Category: Interview

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

Meet DJ AM, aka Adam Goldstein. Here he is with Gene Simmons from KISS. Gene doesn’t look very impressed, probably because DJ AM is wearing a vintage Axl Rose t-shirt and not a Gene Simmons one. DJ AM was a member of the band Crazy Town best known for “Butterfly”; and in modern times is world renowned for his abilities on the ones and twos. His talents frequently land him gigs at private parties for celebrities like Jennifer Lopez and Leo DiCaprio and collaborations with artists like Madonna and Will Smith. He even guest starred on Entourage, yadda, yadda, yadda. The ... Read more

Meet costume designer Susan Matheson, Tinseltown’s go-to gal when a flick calls for a vintage t-shirt wardrobe. Her recent work on Step Brothers caused a frenzy of fans searching for the vintage Converse t-shirt John C. Reilly wore throughout the movie. Wondering where you can get one? Read on. I first met Susan while she was browsing through our store a few years ago. Yes, we’re happy at least one shirt we provided made a 15-second cameo in the film. Oh, and Susan has many times seen Will Ferrell in his undies, but then again, who hasn’t? What’s the rarest ... Read more

Meet Jochen from Germany. That’s a picture of him with Travor from Sadus. He’s the webmaster of a DEATH and Overkill fansite and two others that are vintage t-shirt specific. Jochen’s outstanding vintage t-shirt collection at Old School Metal Shirts is over 600 of the most sought after vintage metal shirts on the planet. And he’s not selling a single one of them. You might have better luck tracking down something to buy on his popular forum of heavy metal shirt collectors, Shirtchaser. How long have you been collecting? I’m 34 years old, and I bought my first shirt when I was ... Read more