One of my biggest gripes about the releases on AmRep is it's like they don't even exist. They come and go and then never get a proper label release. Often limited with no digital versions available. A few years ago it wasn't too bad because you could always guarentee that they would appear later as part of some new Melvins album on Ipecac. The AmRep stuff was just art releases. But now that has flipped around. The releases are ONLY on AmRep with nothing planned beyond that.
Clearly the band can't put these releases on their Bandcamp page because that's Ipecac affiliated so then you end up with records like the new Throbbing Gristle one that just fly totally under the radar. Same thing happened with Bad Mood Rising too. It's like it's a new album yet at the same time it's missing or absent in some way. Not a proper record!
I always wish Melvins would do like some bands do - put ALL their releases, EVERY single goddamn thing on a Bandcamp page and use that as a place to showcase what they have and will put out. It's a mess how it is currently. Some stuff on Atlantic, some on Boner, some on Ipecac and then all these obscure AmRep EP's and special one off's. For me, putting out albums with limited availability and without proper distribution makes it seem like the band don't really stand behind what they have made. They are not proud to show it off or make sure it gets out to people. They just want to churn it out, make some money and then move onto the next thing.
Maybe some will say i'm just unduly moaning here but as a fan i find it very disappointing that it has to be like this. That it has got to this point.
As someone who doesn't own the latest phone, understand the realms of digital world that well (an observation, not a personal attack), I thought you would understand and appreciate this approach. Quentin Tarantino and Roger Avary are taking a similar approach also. Buzz has also said reasons for this. In digital it's out there. Just a 1 and 0 for anyone to take. But with physical you have it. You have to seek it out. Track it down. These people, like myself are not buying into the jpeg revolution and back up to a cloud. They want the hunt, miss out, track down, crave. I myself like Roger Avary got rid of a lot of vhs tapes when dvd and laser disc was the new thing. Wish I didn't.
I don't own ANY phone let alone an outdated one. I'm sure people will disagree but i'd say i have a reasonable grasp on the digital world and the musicial landscape within it. I just don't like it much. Obviously i come from the era where albums were physical products. I know it's never going to return to how it was. I think it's perfectly fine and understandable that the band continue to put out these art releases for fans to snap up. That has never appealed to me personally but i can clearly see the appeal there for people who do and the excitement of grabbing a copy. I just wish these offerings got collated or released via other means in a much more accessible manner. That doesn't HAVE to be a CD or such. I know most of these releases may get leaked online or eventually be available digitally but it's never by official avenues. Personally i believe that at the very least they should be made digitally available by the band themselves and not just some random download that fans may have to seek out. I mean, we're talking about an internationally renowned band here not some lowkey bedroom act. I don't know if this is still the case, but i read on Shopox that they wouldn't ship to the UK any more due to tax reasons. Again as a fan that doesn't help me or collectors. That just secludes people from being able to own something.
It's awesome that you don't have a phone. I work with a guy that is the same. Buts that's the stance they are taking. Like you, not getting on board. They don't want to follow the masses and what they expect. It's only going to continue this way and get a hell of a lot more harder. Hell, the latest TG covers with Void clearly states dust and grit. Shit drilled extra hole. I'm expecting mine to not work properly. But I don't care. I have one.
Quote from: #2 Pencil on June 26, 2023, 05:21:44 PM
It's only going to continue this way and get a hell of a lot more harder.
It's easily done of course, i grant i probably come at these things from a different angle than most, but i think you have me a bit mixed up here. I'm absolutely not against the band doing whatever the hell they wish. I understand why they are doing what they are doing. As a fan i just wish they would do it differently. In terms of just making and selling unique products AmRep fits the bill but i don't think it best serves the band themselves or their music. I mean already the CD stock that isn't considered limited has sold out. Should that really happen? I would say not. The whole AmRep set-up is subpar on many levels. We saw that with BMR and we're seeing it again now. Great for limited runs but for proper releases it's just a mess.
Quote from: #2 Pencil on June 26, 2023, 05:21:44 PM
that's the stance they are taking. Like you, not getting on board. They don't want to follow the masses and what they expect.
I'm not singling you out here whatsoever but truly comments like "follow the masses" is something i always find interesting. Almost like that is a badge of honour! Is buying obscure art vinyl online a common practice? I would say no. Which is fine and it doesn't have to be so it's not about doing what the masses expect. I mean, when were Melvins ever about that?
