most ridiculous band merch ever

Posted over 3 years ago

Artist:
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Peter Frampton
Album:

Frampton Comes Alive

so, for some reason i own a mirror with peter frampton's head screenprinted on it. it says frampton above his head and it is obvious that it is a black ink reproduction of the frampton comes alive album cover. why i own this, i do not know. i got it at a thrift store for $10 dollars. the store is called all things possible and i believe their name only because of this frampton mirror. i have also sworn that if i ever develop a cocaine problem this is the only mirror i will do lines off of. dont worry, there is no threat of me developing a coke problem any time soon (probably ever, but who knows all things are apparently possible). so here is the question:what completely ridiculous or useless band merchandise do you own or have seen? feel free to look up stuff on the net because this is primarily for laughs and it doesnt really have to be something that you own. go forth and multi-ply (toilet paper, joke)

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Kid Charming says Those screen-ed mirrors were always on sale at county fairs when I was growing up. They had all the metal: Zep, Sabbath, Van Halen. Matter of fact, I think I might have had one myself, but I can't remember for sure. I'd forgotten about those things.

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Kate says Omigod Henry! I had pretty much exactly the same mirror, from a thrift store, only except for Frampton, it was a trippy black picture of the Beatles circa "Revolver". I always wondered what kind of cokehead ordered it from the back pages of High Times magazine. And then there was a lightning storm and it got hit, fell from the wall and shattered. Perhaps a message from the Gods of Good Taste? In regards to stupid band merchandise, there is a Marley theme-park (sanctioned by money-hungry Rita) in Florida where they sell things like "Rasta Jello Shots" and other totally non-Ital items. And my buddy David always makes a effort to walk around the bootleggers outside of big shows he plays to buy unsanctioned t-shirts of his own band. Some of them are really funny, with mis-spellings and crappy xerox-looking pictures.

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Kid Charming says That reminds me — my mom went to Jamaica last year and brought me back Bob Marley incense.

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etcvisitor says i pray that one day there is official bootleg henry daggs merchandise. i would laugh and laugh and laugh and buy as much of it as i could and i would say to my friends "hey, look what i got! yup, its me, and some other shmoe made it... ha ha ha, when was the last time someone broke the law to put your face on a t-shirt??!?!?!" but then again im a jerk to my friends... by "im a jerk to my friends" maybe i mean, "i love everyone despite how much i come off as a dickweed"

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Kinoshawk says Rebel flags with Hank Williams Jr.'s face in the center. I guess they know who they're marketing to.....

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Dale says Didn't KISS kinda corner the market on ridiculous band merch?

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Kinoshawk says Good point.

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Wanbli says I think thew KISS Kasket qualifies...and for that matter 90% of KISS merch including KIIS Fragrance, etc

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etcvisitor says wow, i thought i wanted to be buried in my old 1981 cadillac as my casket but now im having second thoughts. that might be the most ridiculous band merch ever.

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Kid Charming says Unless someone finds a print of Eric Clapton as God on the Sistine Chapel ceiling, I think the KISS caskets gotta win.

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lemontwist says Ha! Kiss Kasket, that's just awful. :)

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ookpik says In a completely opposite vein, "Galen":/Galen mentioned that this band he just played with on tour, The Wind Whistles, had a merch spread composed of EPs for $0-5 (sliding scale) and then a Tupperware full of second hand Tom Clancy novels for $5-10. I like their priorities. Does anybody remember the zine Beer Frame? That guy had the best merch ever, because half the zine was about catalogs for corporate promotional materials. Candy bars with "Beer Frame" stamped in the chocolate, etc.

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etcvisitor says kinoshawk, im going to buy that flag and get the David Allen Coe belt buckle as well.

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tnstranger says i almost bought that Bocephus flag in Lebanon, TN at an antique shop. They wanted $20 and i would only go for $10...

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Anna says Is tha coffin real??? Wtf?!?!

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