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Haymaker’s bar in Wheeling, Illinois, was a notorious on the band scene. Being quite spacious, it was one of the few bars in the Chicago area with the capability to host national touring groups such as Cheap Trick, The Ramones, Judas Priest, Survivor, and Humble Pie.
DEFUNCT: 1986
• Brand: Gilden
• 100% cotton
• Pre-shrunk
• Boxy fit
• Shoulder-to-shoulder taping
• Seamless double-needle 7⁄8″ (2.2 cm) collar
• Double-needle stitched sleeves and bottom hem
• Quarter-turned to avoid crease down the middle
Founded in 1907, Essanay Studios produced silent films by many of the greatest stars of its day, including Charlie Chaplin and Gloria Swanson. Essanay also produced America’s first cinematic depictions of “Sherlock Holmes” and “A Christmas Carol” and some of the world’s earliest animated cartoons. Most famously, Essanay produced Charlie Chaplin’s classic film “The Tramp” in 1915.
DEFUNCT: 1925
• Brand: Bella + Canvas
• 100% combed and ring-spun cotton
• Pre-shrunk fabric
• Side-seamed construction
• Shoulder-to-shoulder taping
The Acme was a model of chain-driven touring cars made from 1903 to 1911. Chain-driven, you say? Yes. James C. Reber acquired the Acme Machine Company’s bicycle factory at a receivership auction, and used the factory to manufacture automobiles. The price was quite high for the time, $3,000-$5,000, which included, rather optimistically, a “perpetual guarantee”.
DEFUNCT: 1911
• Brand: Bella + Canvas
• 100% combed and ring-spun cotton
• Pre-shrunk fabric
• Side-seamed construction
• Shoulder-to-shoulder taping
Opened in 1972 in South Barrington, Penny Road Pub was an off-the-beaten-path dive/biker bar open until 3am, serving surprisingly above-average bar food and cheap, free-flowing beer and mixed drinks. They hosted live bands every weekend for local bikers, rockers and headbangers, and was known for their more than slightly aggressive bouncers…so, so divey.
DEFUNCT: 2022
• Brand: Bella + Canvas
• 100% combed and ring-spun cotton
• Pre-shrunk fabric
• Side-seamed construction
• Shoulder-to-shoulder taping
Opened in 1987 in Chicago, Lounge Ax was an important live indie music venue hosting acts such as Liz Phair, The Replacements, Smashing Pumpkins, Poi Dog Pondering, Urge Overkill and Wilco (whose frontman Jeff Tweedy married the co-owner in 1995). The interior of Lounge Ax was one long continuous space with a crazy little stage in the back, a leaky ceiling, and a seating area with a legless couch, a smattering of tables, purple walls, Christmas lights and Elvis paraphernalia…as indie as it gets.
DEFUNCT: 2000
• Bella + Canvas 3001
• 100% combed and ring-spun cotton
• Pre-shrunk fabric
• Side-seamed construction
• Shoulder-to-shoulder taping
Opened in 1994 in the Wicker Park neighborhood of Chicago, Double Door was an iconic live music venue housed in a former liquor store. This was a place where the smell of stale cigarettes and sweat mingled in the dimly-lit bar. With its sticky dance floor, rickety bar stools, absurd sound system and lighting, and the now-iconic Ham Band Wall (Google it!), this place was a glorious, sweaty, rocking hangover.
DEFUNCT: 2017
• Brand: Bella + Canvas
• 100% combed and ring-spun cotton
• Pre-shrunk fabric
• Side-seamed construction
• Shoulder-to-shoulder taping
Pin Pan Alley was a chain of video arcades operating in the Midwest from the late 70s until early 90s. These arcades were Mecca to kids trying to get their initials on the leaderboard in Dragon’s Lair, Defender, Galaga or Tank Battle. Many an hour (and a lot of lunch money) was spent battling to become king of the arcade here.
DEFUNCT: 1992
• Brand: Bella + Canvas
• 100% combed and ring-spun cotton
• Pre-shrunk fabric
• Side-seamed construction
• Shoulder-to-shoulder taping
Max’s Kansas City was a nightclub in NYC that had little to do with Max and even less to do with Kansas City. A rival to neighboring CBGB, it was where punk mingled freely with glitter-rock and glam; a magnet for artists, actors, musicians, poets, and fame moochers. A trip to Max’s Kansas City meant being served by Debbie Harry (your waitress for the night ) and sharing the visible air with the likes of David Bowie, Iggy Pop, William S. Burroughs, Andy Warhol and Lou Reed, among many others.
