Tee Till Death

Much like Cooch over on vinylnoize.com, I like when a seller gives a little background on the item I’m buying. Again, like Cooch, I don’t need a full history of the band, but rather the history of the item. It’s the item I’m interested in buying. I’m certainly not buying the 3rd guitarists wheat allergy (which would only be considered interesting if the shirt I’m buying was made from recycled wheat products).

But this Right Brigade shirt is literally all about me. Now this is a description I can get into.

I traded this tee to Dobek probably 5 years ago. He was still living in London at the time. We had this continuous trade going on that involved me sending him hardcore merch, and he would then send me Euro/UK Nikes (jd sports will not ship internationally, or they wouldn’t back then). It worked out for everyone. I removed records from my house and stuffed it full of sneakers. Over the years, I probably got 8-10 pairs via Dobek (and then later from Marcus, Adam, …). It’s funny. I’ve sent this guy some gems, but I have never met him in person. We’ve probably been emailing each other regularly for over 10 years, and we’ve never met. When I visited London, he had just moved to Japan. And I haven’t made that Japan trip, but he’ll probably move to Korea or Finland or Papa New Guinea before I can get there.

Read the description. It’s a good one. I’m tempted to buy it back. I just might.

I love this record. I love that it opens with vocal test. I love the pushead cover art. I love the pos photo on the back. I only hate that its a fucking 10 inch! Worst format ever! Imagine if the Straight Ahead lp was a 10inch. ugg. Im sure this shirt is one of the shirts that Dwid has been printing up and selling himself. I think he sold some of these on the last Japan tour last year. It was Dwid with a scab line up but they sounded pretty good. I saw them once on that tour and they played for over an hour and mostly just classics. Dwid was really good on stage. The other members had some douchey banter. The crowd was lame. Kinda just standing there and noodding thier heads. When Micha is playng people shold be tearing off their own arms and beat themselves unconcious not stand there. Killed the vibe of the evening.

Not too many people outside of Japan see this shirt. It was made for the Gorilla Biscuits Japan 2008 tour. It is an official collaboration with famed Tokyo clothing and toy company Bounty Hunter. In the past Bounty Hunter has collaborated with Murphy’s Law. These shirts were sold only at the first show of the the tour in Shibuya,Tokyo. Only 50 made and sold out soon after the doors opened. It was pretty expensive at the show but its not just a regular shirt. Its a full on “cut and sewn” shirt. For those who dont know what cut and sewn means is that its not just some stock anvil shirt or anything it is a Tshirt specifically made for Bounty Hunter. This means much higher quality not only in the stitching but in the fabric as well. I have one of these and I attest that it is a nice feeling shirt. Very thick. This has the bonus of being a 4 sided print!
This says size is XL but I will say it fits more like an L. In Japanese clothing I always have to size up and this shirt is no different. I am an M in USA shirts but bought an L in this shirt. I also rarely ever see this shirt in Japan. Much cooler collabo than a wallet .

Creepout is from Japan. They are an Integrity worship type band as you can probably tell from the shirt design. I know the dudes and its not just Integ, it also includes all Clevo bands. Good dudes though, they actually just toured with Integrity in Japan and put out a limited split 7″ with them. Pick’em up if youre into that scene

This is a shirt I can get behind. I have seen this band overr 30 times now and they have blown me away everytime except once(just a bummy crowd, killed the vibe). I would be bidding the shit out of this if I didnt already own 2 This is a 1996 Gauze USA tour shirt from thier only USA tour. It was a short tour with only 3 shows. 2 in Cali and one in Chicago if I’m not mistaken. For the longest time they were only sold on that tour but last year Gauze sold them at a couple shows in Japan, I guess to give the JP crowd a chance only 12 years after the fact.

Original Judgement shirt. Seller says he bought it in the late 90s in Japan. If you dont know Judgement, Put your foriegn HC biases aside and get your google on. Everything this band has put out rips. The “Process” 7″ rules! So hard. Not my favorite colorway of this shirt but I’ll probably put a bid in