Category: Metal

The headbanger’s vintage poly-cotton headquarters. Shirt #17: Black Sabbath Availability: Check Defunkd’s Heavy Metal Tees Album: Never Say Die Date: 1978 Fact: The early incarnations of the band’s name included: The Polka Tulk Blues Band, Pokla Tulk and then Earth. Black Sabbath was inpsired by a Boris Karloff horror film by the same name that happened to be playing across from their rehearsal space. Approximate value: $500 Image Courtesy of: wyco-vintage Check out the previous vintage Manowar t-shirt

The headbanger’s vintage poly-cotton headquarters. Shirt #16: Manowar Availability: Check Defunkd’s Metal Selection Album: Kings of Metal Date: 1988 Fact: In 1984 the band was honored by Guinness for having the loudest performance, a record they have since broken…twice. Approximate value: $200 Image Courtesy of: Erocks-Vintage-Clothing Check out the previous vintage Malice t-shirt

A vintage t-shirt gallery inspired by current events. Headline: RIP Warrant’s Jani Lane Availability: Check Defunkd’s Metal Tees Jani Lane, the on-again-off-again member of Warrant was found dead earlier this evening at a hotel in Woodland Hills California. Jani was pivotal to the success of Warrant having written many of the band’s hits on their debut album Dirty Rotten Stinking Filthy Rich. He’s also credited for writing their most famous track Cherry Pie from their follow up Album by the same name. At the time of his death he wasn’t a member of the band having last performed with them ... Read more

The headbanger’s vintage poly-cotton headquarters. Shirt #15: Malice Availability: Check Defunkd’s Metal Section Album: License to Kill Date: 1987 Fact: The 1988 film Vice Versa staring Judge Reinhold and Fred Savage features a performance by Malice. Approximate value: $250 Image Courtesy of: stormcrow-vintage Check out the previous vintage Poison t-shirt

The headbanger’s vintage poly-cotton headquarters. Shirt #14: Poison Availability: Check Defunkd’s Heavy Metal Tees Album: Open Up and Say Ahh! Date: 1988 Fact: Poison was once a cover band called Paris from Mechanicsburg, Pennsylvania. Approximate value: $75 Image Courtesy of: stormcrow-vintage Check out the previous vintage Skid Row t-shirt