I don’t know how I feel about this Type O Negative shirt. While I dig the “Above All Things, Be A Man” on the back, the front is a bit too road sign for my taste…
As with the TUI shirt I posted earlier though, it’s best to let from the seller do the talking on this one:
A rare remnant of the damned fury of Type O Negative, loved to the point of badass by its previous diehard owner. Not entirely sure what album this was supporting: there are references to lyrics from 2003’s Life is Killing Me though the 90’s copyright and American-made tag would place it well before that. And it seems to have had a head start on existence judging from the distressing- not so much the “oh shucks I stubbed my toe” kind of distress, more of the “Peter Steele has risen from the grave and is eating my face” variety. The bottom front hem looks like somebody sprayed it with machine gun fire, it’s been worn to thin-softness (a real feat for a chunky 90’s cotton shirt), and the front “all for none” logo has been deliberately cut to match the pattern so that your above-all-things-goth-metal chest can shine through. You will be the most intimidating fan on the block, no sweat.
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