Still, do remember once, way back when i WAS the masses. I think it's funny how (maybe innocently) people frame things like that. They forget it is they who did the changing and then anyone who didn't follow them or follow suit is seen as strange. People have a bizarre take on things like that. How they will rationalise or flip something like that on it's head. A bit like - "we're not weird! YOU are for NOT changing". I suppose it goes to show that on the whole, society will mosey up with pretty much anything if convenient or simply if everyone else does it. I find it rather sad myself. No one stands up for anything these days. I find a lot of it weak mindedness. A reluctance to stand from the crowd and be authentic to themselves.
I opened this thread thinking you would have the same gripe that I have with the AmRep releases! However, my gripe is: THEY DON'T PUT THE DAMN TURNTABLE SPEED ON THE LABEL! It's like half the time I think, this will play at 45 and it is at 33 1/3 or vice versa! hahaha!!! And it is a pain to change the speed on my record player.
But I hear what you are saying - I am a completist for the most part. With most bands it is very easy to collect everything - or - access everything via Spotify, iTunes, Bandcamp etc....the only time it really drives me nuts is when I want to put together a playlist on Spotify and I don't get to add anything from Honky, Prick or the Singles 1-12 release....booo!
But here is the thing, when Buzz says he doesn't live in the past, it tells me we are LUCKY as hell to get anything from the old days re-released or acknowledged at all. As a musician myself that recently had a label reissue an album I made 20 years ago, it was hard as hell to gather up the same excitement that the label had...I had moved on.
I think Buzz likes having it hard to collect everything, because he himself is a collector and understands the thrill of the hunt.
Also - I am a huge fan of getting ALL of the music that I want on vinyl or CD. Preferably vinyl. Who knows if you will be able to find any Melvins on the internet one day, or any good music for that matter - it is not guaranteed. It may disappear. Or it may be altered in some fashion.
Hard Copies always and Discogs when you have the money.
Also, in a perfect world, all of their releases would be in print. And all of the oddballs tracks from comps and 7"s would be collected into a box set or 4LP set or something - and kept in print! And easy to access from one space.
Quote from: John Schuller on June 26, 2023, 05:48:52 PM
I think Buzz likes having it hard to collect everything, because he himself is a collector and understands the thrill of the hunt.
I think that is precisely the case and Buzz has often stated as such. Also i don't think he is too precious about any of it. I find that quite jarring - he says he works hard on the music but then doesn't seem to get too bogged down in how it's going to be released. I also think you are wise to see the value in physical music, i wouldn't be surprised at all if what you mentioned DOES come to pass and music history gets one large online EDIT. Maybe not but who wants to take the chance. I don't trust them.
Quote from: John Schuller on June 26, 2023, 05:51:48 PM
Also, in a perfect world, all of their releases would be in print. And all of the oddballs tracks from comps and 7"s would be collected into a box set or 4LP set or something - and kept in print! And easy to access from one space.
I agree! It's really nailed it home to me looking through the King Gizzard bandcamp page - loads of records that mostly had a proper physical release by their own label and then the digital live albums also presented together all under one roof in chronological order. Nothing shunned or shunted off to the side and neglected. A lot of bands may disagree but to me that is the way to do these things. See it as a body of work. But like i said i know for older bands that dabbled with a lot of different labels that can't always be done.
You've both made points that Buzz has rebelled against constantly and spoken about on numerous occasions. Masses, fans, corporate whatever you want to label it. THEY are doing what THEY want. No one else. And it must be working or they wouldn't continue. What was his words?
When you do what they want or expect you're trying to know how they want it. Or something like that.
The whole getting up at 3am to buy the stuff, hope I snag one, find someone to pick it up at a show and post it to me in Aus. I have to go out of my way for it. Like Buzz did when he was a kid. He doesn't want it on some site where anyone can just have it at their finger tips. I dig the rush looking back most of the time. Like crate digging at a second hand store. Who knows what you'll find, but are you looking for something, or just looking? I also read somewhere that 80% of records purchased in the US. They don't own a turntable. So what is it at the end of the day that Americans want. Buzz Haze Dale whoever can't know that. So they are just doing what is obviously making them money. Otherwise they would have changed
Quote from: ))))(((( on June 26, 2023, 05:48:27 PM
The whole AmRep set-up is subpar on many levels. We saw that with BMR and we're seeing it again now. Great for limited runs but for proper releases it's just a mess.
