There are fewer cooler cats, that's for sure.

Mos def, I think he teaches a guitar masters guitar class in college nowadays.

They sell some band merch for a few bands that I listen to, but they're still a sh!t store.

They're such a joke that I refuse to shop there, and not for any "punk rock" or "anti corporate" reasons either. I just hate the store, and I hate the fashion associated with it.

We don't have them here in Canada, from what I've seen, though. I'll shop at D-TOX for my band tees.

Who is the owner of Hot Topic? Or are they there own entity.

Eh?

Johnny Marr teaches a masters guitar class somewhere, I forgot where though.


NVM it was this

"During this period, Marr was asked to deliver a series of workshops and masterclasses to students at the University of Salford in the BA (Hons) Popular Music and Recording programme."

The Gap owns Hot Topic from what I've heard...

Hot Topic is owned by Hollister who is owned by Abercrombie & Fitch. Gap is owned by Gap Incorporated.

:laughing: the irony, I can't wait to tell the mallcore kids.

So you would rather The Smiths not advertize? What about the kids that wear those shirts and other people who wanna learn about them and find that they really like and connect with the band? It's just a shirt in a store, not that big of a deal. The Smiths had to give permission to Hot Topic to sell the **** in the first place, so they wanted it there. So if they don't care, why do others?