DEFUNCT: 1981
• Brand: Gilden
• 100% cotton
• Pre-shrunk
• Boxy fit
• Shoulder-to-shoulder taping
• Seamless double-needle 7⁄8″ (2.2 cm) collar
• Double-needle stitched sleeves and bottom hem
• Quarter-turned to avoid crease down the middle
“The hottest spot north of Havana”, the Copacabana night club was where musicians like Harry Belafonte, the Supremes, and Carmen Miranda performed alongside superstars like Sammy Davis Jr., Dean Martin and Jerry Lewis during its 80-year run. The club also served as a setting for several films including Goodfellas, Raging Bull, and Tootsie. And, oh yes…there’s that Barry Manilow song the club inspired.
DEFUNCT: 2020
• Brand: Gilden
• 100% cotton
• Pre-shrunk
• Boxy fit
• Shoulder-to-shoulder taping
• Seamless double-needle 7⁄8″ (2.2 cm) collar
• Double-needle stitched sleeves and bottom hem
• Quarter-turned to avoid crease down the middle
Opened in 1958, Record Mart was a little record store inside the Times Square subway station (literally underground; you had to pay subway fare to get down to the shop on the subway platform). It was the oldest record store in Manhattan still in operation, and sold DVDs, headphones, cameras and a wide selection of new and used LPs, especially Cuban Jazz, Boogaloo, and Merengue.
DEFUNCT: 2020
• Brand: Bella + Canvas
• 100% combed and ring-spun cotton
• Pre-shrunk fabric
• Side-seamed construction
• Shoulder-to-shoulder taping
Danceteria nightclub opened its doors in 1979 in NYC with a genre-hopping roster of bands, artists, DJs, video installations and events. Madonna began her career there, and artists like The Smiths, Devo, Grace Jones, New Order and countless others performed while Jean-Michel Basquiat, Cyndi Lauper and RuPaul hung out on the regular. Danceteria was a serendipitous collision of culture, art and music; a wildly diverse, creative landscape unlike anyone had ever seen.
DEFUNCT: 1986
• Brand: Bella + Canvas
• 100% combed and ring-spun cotton
• Pre-shrunk fabric
• Side-seamed construction
• Shoulder-to-shoulder taping
For over 10 years, Pacha was the place to be in NYC for EDM. Pacha was the home of the 24-plus-hour EDM marathons, where EDM tested its chops and earned its stripes; where stars were born and fans were converted. Pacha was an EDM institution — the place where late nights turned into early mornings, and the music drummed on and on.
DEFUNCT: 2016
• Brand: Bella + Canvas
• 100% combed and ring-spun cotton
• Pre-shrunk fabric
• Side-seamed construction
• Shoulder-to-shoulder taping
Opened in 1949, Empire Drive-In was a classic 830-car drive-in movie theatre located in Webster, New York. It had a playground right in front of the giant screen and the Empire name emblazoned in neon on the back, and when they were closed for the season, the marquee would read, “Closed for the season. Reason? Freezin’! See you in March.”
DEFUNCT: 1982
• Brand: Bella + Canvas
• 100% combed and ring-spun cotton
• Pre-shrunk fabric
• Side-seamed construction
• Shoulder-to-shoulder taping
Founded by the “UCB4” (Amy Poehler, Matt Besser, Matt Walsh and Ian Roberts), Upright Citizens Brigade NYC was a scrappy, alternative comedy troupe and school that revolutionized improv with its embrace of “Yes, and…” and its longform improv format. It incubated the talents of stars such as Kate McKinnon, Aziz Ansari, Donald Glover, Aubrey Plaza and many others in the comedy world.
