The History of Hot Topic
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NOVEMBER 15, 2006 // Foxxy from Comedy Central’s Drawn Together shops at Hot Topic.

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Foxxy's got great taste.

DECEMBER 16, 2006 // MAD TV debuts Tickle Me Emo.

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Available at Hot Topic(s). Batteries not included.

JULY, 2007 // Punk rock and culture collide in the documentary “Punk’s Not Dead.”

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We make a special appearance.

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DECEMBER, 2007 // MAD Magazine parodies us with the Not-So-Hot Topic catalog.

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Just the highest honor ever!

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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