Melvins Shirts...

[Mount Ambulance]

Anyone still have any older cinderblock Merch tees (like 06/07)?  Their tees imo had some of the best necks On a tee maybe ever- nowadays I think the Gildan brand t's have the best necks in the game

i got the 20th anniversary shirt with the dog pooping. still have it. not sure if i remember it being extra comfortable or anything.

not extra comfy but ultra comfy ... your memory sucks.

[Dumpster D]

Anyone still have any older cinderblock Merch tees (like 06/07)?  Their tees imo had some of the best necks On a tee maybe ever- nowadays I think the Gildan brand t's have the best necks in the game

i got the 20th anniversary shirt with the dog pooping. still have it. not sure if i remember it being extra comfortable or anything.

not extra comfy but ultra comfy ... your memory sucks.

It might have been the Live in Chicago Bootleg (2000) that I remember hearing Buzz or Dale between songs, asking the crowd something like

"Hey, did somebody step in........Dogshiiiit?"

It was around when those shirts were being sold on tour, if my memory is on point, or not...


What other band T's does this print remind you of??

I can't think of any band who would have been financially/Creatively and humorously brave enough to design these shirts.

[glen]

I remember thinking it was cool that MELVINS were celebrating a 20 year anniversary.   like that was some big stink.   how many years ago was that now?   a million?


and yes i have that shirt.   I told this story before but I had that shirt on.. my wife had some other shirt on.. we were out somewhere or something.   and we had to suddenly go to the emergency room for someone in our family.    the shirt my wife had on was like sequin or something so she asked to wear my shirt.      so I gave her the dogshit shirt and went shirtless under maybe it was a leather jacket.

imagine how classy that looked.   a woman in a shirt with a dog mid-shit on it accompied by a "cool guy" with no shirt under his leather jacket. 

[PepsiMike]

 

[Dumpster D]

   how many years ago was that now?   a million?

...And One.



Those were some good old days, I tell you man. 

[Tobias]

Scenario: 55 year old with a miscellaneous collection of Melvins items collecting dust in his house.

               Has NO idea what the market value of said items are so decides to research the items so as not to get scammed by a flipper.

               Internet provides some clues on a few things but researcher wants to contact THE collectors. The ones who will appreciate said
               items

               Decides to go to THE source, MELVINS.net to ask around the die hard fans about said items.

                                               and, scene...

  So here I am. So what if I want to sell my collection of shit? I've had it for decades and it just sits in a box in my closet. The flyers are stacked in a folder and the vinyl never gets played. I just don't want to see it on eBay a week later, FFS. Just because you have never seen this design does not make it a bootleg. I bought it at a show here in Seattle or Tacoma and I don't remember when or which one. (Booze and weed will do that to your memory.)  If you don't want to help me out or get me in touch with someone who might know more about the history of this design then I'll just take my dust bunnies elsewhere.

Drue

Thanks for the tip Vince. Maybe the FB crowd is more helpful or keen to cherry picking a private collection.

(Calvin Johnson of K records wearing a variation the shirt I have.)
Also check out the back of Dumpster D's GPT shirt. Same graphic.

             

I wonder if Calvin is wearing it backwards?

[glen]

Scenario: 55 year old with a miscellaneous collection of Melvins items collecting dust in his house.

               Has NO idea what the market value of said items are so decides to research the items so as not to get scammed by a flipper.

               Internet provides some clues on a few things but researcher wants to contact THE collectors. The ones who will appreciate said
               items

               Decides to go to THE source, MELVINS.net to ask around the die hard fans about said items.

                                               and, scene...

  So here I am. So what if I want to sell my collection of shit? I've had it for decades and it just sits in a box in my closet. The flyers are stacked in a folder and the vinyl never gets played. I just don't want to see it on eBay a week later, FFS. Just because you have never seen this design does not make it a bootleg. I bought it at a show here in Seattle or Tacoma and I don't remember when or which one. (Booze and weed will do that to your memory.)  If you don't want to help me out or get me in touch with someone who might know more about the history of this design then I'll just take my dust bunnies elsewhere.

Drue

Thanks for the tip Vince. Maybe the FB crowd is more helpful or keen to cherry picking a private collection.

(Calvin Johnson of K records wearing a variation the shirt I have.)
Also check out the back of Dumpster D's GPT shirt. Same graphic.

             

I wonder if Calvin is wearing it backwards?

make that 2 booty-est legs that ever bootlegged!    dude was just silkscreening until his ink ran out.   some fronts.. some backs..  heck! I heard there was even a MELVINS rainbow hand bag out there!

[Mount Ambulance]

I remember thinking it was cool that MELVINS were celebrating a 20 year anniversary.   like that was some big stink.   how many years ago was that now?   a million?


and yes i have that shirt.   I told this story before but I had that shirt on.. my wife had some other shirt on.. we were out somewhere or something.   and we had to suddenly go to the emergency room for someone in our family.    the shirt my wife had on was like sequin or something so she asked to wear my shirt.      so I gave her the dogshit shirt and went shirtless under maybe it was a leather jacket.

imagine how classy that looked.   a woman in a shirt with a dog mid-shit on it accompied by a "cool guy" with no shirt under his leather jacket. 

not extra classy but ultra classy

[AMBloch]

Just had a nice chat with Tom Flynn and he confirmed that his roommate, Jeff 'smelly' Griffin made these shirts. Jeff was a roadie during the 1989 Ozma tour and didn't make very many of them. These are also somewhat of a one of a kind shirt in that the way he made them no two were, or could be identical. He also made the FUCK MELVINS shirts for the 1990 tour.

[glen]

could this be??   a new holy grail??       cast away ye melvins meats, HAT riddle books and two-headed monstrosity dolls!   

[Dumpster D]

could this be??   a new holy grail??       cast away ye melvins meats, HAT riddle books and two-headed monstrosity dolls!

Don't forget Live at Slims, and Limited Teeth dude.

[Dumpster D]

PS.

Anyone else seen a Yellow GPT Bootleg T-shirt on evilbay lately that looks like a copy of mine..Someone totally saw the shirt I posted here, and immediately produced some bootlegs probably based on my photos.

I doubt these Yellow GPT bootleg T-shirts have the 'Melvins' in Red on the back...Also, the front print of the original has white outlines and highlights, whereas the bootleg is just plain black print.

I'm certain there's Lurkers here doing some recon.


Either way, AMbloch...Just a thought, but I think your T-shirt deserves to be framed, otherwise it'll probably get worn out by someone who might decide it's just a worthless rag.

The dude who had my original Melvins shirt bought it at a thrift store for like 4 bucks and thought it was like some kind of toy company based on the GPT design.

It's in a frame right now, same with my original MC5 shirt.

[glen]

Either way, AMbloch...Just a thought, but I think your T-shirt deserves to be framed, otherwise it'll probably get worn out by someone who might decide it's just a worthless rag.

nevermind the spaghetti sauce and pit stains.   

[Dumpster D]

Gentlemen, I give you...Exhibit A:

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[von grip]

Gentlemen, I give you...Exhibit A:

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