ONE SHIRT-Jeff Terranova

Our latest installment of the One Shirt series is brought to you by Up Front’s Jeff Terranova. We hope you enjoy!

“This was a tough one, but I would have to go with the Uniform Choice “Use Your Head” 4 sided Wishingwell Records shirt.

Growing up and going to shows on the east coast, it was pretty easy for me to get my hands on t-shirts by all of the east coast bands. I remember seeing the UC Wishingwell shirts and being blown away by them and needed to find a way to get my hands on them. Long before Up Front had the opportunity to travel the US and meet people and trade t-shirts, Jon Up Front and myself both decided to mail order direct from Wishingwell Records. We had been seeing their ads in tons of zines and we both owned the UC “Screaming For Change” LP, so we felt confident that they were legit. We both ordered one Straight and Alert and one Use Your Head t-shirt around the same time. After a few weeks of excitement waiting for the shirts to arrive, a month passed, then two, then three and we were both getting pretty bummed out at this point and figured the shirts would never arrive. I honestly cannot remember exactly how long it took, but Jon’s shirt arrived via UPS, which was weird for me because at that point of my life I was used to being excited about the mailman, so now my focus was on a brown truck pulling into the driveway. I waited anxiously every day and looked out my bedroom window anytime I thought I heard a vehicle in the driveway. Then one day when I was least expecting it, that magical brown truck pulled into the driveway and I ran to the door and signed for a box of vitamins for my mom, what a let down. A few more weeks passed and I started thinking that maybe my order was lost and my shirts were never going to arrive, I pretty much gave up all hope. Then one day I came home and my mom had left a package for me in my room and I couldn’t believe it, they had arrived! I opened the envelope and all I could smell was brand new screen printed t-shirts and man was I psyched!

I have sold the majority of my t-shirts over the years, including the UC “Straight and Alert” and other UC/Unity/Wishingwell shirts that I acquired, but I just cannot part with my Use Your Head shirt… there is something about that shirt design that is amazing to me!