This hot take is mind boggling wrong. Haze is doing an amazing job with current releases. I think without Haze and what he brings to the Melvins table, we wouldn't be seeing the majority of the recent Amrep releases, in any form. There's a reason why he doesn't mess with high volume releases, through typical distribution channels, that I think you're overlooking.
Quote from: ))))(((( on June 26, 2023, 06:04:28 PM
Quote from: John Schuller on June 26, 2023, 05:48:52 PM
I think Buzz likes having it hard to collect everything, because he himself is a collector and understands the thrill of the hunt.
I think that is precisely the case and Buzz has often stated as such. Also i don't think he is too precious about any of it. I find that quite jarring - he says he works hard on the music but then doesn't seem to get too bogged down in how it's going to be released. I also think you are wise to see the value in physical music, i wouldn't be surprised at all if what you mentioned DOES come to pass and music history gets one large online EDIT. Maybe not but who wants to take the chance. I don't trust them.
Quote from: John Schuller on June 26, 2023, 05:51:48 PM
Also, in a perfect world, all of their releases would be in print. And all of the oddballs tracks from comps and 7"s would be collected into a box set or 4LP set or something - and kept in print! And easy to access from one space.
I agree! It's really nailed it home to me looking through the King Gizzard bandcamp page - loads of records that mostly had a proper physical release by their own label and then the digital live albums also presented together all under one roof in chronological order. Nothing shunned or shunted off to the side and neglected. A lot of bands may disagree but to me that is the way to do these things. See it as a body of work. But like i said i know for older bands that dabbled with a lot of different labels that can't always be done.
Hell yeah! I love the way King Gizzard does it - early recordings, demos, live recordings, studio albums - all in one easy spot! With Melvins, we might have to wait until whomever ends up in charge of the catalog once they sell it (please never!) or once they kick the bucket (please never!).
Quote from: #2 Pencil on June 26, 2023, 06:08:27 PM
You've both made points that Buzz has rebelled against constantly and spoken about on numerous occasions. Masses, fans, corporate whatever you want to label it. THEY are doing what THEY want. No one else. And it must be working or they wouldn't continue. What was his words?
When you do what they want or expect you're trying to know how they want it. Or something like that.
The whole getting up at 3am to buy the stuff, hope I snag one, find someone to pick it up at a show and post it to me in Aus. I have to go out of my way for it. Like Buzz did when he was a kid. He doesn't want it on some site where anyone can just have it at their finger tips. I dig the rush looking back most of the time. Like crate digging at a second hand store. Who knows what you'll find, but are you looking for something, or just looking? I also read somewhere that 80% of records purchased in the US. They don't own a turntable. So what is it at the end of the day that Americans want. Buzz Haze Dale whoever can't know that. So they are just doing what is obviously making them money. Otherwise they would have changed
I love that they do everything the way they want (and really the way they would want things if they were a fan, as Buzz has said many times). I love the collecting, I love the rush of the hunt (and scoring a copy of the latest record!). But, I also love having everything all in one spot - which is why I keep collecting and collecting.
Holy shit - 80% of records are purchased by people that do not own a turntable? Fuck. Makes sense actually! Almost every time I am at Amoeba there is some dumb kid looking to buy one of the suitcase Crosley turntables to play their new badass 180G Remastered Reissue pressing on. It's like damn, kid, that record is gonna cost you $40 and you are gonna play it on an $80 record player? Yikes!
Quote from: PepsiMike on June 26, 2023, 08:04:47 PM
Quote from: ))))(((( on June 26, 2023, 05:48:27 PM
The whole AmRep set-up is subpar on many levels. We saw that with BMR and we're seeing it again now. Great for limited runs but for proper releases it's just a mess.
This hot take is mind boggling wrong. Haze is doing an amazing job with current releases. I think without Haze and what he brings to the Melvins table, we wouldn't be seeing the majority of the recent Amrep releases, in any form. There's a reason why he doesn't mess with high volume releases, through typical distribution channels, that I think you're overlooking.
I think Haze is rocking it! I still look at my Endless Residency Box Set art and just say....damn, this is badass.
Changed long post to:
Collecting is fun.
Buy or don't.
Rudimentary Peni rules.
Rudimentary Peni discography rules, too
I love Melvins.
Melvins make things I like and buy.
Thank God it's not loot crates.