DEFUNCT: 2020
• Brand: Bella + Canvas
• 100% combed and ring-spun cotton
• Pre-shrunk fabric
• Side-seamed construction
• Shoulder-to-shoulder taping
Opened in 1927, the Roxy Theatre was a huge movie palace just off Times Square in NYC. Known as the “Cathedral of the Motion Picture”, the Roxy’s design featured a soaring golden, Spanish-inspired auditorium. The Roxy was a leading Broadway film showcase through the 1950s, noted for its lavish stage shows.
DEFUNCT: 1960
• Brand: Bella + Canvas
• 100% combed and ring-spun cotton
• Pre-shrunk fabric
• Side-seamed construction
• Shoulder-to-shoulder taping
Opened in 1971 in Brooklyn, the Crazy Eddie consumer electronics chain rose to prominence for its prices, but more so for its pitchman, an unholy mashup of Pee-wee Herman and Donald Trump, who would squeeze as many words as humanly possible into his allotted thirty seconds, waving his arms and screaming about amazing deals on VCRs, televisions or electric fans. At its peak, Crazy Eddie had 43 stores in four states with more than $300 million in sales.
DEFUNCT: 2012
• Brand: Bella + Canvas
• 100% combed and ring-spun cotton
• Pre-shrunk fabric
• Side-seamed construction
• Shoulder-to-shoulder taping
Lucky Strike, a shabby-chic bistro in NYC, served French-ish comfort food to SoHo locals for 31 years. There was no more lived-in dining room in NYC than here: the patina on the menu-adorned mirrors was very real and the wood and leather accents had all seen better days. And yet: to linger there with a plate of steak-frites and a few glasses of French red wine was divine.
DEFUNCT: 2020
• Brand: Bella + Canvas
• 100% combed and ring-spun cotton
• Pre-shrunk fabric
• Side-seamed construction
• Shoulder-to-shoulder taping
Electric Circus was the East Village psychedelic fever dream of Andy Warhol, replete with fire-eaters, mimes, clowns, trapeze artists, strobe lights, make-out nooks, and the house band, The Velvet Underground (yes, them!). Warhol dubbed the experience "The Exploding Inevitable" — a dazzling synthesis of psychedelica and glamour with Warhol’s performance displays of lights, projections, costumes, and (it goes without saying)...illegal substances. If you remembered much of what happened, you weren’t really there.
DEFUNCT: 1971
• Brand: Gilden
• 100% cotton
• Open-end yarn
• Tubular fabric
• Taped neck and shoulders
• Double seam at sleeves and bottom hem
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Billy Berg was a nightlife impresario in the 40s and 50s. The Berg brand meant music and dancing and drinking, a hip crowd and hipper bands. Berg owned at least six different clubs in the Los Angeles area, and his flagship was Billy Berg’s in the heart of Hollywood. It was one of the first nightclubs to disregard the color barrier onstage and at the tables, and he booked big jazz musicians including Charlie Parker and Dizzy Gillespie.
DEFUNCT: 1955
• Brand: Gilden
• 100% cotton
• Pre-shrunk
• Boxy fit
• Shoulder-to-shoulder taping
• Seamless double-needle 7⁄8″ (2.2 cm) collar
• Double-needle stitched sleeves and bottom hem
• Quarter-turned to avoid crease down the middle
The Stone opened in 1980 and was located at 412 Broadway, San Francisco. This location was home to many clubs. As The Stone, it saw the likes of Muddy Waters, John Lee Hooker, The Jerry Garcia Band, Prince, James Brown and countless others.
DEFUNCT: 1993
• Brand: Gilden
• 100% cotton
• Pre-shrunk
• Boxy fit
• Shoulder-to-shoulder taping
• Seamless double-needle 7⁄8″ (2.2 cm) collar
• Double-needle stitched sleeves and bottom hem
• Quarter-turned to avoid crease down the middle
Opened in 1979 in the American Hotel (which had been converted into galleries, studios, and a home for artists), Al’s served as a gathering spot for the downtown art and music scenes. A cross between CBGB's and Cheers, Al’s was considered to be Los Angeles’ “last real rock ‘n roll club” since it was one of the rare spots where bands were allowed to “let loose and go wild.”
