it's those guys my age walking around in Super Dry and Abercrombie & Fitch that just gets the red mist descending. It's like a pony tail on any male between 24 and 84 years old. Intolerable. The North Face? Ok (because I've climbed it, maybe). Berghaus, yeah, don't care. Some brands should come with an age advisory.

Bands? Fine.
The answer, as always, is Fountains of Wayne:

I bought you a light blue T shirt last night
From some band I couldn't stand But their logo's alright

at when they get stained with your Meals-on-Wheels gravy.

Other than that, keep on doing what you're happy with.

Where the bloody hell what you want to.

you wouldn't want to see me without them - and it's too cold this time of the year to go topless.

My rather wonderful girlfriend Carol uses my Led Zep Tee shirts to sleep in.

They look better on her than me.

...wear any with logos/brand/band names. Seems wrong somehow. I do, however, own a Mahavishnu Orchestra one. Just in case...

no logos

unlesss you are 0-10 in which case your clothing choices are made for you.

or you are 10 - 19 when you have either insouciance or conviction

otherwise, never

The wearing of replica contemporary football shirts. Although I feel strangley comfortable in my 1960's West Ham top with the legendary No6 on the back.
I think a subtle band logo on a shirt is just about acceptable for the 50+ age group, but not advisable.

as I enter my 50th year (souvenir from their last tour) but I'm unlikely to get any more unless either Primark start doing them, or I happen to see the classic Mano Negra t-shirt design.

at 42 years of age, I'll feel self-conscious when entering a hostelry with my bright orange Husker Du t-shirt on, but then I look at what has become the de-rigeur uniform for my age of jeans and short-sleeved / rugby shirt and it just seems so..dull, like "That's it now for the rest of my life..this is all I'm going to wear". Don't like it. There's a time and a place for being smart, but otherwise, just let your freak flag fly.

*P.S. I'd always go with logos, but not photos, band names, not individuals, but that's my personal preference.

see above

which I wear with pride, even at my relatively advanced age.

Also have an old 'Lebowski Fest' T-Shirt that always provokes a lot of questions (or odd looks).

It's but one step from "no bands" to 'no superheroes" and then I have a REAL problem.

Monday - Friday is work wear.
Saturday, generally, is either rugby wear or "DO try to not embarrass me" dress code with a rather chic friend.

Sunday? Sunday is MY day. Bands are coming out. So too my "Shako - the only bear on the CIA death list", Green Lantern logos, Superman and Batman, or my myriad Scotland t-shirts. They reflect the things I like and are important to me.
I would - to be clear - also wear a t shirt from an illustrious 'serious' author - but there aren't any.

And if you embarrass the kids in the process, so much the better.

One rule only - NEVER wear a band t-shirt when in the audience watching said band. Especially if you bought it half an hour earlier and are now wearing it over the clothes you came out in.

but I'll certainly be wearing an Agitation Free teeshirt if they are available at next year's gigs. But then again, nobody would know that it was a band teeshirt.

I see nothing wrong with it if its the music you grew up with. However, at 45, I would feel exceptionally self-conscious if I were to sport attire from any band that formed in the last decade or so.

But I'm the last person to seek fashion advice from - I employ a wife to purchase clothes and dress me!

although I decided to stop wearing them around ten years ago. I just didn't feel right in them anymore. Nicely made Italian shirt, that'll do me now.

... but inwardly I'd be thinking:

middle-aged man in a Superdry T-shirt - a dick;

middle-aged man in a Rolling Stones/Ramones T-Shirt bought from Tesco - a knobhead (I include myself in this category);

man in a Mahavishnu Orchestra T-shirt - a Colin.

on older men. So you won't be seeing me in a vintage Spurs shirt any time soon.

Curiously, her dislike does not extend to NHL/Hockey wear, so I'm safe in my Canucks T-shirt/Hoodie (which she bought).

Is it acceptable?

but a few minutes of blasting out the glorious sounds of whatever band it is, and I'm re-convinced that I'm doing myself n(and the world) a favour by wearing it.

I'm selective, of course. I have a couple of Blockheads t-shirts which are now getting too scruffy to wear and an Antibalas shirt is currently my favourite. Actually, all my band t-shirts are looking as knackered as me these days. Time to restock.

I used to make a point of wearing my Motörhead 25th anniversary tour shirt (with a big Lemmy portrait on the front) whenever I went to gigs at Ronnie Scott's, just to wind the jazz-snob door staff up, but I haven't been there since Pete King sold up and the new owners ruined it.

Should men ever wear t-shirts with band names?

At what age should men stop wearing t-shirts with band names?

Never.

If other people dont like it, they can fuck off.

If you've owned said T-shirt since time immemorial (thanks Q.I.), and it's faded more often than Liverpool's recent title winning hopes then I'd say get rid.

