4.3 T-Shirts (Smashing Pumpkins)
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This article is from the Smashing Pumpkins FAQ, by Mike Hamilton michaelh@ualberta.ca with numerous contributions by others.
4.3 T-Shirts (Smashing Pumpkins)
NOTE: If you have any official tour shirts that are not listed here,
please send a description to michaelh@ualberta.ca :-) Thanks.
Here's a text-based description of the t-shirts, roughly in order of
appearance:
1. Devil shirt - Black with red/purple devil and gold glitter. Back says
"Mission To Mars".
2. Angel shirt - White with blue/silver angel & globe. Back says
"Altitude Not Attitude".
3. Gish picture shirt - White with b/w picture from inside Gish liner,
with white "Smashing Pumpkins" and "gish" text from the cover.
4. SP Heart shirt - White with red/black SP heart logo. One version has
city scene on back, with SD song titles as neon signs, other version has
the following text:
this is a smashing pumpkins t-shirt. rather than ask me why i'm wearing
this ask yourself why am i reading this? the message is there is no
message. one million souls tossing down their hard earned lettuce for a
piece of the hot rock indie alternative pie. i've sold out. how about
you? everybody's doing it even if they say they're not. don't ask me
cause i don't know. rock saves. it's the next big thing. have you
heard the next big thing? i'm part of the revolution. it's all coming
down soon. hope you're there.
5. Disarm Smile shirt - White with red/black "Smile" picture on front,
1993-4 tour dates on back.
6. Siamese Dream cover shirt - White with SD promo poster (2 girls, one
with a popsicle). Back has either tour dates for Midwest tour, or for
entire fall tour.
7. Star shirt - Black with red star & "smashing pumpkins" written in
white in the SD font. Back says "just say maybe".
8. Clown shirt 1 - Red with green clown in blue oval, 'smashing pumpkins'
written around inside of oval.
9. Clown shirt 2 - Black with white/yellow clown, red stars, etc. Back
has partial songlist in yellow & green.
10. Spaceboy shirt - Purple, with orange cartoon astronaut. Back has
part of Starla lyrics.
11. MCIS shirt - Navy blue, MCIS cover image on front, back cover on
back. Tie-dyed version also available.
12. Blue SP Heart shirt - Navy blue with white SP heart logo outline.
13. Liner pic shirt - Black with picture of rabbits & rats smoking, white
skull on back.
14. Discs shirt - MCIS CD images on front (pink/blue circles), tour dates
on back.
15. ZERO shirt - Black with silver "ZERO" and star, small silver SP heart
on left sleeve. Short or long-sleeved.
16. "Leave Me Alone" shirt - White with sketched smiley faces in a spiral
with red bar codes on their foreheads. Back says "Leave Me Alone" in red
1979 font
17. Black SP Heart shirt - Black with silver SP heart logo. Back says
"Mellon Collie and the Infinite Sadness" and includes a tracklist.
18. Vegas Logo shirt - Black with "Smashing Pumpkins" written in a
neon-like cursive, orange with yellow outline & dots. Background has
silver stars and a planet.
19. "World is a Vampire" shirt - Black with large silver frowning face
with fangs & horns, says "the world is a vampire" in MCIS liner font.
Back says "The Smashing Pumpkins Infinite Sadness Tour" in the Mellon
Collie font.
20. Baby Doll shirt - White with red SP heart logo. One size "Grrrl"
shirt.
21. Thermal heart shirt - Black long-sleeve thermal-textured shirt with
silver & white embroidered SP heart logo
22. 'Adore' cover shirt - cover of 'Adore' on front, back has tour dates
from 1998 tour, and words, "The Smashing Pumpkins World Tour".
23. 'Adore' shirt #2 - trio of black & white pictures of individual
band members, with "The Smashing Pumpkins" printed in silver in center.
Back has pictureo of D'arcy in see-through shirt, from 'Adore' booklet.
Older shirts are going to be somewhat difficult to track down, but they
can be found.
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