. Source: Amazon

  • Led Zeppelin. Source: Amazon

  • London Grammar. Source: londongrammar.com

  • Manic Street Preachers. Source: eil.com

  • Muse. Source: Amazon

  • Nirvana. Source: Amazon

  • Pixies. Source: Pixiesmusic.com

  • Queens Of The Stone Age. Source: lo-fi-merchandise.com and qotsa.com

  • Radiohead. Source: Amazon

  • Sigur Ros. Source: sigur-ros-store.com/

  • The Strokes. Source: Amazon

  • The Weeknd. Source: Amazon

  • White Stripes. Source: Thirdmanstore.com

  • Interpol. Source: Ebay

  • St Vincent. Source: ilovestvincent.com

  • Daft Punk. Source: Amazon

  • Lana Del Rey. Source: LanaDelRey.com

  • Disclosure. Source: store.disclosureofficial.com

  • Lorde. Source: Skreened.com

  • Arctic Monkeys. Source: arcticmonkeys-store.co.uk

  • Depeche Mode. Source: depechemode.fanfire.com

  • Jack White. Source: jackwhiteiii.com

  • Ryan Adams. Source: http://ryanadams.shopfirebrand.com/

  • The xx. Source: shop.thexx.info/

  • Death From Above 1979. Source: kt8merch.com

  • Royal Blood. Source: backstreetmerch.com

  • Morrissey. Source: http://uk.mporium.org/

  • Beck. Source: Beck.shopfirebrand.com

  • A Day To Remeber. Source: ADTRstore.com

  • Drake. Source: CNBC.US

  • Run The Jewels. Source: Daylightcurfew.com

  • Courtney Barnett. Source: CourtneyBarnett.bandcamp.com

  • Run DMC. Source: Collette.FR

  • John Lennon. Source: openingceremony.US

  • Kate Bush. Source: http://katebush.firebrandstores.com/

  • Foo Fighters. Source: shop.foofighters.com

  • Florence + The Machine. Source: Florenceandthemachine.net

  • Fall Out Boy. Source: Falloutboy.com

  • Manic Street Preachers. Source: Manicstreetpreachers.com

  • Gerard Way. Source: Gerardway.com

  • Bjork. Source: ebay.co.uk/usr/isavings2u

  • Catfish & The Bottlemen. Source: store.catfishandthebottlemen.com


Photo: WENN