Day 344

MAGGIE!!! MAGGIE YA C U Next Tuesday!!!

Another punk gem for y'all. The Exploited. Love them, hate them, you know them. They are one of the street punk bands still around from the late 70's-early 80's, and coined the phrase "Punk's Not Dead". Led by former Scottish soldier, Wattie Buchanan, their song are politically charged and speak out openly against the British government...well...at least throughout the 80's. The 90's saw a decidedly thrash-metal turn for them, although the last album I have by them(2004/5) took a step back to their punk/hardcore roots.

I got this shirt around '97, probably from Two-Tone, an old punk store in Passaic, NJ. It was run by an old punk couple from the UK.

Fun fact 1: Rachael brought this shirt to England with her when she went there in college, and a guy stopped her on the street to tell her that The Exploited were playing that night/weekend/soon.

Fun fact 2: When I worked at Sam Goody I used to make a sticker that said "customers" with our P-Touch machine and put it over the "Bastards" on the shirt.

Fun fact 3: I still want the skull on the front as a tattoo.

Here's Beat the Bastards...