René_Julien;7953173 said:You might even say: "our tommygunn went off.
There's no safety on it."
Man, you are a bright one!
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René_Julien;7953173 said:You might even say: "our tommygunn went off.
There's no safety on it."
Fore sure, its like sid's face on the toe of it and the box said sex pistols on it, it looked really freaking dumb. Alot of emo kids had sid's face pinned on there bags at my school , i never got the point of that.
Maybe not big business, but punk was quite a lot about merchandising.
Actually, I would say it was all about merchandising. Bondage pants, Elmer's glue, and safety pins don't sell themselves y'know.
Why?
It is a tried and true form of bloodsucking.
Actually, I would say it was all about merchandising. Bondage pants, Elmer's glue, and safety pins don't sell themselves y'know.
not to mention its not like a company can just go and make those shoes without permission from the estate, right?

i mean he just put some tape on his bass. If i spit on my bass and post pics it'd be more interesting
somehow I imagine you wearing these slip-on's Tommy
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I like my johnny van slip-ons... as do I my green day, sex pistols, stones, dee-dee, and hendrix tee shirts. Is it wrong for companys to do stuff like that? They make money and I'm happy with my new band tee.