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Red Hot Chili Peppers T-Shirt
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$46.00
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Measurements
Pit-to-Pit: 21.5"
Length: 28"
Condition
Vintage. No tag. Shows character consistent with age.
The Details
September 24, 1991 put two era-defining records in American shops on the same morning: Nevermind and Blood Sugar Sex Magik. Nirvana got the obituaries' front page; the Peppers got the cover you could wear. This print is that cover entire — the four band members shot in queasy close-up by Gus Van Sant, the film director, who did the album's photography and art direction, their tongues reaching for a thorned rose drawn by Dutch tattoo legend Henk Schiffmacher, credited in the liner notes as Henky Penky. The border keeps the sleeve's pun, splicing band into title one corner at a time: RED BLOOD, HOT SUGAR, CHILI SEX, PEPPERS MAGIK. Period Blood Sugar prints are their own collector lane now — the vintage dealers handle 1991 pieces as headline stock — but the claim this design makes is simpler: it was the other album from rock's most consequential release date, the one that put a tattoo parlor on the front instead of a swimming pool.
White short sleeve cotton tee with Red Hot Chili Peppers graphic. No tag.
Sourcing
We source these shirts from thrift stores, estate sales, and directly from bootleg and overprint collectors.
$46.00