Ongoing History Daily: Sex Pistols perfume?
With the collapses of CD sales, bands are looking for different revenue streams. There have been some weird ideas floated
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Ongoing History Daily: Weird merch
Selling merch and swag has become a very important revenue stream for artists. Sure you can buy a t-shirt or
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Weezer proves once again that they’re the kings of merch with their new Chia Pet
Weezer knows merch. Yeah, t-shirts are cool, but there’s also the Weezer snuggie… …and even a Weezer Roomba. The latest
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Which artists make the most from online merch sales? (WARNING: Big numbers ahead!)
Back in the day, buying a T-shirt or some piece of band swag at a concert was often an afterthought.
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Fascinating: A history of music merch and concert swag
Merch–that is, the t-shirts, posters, and other stuff you can buy at a concert–has become a vital revenue stream for
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Gift Idea: A Pantera Baby Stroller. It’s a Real Thing.
With declining music sales and with no hope in hell of streaming replacing those lost revenues, artists are looking at
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Want Bespoke Merch from Your Favourite Artist? This Company Will Do It for You
LyricFind–a Toronto-based company that makes lyrics legally available for a variety of digital and online uses–has just expanded into a
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This Queens of the Stone Age Merch is…Odd
Queens of the Stone Age released the Villians album on Friday to (so far) much acclaim. Josh also has an
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Here’s How Important Merch Sales Are to Today’s Artists
Over the four decades Dell Furano has been selling concert merch, he’s seen the industry evolve into a $12 billion
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Kid Rock Unleashes Pro-Trump Merch
Finding musicians who are willing to declare their allegiance to Donald Trump are pretty rare, but there are at least
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A Box from Rush Arrived the Other Day…
With the 40th anniversary of the epic 2112 album in full effect, there’s some swag dribbling out. For example, this
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