The Trooper is a song written by Iron Maiden bass player Steve Harris. The single was released on June 20, 1983. The song is about the 'Battle of Balaclava' in 1854 during the 'Crimean War'. The cover art features one of the slain troopers, who is perceived as a bald "Eddie", the bands mascot. Many Iron Maiden songs are based on books or movies.

Master of Puppets is the third studio album by Metallica and was released on March 3, 1986. The image on this band shirt from album cover depicts the song "Master of Puppets" where it "deals pretty much with drugs. How things get switched around, instead of you controlling what you're taking and doing, it's drugs controlling you." - James Hetfield.

Stairway to Heaven is a song from rock band Led Zeppelin, released in late 1971 on their album Led Zeppelin IV, and has become one of the most played and most requested songs of all time.

One of the most popular and best selling albums worldwide, The Dark Side of the Moon by Pink Floyd was released in March 1973. The album is listed in the Guinness Book of World Records for being on the charts longer than any other album in history. The album themes include conflict, greed, the passage of time and mental illness.

Killers is the second album by Iron Maiden, released in 1981. Killers is the only Iron Maiden album to feature two instrumentals. This t-shirt features the figure of band mascot "Eddie" often found in violent album cover art, t-shirts as well as present in their live shows; Iron Maiden created a world of their own.

Guns n' Roses debut studio album, Appetite for Destruction was released on July 21, 1987. The album cover depicted on this band shirt features a cross and skulls of the five original band members: Izzy Stradlin, top skull; Steven Adler, left skull; Axl Rose, center skull; Duff McKagan, right skull; and Slash, bottom skull.

This classic rock t-shirt represents AC/DC's 1980 album Back in Black, which was a tribute to their former singer Bon Scott. The album is the 6th internationally released studio album by the band, and the 2^nd best selling album of all time.

Ride the Lightning is the second studio album by Metallica and was released in 1984.
It's the last Metallica album to credit former member Dave Mustaine. The spiky style logo has been cast in metal rendered in marble to represent the heavy metal rock band Metallica style.

Abbey Road was the last album recorded and the second-to-last album released by The Beatles. This t-shirt features the now classic album cover image that was photographed on August 8, 1969.

From the motto found on the back of this shirt, which reads "Flower-sniffin', Kitty-pettin', Baby-kissin', Corporate Rock Whores", Kurt Cobain took every opportunity to fight capitalism. The name Nirvana was chosen because "I wanted a name that was kind of beautiful or nice and pretty, instead of a mean, raunchy punk name" - Kurt Cobain.

Guns 'n' Roses have released 6 studio albums. The band created its name by combining two of the group members' names, Axl Rose & Tracii Guns, and former band member 'Slash' was the one who designed their band logo as featured on this t-shirt. The Guns 'n' Roses logo has remained attractive to the eye and remains one of the most iconic GNR images out there.

The rolling stone tongue t-shirt is a favorite vintage rock t-shirt for both men an women. The famous logo was first designed by art designer John Pasche. It was first reproduced and appeared on the 1971 Sticky Fingers album and was designed by Andy Warhol. The famous Rolling Stones 'Tongue and Lip Design' logo with bright red lips and tongue is recognized by fans all over the world, the subject for many a t-shirts.

New York artist and band friend Arturo Vega chose the Seal of the President of the United States as the jumping-off point for the punk legends' logo. His intention was to represent the Ramones as an all-American band. The seal replaced the 13 arrows in the eagle's left claw with a baseball bat and also includes the names of each band member in a circle around the graphic.

Everything Louder than Everyone Else is the third live album by Motörhead. The title refers to a remark repeated by Ian Gillan (of Deep Purple) during a concert in Japan: "Could we have everything louder than everything else?" This t-shirt features Motörhead's classic War pig logo with England on the front and "Everything Louder Than Everything Else" written on the back of shirt.

John Lennon moved to New York City in 1971 and lived there until his death in 1980. He loved New York and the photo featured on the t-shirt was captured in Manhattan by his friend Bob Gruen. This picture was actually chosen for John's memorial in Central Park on December 14, 1980.

Slayer used the controversy created by their song "Angel of Death" from the 1986 album Reign In Blood and adapted the logo as seen on this t-shirt to gain further publicity. "Angel of Death" is featured on all of Slayer's live albums and DVDs.

Run D.M.C. were one of the most well-known hip hop acts in the 1980s.They were the first group in their genre to have a Gold record and be nominated for a Grammy Award. The group's logo "Run DMC" refers to the nicknames of two of its founders, Joseph "Run" Simmons and Darryl "D.M.C." McDaniel's and is imprinted all over t-shirts sold today.

When asked about the "DK" logo, Jello Biafra explained, "...I wanted to make sure it was something simple and easy to spray-paint so people would graffiti it all over the place, and then I showed it to Winston Smith. He played around with it, came back with a bunch of designs that had the circle and slightly 3-D looking letters. I liked the one with bricks, but ultimately I thought simple red behind it was the boldest and the best."

The story behind this classic image is that photographer Jim Marshall, snapping pictures of Cash before a 1969 concert at San Quentin Prison, asked Cash for a shot "for the warden," and got this result. It was contrived, yet also spontaneous, which is the essence of rock music.

The "Starman" logo first appeared on the back cover of the 1976 Rush album 2112.
Hugh Syme, creator of graphics on many of Rush's albums, stated in a 1983 interview that the Starman didn't begin as an identity factor for the band, it just got adopted.