DEFUNCT: 2001
• Brand: Bella + Canvas
• 100% combed and ring-spun cotton
• Pre-shrunk fabric
• Side-seamed construction
• Shoulder-to-shoulder taping
Few LA clubs had a greater influence on alternative music than Scream. While the rest of the Sunset Strip catered to the growing hair metal genre, Scream embraced the rejects of rock music and solidified itself as an essential part of the emerging alternative scene. Opened in 1985, the club was among the first to book Jane's Addiction, Red Hot Chili Peppers and a host of other bands that came to prominence in the late 80s and early 90s.
DEFUNCT: 1989
• Brand: Gilden
• 100% cotton
• Pre-shrunk
• Boxy fit
• Shoulder-to-shoulder taping
• Seamless double-needle 7⁄8″ (2.2 cm) collar
• Double-needle stitched sleeves and bottom hem
• Quarter-turned to avoid crease down the middle
Opened in 1965 in San Francisco, the Moulin Rouge was the only strip club of its kind in the Bay Area. Suits and jackets were required, and a live emcee entertained as the continuous all star revue of lovely ladies artfully disrobed, including Moulin Rouge’s own stripping starlet, Marta Dane.
DEFUNCT: 1967
• Brand: Gilden
• 100% cotton
• Pre-shrunk
• Boxy fit
• Shoulder-to-shoulder taping
• Seamless double-needle 7⁄8″ (2.2 cm) collar
• Double-needle stitched sleeves and bottom hem
• Quarter-turned to avoid crease down the middle
General Magic was an American software and electronics company that began as a spinoff of Apple in 1990. They developed the precursors to a multitude of technologies we use on a daily basis such as USB, software modems, small touchscreens, touchscreen controller ICs, ASICs, multimedia email, networked games, and even streaming TV. In short…they were pretty magic.
DEFUNCT: 2004
• Brand: Bella + Canvas
• 100% combed and ring-spun cotton
• Pre-shrunk fabric
• Side-seamed construction
• Shoulder-to-shoulder taping
A sprawling dive, The Satellite was the leading LA shrine to all things indie for over 25 years. Parking there was a combat sport, but the venue had good sound and an upstairs lounge with a less-crowded bar and a photo booth (that actually worked on good nights). The Satellite hosted major acts like Lady Gaga, Beck, the White Stripes and the Foo Fighters, and the Monday night program, which featured free monthly residencies for buzzy local bands on their way up, was always worth a look.
DEFUNCT: 2020
• Brand: Bella + Canvas
• 100% combed and ring-spun cotton
• Pre-shrunk fabric
• Side-seamed construction
• Shoulder-to-shoulder taping
Opened in 2005, The Uptown hosted the likes of Green Day and the Dead Kennedys, and was named the “Best Rock Club” in Oakland. With two mezzanine lounges, an outdoor courtyard and a beautiful bar, The Uptown hosted weekly burlesque nights and comedy showcases, monthly queer dance parties, DJ dance nights and karaoke, in addition to an array of live music that ranged from punk to jazz, country, rockabilly, electronic, alternative and soul.
DEFUNCT: 2020
• Brand: Bella + Canvas
• 100% combed and ring-spun cotton
• Pre-shrunk fabric
• Side-seamed construction
• Shoulder-to-shoulder taping
Gazzarri's Hollywood-A-Go-Go was a nightclub on the Sunset Strip in West Hollywood. The Doors and Van Halen were house bands there before being discovered, and it was a staple of the Los Angeles music scene for decades. Some other bands who played Gazzarri's included Guns N' Roses, Quiet Riot, Mötley Crüe, Poison, The Go-Go’s, Cinderella and Ratt. Many hand-painted pictures of these bands adorned the side of the club’s outside wall for many years.
DEFUNCT: 1993
• Brand: Bella + Canvas
• 100% combed and ring-spun cotton
• Pre-shrunk fabric
• Side-seamed construction
• Shoulder-to-shoulder taping
The Mabuhay Gardens was a premier venue for punk rock in San Francisco during the 80s. Rock promoter and television producer Dirk Dirksen brought in many early punk and new wave bands, like Dead Kennedys, Black Flag, Butthole Surfers, Patti Smith, The Damned, Devo, Iggy Pop, The Ramones, Hüsker Dü and The Cramps. As emcee, Dirksen deliberately baited and traded insults with audience and band members, and was a central part of the atmosphere of the Mabuhay.
