This is a cool looking Wide Awake bootleg you can hopefully snap up on the cheap. The back has the print that we all know and love, but I have no idea where that front print came about. Seem like a weird choice if you were going to reproduce a Wide Awake shirt. Hopefully the Wide Awake boys will chime in on this one.
Also, what is an “ALANS OF WIGAN”? Was it some sort of record store chain?
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Over the years, the Gorilla Biscuits released their fair share of goofy tshirts. Minus the jungle tour back print red longsleeve, this shirt from contri.lhc takes the cake for the goofiest. The crooked lower caveman, the giant back print, the bands name arched on the sleeve, the 5 different color inks. It’s got a little bit of everything. It even had BIG print before BIG print was cool (2007). I owned one of these, and I’ve been known to rock some goofy gear. But somehow, I just couldn’t pull this one off. I just couldn’t make it work. I think it’s that damn caveman because I’ll rock the hell out of the GB tour 91 longsleeve which is very similar.
Are kids today aware that the militant edge is no joke? I’m not sure they are. Here is a snappy little Chorus Of DIsapproval shirt that the seller says is slightly “knackered”. Prohibition back print is always appreciated around these parts. One time Issac Golub jumped/fell off the stage in Worcester and knocked himself out. Just thought you would like to know.
*- disclaimer: This post contains no actual Manowar content, because there are no Manowar shirts in theverdictsin‘s current auctions.
Yes, our main focus here at TTD is punk and hardcore shirts. We all know this. That does not however mean that we do not have a great appreciation for metal, and by metal I mean actual 80s metal, not late 90s/00s screamo metal (Murphy might actually like that, he lived in Worcester after all). And if you know me, you know that I personally have a tendency to wear shirts devoid of sleeves, when I wear a shirt at all. So theverdictsin‘s series of mostly sleeveless classic metal tees is something that you had to know would be getting a showcase on here. But just to make the transition as painless as possible, let’s start with some crossover…
Gonna be honest, only saw DRI once, and was not impressed. Of course, it was in a giant dusty field in Topsfield, MA in 2003 at a very under attended all day festival, so probably not the best venue or time period. Slapshot also played that day, along with a band (whose name escapes me) who had a giant amazon playing bass and breathing fire onstage. She was the best part of the day (it was one of the ladies from Nashville Pussy, yes I am absolutely too lazy to Google and refresh my memory as to which one and what her other band was).
The seller isn’t sure whether this is an original shirt or an original bootleg. All I know is, if that shirt were made now, the back would have a giant F-bomb on it instead of the now relatively tame “God damn”.
I actually think I owned this shirt once. Not the one he’s selling, obviously, but in the exact same sleeveless condition. Only I made it that way myself. Sadly, it was a size small, and I never fit into it. I can’t remember if I sold it or gave it away, I’m gonna guess gave it away.
Let’s wrap things up for now with some Slayer Sketchiness…
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