Vintage Action=Life T-Shirt T-Shirt founded as a hardcore punk

founded as a hardcore punk band in 1982

and Full Blown Chaos

but Open Up cemented their slot as one of the biggest bands in the country

over the course of the 1980s

front board reverts

Vintage Action=Life T-Shirt T-Shirt founded as a hardcore punkSilence=Death was a group formed in 1985 to raise awareness for the AIDS crisis. They created a logo, put it on a poster, and pasted it all over New York City, critiquing the mainstream culture which turned a blind eye. In addition to their initial slogan, they also created Action=Life, a foil attempting to incite people to actually do something. While we are luckily far away from this moment, that era in time is still critically important for LGBTQ