In a sad and futile attempt to recapture his glory days, 40-year-old dad Simon Tran has dressed his new baby in a Linkin Park onesie.

Mr Tran, who listened to the band religiously when he was younger and still has all their CDs, said he used to get really fu*ked up “back in the day” while playing the band on his Discman and thought that buying the onesie for his 9-month-old son Nevin would be a great way to take him back to those halcyon days.

“Listening to Chester Bennington belt out ‘Numb’ while I was off my nut on two bourbon and cokes was the best,” said the now pot-bellied chartered accountant and father of three. “Dressing him in a onesie with Linkin Park’s name on it helps to remind me how wild I was.”

Mr Tran’s wife, Rachel, 37, said it’s not the first time her husband has made their kids wear items of clothing in an attempt to relive his youth. “He once dressed our daughter in some ‘Nickleback’ leggings and made our older son go to his school book week parade dressed as Shawn Crahan from ‘Slipknot’. I wouldn’t mind if those bands were cool, but they’re just embarrassing. And Shawn Crahan isn’t even in a book!”

Mr Tran then reminisced about seeing Linkin Park at a concert in 2000. “I even had a toke on a joint and was soooo messed up, dude. I lost my glasses in the mosh pit and had to ask a security guy to help me find them.” 

“My wife doesn’t like it, but when people see my kids dressed in these clothes, they realise how cool I still am,” he said while changing his son’s fourth pooey nappy and replacing the soiled ‘Linkin Park’ onesie with one featuring ‘Hootie and the Blowfish.’