The History of Hot Topic
We seriously made history. Scroll thru our timeline now to see how we did it.
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1989 // Skulls, crucifixes, spike bracelets, pyramid belts and other hard-to-find stuff in the mall? Done & done.

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Now I wanna be your dog.

1991 // We become known as the loudest store in the mall.

Which means we basically rattle our neighbors’ walls. Listen to Hot Topic’s 25 Years of Music Spotify playlist!

1991 // We were labeled punks, geeks, weirdos, goths, rockers – and we didn’t care. It was our passion for music and pop culture that mattered.

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A team like no other.

1991 // Something’s missing. Oh, yeah. Clothes. We bring Lip Service and Tripp to the mall.

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TRIPP'n.