T-Shirts For A Jilted Generation

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Here’s some exciting news for Prodigy fans and t-shirt lovers alike… Disturbia Clothing (the anarchic UK fashion label we reviewed recently here) have been in talks with the (in)famous UK’s favourite underground bigbeat pioneers The Prodigy for the last three months and now they’ve released some of their best tees yet under the watchful eye and approval of the band.

If you don’t know The Prodigy then you’re probably a classical music buff, lost in the wilds of some far and distant country, mad, or hard of hearing, if you do you’ll know exactly what to expect from Disturbia’s latest release of three phenomenal t-shirts that are so in-keeping with the band’s ethos, it hurts. I am an original raver, as in I was converted to dance music in the very late Eighties, I actually remember the day a friend at college dragged me out of yet another goth/grunge hell hole of a club and led me over the road, popped a smiley pill in my hand and pointed to a man apparently playing records with a degree of skill. I had no idea what was going on but for almost a decade I never looked back.

Things have changed now, I’m getting on, really, and I can’t be doing with full-on drug-crazed blowouts and dancing in my own pool of sweat till dawn. However I will always have fond memories of the M25 circuit, the squat raves of S.E London and the free parties around Brighton and Bristol. One band guaranteed to take me way back are The Prodigy, they’re still going strong to this day, although personally I will always prefer their earlier stuff i.e: “Charly“, “Out of Space“, “No Good (Start the Dance)“, “Voodoo People“, “Firestarter“, “Breathe“, “Smack My Bitch Up“. I loved the commotion that Smack My Bitch Up caused at the time (the protagonist in the video was a woman by the way) – controversy will always follow this band like a hungry dog so expect to see them riding the underground scene for many years to come.

Down to business – Disturbia have released (via Prodigy’s web store Recordstore.co.uk) three limited edition Prodigy designs named Zombie, Flag and Crest – there are only 100 shirts of each available so if you’re after one I’d hurry! Each tee is individually embroidered with the Prodigy Ant logo, and the edition monogram., silk-screen printed with black and fluro inks printed on 100% cotton destroyed men’s tees (the collar, sleeves and hem are grinded for their trademark worn and deconstructed look, and are super soft. I’ve included some detailed pics so you can see just how cool these tees really are!

Zombie Tee

I’ve included an ‘Ant Tag’ so you can see the proof, as mentioned there are just 100 each of these tees available and I am sure they’ll all be snapped up by die hard Prodigy fans, so don’t complain if you leave it a few days and then miss out. Anyway loving this shirt, a nice shot from the original Night Of The Living Dead (1968) which sparked off a whole series of zombie movies for George A. Romero who I am sure will one day be given the respect he deserves. Before this guy came along the nearest you got to a zombie horror were a bunch of badly made and rather racist voodoo flicks about cannibals with bones through their noses rising from their graves on command. The zombie genre provides a modern day parable, Romero’s greatest movie being Dawn of the Dead (1978), which for me explicitly reveals in a fictional form the parallels between the loss of identity and individuality and mass-marketed consumer culture. Still, if you’re going to sink on the ship of fools this would be as appropriate attire as anything I could suggest – bar a crash helmet to protect your brainnnnsss… Get the Prodigy Zombie Tee for £35 in sizes S to XL.

Flag Tee

Very very cool. Irreverent, bold, eye-catching as ****, Flag doesn’t just cross the boundaries of good taste, it takes a dump on both sides. Hiroshima? Nagasaki? Whichever, the background for this t-shirt is something I’d never imagined seeing in fashion, but there it is, mass destruction, death and suffering providing the context for another momentous prodigy tee. The play upon the Stars and Stripes format reinforces the message, there’s only one country in the world who deliberately and successfully dropped the A-bomb (not to be confused with the F-bomb) and we all know which one. The fact is the Cold War never ended, they’ve just changed or rather upgraded the weapons. Harry Patch, until recently the last remaining British WW1 veteran and the oldest man in the world had this to say in an interview ‚ÄúThey never learn,‚Äù he whispered. ‚ÄúThe Third World War will be chemical. I don’t want to see it.‚Äù The world is too small for weapons that can destroy it 1000s of times over. Still, you can show your cynicism with this tee for £35 in sizes S to XL.

Crest Tee

The Crest t-shirt really puts the title of Prodigy’s latest album “Invaders Must Die” into context. The royal crest used in this design reminds me of a recent discussion I heard on Radio 4 (yes I am their only listener most likely) about the government’s plans to bring in more tests and oaths and god knows what to make sure we limit immigration in this country. Living in Britain is rather unnerving right now, and I’m a native, essentially the British National Party (formerly National Front – a Far Right Extremist Fascist Political Movement) are gathering more and more votes. I read a recent survey about the Brits, most of us, if we had enough money, I mean winning the lottery scale of wealth, we’d leave and move somewhere hot. I’m sure the majority mean Spain and Australia, but in essence we would be invading other countries and cultures. It’s probably not the place to discuss this, but let’s just say every time I see that crest it riles me. We built an empire based on war, theft and slavery. Then we lost it. The monarchy, the government, even the damn BBC are fleecing the country, and we pick on a few migrant workers, many on less than minimum wage. Get Crest for £35 in sizes S to XL.

Great label, great designs, great band. What more can I say?

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