Sacto Hardcore Shirts

[the mean]

I've started to make small batches of shirts for Sacto bands. Originally, this was just because I like band shirts and it seemed like a fun idea. But in the time between the original idea and implementation that country pretty much went to shit and all the bands (starting with one of mine) want to do the shirts as benefits. Available today is a Sewer Trout for President 2020 shirt, benefiting the National Alliance on Mental Illness California. As you may know, Jim MacLean from Sewer Trout took his own life in 2005. Net proceeds will be donated in his name. This also coincides with September being National Suicide Awareness Month.

Sewer Trout existed at a time when Sacto was pretty dead. The first wave of hardcore kids had mostly bailed. My generation was around, but didn't really take over until about 1990, just as Sewer Trout was breaking up. While they did records with Lookout! and Very Small, their influence was mostly felt in Sacto. Bands like The Bananas, Nar and the Horny Mormons would likely not exist without Sewer Trout. I always loved the fact that hidden within their goofy, "funny punk" were really smart lyrics about things like police violence, homelessness and politics. I took the picture on the shirt during their last Presidential run in 1988.

https://sactohardcoreshirts.bigcartel.c ... ewer-trout

[the mean]

The Tiger Trap shirt came and went before I could post here (Chris Shary grabbed one.) Limited sizes of this Yah Mos shirt left:

https://sactohardcoreshirts.bigcartel.c ... he-yah-mos

[JGJR]

The Tiger Trap shirt came and went before I could post here (Chris Shary grabbed one.)

Any chance you'll make more and in XL or 2XL? I totally missed this and love Tiger Trap.

[the mean]

The Tiger Trap shirt came and went before I could post here (Chris Shary grabbed one.)

Any chance you'll make more and in XL or 2XL? I totally missed this and love Tiger Trap.

Nope. But we may do a second Tiger Trap shirt at some point.

[Chris Shary]

Scott's doing great work, working with great people and kicking ass along the way. If you see a shirt you like, don't sleep on it, it may be gone.
Keep it going buddy, I'm stoked on this!

[FlexMyHead]

I like Nar.

[the mean]

Scott's doing great work, working with great people and kicking ass along the way. If you see a shirt you like, don't sleep on it, it may be gone.
Keep it going buddy, I'm stoked on this!

Thanks, Chris.

[JGJR]

The Tiger Trap shirt came and went before I could post here (Chris Shary grabbed one.)

Any chance you'll make more and in XL or 2XL? I totally missed this and love Tiger Trap.

Nope. But we may do a second Tiger Trap shirt at some point.

I'll make sure to follow this thread then. Thanks.

[the mean]

Popesmashers shirt is out now. People who lived in Sacto in the 90s generally consider them the best Sacto band of all time. Net proceeds go to the Gender Health Center.

https://sactohardcoreshirts.bigcartel.c ... pesmashers

[the mean]

Authorized Tales of Terror shirt available now and moving fast.

[the mean]

New shirts from Tiger Trap (early 90s) and Sins of the Flesh (late 80s) today:


https://sactohardcoreshirts.bigcartel.c ... tiger-trap
https://sactohardcoreshirts.bigcartel.c ... -the-flesh

[the mean]

Sinker shirt today. For lovers of early 90s "emo."


https://sactohardcoreshirts.bigcartel.c ... uct/sinker

[JGJR]

It never stops (it just wears down). Sorry, couldn't resist.

[xxxHunterxxx]

I love my Tales of Terror shirt. (I love my Amber Inn shirt, too. But my choice of slim fit was “ambitious.”)

[the mean]

I love my Tales of Terror shirt. (I love my Amber Inn shirt, too. But my choice of slim fit was “ambitious.”)

Hope the ToT fits a bit better. Send me pics.

[the mean]

Dipping further into obscurity with this Bureau of the Glorious shirt. If you like Pony Express era Shudder to Think, you'd probably dig this band, but likely have not heard them.

Net proceeds to Decarcerate Sacramento.

[the mean]

Going softer with this Holiday Flyer shirt available today, designed by the band's John Conley. Darla Records just reissued a couple of the band's LPs for the first time on vinyl. Net proceeds to Girls Rock Sacramento.
https://sactohardcoreshirts.bigcartel.c ... iday-flyer

[WrEtcH]

Damn I had no idea that was you. I’m happy with my tiger trap shirt (2nd version)

Yeah, I’ll get around to posting a pic with me in it

[the mean]

Damn I had no idea that was you. I’m happy with my tiger trap shirt (2nd version)

Yeah, I’ll get around to posting a pic with me in it

I think I put together that it was you that placed in order somehow. Like maybe "wretch" is in your email address or something. Tiger Trap shirts are very popular.

