by Zach Shaw | Sep 12, 2012 | Branding, Screaming For Justice
As you may recall, The Gap recently sold a t-shirt with a design that had a striking resemblance to the cover of Judas Priest’s Screaming For Vengeance. In fact, it seemed like a blatant rip off of Doug Johnson’s iconic 1982 artwork. And as it turns out, Judas Priest...
by Metal Insider | Sep 4, 2012 | New Music
The final tour of Judas Priest that finished earlier this year was bittersweet for metalheads worldwide. On one hand, one of the greatest live bands of our time had finished their touring career, and the likelihood of seeing them perform on stage again is slim....
by Bram Teitelman | Aug 7, 2012 | Branding
Bill Kelliher from Mastodon brought this to our attention via his Instagram feed. “Leave it to The Gap to steal ideas for kid T-shirts,” he said. “Seriously poor taste.” He then attached an image of a shirt from the Gap alongside a shirt with...
by Bram Teitelman | Jul 23, 2012 | Marketing, Television
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ih1tHC4v1Uo[/youtube]While Scion and now Kia have gotten involved in underground metal in somewhat unconventional ways, Honda is diving into metal the old fashioned way – by using classic metal in their television ads. A...
by Bram Teitelman | Jul 19, 2012 | Interviews
Until this week, the only record that Ozzy Osbourne fans had of the vulnerable time in between the death of guitarist Randy Rhoads and Jake E. Lee’s time in the band that started with 1983’s Bark at the Moon was the now-out-of-print Speak of the Devil. The...