ThePalestMexican: Hot-Topic Is Slowly Killing Music

ThePalestMexican 04.25.10	Strange how I have a HORSE the Band jacket/hoodie, and the dude has a shirt.
TheSpirit 04.25.10	They have Justin Bieber shirts in Hot Topic now...i think i'll just stick to online shopping
PearlDrummer20 04.25.10	@TheSpirit that's where I get all my band T-shirts
theacademy 04.25.10	don't blame hot topic blame the bands for selling out.
TheSpirit 04.25.10	I BLAME EVERYONE
Bleekill 04.25.10	I doubt bands make shit from sales in hot topic. Just their label maybe. They also dont make much at all from digital sales on itunes.
ThePalestMexican 04.25.10	It's what the internet was made for....well that and porn
Athom 04.25.10	Hot Topic actually has a decent vinyl selection. Not to mention I picked up an Amon Amarth tee from there for 5 bucks. I'll agree that 90% of their inventory is crap but I blame two-thirds of your list for "slowly killing music".
PearlDrummer20 04.25.10	^OMG THIS jk
CushMG15 04.25.10	Just outta curiousity, how is a band selling out by allowing their merch to reach the largest base possible?
PearlDrummer20 04.25.10	oops, supposed to be reply to ThePalestMexican, my bad
Counterfeit 04.25.10	Hot Topic does actually have some pretty badass band shirts. I got nothing against the place.
theacademy 04.25.10	wow u got atavanhandled by redskyformiles
ThePalestMexican 04.25.10	Honestly I think the "Metal Just Got Gay" shirt is the main reason iwrestledabearonce is so popular right now, and maybe the fact they used that one sample from Scary Movie Two in Alaskan Flounder Basket
Piglet 04.25.10	Youwrestledabearonce?
TheSpirit 04.25.10	uh oh, it's getting real
JWT155 04.25.10	What Chan said.
R6Rider 04.25.10	damn, it's always a rough crowd in here
ThePalestMexican 04.25.10	Eh, I'm aware that most people on sputnik doesn't like bands like Liferuiner, or Iwrestledabearonce. I was expecting hate, wouldn't have it any other way.
ThePalestMexican 04.25.10	That and I just couldn't pass up on a shirt that was "HOODS! EMO KILLAZ!"
qwe3 04.25.10	lol bit rich to say anythings killing music when you like bands like most of these.
bloc 04.25.10	I buy a few band tees from ebay every now and then.
theacademy 04.25.10	i got a freddy kruger sweater from hot topic 4 years ago for 5$ that place is full of win as long as you look for it.
cvlts 04.25.10	honestly, I'd rather have a guy rep horse the band and not know anything about them then have a guy proudly rep bout half these bands. js.
Eskate87 04.25.10	ya, hot topic sucks and is wayy overpriced, but they had a kick ass Converge tshirt last time i was there
ThePalestMexican 04.25.10	Converge? In Hot Topic? didn't see that coming
ThePalestMexican 04.25.10	Apparently none of the ones in my area
qwe3 04.25.10	thepalestmexican i dont even have hot topic where i live and i knew that
theacademy 04.25.10	i got my first band t ever from hot topic. 1999. A grey NFG t-shirt. loved that thing. nobody in NY knew who they were i was the illest kid in middle school.
ThePalestMexican 04.25.10	I'm WAY out of the loop nowadays
Klekticist 04.25.10	shoot, ill have to find a converge tee. i usually try to buy shirt exclusively at shows, or from friends.
theacademy 04.25.10	this was fun. http://sputnikmusic.com/list.php?memberid=426748&listid=44316
cvlts 04.25.10	I remember back in Alaska days they were selling a BTBAM shirt. nearly shit'd myself. point is, hot topic round my area sux dix.
theacademy 04.25.10	i have never found a megadeth t-shirt i liked.