DEFUNCT: 1987
• Brand: Bella + Canvas
• 100% combed and ring-spun cotton
• Pre-shrunk fabric
• Side-seamed construction
• Shoulder-to-shoulder taping
Opened in 1977, Turtle’s Records and Tapes was a Southern United States retail chain, based in Atlanta, that specialized in selling cassettes, records and concert tickets. Camping out in front of Turtle’s waiting for concert tickets to go on sale was a right-of-passage for most area teens.
DEFUNCT: 1997
• Brand: Bella + Canvas
• 100% combed and ring-spun cotton
• Pre-shrunk fabric
• Side-seamed construction
• Shoulder-to-shoulder taping
An “all-day breakfast” staple for 13 years in Emory Village, Rise-n-Dine, was a congenial, retro-inspired restaurant, serving sweet potato pancakes, Belgian waffles, and egg sandwiches. It was a popular spot for Emory University students and professors to dine during breakfast and lunch.
DEFUNCT: 2021
• Brand: Bella + Canvas
• 100% combed and ring-spun cotton
• Pre-shrunk fabric
• Side-seamed construction
• Shoulder-to-shoulder taping
Located near Emory University, Everybody’s Pizza started out in 1972 as a funky little hole-in-the-wall with wobbly beer barrel tables and flickering faux gas lamps, but it grew into an Atlanta favorite, serving salads, sandwiches and generously-sized pies — monster-thick, piled with toppings, all baked under bubbling cheese.
DEFUNCT: 2013
• Brand: Bella + Canvas
• 100% combed and ring-spun cotton
• Pre-shrunk fabric
• Side-seamed construction
• Shoulder-to-shoulder taping
For 20 years, 94Q spun Atlanta's contemporary hits, adult rock and jazz. Fun fact: the character of Arthur Carlson on “WKRP in Cincinnati’ was based on the 94Q’s long time general manager Jerry Blum, who once pulled, in real life, the turkey stunt that inspired the show's most famous episode.
DEFUNCT: 1989
• Brand: Bella + Canvas
• 100% combed and ring-spun cotton
• Pre-shrunk fabric
• Side-seamed construction
• Shoulder-to-shoulder taping
Opened in 1950 in College Park, a suburb of Atlanta, the Roosevelt Drive-In had a 500-car-capacity and featured a very impressive art deco marquee. It frequently showed sci-fi and horror movies during the 50s and 60s, as well as a generous helping of lighter family fare. It was an extremely popular and well-run theatre during the golden age of drive-ins.
DEFUNCT: 1982
• Brand: Bella + Canvas
• 100% combed and ring-spun cotton
• Pre-shrunk fabric
• Side-seamed construction
• Shoulder-to-shoulder taping
Martin Theatres was owned by Carmike Cinemas, which in its heyday was the fourth largest movie theater chain in the United States. The original Martin Theatre featured “Ultra-vision” with a 42-foot-wide curved screen and projectors directed toward it at slight angles, and “Air-Flo Rocking Chair Reclining Seats”…pretty swanky indeed.
DEFUNCT: 2017
• Brand: Bella + Canvas
• 100% combed and ring-spun cotton
• Pre-shrunk fabric
• Side-seamed construction
• Shoulder-to-shoulder taping
Opened in 2004 in downtown Columbus, the (Locos Amigos) Cantina was your basic dive Mexican joint — dark, a little dingy, and serving the “best Margarita” and having the “largest tequila bar” in Columbus. On Friday and Saturday nights after 11pm, the Cantina turned into a Latin night club playing Salsa, Merengue, Bachatta, and Reggeton.
DEFUNCT: 2021
• Brand: Bella + Canvas
• 100% combed and ring-spun cotton
• Pre-shrunk fabric
• Side-seamed construction
• Shoulder-to-shoulder taping
The Top Hat Cafe in Columbus was a local favorite for over half a century, long before hot chicken was nationally famous. Dubbed the “Holy Grail of Fried Chicken”, their super spicy fried chicken served between two slices of white bread was greasy deliciousness. Located in a questionable part of town, the Top Hat was the place to go after a night of carousing.
