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Band Geek Hero Shirts Proclaim You King of the Keytar
Posted by Gizmodo US Edition at 2:30 AM on July 20, 2008
Guitarists may get all the chicks, but some of us loudly and proudly played less popular instruments and heck, we ought to get a chance to be a hero too! While I plead with Harmonix to include the noble Euphonium in their next music game, you other band geeks can show solidarity with your instrument of choice by wearing it on your shirt. Torsopants has a crazy collection of Guitar Hero parodies for almost every musical player out there. Banjo Hero? Kazoo Hero? Didgeridoo Hero? All yours for US$19 plus shipping. [Torsopants via Boingboing]
Tags: clothing | games | gaming | guitar hero | harmonix | instruments | shirts | tshirts
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mtfbmx
Posted 3:02 AM 20/7/08
DX7 windcontroller hero
mtfbmx
philibuster
Posted 2:58 AM 20/7/08
Keytar? Why not a Guitboard?
philibuster
Bauer22
Posted 2:53 AM 20/7/08
I actually seen a game online called "Flute Hero" [www.dr.dk] oh what they'll think of next.
Bauer22
zerito87
Posted 2:53 AM 20/7/08
Wheres my Maraca, Guiro and Cuatro Hero?
zerito87
atomx
Posted 2:49 AM 20/7/08
No Theremin Hero? Pfft
atomx
Lstormy10
Posted 2:45 AM 20/7/08
Kazoo hero? Damn, they have thought of almost everything...
Lstormy10
jbhitter24
Posted 2:40 AM 20/7/08
no heroin hero?
jbhitter24
Tomahawk214
Posted 2:36 AM 20/7/08
Fuck yeah, Clarinet Hero! The real man's instrument.
Tomahawk214
RoyalKennebecasisAdventurersSociety
Posted 3:23 AM 20/7/08
I'm an Omnichord Hero, but alas, no shirt for me
RoyalKennebecasisAdventurersSociety
WD40
Posted 3:55 AM 20/7/08
Kazaa Hero
WD40
gibson042
Posted 3:50 AM 20/7/08
Sousaphone Hero
gibson042
CaptEO2000
Posted 4:13 AM 20/7/08
What about the Rusty Trombone Hero or the Skin Flute Hero? Now thats come true heroism! To somebody...
CaptEO2000
allstarecho
Posted 4:09 AM 20/7/08
Well shite! OK, let me clarify this up.. if you go to torsopants.com and order through there, you'll have to sign up as a member to get the 25% off coupon. But if you just go right to bandgeekhero.com and use the coupon code BGH917348 code, you don't have to sign up as a member. There. Clarified.
allstarecho
allstarecho
Posted 4:07 AM 20/7/08
Skip torsopants.com altogether and just go to [www.bandgeekhero.com] because that's where torsopants.com will send you.
allstarecho
allstarecho
Posted 4:04 AM 20/7/08
Use coupon code BGH917348 to get 25% off (good through July 20 - tomorrow).
allstarecho
BiZarRroBALlmeR
Posted 4:47 AM 20/7/08
I prefer my 'Harpsichord Overlord'
BiZarRroBALlmeR
Petezah
Posted 4:41 AM 20/7/08
Yay, Piano Hero, finally!
Petezah
Spaztrick
Posted 5:05 AM 20/7/08
@CaptEO2000: You forgot the Meat Whistle Hero as well.
Spaztrick
enchantedduck
Posted 5:00 AM 20/7/08
Wheres my baratone hero?
enchantedduck
atheos
Posted 6:02 AM 20/7/08
I'll get one as soon as they add the More Cowbell Hero or Pro Tools Hero.
atheos
Purple Dave
Posted 6:19 AM 20/7/08
It's cool that the text on the Bagpipe Hero shirt is actually plaid, but where's the Holophoner Hero shirt?
Actually, given how many of these have special text, backgrounds, or graphics, the bulk of these look pretty boring. It's like they got a bunch of them done and then got so bored with just putting in a new instrument/name that they started looking for ways to make them more interesting.
Purple Dave
Zencyde
Posted 6:07 AM 20/7/08
Trombone Hero? Finally, I'll be cool! Bah, can't wait to get my braces off so I can start playing again.
Zencyde
Bobinator2000
Posted 7:43 AM 20/7/08
Where the hell is triangle hero?!?!?!
Bobinator2000
SundaySunday
Posted 9:00 AM 20/7/08
Those are way awesome. I have a Clarinet Hero coming my way. (Yeah, I was a band geek.)
SundaySunday
flashjordan
Posted 9:23 AM 20/7/08
Umm...why is there not a Jukebox Hero?
flashjordan
asabru88
Posted 9:19 AM 20/7/08
Hell yeah, why don't they have Euphonium Hero yet? Personally, I could go for Contra Hero or Baritone Hero.
asabru88
OMG! Ponies!
Posted 10:54 AM 20/7/08
@CaptEO2000: I suppose you're still waiting for Grand Felch Auto to come out too.
OMG! Ponies!
GadgetPlay
Posted 6:08 PM 20/7/08
Autoharp Hero?
Ocharina Hero?
Sweet Potato Hero?
Recorder Hero?
Washboard Hero?
Jaw Harp Hero? (aka Jew's Harp Hero)
Spoons Hero?
Washtub Bass Hero?
Jug Hero?
Xylophone Hero?
Whatever They Call That Thing Ben Franklin Invented With the Wine Glasses With Varying Amounts of Water in Them That You Play by Running Your Fingertips Over the Rims of the Glasses Hero?
GadgetPlay
Purple Dave
Posted 6:41 PM 20/7/08
@Bobinator2000:
They have that one, but you have to go to the website to see it.
Purple Dave
TimeTourist
Posted 11:26 PM 21/7/08
What about 'JukeBox Hero'??? Where the hell is that?
TimeTourist
SlipperyWhenWet
Posted 3:07 AM 20/7/08
Yes! Euphonium Hero!!! We're so few these days, though I should add that I'm natively a trumpet player. Junior year of HS my director asked me to switch because the other Euph player left. Anyways, great idea on the shirts! I will definitely be looking into these as gifts.
SlipperyWhenWet
nlongtin
Posted 2:22 AM 22/7/08
I did a mock-up of "Cowbell Hero" here [www.technologytranslated.com]
I would also like to see a game where you play a saw with a bow. Anyone one know what that is called? Maybe a whole line-up of hick instruments, like jug hero, spoons hero, comb and tissue hero and such.
nlongtin