Greg Mongoloid sold the official version of this tank a week or two ago, but here is the “friends only” version so to speak. Given away to only the coolest people at Sound and Fury, it might be one of the rarest Rival Mob shirts. Maybe the MOM factor will take away from its desirability, maybe it will add to it, who knows. But its not often that you see a split shirt. A great example of the Doug Free/Bob Wilson love connection.
Oh shit. Today is the day! Not sure if you follow First World Problems, the podcast, but you should. It’s 3 awesome dudes interviewing a weekly guest. Each week, someone new, and usually weirder than last. The best part, to me, is that the podcast is ripe with inside jokes. Ragging on Scott’s lack of preparation is a good one, but my favorite is Joey feigning surprise every time Ray brings up a band called Taken. Yeap. Ray was the lead singer. And every time Ray relates to a guest by his experiences in Taken, Joey lets loose. It’s amusing. It was pretty much over the top during the Nick Beard of Circa Survive interview because Nick was also in Taken. It’s a gas. And today it’s happened. I finally stumbled across a Taken tee. This one is being sold by somecomerunning. Let Ray know, I’m a bad friend. I don’t think I’ve ever heard Taken. I’ve heard they sound like Thrice. If that’s your thing, you should listen to them too.
Y’all sleeping. Seriously. Not sure if you noticed but veganxedge has up a shit ton of great Cold World tshirts. Not only that, but each one was either sold at a fest, or limited tour merch or just flat out kick ass. Quit sleeping. Sleep is the cousin of death.
Sound And Fury 2011 was a blast. There were roughly 67 bands and thousands of kids. No major injuries, no stupid fights, nothing that couldn’t be fixed or repaired. Plus, every band that attended actually played. It wasn’t cut short, it wasn’t shut down by security. Everyone seemed to work together on this one. But you don’t come to this blog to hear about bands. You come to hear about merch. That’s what I’ve got for you. Below you’ll find a break down of some of the merch highlights. Lets do this.
Summary:
Sound And Fury 2011 was all about two things: jerseys and snapbacks. Snapbacks were HUGE, Suburban Scum, Expire, Minority Unit, Down To Nothing, Cruel Hand, … they all had snapbacks. The only fitteds I saw were at the Reaper table, and he only had a handful (which all sold, mind you). And non-basketball jerseys were big. Interesting trend. 67 bands, 6-10 record labels, a few causes, … LOTS of tables. If I missed something that should be on one of these lists, definitely leave a comment.
Top 5 Shirt Spottings
1. Anything Casali wore (Icemen tee, Outburst tee, …)
2. Mandel’s Hardstance tee
3. Casey’s Aware tee
4. Anything with a Stray Rats logo
5. The kid with the American Flag body suit
Top 5 Rip Off Designs
1. Duh, obviously the Reaper Records X Tee Till Death UC Wish To Dream tshirt
2. Twitching Tongues Sam Black Church tee
3. Bracewar Side By Side tshirt
4. Rotting Out – Descendents Adolescents and Black Flag rips
5. The Beautiful Ones – Type O Negative tee
Top 5 Novelties
1. Agitator – Puppy tshirts. These were quite possibly the best items at the gig. White tees, black ringers. So dope.
That’s it. There weren’t any other novelty items. No sunglasses, no bucket hats, no frisbees, no umbrellas, no towels. Nothing. So weird. I’ll stretch the category some for you, though.
2. Minus – Raiders football jersey
3. Expire – football jersey
4. Twitching Tongues – baseball jersey
5. Agitator – summer camp, practice basketball jerseys.
Top 5 Merch Lines
1. Minority Unit – they set hats down and they were immediately scarfed up.
2. The Mongoloids – this line was hectic, but they did NOT sell out of their merch. Hakuna Matada.
3. Defeater – this line sort of surprised me. Wasn’t expecting this reaction. Good for them.
4. Rotting Out – Long line, but those dudes came prepared with plenty of merch.
5. Day 3 Sound And Fury “ATM” line
Biggest Merch Setup
Hands down, Hellfish. These dudes had almost an entire wall of merch. Well, Hellfish and 6131 Records.
