Top 6 most useful Slayer merch items
Merch is a funny thing. Bands constantly push wares that people don't need (more t-shirts), while ignoring branding opportunities for necessaries. Slayer, however, does not make this mistake. The band likely enlisted armies of marketers and sweatshops to put its name on sundry items — woven blankets, beach towels, shot glasses, intimate clothing, even Christmas ornaments (oh, the irony). Below are six wacky yet potentially useful Slayer merch items.
This just in: Invisible Oranges reader Umlaut handles Slayer merch for work (nice job!). He's helped bring some of the below items into existence. For more details, see here, here, and here.
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As we know from his "Heineken" guitar, we know that Jeff Hanneman is a beer man. Evidently Kerry King does not drink beer, but likes vodka. Available here. Out of stock — see retailer's comment below.
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It might be tough to tell the time with so many swords all over the place. "Mommy, why does the clock always say 6:00?" Available here.
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This one's kind of cool. Now if only Slayer could make a bicycle helmet. Available here.
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Useful for "hardening of the arteries." Available here
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This would go well with the Slayer ashtray. Available here.
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Does the band even know its name is on this? Available here.
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6 Comments:
Getting a circular logo obviously paid off for Slayer. I'm waiting for Slayer frisbees, basketballs and ice cream cakes.
I'll admit to buying a flask off their merch site. I was getting married and figured that I needed one for the wedding and since no thrash metal or any other kind of metal would be played (we did have a gipsy band play though and they did an amazing Hava Nagila) and that I was forbidden from wearing my Slayer Vans that I needed some kind of metal representation.
They unfortunately don't sell Slayer cufflinks, which is a shame because I probably would have bought a pair if they were nice.
I don't ride a motorcycle but that helmet is almost too good to pass up.
I remember one of Slayer's roadies handing me an orange Jagermeister tour bandana back in 2004 while I chatted with Kerry King and Jeff Hanneman in the parking lot. It was freezing cold so that night so I used it as a scarf. That's the best piece of Slayer merch I own.
hey, I work for the company that the barstool and clock direct you to ( http://www.rockworldeast.com )..
unfortunately we no longer have the bar stool as it was quite popular. In fact the band themselves bought quite a few of them from us when their own supply ran dry! Crazy huh! As far as crazy merch KISS outdoes them all. We've got everything from KISS cooking aprons to KISS frisbees to a KISS checkers set! It's endless!
Thanks for the info, RWEStaff. I've updated the post accordingly. It would be cool to have a set of frisbees for the KISS solo albums!
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