Nowadays, some people have this mindset that if a person is wearing some sort of apparel featuring a band, TV show, movie, or video game, their worthiness of being able to wear said apparel can be called into question for, well, pretty much any reason. In this case, Luke Hemmings, the vocalist of a young Australian pop punk band called 5 Seconds of Summer, donned a Misfits t-shirt for the band’s performance at the Billboard Music Awards. So, of course, people reacted like it was the greatest travesty on Earth. Metal Injection gathered a few reactions from Twitter:
A Misfits shirt? Glenn Danzig is rolling over in his grave #BBMAs pic.twitter.com/NGyhEkEppv
— CJ Fogler (@cjzero) May 19, 2014
Him wearing this is the biggest insult to anyone who likes the Misfits pic.twitter.com/NiFuHjxzFL
— jason shoush (@jmshoush1) May 19, 2014
Fuck that 5 seconds of summer band. I should slit that mother fuckers throat for wearing a misfits shirt
— JakeMxHxP (@jake_hx) May 19, 2014
Just guessing, but … Pretty sure this kid from 5 Seconds of Summer has never heard The Misfits in real life #BBMAs pic.twitter.com/skOze8gzTl
— janice morris (@msjanicemorris) May 19, 2014
THESE FREAKING BOY BAND BOYS WEARING PINK FLOYD AND MISFITS SHIRTS IS A SLAP IN THE FACE TO THESE ICONIC BANDS! #BillBoardAwards
— StrokerAceKid/JAY (@StrokerAceKid) May 19, 2014
Look, the Misfits logo isn’t something that was discovered by the mainstream yesterday. You can walk into any Hot Topic and pick up a t-shirt with the logo on it, hence the whole Glenn Danzig suing Jerry Only thing. Hell, you can even buy a shirt at Walmart dirt cheap. Plus, most if not all of the people posting these tweets were either unborn or shitting diapers by the time Glenn Danzig left Misfits, so it’s not like they were fans of the band back when they were just starting out. So, how long till another pop star wears a metal t-shirt for the internet to freak out about?
