Category: Bad Otis Link

Interview with Greg Link aka Bad Otis Link continued from part 1. Give us the lowdown on your ties to the punk scene? I was in San Francisco on New Years Eve 1976?  maybe 77 with a few of my best friends: Tommy Borghino and Scott Angle. The streets were so crowded that we ducked into a bar to get away. It was Mabuhay Gardens. Punk bands were playing. We weren’t sure if we liked it or not. We were kind of long haired greasers at the time, really into rock, Alice Cooper, Bowie, the Tubes along with old country ... Read more

Meet Bad Otis Link aka Greg Link. That’s him (in 1983) to the right of Keith Morris of Black Flag and Circle Jerks fame. We tracked him down for an interview because of his decorated career in t-shirts. But as this epic multiple part interview unfolds you’ll discover he’s also a musician, artist, clothing designer, seamstress, author, publisher and pot-stirrer. The photo above was taken in front of his t-shirt stand at a Circle Jerks gig. You see, Otis was the early hardcore punk scene’s all-in-one, go-to-guy for tees. He designed, screen printed and manned the merch booth during jams. ... Read more