DECEMBER 16, 2006 // MAD TV debuts Tickle Me Emo. → Available at Hot Topic(s). Batteries not included.
JULY, 2007 // Punk rock and culture collide in the documentary “Punk’s Not Dead.” → We make a special appearance. (more…)
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. → Sleep? Who needs that.
MARCH 21, 2008 // “Let me guess, 2 for 1 sale at Hot Topic?” → 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. 02 Images
NOVEMBER, 2008 // We’ve always been about trying new things so we launch Shockhound – a merch and music download site. → The first to offer DRM-free MP3s, AKA do whatever you want with that music you just downloaded, mmmkay?