THIS IS A VERY CONTROVERSIAL AN RARE TYPE O TEE THAT WAS NEVER SUPPOSED TO BE MADE. PETER STEELE NEVER WANTED BLUE GRAPE TO MAKE THIS DESIGN BECAUSE IT COMES OFF A BIT FASCIST AND BLUE GRAPE WAS TRYING TO BE EDGY AT THE TIME SO THEY WENT AHEAD AND DID IT ANYWAYS (ALTHOUGH PRODUCTION WAS QUICKLY WRAPPED UP AND CEASED, SO ONLY A SMALL BATCH WAS EVER PRINTED). THIS SITUATION CAUSED QUITE THE RIFT BETWEEN BLUE GRAPE AND THE BAND BECAUSE PETER STEELE HATED THE TEE, IT ALMOST COST BLUE GRAPE THEIR LICENSING RIGHTS FOR TYPE O MERCH. ALTHOUGH PETER MADE THE VINNLANDIA FLAG TO REPRESENT HIS SCANDINAVIAN HERITAGE AND BELIEFS (PAGANISM, NATURE CONNECTEDNESS AND SOCIALSM), IT WAS ALSO ADOPTED BY SOME FAR RIGHT AND WHITE POWER GROUPS AT ONE POINT (WHICH WAS NOT ENDORSED BY THE BAND OR IN THEIR CONTROL). THE BACK ART WAS INTENDED AS MORE OF A THINK PIECE BY BLUE GRAPE BUT IN TODAY’S POLITICAL AND SOCIAL CLIMATE IS ESPECIALLY A CONTROVERSIAL ONE. THIS SHIRT DOES NOT REFLECT ANY VIEWS HELD BY DEADFAMOUS VINTAGE OR TYPE O NEGATIVE. IT’S PURELY A COLLECTOR PIECE.

SIZE: XL

MEASUREMENTS: 24.5 X 31.5

YEAR: 1997

TAG: CUT BLUE GRAPE TAG

STITCHING: SINGLE STITCH SLEEVE | DOUBLE STITCH HEM

LICENSING | COPYRIGHT: LICENSED TO BLUE GRAPE

COLOR: BLACK