Rock Star Academy & Landmarks

Yes, we know that the bordello that inspired ZZ Top to pen La Grange was The Chicken Ranch, however our inspiration comes from the song where "Rumour...

When it comes to classic Atlantic soul, there can be few more iconic performances than Wilson Pickett's Mustang Sally. Many others have belted out...

I used to love pinball, still do (in fact if you check out our Facebook page there is a photo of the table we have in the workshop) and where did...

John Peel loved him, NME voted him the 'coolest person in rock' and the Flaming Lips even wrote a song thanking him. He also manages to play so well...

What a massively under appreciated song writer Warren Zevon was. A man taken from us far too early, but leaving a legacy of unique work that so many...

The accepted origins of the number "54-46" is that it was Toots Hibbert's own prison number after he did time for marijuana possession. However, like...

There is a real elitism about being into Tom Waits, so for that reason I'm not going to bother explaining the references on this Tom Waits T-shirt. I...

The debate over the location of the Dino's Bar & Grill has rattled on for years. Phil Lynott always avoided giving it a location, saying the song was...

Life as a rock star touring North America in the 70s must have been a blast. The likes of Led Zeppelin, Fleetwood Mac and The Who were the ones...

There are many reasons for The Doors's enduring appeal. From the outstanding musicianship to the controversy and from the pure charisma to the great...

If Doc Neeson and The Angels had been American then we'd be paying stupid ticket prices to see them in stadiums and arenas. But hey, life's not like...

Nostalgia is a great thing. A couple of decades on & a shambles like the Stone Roses' Spike Island gig becomes Woodstock for the Baggy Generation....

Steve "White Lightning" Clark will always be remembered by Def Leppard and British rock fans as the guitarist whose work helped elevate the Sheffield...

Status Quo fans are bred tough. They have to withstand an inordinate amount of crap for loving one of the greatest bands that England has ever...

"STONEHENGE"- TRIBUTE T-SHIRT. A T-SHIRT FOR ALL THOSE THAT CAN'T TELL THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN FEET & INCHES. Yeah, we know that "it goes up to 11" is...

If you could pick anyone to host a soul radio show, then can you think of anyone better than Smokey Robinson? Nope, neither could we... which is...

A different spin on our usual lyric T-shirts, this time celebrating one of The Smiths most iconic tracks. The sentiment is arguably more relevant...

"Coz Weer Crazee Fur Gud Grama" Forget all that seasonal stuff, Slade, with their unique take on the English language, were a brilliant and truly...

I must admit I came to the Sensational Alex Harvey Band relatively late. I managed to miss them in my youth and only came to them in the 90s. But...

For a band known to most for the epic scale of their work, Spirit of Radio might seem a bit of a departure, with it's (unsurprising given the title)...

Sometimes life is just not fair. You inspire the biggest rock act on the planet and they even put a cover of one of your tracks on an album and yet...

The debate over the finest period in the Stones' history is a futile one that would go on forever (assuming you are not claiming it is Undercover),...

Here at BathroomWall HQ we were recently looking up various musical stats and discovered that The Rolling Stones had sold fewer albums than Celine...

A tantalising mixture of facts, myth and folklore, the life (and death) of blues pioneer Robert Johnson has long been the stuff of legend. Of the 29...

Ritchie Blackmore may well divide opinion on a personal level and even his closest friend is unlikely to describe him as an "easy character". But put...

Wanna learn to be like Anthony, Flea, Hillel and Jack and "Fight Like A Brave"? Well, you better head down to the Native American Martial Arts...

Before George W, when it came to crass, insensitive & generally f*cking stupid things to say Ronald Reagan was always the go-to-guy who took stupid...

"K-L-O-N Infinite Repeat Radio Los Angeles "We play the songs that sound more like everyone else than anyone else". Queens of the Stone Age's debut...

This Don�t Stop Me Now T-shirt is �Where�s Wally?� tribute to Queen. We�ve got a shooting star leaping through the sky, a tiger defying the laws of...

There was something so magical about the Plasmatics. When they broke out of New York's New Wave scene to combine raw punk with a distinct metallic...

Complete with translations of Chinese poetry, Set The Controls For The Heart Of The Sun from A Saucerful Of Secrets (although personally I prefer the...

The British blues boom of the late 60's brought forth a wealth of musical talent and this t-shirt celebrates just about the best electric blues...

When it comes to singers, at BathroomWall we love all kinds. From heavy metal shouters and sneering punks to balladeers and gravel voiced bluesmen....

Ok, so Pennyroyal Tea is not the most obvious choice of Nirvana track from which to draw T-shirt inspiration, but given that Kurt Cobain was never...

When I first heard Muse, I didn't really 'get' them - after all, here at BathroomWall we're simple souls that like simple power chords. Then we got...

We get that Motorhead's genre of music is not to everyone's taste - whether you want to call is Heavy metal, heavy blues, speed metal or whatever -...

First up, yeah, we know it is a Brownsville Station track, but like Jeff Buckley with Hallelujah and Joan Jett with I Love Rock 'N Roll, some covers...

Supergroups have come in various guises - from authentic groups to vanity projects. Many have barely deserved the title, others have thoroughly...

Master of Puppets is really the only album you can go to when looking for Metallica inspiration. Welcome Home (Sanitarium) is James Hetfield's ode to...

Marvin Gaye inspired "Dr Marvin's Love Clinic - Specialists in Sexual Healing". Despite being a work of pure soul genius described by People Magazine...

On the one hand we remember the 'Nutty Boys' video with a wistful air of nostalgia, on the other there was that time just a couple of years later...

Those that have spent time at BathroomWall or got to know me will know that there are few bands I will defend more passionately than Lynyrd Skynyrd....

Whatever the truth is behind the Little Feat classic, Willin' and it's role in Lowell George's departure from The Mothers of Invention, there is no...

You know the stories about Led Zeppelin during the decadent heights of the mammoth North American tours of the 70s. At the centre of so many was...

Apparently Misty Mountain Hop is not about mountains at all - who knew? Seriously though Misty Mountain Hop is amongst Led Zeppelin's finest riffs in...

"SHARK, SNATCH N' SNAPPER, LEARN TO CATCH 'EM AT BLACK DOG FISHING TOURS - Edgewater, Seattle, Washington". Everyone has a Led Zeppelin 4 Symbols...

I must admit when I first heard about a band from Las Vegas that were blending all manner of influences, from New York New Wave via British indie...

"JUST ONE LESSON AND YOU TOO CAN BE IN THE DRINK.... AND THAT'S A GUARANTEE". Everyone has a Who "Maximum R&B at the Marquee" T-shirt, "Target" or...

"They Paved Paradise & Put Up A Parking Lot". Joni Mitchell may have written it about Hawaii, but the theme of developers screwing things up for...

This T-shirt pays homage to one of American original Johnny Cash's greatest recordings - 'A Boy Named Sue'. Written by Shel Silverstein, Johnny gives...