I am not afraid to declare my love for Chokehold. I loved seeing them live. I love all the poorly recorded recordings. It all gets me amped. I, like many of you I’m sure, had this shirt. I also had a Groundwork shirt in the same burlap natural hempy color. They were both XXXXXXXXXL, and they both got plenty of wear.
I don’t remember what it says on the front, but I always wanted a “SLUGFEST BLUNTS” shirt. And that back picture with the triumphant X’d up hand. LOVE IT!
Justice sold these shirts at Posi Numbers 2005. This was the last Posi Numbers. Too bad because it was one of the best fests. East coast, and always mad heads. The pool at The Woodlands was unfuckwithable.
So we had set up a tent within the turfed dome to sell some HowsYourEdge merch out of. We ended up giving Morgado some space to sell his Wrongside merch too. Good times.
At one point, I thought I was having a dehydration crazy dream. I saw a dude wandering around in a shirt that said “Go Vegetarian” on the back. As a dude who has been vegan for some years, I was pretty stoked on this tee. I then realized that not only did the back say “Go Vegetarian,” but SO DID THE FRONT. Of course, it turns out it was a “one of one,” and the dude wearing it was in Justice (pretty sure it was Flip … but don’t quote me on that). I asked him about the tee. He told me it was a one off and then he directed me towards the Justice merch table where they were selling the regular version. They ended up selling out already, and I was forever on the hunt. A year back, I was telling a good friend this story and my woes of never getting one. He reached into his drawer and handed me his. Literally. It was easy as that. Best dude, for obvious reasons.
“Burgers Are Made Of What!?!”
So unless your friend has one of these to give to you, I’d suggest picking this one up.
Penguins.
Hard Mosh.
Who’d have thought a shirt that featured penguins could garner such a pricetag. $$$.
No doubt, I love Rival Mob. I love this tee too. I have one in white. I also have one for JayBil in white. Gotta figure out how to get that to him still.
My first experience with the Rival Mob was in Providence. Great gigger at Club Hell. Of course, it started super late. Free Spirit was slow jamming after work or something.
April 29, 2009 @ Club Hell Providence RI: Bane, Rival Mob, Have Heart, Free Spirit, Outrage
I can’t recall Outrage playing. No idea why. I think I might have been outside during their set talking to the Free Spirit dudes. Ouch, I’m an asshole. The Free Spirit set was phenomenal. Soo good. Lots of love, lots of mosh. Have Heart threw a set in next. I guess someone was sick, and it was a semi scab line up (as I recall). So they wanted to play earlier in the gig. Great set, and I had my fingers crossed that heads wouldn’t leave. Not many did. The smart ones stayed because they then got to witness Radigan rip it up. Seriously, mind blowing set. I worry for any band that would follow Have Heart, but Rival Mob accomplished it. And killed it. Pretty sure someone in the Grillo’s crew broke their foot moshing. Now that’s hard style. Oh yeah, and this little band called Bane played. Great gig.
Quickie for you. ragingbull20 has some ILL cheap Buy It Nows up.
Seriously.
CHEAP.
Dumb if you aren’t scooping these immediately.
$22? wow.
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