Buy or don't buy
Be considerate and make it happen.
Yeah! Ambient B-Sides CD FTW. And LP if you got it fast in Detroit on the Internet or wherever.
Honky and that one should be on Spotify. Prick and Singles can remain hard to find.
Sometimes there's only YouTube and what you buy and save.
But also for the record fuck DC Shoes. That unreleased-album-for-hype shit is insulting. DC Shoes is not a band. They have no fucking business withholding some rad music for clout. Y'all can suck my gnarled dick and burn your plastic ass shoes. I hope all those bands re-record their tunes and put it up on Bandcamp with some other company's shoe as the jpg. I want my "Into the Void" goddammit we waited forty fucking years for that one.
I tend to agree with Ian but at the end of the day if a band wants to make their albums unattainable for the average joe that's their business.
I've got no issue with the little rinky dink vinyl EP's going through AmRep but proper albums like BMR is different. According to Shoxop the CD version of BMR is now sold out, probably unlikely to ever do another run I suspect, effectively deleting the album less than 12 months after it's release. That's not good. It's not good for the fans who missed out like me that aren't willing to pay $40+ for a copy through Ebay nor is it good for any future Melvins fan as that will effectively become a 'lost album'.
I can't imagine it's great business for the band either. Sure they're trying to keep their overheads down by not being left with boxes of CD's they can't sell but it's at the expense of the fans which is where having such a conservative financial view as Buzz does now intersects with pissing off the very people that help to put food on his table.
It's never a great idea to take the mickey/piss out of your fans gouging the diehards with little limited art vinyls is one thing but now making the actual proper albums effectively limited edition releases draws a new line in the sand. I don't know what kind of business relationship breakdown has gone on between Buzz and Ipecac, if any, clearly they still have some relationship with the Bungle/Melvins Ipecac Geek Shows but not giving BMR mainstream release or even a digital release is a bit of a short-sighted decision that can achieve only one thing and that's shrink the Melvins fan base further.
If Buzz has crunched the numbers and thinks that's a good way to go good luck to them but don't be surprised if some longtime fan's interest like mine starts to wane.
I like the way they are doing things. There has been nothing from them that i wanted that i couldn't really get my hands on in the past 25 years except for the original trilogy ipecac vinyl. Good news for me though I don't really want that anymore. I knew this throbbing gristle release was going to be a big deal for a lot of fans but i figured i wouldn't like it as much as BMR. I still snagged a copy though. ;p
it's definitely the "snooze u lose" model! :shock:
BMR is available to stream on Apple Music. Possibly others as well. I wouldn't be surprised if the throbbing gristle makes it to Apple Music as well.
The $5 Cheapys are such a good gesture, even though I missed the KingDunn one
From a business standpoint I absolutely get it. The ideal scenario as a musician is having your demand outweigh your supply. We can bemoan these AmRep releases selling out easily but at the same time we can go to any record store and see a copy of "A Walk With Love and Death" and "Basses Loaded" on vinyl collecting dust that no one will buy. As Buzz said in the documentary? "Put out something that everyone can access and no one cares".
As far as the songs themselves they'll pop up on digital eventually through streaming, soulseek or whatever. Bandcamp is convenient enough but also can be a pain in the ass to maintain if you're doing it independently. They could do an archival Bandcamp not unlike what Boris has done in recent years but at the same time is it worth the effort when one soulseek or blogspot search is going to lead to those same MP3s? I think a lot of the collectors releases also stem from the band being very self-aware about the internet and music.
I don't entirely love it but I can't knock the business model. It's smart.
Quote from: John Schuller on June 26, 2023, 11:08:43 PM
Quote from: PepsiMike on June 26, 2023, 08:04:47 PM
Quote from: ))))(((( on June 26, 2023, 05:48:27 PM
The whole AmRep set-up is subpar on many levels. We saw that with BMR and we're seeing it again now. Great for limited runs but for proper releases it's just a mess.
This hot take is mind boggling wrong. Haze is doing an amazing job with current releases. I think without Haze and what he brings to the Melvins table, we wouldn't be seeing the majority of the recent Amrep releases, in any form. There's a reason why he doesn't mess with high volume releases, through typical distribution channels, that I think you're overlooking.
I think Haze is rocking it! I still look at my Endless Residency Box Set art and just say....damn, this is badass.
