Most Arab countries aren't exactly known as hotbeds of rock 'n' roll fervor, so, sadly, few Western bands have actually played the Middle East. But wouldn't a concert tee look cool if they had? That's the concept behind 26-year-old graphic artist Brendan Donnelly's newly unveiled collection of shirts, which sport the logos of cult bands like Joy Division, the Velvet Underground, and the Ramones (left), all translated into Arabic. Obviously intended for audiences with a well-developed sense of irony, the tees subvert the familiarly perceived screen between Western-style consumerism and Middle Eastern social culture, gently deriding both!

Donnelly reflected the difficulties on translation in his dillemma at the non-existence of the word Blizzard in Arabic. "I had a friend help me with the Arabic, but some of the words might be off. For instance, Ozzy Osbourne's Blizzard of Ozz: There's no Arabic word for 'blizzard.' So it reads 'Wizard of Oz.' It's got that homemade bootleg quality, which I love."

Bootleg, homemade—and definitely not officially band-approved! "I guess I'm going to keep going until I get a cease-and-desist order," Donnelly says.