Top Popular Rock Band Memorabilia
Most of us, at least at one point in our lives, we have been fanatics of certain bands. Particularly the rock bands whose legacies have stood the test of time. Names like Led Zeppelin, Kiss, Korn, Metallica, AC/DC and many others have left their marks, not only in the music scene but also in popular culture. And these are just a few of the good reasons why they are considered legends.
And when we are a fanatic of any band, it is usually evident whenever people just take one look at us. They can certainly tell through the shirt that we wear or the bag that we carry. And it’s not just with the kind of music we have stored in our mp3 players. Because consciously or not, we tend to exhibit our respect to these rock bands and music legends in almost anything that we own or through the things that we do.
Many people use the common types of commercial merchandise as their favorite memorabilia. These merchandise, or also known as merch, popular with both the old and new bands. So you can expect a Kiss Merch, a Megadeth Merch, and even a Parkway Drive Merch. Now should you want to know what are the top favorite rock band memorabilia that fans usually purchase, the following is a short list of those items.
1. The ever popular band t-shirts
Among the more common and favorite memorabilia are band t-shirts. They are cheap and yet of good quality. And whenever you are in a gathering celebrating the music of your favorite band, you will always fit right in because of your comfortable and cool band t-shirt.
2. Hoodies
Next to the band t-shirts, hoodies are also a popular choice. However, it also depends on the genre of the band that you admire whether that band’s logo or the images of the members will look perfect printed on a hoodie. Of course a hoodie has more uses compared to a t-shirt because it has a hood that can keep your head dry during a mildly wet evening at a rock concert.
3. Compilation CDs
What good is your admiration to your favorite band if you do not have a collection of their songs? Music labels have commemorated these legendary bands by releasing CDs that feature the best songs of these bands. However, if you are a real fanatic, you would certainly have your own collection of their individual albums and not just the compilations.
4. Stickers, buttons and badges.
These you can put on almost anywhere: your car, backpack, guitar, and others. If you have an object that you would like to make an band souvenir of your admiration to your band, putting a sticker on it or a badge or button will do the job. A simple looking knapsack when pinned with a button can quickly become a Nirvana material.
5. Posters
Every fan of any rock band will certainly have a poster or two put up in his room. Maybe that is how much we adore these celebrities that even when we wake up or go to bed, it is the faces of the members of our favorite band that we first see in the morning or the last that we see before we sleep.
There are other ways or souvenirs that fans create or buy to remember the rock bands that they adore. If you firmly believe in the music and the message that your band sends out to the world, maybe it’s about time you wear a band t-shirt today.
Filed under art entertainment music by on Aug 2nd, 2010.

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