Top 5 Coveted Items
1. Minority Unit friends only hat
2. Minority Unit hat
3. Minus jersey
4. Expire jersey
5. Anything with the word Violation on it
Top 5 Shirts, My Opinion
1. Minority Unit – friends only tee
2. Trapped Under Ice – nautical themed tee
3. Every Sleepwalkers tee with a pocket print aka all of them
4. Twitching Tongues SBC tshirt
5. Minus Jersey
My Shirt Haul
Here we go! The second piece of merch from Sound And Fury 2011. This one is a little more appropriate. itsxdead is selling it for (one of??) the singer of Minority Unit. It’s a friends only hat that was limited to 12. Funny story about this hat. I manned the table for most of Sound And Fury, but when Minority Unit hit the stage, I knew I needed to watch and watch closely. Love this band. Great attitude, great vibe, great songs. Solid package. And in southern California, the crew was there to represent. It was one of my favorite sets of the weekend, no doubt. What took it over the top was the friends only tshirt. Every dude in the crew was wearing the black pocket print tee with “The Straight Edge” on the back. Simple tee, so fucking dope. During the set, it was basically a sea of people in this shirt stage diving, rocking the mic and moshing. I HAD to have one. After the set, and the panic that ensued during their merch table set up, Rudy came by and hit me up. He thanked me for shouting out Minority Unit all the time, and asked if I wanted some of the friends only merch. You know my jaw dropped and I barely squeaked out a “hell fucking yes!” An hour later, he stopped by the table again and handed me a snapback. The snapback you see below. They were even more rare than the tees, so I’m told. I was humble, but still dreamt about the tee. Fast forward 2 days, and I’m talking to Joey from 6131 Records. Turns out, he got a shirt but really wanted the hat. You know what happened next. Crucial trade. And everyone went home super fucking happy.
On a side note. Shout outs to Rudy, Guzman, Enrique and everyone else in the Minority Unit crew. It was great to finally meet you all. Keep The Faith!
Correct me if I’m wrong, but I believe nextbigthing35 has posted the very first Sound And Fury flip. This one happens to be the limited Suicide File tanktop. They didn’t make too many and seemed to sell out pretty quickly. Kids were really into the set. Even with the busted string, kids were into it. Plus, the busted string gave Dave time to work on his stand up. He ripped the Lakers pretty hard. On a related note, while walking down State Street in SB with Casali, a very, very, very short man shouted at Casali’s waist (that’s how short he was), “Let’s Go Yankees!” Must have been retribution for Casali’s Red Sox hat. Of course, we were in California, not the Bronx, so we were both confused. A block away, I hear the same man yell out “TWENTY SEVEN.” Casali didn’t hear it, but I’m pretty sure it happened.
We’re at Sound And Fury right now. We’re having a blast, of course. Lots of great bands and plenty of great merch. We’ll try to get a wrap up post for the weekend, but make sure to follow us on twitter for the latest #merchreports. Get into it.
I’m lying. The title of this post should be Band (Members) I’m Looking Forward to Seeing at Sound And Fury 2011: Swamp Thing. No disrespect to Swamp Thing, but the upcoming hang session with Dan Horres outshines the show I’m sure Swamp Thing will put on. Like I said, no disrespect. Swamp Thing has been known to kill Sound And Fury. But Fucking Dan? C’mon, Fucking Dan. Besides, I’m more into G2 than Vitamin Water.
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Well, everyone else is gonna be out in Cali for Sound and Fury the rest of the week, so minus some posts the guys set up before they left, you’re gonna be stuck with me for the duration. Sorry about that. I am also sorry about the crappy wave lines on the surfing Floorpunch dude I did for their Fast Times At Sound and Fury tanks/tees. Never been truly satisfied with those…
For the record, I do in fact need one of these, as I never got one. If anyone has a Large they wanna let go for cheap, feel free to comment.
Yeah, past tense. WAS looking forward to seeing at Sound And Fury. Sadly, Dead End Path had to drop off. It’s almost enough to make me cry. DEP brings it every time. Whether they are playing to a home town crowd, or an outdoor venue full of people who have never even heard of DEP. Doesn’t matter, they bring it. Plus, stellar crew to hang with. Funny guys, they will be missed at this event. Sigh. Go ahead and grab these tees from yup.yup.yup. It’ll make you feel better (but not really).
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