If, however, it's a recent purchase etc- do what you like, wear what you like!.

and at no other time. And bollocks to whatever anyone else might think of it.

...I have about 5 Beatles tee shirts, 2 Zeppelin, a Zappa, 2 Black Crowes and a few others.

I dont tend to care too much. I like them and thats enough for me. I'm nearly 40 so care not too much about looking cool anyway.

...are you saying I might have to stop wearing them???

I'm still wrestling with the notion that as I get closer to thirty (not long now) I might not be able to get away with long hair any more!

Yesterday I was wearing this:

Every time I wear it, lots of attractive young ladies flock around me, purring "Oh duco01, Monk is so cool".*

* May not actually be true.

Currently 55 will be 56 on the 1st February. Still do colouring in for fun and profit. Tried growing up, didn't take to it so I'm a gonna keep my freak flag flying. Do I care what others think? Do I fuc.....

Mott the Hoople I bought a few years ago and have no plans to stop wearing it. In fact my aim - year on year - is to eventually have pretty much a band t-shirt for each band I like. I'm quite happy to imagine myself twice my current age (which would be 86) wearing anything from The Sea Urchins to a Barbera Dickson t. It's a pity The Ramones have been over-t-shirted mind...

I prefer something with a collar.

I do have a Blue Öyter Cult polo shirt in the wardrobe, though.. Logo on left nipple, quite tasteful..

All my other clothes do have band names on them. I'm assuming there's some bands called Crew, North Face, Mountain Hardwear and Rab.

...whilst at a gig for the very same band is a definite no-no in my book.

Makes one look a mentalist.

is that LIFE IS TOO "£%$&%& SHORT to give a rat's ass what any other fucker thinks of what you wear.

YMMV etc.

You're never too old for T-Shirts - In fact I urge the massive to buy more and more!

Tony (T-Shirt Designer and Manafacturer) - Would anybody like a link to my shop!? lol

Wear what you like, when you like. However, I bought a Super Dry tee shirt about a year ago. I liked the sort of anonymous retro design. I got it in this tiny shop.. I though it was a limited edition import sort of thing. I wore it once to my step daughter’s school summer fete. Of course, I looked like a complete twat. Don’t even know where it is now.

'Super Dry' please? WTF is it?

My prefered Tee is one advertising something that probably never existed or has long gone. "Abe's Rib Joint" "Tony's Motors" sort of 1950's American stylee... Any ideas as can't seem to find them anywhere?

Here's conclusive proof of how wonderful the 1970s were.

Brrrrr.......

And certainly not at gigs. You'll be mistaken for a roadie.

No shorts either.

Just wore my Ramones t shirt to the gym...

it is when he gets married. So that was pretty much the end of that then. The same with jeans. And dressing predominantly in black (because she does and it would look odd if we both did. Apparently).

Check out the Urban Dictionary on this....

http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=Fobbits

just after your wedding day it seems...

Prob gonna stop wearing em after 50.. It just seems right..
Don't wanna turn into Clarkson..

to still wearing my Ben & Jerry's Cherry Garcia t-shirt, complete with "what a long strange dip it's been" on the back. It amused me when I bought it (20-odd years ago) and, sad to say, it amuses me still. Also, it's a tye-die and therefore perfect for wearing while decorating.

I didn't spend my youth railing against being told what to wear, only to self-impose my own unnecessary dress code when I reached middle age. And just in case that list makes you feel queezy, I still play team sport, so am almost certainly more athletic than the majority of sportswear users, I cycle thousands of miles a year and, strangely enough, I find cycling kit is the ideal kit in which to cycle and as for hoodies - well, they're for old people, obviously. They're lovely and warm and perfect for when the weather turns.

I once saw a broadsheet article suggesting that men over 30 shouldn't wear fleeces. FFS. Ignore the self-appointed fashion police and wear what you want.

never, its who you are and well tnf shirts or m&s shirts, no thanks, give me a wonderful band illustration any day of the week.

Never mind T-shirts with band names, I stopped wearing all T-shirts after I saw myself in a gym mirror and spotted my man tits jogging about like washing in a tumble drier.

Surely I can't be the only portly old duffer on here who's stopped wearing T-shirts for that reason?

@ 52 I still get out to see a band at lest once a week. If I like them I'll by a shirt & CD just to help them with some breakfast money. It's hard out there on the road in hard time like we have right now. Support good music. Buy a shirt! You don't have to put it on. The shirt anyway

"If you're wearing a T-shirt with the name of a band on it, you can be stopped and asked to name your three favourite album tracks (not singles) by said band. If you are unable to answer the question, the T-shirt must be removed and you will be issued with another T-shirt with the words 'I am big phoney' emblazoned across it."