As an old record shop owning saddo who, due to the whims of the market, ended up running a goddamn band shirt boutique, I am endlessly fascinated by the rad bootleg band shirts available at China's aliexpress.

I bought a few, $6.99 with free shipping to Japan ffs. Although they will pull the ol' switcheroo if you click size 3L etc and suddenly its $12.

Pros:

very high quality material
cheap as shit
fits my shape perfectly
tracked packages
free worldwide shipping

Cons:

fake as shit
ffs
like fuck the band gets paid
the graphic doesnt realllly look like it does in the picture
fuck China
If your size is L/XL-ish you need to buy 3L then cut the hem off cos it will be wayyy too long

tl/dr yes, the wild west of band shirt fuckery is currently in the far east

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I unknowingly bought a Neil Young Zuma shirt through BS similar to this via Amazon and it was total crap. The shirt went from L to XSmall after a couple washes, and Neil didn't get paid. CRAP all around...but tempting!!!

nice!

I have that Jesus Lizard shirt, but it's black with white lettering. Bought it at Day For Night fest when they played.

Why not just DIY it? You need basic Photoshop or Illustrator skills. Your shirt will look a lot better than these generic ones.

it's kinda sad, but I'm totally okay with this.
I would rather the money go to the band, or see a fair wage paid for the labour to produce, but I think that would rarely be the case anyway.
Ethically produced merch is scarce and 360 mech deals fuck the artist out of their end anyway.