I hardly ever wear any t-shirt these days. This is why I figured for a whole Sunday filled with plans of watching a few TV shows and sports all day, it was a perfect time to rock one of the million band t-shirts I gathered over the years. From Gorilla Biscuit to Into Another then to Quicksand or SSD to Earth Crisis, I got tons of these bad boys dying to be worn once in a while.
I decided to opt for a Fired Up tee the band actually gave to me the first time they came to Montreal. Their set was a bit sloppy but their demo was so good, I was psyched anyways to hear these songs. We basically just chatted about common friends and had Montreal talk. It looks completely badass.
So I walk up this early afternoon to the Depanneur to pick up a few things and by the counter a mid-40's looking guy was there, talking to the delivery kid. He looked at me and told me I reminded him of his youth. He probably noticed I was puzzled as he asked me what language I spoke. Then I saw him pointing at my shirt - as opposed to my varsity jacket that could have reminded him of his high school or something - saying it was the design for his first skateboard deck, which was a Jason Jessee pro-model. I did, indeed, completely ignore Fired Up used that design for their shirt. It is common in the punk and hardcore realm to do so. In this instance, they simply replaced the words "Santa Cruz" by "Fired Up" and "Skateboards" by "Hardcore".
As I paid for my stuff (sour cream, nachos, coca-cola - I'm coming clean) he told me about what this skateboard meant to him as a kid. As I walked away he gave me the classic Hang Loose Shaka hand sign. You know he's for real.
I decided to opt for a Fired Up tee the band actually gave to me the first time they came to Montreal. Their set was a bit sloppy but their demo was so good, I was psyched anyways to hear these songs. We basically just chatted about common friends and had Montreal talk. It looks completely badass.
So I walk up this early afternoon to the Depanneur to pick up a few things and by the counter a mid-40's looking guy was there, talking to the delivery kid. He looked at me and told me I reminded him of his youth. He probably noticed I was puzzled as he asked me what language I spoke. Then I saw him pointing at my shirt - as opposed to my varsity jacket that could have reminded him of his high school or something - saying it was the design for his first skateboard deck, which was a Jason Jessee pro-model. I did, indeed, completely ignore Fired Up used that design for their shirt. It is common in the punk and hardcore realm to do so. In this instance, they simply replaced the words "Santa Cruz" by "Fired Up" and "Skateboards" by "Hardcore".
As I paid for my stuff (sour cream, nachos, coca-cola - I'm coming clean) he told me about what this skateboard meant to him as a kid. As I walked away he gave me the classic Hang Loose Shaka hand sign. You know he's for real.
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