The History of Hot Topic
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MARCH 19, 2008 // Instead of taking a day off from touring, bands like Black Tide, Job For a Cowboy, and Panic! At the Disco play secret shows just for our Hot Topic customers.

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Sleep? Who needs that.

MARCH 21, 2008 // “Let me guess, 2 for 1 sale at Hot Topic?”

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Even the kids from the movie Drillbit Taylor shop at Hot Topic.

SEPTEMBER 14, 2008 // Wah-wah. You get sponsored by Hot Topic and lose street cred. All part of making it big in Rock Band 2.

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YEAH SURE!!!!!

NOVEMBER, 2008 // We’ve always been about trying new things so we launch Shockhound – a merch and music download site.

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The first to offer DRM-free MP3s, AKA do whatever you want with that music you just downloaded, mmmkay?

NOVEMBER 19, 2008 // South Park burns down Hot Topic.

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And we’re cool with it.

2008 // Twilight happens. Insanity begins. That sh*t was crazy.

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