As collections they are nice. I meant more in terms of logistics. Items going quickly out of stock with no idea when more will arrive plus issues with communication from Haze. That hasn't been so bad this time around but with BMR it was shockingly badly communicated throughout.
Quote from: baruk on June 27, 2023, 09:18:21 AM
BMR is available to stream on Apple Music. Possibly others as well. I wouldn't be surprised if the throbbing gristle makes it to Apple Music as well.
Not that i use it, but yes i noticed that BMR got the iTunes or Apple music treatment. But only after the Mackie covered version came around - once it was a physical product. NONE of the other Haze released items have been made available in a streaming sense. None of the EP's or other off shoot things. So i'm a bit torn over this new album. I hope it will get pushed that far but i have a feeling it won't. Further adding to this feeling like it just went totally under the radar and was effectively thrown away. I'm a bit sad about that - the thought that an album could be totally overlooked just because it didn't get promoted or digitally positioned.
Quote from: CoryCory on June 27, 2023, 12:58:55 PM
Bandcamp is convenient enough but also can be a pain in the ass to maintain if you're doing it independently. They could do an archival Bandcamp
To be honest i can never see a time when Melvins do that. I think there is ZERO chance of Buzz ever investing time or energy into something like that. He'ed probably let someone else do it for him but i just don't think he cares. I can imagine him saying "what's in it for me?". He just wants to write, record, sell merch and tour. I don't blame him for that. There are only so many hours in the day and i doubt a near 60 year old is going to want to faff around with putting old releases online. It's a shame though because if they DID have a dedicated bandcamp with all the releases i can imagine they would make some sales that way too. Not much but some. It's an unexplored cash stream.
Quote from: Bigval on June 27, 2023, 05:18:39 AM
I tend to agree with Ian but at the end of the day if a band wants to make their albums unattainable for the average joe that's their business.
I've got no issue with the little rinky dink vinyl EP's going through AmRep but proper albums like BMR is different. According to Shoxop the CD version of BMR is now sold out, probably unlikely to ever do another run I suspect, effectively deleting the album less than 12 months after it's release. That's not good. It's not good for the fans who missed out like me that aren't willing to pay $40+ for a copy through Ebay nor is it good for any future Melvins fan as that will effectively become a 'lost album'.
I can't imagine it's great business for the band either. Sure they're trying to keep their overheads down by not being left with boxes of CD's they can't sell but it's at the expense of the fans which is where having such a conservative financial view as Buzz does now intersects with pissing off the very people that help to put food on his table.
It's never a great idea to take the mickey/piss out of your fans gouging the diehards with little limited art vinyls is one thing but now making the actual proper albums effectively limited edition releases draws a new line in the sand. I don't know what kind of business relationship breakdown has gone on between Buzz and Ipecac, if any, clearly they still have some relationship with the Bungle/Melvins Ipecac Geek Shows but not giving BMR mainstream release or even a digital release is a bit of a short-sighted decision that can achieve only one thing and that's shrink the Melvins fan base further.
If Buzz has crunched the numbers and thinks that's a good way to go good luck to them but don't be surprised if some longtime fan's interest like mine starts to wane.
All good points and i agree entirely. I'm glad it isn't just me that is alarmed and disappointed by how it has gone. I hope this is just a temporary thing and not the long term way of doing things by the band.
Melvins should let us do the work of getting everything up on Bandcamp. We would be obsessed, make sure it was done correctly and do it for free.
That is one thing Buzz hasn't capitalized on yet - the amount of free work the Melvins fanbase would put in.
Quote from: John Schuller on June 27, 2023, 03:24:37 PM
Melvins should let us do the work of getting everything up on Bandcamp. We would be obsessed, make sure it was done correctly and do it for free.
That is one thing Buzz hasn't capitalized on yet - the amount of free work the Melvins fanbase would put in.
I think that kind of thing (and probably why i make an issue of this in the first place) REALLY appeal to me. I love to organise everything in my day to day life and think of things as a collection or collate something. It's just something i love to do - be it clothes, paperwork, emails etc. So yes, i could imagine myself wanting to help sort something like that. Even just the discography page on here, it bugs me that it isn't up to date or features a few wrong cover art pictures etc. Things like that niggle me greatly.
Late to the conversation, so this has probably been said, but since when have Melvins ever cared about convention? If they gave a fuck about what you think, they would have gone out business in '94 like the countless other brainless, spineless bands with guitars in their pretty little hands.