DEFUNCT: 2008
• Brand: Bella + Canvas
• 100% combed and ring-spun cotton
• Pre-shrunk fabric
• Side-seamed construction
• Shoulder-to-shoulder taping
Since 2003, The Jinx packed ‘em in for rock, metal, alt, country and hip hop shows. This fun and funky venue was home to all things musical, six nights a week. The footprints of entire genres of music, ghosts of many forgotten nights, and the history of a now lost place and time were caked in its dusty floorboards, and into the funky memorabilia coating its walls: stuffed owls hanging from the rafters, a small stage with red velvet curtains and a cozy, Victorian gothic vibe.
DEFUNCT: 2020
• Brand: Bella + Canvas
• 100% combed and ring-spun cotton
• Pre-shrunk fabric
• Side-seamed construction
• Shoulder-to-shoulder taping
Sitting at Edgewood’s far end was the Music Room, a basement venue with a thick-fog vibe playing deep house, techno and electronic music by elite DJs and artists from around the world. A glowing boom-box facade was only the beginning. Inside was a dark, sweaty underground bunker with pulsing DJ sets pushing the boundaries all night long; you would walk down those stairs into a completely different world. It played a major part in the underground music scene in Atlanta.
DEFUNCT: 2020
• Brand: Bella + Canvas
• 100% combed and ring-spun cotton
• Pre-shrunk fabric
• Side-seamed construction
• Shoulder-to-shoulder taping
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Part of our DEFUNCT LOGO line:
A throwback to the old Dymo tape labeler, the DEFUNCT LOGO is high-contrast, slightly askew, and always distinctive…just like us. Show your love for all things DEFUNCT with this bold statement.
DEFUNCT: LOGO, 2021
• 100% washed chino cotton
• Unstructured, 6-panel, mid-profile
• 6 embroidered eyelets
• 8 rows of visible stitching on the visor
• Closure with full metal buckle and metal hole
• One size fits most
• Vintage look
• Head circumference: 22.83″ (58 cm)
• Visor length: 2.76″ (7cm)
• Blank product sourced from China
Gasoline is soon to be a thing of the past, and the classic gas can with it. So set your Tesla to “Ludicrous” and join the growing rage against fossil fuels with this high-octane DEFUNCT relic.
DEFUNCT: GASOLINE CAN, 2022
• Brand: Gilden
• 100% cotton
• Pre-shrunk
• Boxy fit
• Shoulder-to-shoulder taping
• Seamless double-needle 7⁄8″ (2.2 cm) collar
• Double-needle stitched sleeves and bottom hem
• Quarter-turned to avoid crease down the middle
Part of our DEFUNCT LOGO line:
A throwback to the old Dymo tape labeler, the DEFUNCT LOGO is high-contrast, slightly askew, and always distinctive…just like us. Show your love for all things DEFUNCT with this bold statement.
DEFUNCT: LOGO, 2021
• Brand: Gilden
• 100% cotton
• Pre-shrunk
• Boxy fit
• Shoulder-to-shoulder taping
• Seamless double-needle 7⁄8″ (2.2 cm) collar
• Double-needle stitched sleeves and bottom hem
• Quarter-turned to avoid crease down the middle
Part of our DEFUNCT LOGO line:
A throwback to the old Dymo tape labeler, the DEFUNCT LOGO is high-contrast, slightly askew, and always distinctive…just like us. Show your love for all things DEFUNCT with this bold statement.
DEFUNCT: LOGO, 2021
• Brand: Bella + Canvas
• 100% combed and ring-spun cotton
• Pre-shrunk fabric
• Side-seamed construction
• Shoulder-to-shoulder taping
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Opened in 1971 in River Grove, IL, the hard rock club Thirsty Whale brought in national acts such as Blue Öyster Cult, Molly Hatchet, Foghat, and Cheap Trick. Young local bands would open for the national acts to grow their fan base and sometimes draw the attention of major record companies. If you were to ask a local rock musician about the scene from this era, they would say, “Without The Thirsty Whale, there would never have been a rock scene in Chicago.”
DEFUNCT: 1996
• Brand: Gilden
• 100% cotton
• Pre-shrunk
• Boxy fit
• Shoulder-to-shoulder taping
• Seamless double-needle 7⁄8″ (2.2 cm) collar
• Double-needle stitched sleeves and bottom hem
• Quarter-turned to avoid crease down the middle