The Jesus & Mary Chain T-shirt… Now at H&M??

Laurent

The Jesus & Mary Chain’s cult/post-punk/dark goth album “Automatic” and The Cure’s “Faith” are now available as T-shirts at H&M stores!

My god, are the most beloved albums of our youth becoming the new cool?

The picture shows some of my old concert T-shirts—survivors of years of wear, or carefully preserved in my closet like treasures. Just as I was thinking about re-buying my Ride “Nowhere” T-shirt (completely worn out after years of use), I’m now wondering: should I just wait for the next H&M drop? Ahah.

That said, it actually makes perfect sense. My daughters, now in their 20s, and their generation seem to have rediscovered the best of ‘80s and ‘90s rock. I remember one of them saying to a friend, “Wow, you’re playing Slowdive,” and the friend replying, “Of course, everyone knows Slowdive.”

I even see my daughters and some of their friends coming with me to rock festivals—and being more “rock” than I am. While I tolerate Turnstile, one of my daughter’s friends is there for… Knocked Loose!

So maybe rock isn’t dead after all. And if H&M T-shirts are helping bring our beloved bands back into the mainstream and maybe even knocking a few pop divas off the throne, then hey—we might just have to get used to it. But then again… not so sure. 😉

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