1982 was a good year for music and band shirts. 1982 saw the release of come truely classic 80s albums including Michael Jackson's Thriller, Duran Duran's Rio and Prince's 1999.

The best of the thing that came out of 1982 from the band shirt perspective was the series of shirts for Pink Floyd's file The Wall. While it's true that by 1982 Pink Floyd wasn't the band remember from Dark Side of the Moon they did put out some fine shirts. Presented here are three fine examples, all of a similar style that were released in 82. Shirt #768 (pictured left), shirt #1374 and shirt #1385.

If you think back to classic 80s bands you can't ignore Duran Duran. In 1982 they released their essential album Rio. Here are a couple Duran Duran shirts from that year, shirt #1454 (the album cover) and shirt #1453, one of their tour shirts.

As promised, here is a great 1982 Grateful Dead shirt. The design is by David Lundquist, This shirt is a personal favorite because I own it.

The last band shirts from 1982 I want to feature come from Ozzy Osbourne. If you were into 70s and 80s heavy metal they I can virtually guarentee you had an Ozzy Osbourne or Black Sabbath shirt; which is awesome because Ozzy had some great shirts from that period. Here are a couple shirts from that infamous year; biting the head off a bat on stage equals infamy in my book. Shirt #763 is a really sweet bat wing design and pretty rare from what I've seen. Here is a much more common shirt from 1982, archive shirt #1365, Ozzy's head being held up high by an executioner.

Welcome back to 1981 and the second installment of my band shirts of the 80s blog series. I'm starting off our trip back in time with this Rolling Stones 1981 North American tour shirt supporting their album Tattoo You. The Stones US tour was the highest grossing tour of 1981. The shirt to the left is my favorite shirt from that tour but here are a few other 1981 Rolling Stones shirts, shirt #793, shirt #932, shirt #772 and shirt #358.

I think I'm going to have to include a Grateful Dead shirt in all of my shirts of the 80s blogs; the 80s where huge for them and their shirts never disappoint. Here is a 1981 Grateful Dead shirt.

Other sweet shirts from 1981: Jefferson Starship Modern Times shirt #1124. Cool Tom Petty shirt from Hard Promises tour, shirt #1398, The copyright says Top Petty. I'm curious, was it designed by Petty himself? Lastly, I think 1981 was a big year for thermal, here is a Styx thermal shirt from their Paradise Theater show. I wonder why we don't see thermal very often anymore.

Fans of both the professional sports and Pearl Jam should appreciate this stop on our tour of the band shirts of 2009. I know I've covered Pearl Jam shirts quite a bit lately but I just couldn't help writing about their series of t-shirts that spoof NBA and MLB logos. I know a lot of bands sell shirts commemorating [...]

Ok, the title above is a little misleading, the contest isn't only for a Blink 182 t-shirt, the contest is also for tickets to see Blink 182 in concert, VIP style, in New York City. But as far as I'm concerted the t-shirt is the real grand prize. So you know, the Blink 182 t-shirt to the left is not the [...]