[the mean]

Sunney Sindicut Records t-shirt is available now. Net proceeds go to Amber Inn guitarist Cheyenne Xochitl Love's startup Queer Wave Coffee. Modeled by Allyson Seconds.

https://sactohardcoreshirts.bigcartel.c ... ut-records
https://queerwavecoffee.github.io/

[the mean]

If you have ever spent time in Sacramento, you know Chuck.



https://sactohardcoreshirts.bigcartel.c ... ound-chuck

[the mean]

It took 14 shirts before someone wanted a parody shirt, but here is a Charles Albright / My War shirt. Charles has a record called "The First Four Years" and another called "Everything Went Charles Albright".

https://sactohardcoreshirts.bigcartel.com/products

[the mean]

Andy from The Hoods modeling our Tinfed shirt. Tinfed started as Dark Issue, releasing a demo in 1989 that sounded a bit like Wig Out era-Dag Nasty, then changed its name to Elegy and did more demos and their 7" was the first release on my label, Sunney Sindicut. In 1993 they changed their name to Tinfed and did three full lengths, the last of which was on a major label, followed by an album of remixes, before breaking up in about 2003 or so.

Reyka was the only constant member over the years and is now in Death Valley High. Other members have played with Will Haven, Wet The Rope, Bureau of the Glorious, Exhale, Pitchfork, and a ton of others. Eric Stenman, who played both guitar and bass at times, recorded most of the stuff on Sunney Sindicut. Beginning with that one song on the second Deftones LP (Be Quiet And Drive?) you can hear Reyka's influence on Chino's vocals.

Proceeds from this shirt go to California Indian Legal Services.

https://sactohardcoreshirts.bigcartel.c ... uct/tinfed

[the mean]

Rad shirt is out today. Net Proceeds are going to Harm Reduction Services in Sacramento. Rad was one of Sacto's better bands in the 2010s. Three of them (with a different guitarist) are now in Sick Burn.

https://sactohardcoreshirts.bigcartel.com/product/rad

[lewdd]

You and the bands are doing good work.

[the mean]

You and the bands are doing good work.

Thanks, Lew.

[the mean]

Horny Mormons shirt is available now, benefiting Feed Sacramento Homeless. Crimpshrine and Op Ivy may be more popular Lookout! bands, but in Sacramento Sewer Trout was the most influential. Sacramento punk in the 90s was dominated by smart-assed funny punk bands playing some version of melodic punk. Horny Mormons were one of the earliest bands, mixing in a healthy dose of the Dead Milkmen. They did a split LP on David Hayes' Very Small Records. Vocalist/guitarist Mike R. Mike went on the Bananas, who just put out a new record, and drummer Chris Woodhouse is a sought-after engineer/producer, working with bands like the A-Frames, Dog Party and Ty Segall. That's Tom from The Knockoffs modeling the shirt. They've been a band for 25 years or so and he filled in for Steve Youth one time for 7Seconds on a European tour.

[FlexMyHead]

I always liked Sewer Trout's wacky sense of humour, but Horny Mormons and Bananas were always a little too "David Hayes" for me, at least hearing them on record(s) with no context or awareness of what they were going for. But that seemed to be at the core of Very Small records, records made by friends for friends.

[the mean]

This Knockoffs shirt dropped on Friday and there are only four left (M or L). Knockoffs have been around Sacto since 1993 cranking out garagy/poppy punk. One of the members is currently in the Mr. T Experience as well, Tom (as pointed out above) filled in for Steve Youth on a 7Seconds Euro tour one time, and other members have been in the Groovie Ghoulies and Secretions. Proceeds from this shirt go to Sacramento Heron & Egret Rescue. Modeling the shirt is Gabriell Garcia, who owns the Colony Complex, which is currently the coolest venue (actually three different rooms) in town. I saw Field Day play there just before COVID hit.

https://sactohardcoreshirts.bigcartel.c ... -knockoffs

[the mean]

Inner Strength: The best band on Victory Records. Proceeds from this shirt go to SkateMD here in Sacramento. Inner Strength was Sacramento's first straight-edge band, with members going on to play in Far, Drop Acid, Revolution Smile, and †††. They existed in the late 80s, with an output that only included a demo and the Victory 7".

https://sactohardcoreshirts.bigcartel.c ... r-strength