Hot Topic is a mall-based chain of nearly 700 retail stores in the United States that specialize in music inspired fashion clothing and accessories, band merchandise, and music for teenagers and young adults. Hot Topic merchandise reflects a variety of music-related lifestyles, which include street wear, retro-influenced lounge, punk, club, and gothic and much more. Hot Topic stores have band merchandise from Jimi Hendrix to Green Day to Slipknot.