PUBLIC COLLECTORS

A fashion installment from my mom’s house: a sampling of my band t-shirts from the early-late 1980s. This is a Celtic Frost shirt that I made myself at summer camp. They had a silkscreen set up and I spent hours meticulously cutting this by hand - probably from a photocopy made from the Morbid Tales EP cover. This shirt actually has a tag with my name sewn into it - something my mom did so that when I went back to overnight camp the following year, it was easier to sort my clothes when they did laundry (like anyone else at camp would have a shirt that is this awesome). 

A fashion installment from my mom’s house: a sampling of my band t-shirts from the early-late 1980s. My very nice parents saw this in a store somewhere, thought I’d love the imagery, and bought it for me. It was always a bit small and it was years before I even heard the Cramps. Still a very cool shirt.

A fashion installment from my mom’s house: a sampling of my band t-shirts from the early-late 1980s. I believe I bought this Broken Bones shirt from Bleeker Bob’s in New York. Never saw them live. I absolutely wore the hell out of this shirt, and would still wear it if it fit. 

A fashion installment from my mom’s house: a sampling of my band t-shirts from the early-late 1980s. I bought this Cro-Mags shirt at a concert on the Age of Quarrel tour when they played at the huge disco Pulsations in the suburbs of Philly. Ludichri$t opened and Gang Green was supposed to play but they never showed up. 

A fashion installment from my mom’s house: a sampling of my band t-shirts from the early-late 1980s. This Iron Maiden shirt, which I think might actually be a legit, authorized shirt from 1984, was always way too small for me to wear, but it’s so great that I had to hang onto it. Can’t remember but I think someone bought it for me. 

Homemade band shirts from the back cover of the first Suicidal Tendencies album, Frontier Records, 1983.

Homemade band shirts from the back cover of the first Suicidal Tendencies album, Frontier Records, 1983.