A study carried out by garment giant Fruit of the Loom has revealed that wearing a t-shirt emblazoned with the logo of influential 70s punk rockers, The Ramones, is solely carried out by people who have never actually listened to the band.
“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.”
This morning, Wunderground, interviewed several students in their natural habitat, playing pool while going halves on pints in student union bars to get their opinion on the study.
“I like to wear t-shirts of famous bands in lieu of having an opinion about music,” confirmed rollie-smoking art student, Ryan Hawthorn, who it is claimed also has a poster of the movie, Betty Blue, on his dorm room wall despite never having seen it. “The Ramones are great though cause they’re dead and haven’t released music since before I was born.”
Some other iconic band t-shirts that are typically worn by surly students to make a statement include Nirvana, Pink Floyd and The Sex Pistols.
“I actually do quite like music but modern bands don’t have that mystique that comes around when a member dies in controversial circumstances around drugs or suicide,” continued Ryan. “If Ricky Wilson from The Kaiser Chiefs was to turn around tomorrow morning and throw himself under a bus and was killed cause he thought he was God or was on heroin, then you can bet your arse I’ll be wearing a Kaiser Chiefs t-shirt by lunchtime.”
“But unfortunately for everyone, Ricky Wilson is still very much alive,” he concluded.