They continue to defy logic. Isn't that what we like about them?
Quote from: the bloat on June 28, 2023, 07:53:11 PM
They continue to wear Mumus. Isn't that what we like about them?
Fixed :buzz:
Quote from: the bloat on June 28, 2023, 07:53:11 PM
Late to the conversation, so this has probably been said, but since when have Melvins ever cared about convention? If they gave a fuck about what you think, they would have gone out business in '94 like the countless other brainless, spineless bands with guitars in their pretty little hands.
Quote from: the bloat on June 28, 2023, 07:53:11 PM
They continue to wear Mumus. Isn't that what we like about them?
Fixed :buzz:
:lol: :lol: :lol:
Just a friendly reminder... nobody has a complete Melvins collection.
I mean, I don't have the 'Shit Sandwich' 7" and probably never will.
...Don't have the 8-track, hmmm...
...don't have the Haze Endless Residency wooden box set , but I have
the Rock Is Hell (orange vinyl) version & the test pressing set of it.
...I got one of the original Kozik silkscreen prints for the Electroretard
album cover, but no one has everything. I do have a signed copy of
Stoner Witch(original pink vinyl pressing),even has Mark D's signature.
I mean ,the point is, nobody is gonna get em all.... I mean, I'm getting
close, but you know...
:ohsnap:
Quote from: >>>JZS<<< on July 08, 2023, 09:07:03 PM
Just a friendly reminder... nobody has a complete Melvins collection.
I mean, I don't have the 'Shit Sandwich' 7" and probably never will.
...Don't have the 8-track, hmmm...
...don't have the Haze Endless Residency wooden box set , but I have
the Rock Is Hell (orange vinyl) version & the test pressing set of it.
...I got one of the original Kozik silkscreen prints for the Electroretard
album cover, but no one has everything. I do have a signed copy of
Stoner Witch(original pink vinyl pressing),even has Mark D's signature.
I mean ,the point is, nobody is gonna get em all.... I mean, I'm getting
close, but you know...
:ohsnap:
I would be surprised if Buzz or Dale have a complete collection there is so much stuff and variants.
tres cabrones sold out in about 2min. thought maybe they'd be up just a weeee bit longer ..
Quote from: laptop sorcery on July 09, 2023, 12:02:14 PM
tres cabrones sold out in about 2min. thought maybe they'd be up just a weeee bit longer ..
Got one! (And a few cheapie cd's) :D
Quote from: laptop sorcery on July 09, 2023, 12:02:14 PM
tres cabrones sold out in about 2min. thought maybe they'd be up just a weeee bit longer ..
:ohsnap: GOT IT !!! :ohsnap:
Quote from: >>>JZS<<< on July 09, 2023, 12:06:19 PM
Quote from: laptop sorcery on July 09, 2023, 12:02:14 PM
tres cabrones sold out in about 2min. thought maybe they'd be up just a weeee bit longer ..
:ohsnap: GOT IT !!! :ohsnap:
:lol: :lol:
I did however manage to snag one :D...I'm always playing the guessing game on which num I'll get ..
I've noticed all the AmRep releases are not on streaming. So no Prick, no Honky and of course the new Throbbing one. That's a real shame. Yet weirdly BMR is though.
AmRep had a trucker hat yesterday and by the time i clicked on it, it was sold out. hope they make more. :anonymous:
OOO!! :shock:
Fast sellout w the amrep trucker hats, def not surprised, seems like an easy thing to do another run of....anyone have a guess on how many were printed ?
I'm Guessing like 30
...and from doing a little investigating on ig looks they'll restock in abt a week or so..
The trucker hat is available again.
I don't like that hat at all. I think it would be much better looking if the AmRep logo was a lot smaller and the back of the hat wasn't that see-through mesh material. It looks cheap and nasty like that.
Quote from: ))))(((( on November 22, 2023, 05:31:58 AM
I don't like that hat at all. I think it would be a much better looking if the AmRep logo was a lot smaller and the back of the hat wasn't that see-though mesh material. It looks cheap and nasty like that.
just tell us you don't get the
aesthetic of a trucker hat. [-X
Quote from: vince furnier on November 22, 2023, 06:18:56 AM
Quote from: ))))(((( on November 22, 2023, 05:31:58 AM
I don't like that hat at all. I think it would be a much better looking if the AmRep logo was a lot smaller and the back of the hat wasn't that see-though mesh material. It looks cheap and nasty like that.
just tell us you don't get the aesthetic of a trucker hat. [-X
:lol: :lol: :lol:
Quote from: vince furnier on November 22, 2023, 06:18:56 AM
just tell us you don't get the aesthetic of a trucker hat.
