Ok, as you already know (I hope) original shirts by NYHC legends WarZone are hard to come by. Sure, reprints are a dime a dozen, and let us be honest, if you did not care, you would not be reading this.
What you are looking at is an original 1990 WarZone tour shirt. Pretty rare sight lately. Take a gander at the pics, then let me break it down…
OK, so a pretty amazing shirt, eh? Let’s go over a few things while I have your attention.
Imagine you are standing on a crowded beach, checking out the ladies, dudes, chasing your kid or whatever else you do at the beach. Along comes a middle aged dude wearing Oakley Blades, aqua socks, OP shorts and this shirt. You MIGHT not even notice that it is in fact a rare WarZone shirt.
What an odd shirt this is. Cool, yes, but odd nonetheless.
#1 The front design looks like it could be advertising an indoor paintball arena or an after hours bondage club.
#2 Oh that back WarZone logo. Such a sweet extended Z. Looks like a 1990 design choice. Nothing exciting here, except for the semi-underlined ZONE untilllllll…
#3 “SNEAK ATTACK PHASE 1” in DOT MATRIX print! This has not happened since you were playing Super Mario. Oh but they flipped the contrast on the second line, it’s all good.
#4 Oh, it’s a tour shirt? Who needs tour dates? Looks like they forgot to screen them on the bottom of the shirt.
I know this seems harsh, but I am willing to bet this shirt goes for more than a fair amount. Overall I do like it, but it just seems…odd to me.