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09/06/2016
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Summer’s Necessities: Festival Essentials Returns!

With the great weather and Summer here, it can only mean one thing – time for festivals! Pump up your summer with the sounds of great music from thousands of artists who’ll be taking to the stage across the UK (and the world!) over the next few months – and do it with a range of great hats, bags & more from Festival Essentials for your perfect experience! Here’s the list of the main festivals to look out for in the UK this summer: Isle of Wight Festival (Today) Download Festival... Read More

12/02/2016
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Enjoy House Every Weekend…

…and weekdays too, with one of our great new designs: Enjoy House Music! House music has been around for over three decades, with its origins beginning in Chicago in the early 80’s. It didn’t take long for its popularity to grow – by the end of the decade, there were already tracks hitting #1 in the UK, such as Black Box’s “Ride on Time” and M/A/A/R/S’ “Pump Up The Volume”. In the 90’s, a small nightclub opened called Ministry of Sound which focused on this and other styles of dance music... Read More

29/12/2015
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Born To Lose… He Lived To Win: Lemmy Kilmister (1945-2015)

On Christmas Eve, he celebrated his 70th birthday. On Boxing Day, he learned he had extremely aggressive cancer. Yesterday, the rock icon sadly passed away. It was a whirlwind final few days for the Motorhead lead singer. Today though, many fans across the world will mourn the passing of Ian Fraser Kilmister. Unsure of how he actually gained the nickname of Lemmy, it was claimed it came from the phrase “lend me a quid ’til Friday” (the “lend me” part being slurred to say “Lemmy”) – due to a habit... Read More

23/11/2015
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Is This The Real Life? Behind the third best selling single in UK history…

On this day 40 years ago, 5 minutes and 55 seconds of one of the most popular songs of all time became the UK number one single. Today, it is the third biggest selling single of all-time in this country. That is, of course, Queen’s Bohemian Rhapsody. Written by Freddie Mercury on his own (take that, modern day pop artists), the song consists of multiple sections: The opening, ballad, guitar solo, opera, hard rock and the closing. It was unlike anything before – and quite frankly – any attempts to replicate anything... Read More

21/09/2015
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Some Might Say: The Best Britpop Band Ever!

The important debate that will probably never die: Which Britpop band was better – Oasis or Blur? We’ve already looked at – and discussed – the latter of those two earlier this year when they released “The Magic Whip” back in April. But today, on Liam Gallagher’s 43rd Birthday, we look at the Mancunian group Oasis. Formed in 1991, the group was developed from a previous band called The Rain (named after a Beatles B-Side track) who’d got together earlier that year. When Chris Hutton was replaced as lead singer... Read More

01/09/2015
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When Debbie Met Music Stardom – Blondie Make Their Mark

So it’s now been 38 years since Blondie signed their first major record label deal with Chrysalis Records, on the 1st September 1977. It all started for the group when Debbie Harry and Chris Stein founded the band in 1974. Considered one of the pioneers of American New Wave and Punk of the mid-late 70’s, they remained a somewhat “underground” group until the release of their third album, Parallel Lines, in 1978. It featured many massive hits for the group, including Call Me, Atomic and the group’s best-selling single, Heart of Glass – one... Read More

22/06/2015
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Game On: Following E3 2015…

…is a brand new category to TShirtGrill, Gaming! Having seen some of the great upcoming games in the next 12 months (If you can’t tell from the blog image, we’re really looking forward to Super Mario Maker ourselves), we’ve released some new t-shirts, slim fits and hoodies for all of you with thumbs as your strongest muscles! Video Games Ruined My Life There’s always been moments where you just can’t beat a level and it infuriates you. The problem is, your mates were all down the field playing football and... Read More