Probably true. I googled searched "trucker hat" and found many with BETTER aesthetics than that one. Although yeah some were pretty bad too. I can't see why any self respecting individual (or trucker ha) would actively choose to wear something that naff, but hey each to their own.
Quote from: ))))(((( on November 22, 2023, 09:32:25 AM
Quote from: vince furnier on November 22, 2023, 06:18:56 AM
just tell us you don't get the aesthetic of a trucker hat.
Probably true. I googled searched "trucker hat" and found many with BETTER aesthetics than that one. Although yeah some were pretty bad too. I can't see why any self respecting individual (or trucker ha) would actively choose to wear something that naff, but hey each to their own.
i'll post pics when it arrives. :lol:
Trucker hat is back up for preorder
Quote from: vince furnier on November 22, 2023, 06:18:56 AM
Quote from: ))))(((( on November 22, 2023, 05:31:58 AM
I don't like that hat at all. I think it would be a much better looking if the AmRep logo was a lot smaller and the back of the hat wasn't that see-though mesh material. It looks cheap and nasty like that.
just tell us you don't get the aesthetic of a trucker hat. [-X
perhaps if you tell him its a "lorry hat".
not sure when this went up, im guessing yesterday, or this morning any who, its a pink day-glo version of mr phylzzz' fat chance, edition of 70
https://www.shoxop.com/collections/brand-spanking-new/products/mr-phylzzz-fat-chance-lp-pink-edition
Damn, bout time I snagged this on record. (Wait do I already have one?)
https://www.instagram.com/p/C6d7Je_OXOF/?hl=en&img_index=1 really cool art.
I love that cover art!
anybody snag 1?
$125 for essentially a fancy sleeve, I passed on this one.
gotta cut some corners and no budget for this. especially after getting the King Dunn i didn't need last week. :lol:
It's sold out anyway
Quote from: vince furnier on May 06, 2024, 09:18:57 AMgotta cut some corners and no budget for this.
Melvins - making fans homeless since approx 2012!
I'm with PepsiMike on this one.
amphetamine reptile pin set (edition of 100) up at bifocal dot com
https://bifocalmedia.com/product/amphetamine-reptile-pin-set/
(went up a few hours ago not sure how many are left..)
Quote from: Von_Grip on June 05, 2024, 03:06:30 PMamphetamine reptile pin set (edition of 100) up at bifocal dot com
https://bifocalmedia.com/product/amphetamine-reptile-pin-set/
(went up a few hours ago not sure how many are left..)
Pins, really? Enough of the stupid chachkees and trucker hats, how's about finishing out the Cows collection of Cheapy CDs/factory LPs(Peacetika yet to get a reissue), and more God Bullies to name a few? :-k
Keep yer pants on!
Quote from: Dumpster D on June 07, 2024, 01:29:23 AMKeep yer pants on!
it's a great place to put a $55 pin.
Quote from: Dumpster D on June 07, 2024, 11:09:09 AMQuote from: glen on June 07, 2024, 07:15:33 AMQuote from: Dumpster D on June 07, 2024, 01:29:23 AMKeep yer pants on!
it's a great place to put a $55 pin.
I just read the numbers as I see them. I'm sure shipping and "handling" is not included.
Did you say $55? ...US?...Plus shipping?
If we presume the shipping is around $18-20 USD, and we're then looking around $75 USD all in for the order, that's around $100 Canadian.
That pin? ...It's not gold plated or something is it?
that's a really nice set of stuff there, but i can't listen to it, YAKNOWWHATAH'MSAYIN'? :buzz:
The pins look good. I think it's more marketed towards the collectors that like to grab everything. What's funny is, some collectors won't be able to use the pins, because of the fancy packaging. "Can't open the package, it'll no longer be mint"
Anyone who can afford one of those pins could probably afford at least three, leaving one or two for keeping in the packaging and putting one on a Jacket that you'll never find once It's been hung up inside your massive walk-in closet space.
Singles 1-12 splatter editions dropped on vinyl after an email announcement just before the sale started and sold out kinda slowly (i hear) :lol:
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