For this installment of the One Shirt series, we caught up with Ned Russin. You may recognize him from one of many acts: Title Fight, Stick Together, Back To Back records, … and likely, a shit ton more. Ned is a quality dude, and unlike the other gentlemen we’ve interviewed, he’s not an old man (just kidding dudes**, jeesh). For a young edgemin, he already has a bevvy of great tshirts, and an eye for quality tees. The next generation of hardcore dudes aren’t all girl jeans and neon tees (thank god!). Check what Ned has to say.
“I decided to not write about an old shirt that I wasn’t around for, but rather a shirt that defined my generation: the 2000’s era Wilkes-Barre hardcore kid. This shirt is important to me for a couple of reasons. Frostbite were the main powerhouse in WBHC when I first started going to shows with the release of their s/t 7” on Dead by 23 Records. They were just starting to tour and come out with their debut LP when they broke up in January of 2004. Frostbite had a whole slew of shirts, but this one is at the top of the list. The front pocket print is a nod to Floorpunch, even though Frostbite only had 1 remaining edgeman by the time the band had finished. The pocket print can also be seen on the “USA hardcore” shirt that FB did (which Title Fight also borrowed for the GAHC fest). The back drawing prevented me from wearing this shirt around the house when I was a young boy. A skin beating a chained up cop didn’t really fly in my house. Overall though, this shirt is a great reminder of WBHC’s past to me.”
** not really kidding, those dudes are OLD.
i sold this shirt to vitalo for like 10 bucks. what the fuck was i thinking? and my USA hardcore shirt has bloodstains on it from when i got punched in the mouth during naysayer covering outburst at united blood 09.