Black Sabbath T-shirt
T-Shirt
1980 (produced)
1980 (produced)
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Black Sabbath were one of the most influential heavy metal bands of all time, helping to create the genre with ground breaking albums such as Paranoid. Their original sound focused on ominous lyrics and doomy music, in stark contrast to popular music of the early 1970s. This t-shirt dates from the period just after Ozzy Osbourne was sacked as lead singer (1979) and replaced by Ronnie James Dio.
With t-shirts becoming a staple fashion item for youth and rock 'n' rollers in the 1960s, promotional t-shirts printed to advertise products also became common place. This trend moved from corporate arena to youth movement with the merging of rock 'n' roll, advertising and fashion into the creation of the concert t-shirt, of which this is an example. Not only does it advertise a concert the wearer has been to, but concert and band t-shirts can also show the wearer's allegiance to specific musical subcultures or youth movements.
With t-shirts becoming a staple fashion item for youth and rock 'n' rollers in the 1960s, promotional t-shirts printed to advertise products also became common place. This trend moved from corporate arena to youth movement with the merging of rock 'n' roll, advertising and fashion into the creation of the concert t-shirt, of which this is an example. Not only does it advertise a concert the wearer has been to, but concert and band t-shirts can also show the wearer's allegiance to specific musical subcultures or youth movements.
Object details
| Category | |
| Object type | |
| Title | Black Sabbath T-shirt |
| Materials and techniques | Screen print on cotton t-shirt. |
| Brief description | Black Sabbath t-shirt. |
| Physical description | Black cotton t-shirt with screen print of a Black Sabbath logo - the band's name in gothic script over a gold cross. |
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| Marks and inscriptions | "The world is full of / Kings and Queens, / Who blind your eyes, / then steal your dreams. / It's Heaven and Hell!" (Printed on back of t-shirt. Lyrics from the song Heaven and Hell.) |
| Credit line | Given by Bob Fisher |
| Subjects depicted | |
| Summary | Black Sabbath were one of the most influential heavy metal bands of all time, helping to create the genre with ground breaking albums such as Paranoid. Their original sound focused on ominous lyrics and doomy music, in stark contrast to popular music of the early 1970s. This t-shirt dates from the period just after Ozzy Osbourne was sacked as lead singer (1979) and replaced by Ronnie James Dio. With t-shirts becoming a staple fashion item for youth and rock 'n' rollers in the 1960s, promotional t-shirts printed to advertise products also became common place. This trend moved from corporate arena to youth movement with the merging of rock 'n' roll, advertising and fashion into the creation of the concert t-shirt, of which this is an example. Not only does it advertise a concert the wearer has been to, but concert and band t-shirts can also show the wearer's allegiance to specific musical subcultures or youth movements. |
| Collection | |
| Accession number | S.3166-2010 |
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| Record created | December 15, 2010 |
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