ThePalestMexican 04.25.10	We only have "scene" bands at mine
theacademy 04.25.10	yea but this aint a scene its an arms race
R6Rider 04.25.10	lol
dylantheairplane 04.25.10	"Hot Topic actually has a decent vinyl selection" Found a Crystal Castles vinyl there...but then I turned my head and saw a shirt with Kesha's greasy face staring back, thus I looked in the opposite direction and saw Brad Paisley looking back...BRAD MUTHERFUCKIN PAISLEY...how hardcore of you Hot Topic...
Relinquished 04.25.10	I got a few shirts and vinyls there before. One time I told the cashier (who was wearing a converge shirt) that Botch was one of my favorite bands. He said "Oh they're back together, didn't you know?". LOL
ThePalestMexican 04.25.10	Hmmm...sounds like the Hot-Topics here in Texas need to catch on
Ire 04.25.10	Hot topic kinda sucks and rules. I think their vinyl section is ok and the shirts are cheap but idk. I feel guilty not wasting my money on local shops whenever I go.
iwrestledabigmaconce 04.25.10	I got Axe To Fall and The Great Misdirect at Hot Topic back in October. Hot Topic has some great stuff. I hate Hot Topic's musical selection though as far as what they play in the store. Jefree Star is always playing when I go. :/
Prophet178 04.25.10	Wow that it is a retarded viewpoint on the matter. The only reason band merchant exists is because the band exists. How/why would a band stop making music to start to only sell merch, that is beyond stupid.
TheSpirit 04.25.10	My hot topic sucks...screw you king of prussia mall hot topic!
MoosechriS 04.25.10	Dude i live in england where where pretty much the only music store within 30 miles of my house is HMV, which sells maybe a handful of worthwhile albums. They have now also condensed the music section down to about 1/8 of the store the rest is just filled with DVDs and ipods. I have to rely on amazon & ebay mostly to even buy music. BAD TIMES :(
8bit 04.25.10	FUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUU-
SeaAnemone 04.25.10	King of Prussia is beastly, Spirit
SteelErectedb4you8er 04.25.10	Yeah, I miss the days of independent record stores, I mean, they still do exists. And a guy that used to work for the best music store in town is now trying to make it happen, which is awesome. We shall not kill the independent record stores!
fr33convict 04.25.10	My Hot Topic rocks. They've got a wall of CD's (like how they display they're shirts, not just a puny rack.) from actually good bands. Although they do have a lot of crap, I think they're helping more than they're hurting. Oh and Shockhound rocks.
zarquan99 05.15.10	i live in the bay-area... no converge there. just bs scene shit.
DiceMan 05.15.10	Honestly if you have 1 on a shirt you've got to be starving for attention or something.... Honestly if you have 2 on a shirt you've got to be starving for attention or something.... Honestly if you have 3 on a shirt you've got to be starving for attention or something.... etc. etc. etc. We're skipping 15, 8, 9, and 14. In that order.
Thyasianman 06.13.10	Pretty much my Hot Topic sucks. They got some alright shirts but the bands suck. The only good band they have would be Lamb Of God. They have like 10 shirts of Insane Clown Posse. They only have shirts of the really popular bands at my store I guess.
Dryden 06.13.10	soo glad canada doesn't have hot topic or atleast manitoba anyways
fr33convict 06.13.10	Ihink i said this somewhere up in that massive wall of comments but my hot topic is cool. Bought an August Burns Red shirt and The Sufferer And The Witness CD a couple days ago actually.
fziarkoski 06.13.11	im not gonna hate on a lot of the bands....but when you own a black dahlia murder shirt your officially part of whats ruining the hard/metal core scene, and if you talk sit on for the fallen the dreams your a fuck head
VicariousIntent 06.13.11	I actually work at Hot Topic and I've learned to just take the good with the bad. I find the shirts of movies and internet memes a lot more annoying than anything music related. The day I had to unload a box full of Charlie Sheen shirts that said "Winning" was the day I wanted to gouge my eyes out with a plastic spork. But yeah, everything said about the vinyl collection is true. I actually think Hot Topic does really good things for music...I've helped out scene kids walking in and looking for new bands get into some cool artists, and they always come back to tell me how much they dig whoever I rec'd them.