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"9 Seconds" shirt strikes familiar chord

Contributed by ben_conoley. Posted by ben on Friday, December 12, 2008 at 12:00 PM (EST)

Jack & Jones, a European clothing manufacturer, has produced a t-shirt that bears a striking resemblance to the logo of long-running punk band 7 Seconds. The shirt, which is available, at least, in malls across Canada, depicts the cover of what appears to be a 'zine called 9 Seconds. When the shirt design was brought to the attention of Side One Dummy Records, the band's current label, representatives said "Yea, that looks just like a 7 Seconds shirt, wow!"

It's not completely unheard of for a clothing manufacturer to use punk imagery in advertising. Just a few years ago, Nike was caught borrowing heavily from the work of Minor Threat.

Side One Dummy Records (37 comments)

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Brett-NOLA (December 12, 2008)

9 Seconds hasn't even released a good record since '84.

Fuck those guys.

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Ragdoll (December 12, 2008)

At least not until "Make it Black, Take it Home, Take it Older", anyway.

JoelSweetheart (December 12, 2008)

Kevin Seconds solo stuff is actually pretty good live

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TrueBeliever (December 12, 2008)

As much as I love solo acoustic project from all these punks guys that's been in trend in recent years. I just cannot get into that guy's stuff at all.

Even when I saw him open for the Bouncing Souls last month, there just wasn't anything that caught me. But him playing "Young Til I Die" with the Souls that night owned.

DrewXFishy (December 12, 2008)

hell yea i think that was few days before i saw him and the souls.....beginning on nov right? he menitoned that show when he played

amateursuperhero (December 12, 2008)

this is not nearly as bad as the whole minor threat thing. I could actually believe they've never heard of 7 seconds.

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TheMike (December 12, 2008)

Agreed.

Not that I'm saying this is a coincidence, but neither possibility would surprise me.

JoelSweetheart (December 12, 2008)

I can't.

TheOneTrueBill (December 12, 2008)

Uh, they use the exact same font. No dice.

Tobin_Ownlife (December 12, 2008)

Looks like standard stencil font to me. IMO if you use such a common font in your logo you should be prepared to be unintentionally ripped off. I don't think the images look anything alike. The name of the band doesn't leave them with a strong argument.

JayTee (December 12, 2008)

You're an idiot.

Tobin_Ownlife (December 12, 2008)

I have known this for a very long time.

RoyStorey (December 13, 2008)

I personally never saw the big deal about the whole Nike situation. It was designed by a graffiti artist and Nike stopped the ads once they knew about what it was but it got pretty bad.

I'm going out on a limb and saying that this is intentional.

Tahoejeff (December 12, 2008)

It looks like a mix between 7 Seconds and The Ramones.

Dante3000 (rich) (December 12, 2008)

A friend of mine actually bought a shirt at Ross with the Lunnachicks on it. It wasn't a Lunnachicks t-shirt, they were just on it. Still no idea if they were paid for it.
-Dante

eDWeiRD (December 12, 2008)

Kevin's blog has been down for a bit. That's too bad. I was hoping to see if he knew about this and what his thoughts were as to how to handle it.

MN_punkmaster-skaman (December 12, 2008)

Think of it as a tribute where as the Nike drama was just for grabbing kids attentions.

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deadXlast (December 12, 2008)

Yeah, that's what it looks like to me. I'd be enraged if Nike stole my fuckin artwork and used it to advertise their bullshit, but I'd be honored if some mag like were emulating it.

Preston (December 12, 2008)

Not that it's any better, but it's not like it was Nike's idea. It was the agency, probably Wieden+Kennedy, which are usually young, artistic, cool guys. They take it to Nike, who are a bunch of old, clueless suits, who say, "Geez, I don't get it...but you know best."

deadXlast (December 12, 2008)

True, good point.

Scarysmurf (December 12, 2008)

It's the same wording and everything.

ThomPunkAheaddotcom (December 12, 2008)

ehhh they're definitely very similar but that whole style's been used a billion ways with punk cds, punk zines, shirts, posters... over the years to be honest

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mill83 (December 12, 2008)

That's way less of a blatant rip-off than the Nike bullshit.

Eh, if this band/label doesn't really care, why should anyone else?

nocigar (December 12, 2008)

Cheers to me being a pussy last night and passing out. Got a voicemail from the girl I dig' sayin she was sad that I wasn't at the party with her and that she misses me. I'm great at setting myself up for missing opportunities, anyone else? If you want..I could probably give you some tips.

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dev (December 12, 2008)

Hey, don't feel bad. I woke up to find my g/f still gone. Yeah, I'm livin' the good life up here.

twstdbydsn (December 12, 2008)

that's where you call her up and make it up to her by taking her out tonight.
trust me it'll be worth it.

Dudley_Shale (December 12, 2008)

I pushed the girl I'm all about into some other guys arms.

JayTee (December 12, 2008)

That's not a missed opportunity my friend, that is a guaranteed future opportunity. Make 'em wait!

Bxbomber (December 12, 2008)

I dident know herpes could be spread when there is not a flare up.

RamblinBoyOfPleasure (December 12, 2008)

i spoke with kevin seconds yesterday about this and hes fine with it. he just actually ordered one for himself and for me at about $29.95 each and he plans to wear it at his next show!

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DrewXFishy (December 12, 2008)

that is awesome!!

Dudley_Shale (December 12, 2008)

The Alkaline Trio did it too: http://www.asianmanrecords.com/basket/images/shirts/alkaline.jpg

http://podcasts.portlandmercury.com/files/2007/10/clash~~~~~~_ clash~~~~_101b.jpg

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RamblinBoyOfPleasure (December 18, 2008)

tht's called paying homage not ripping off u stupid cunt

BarcodedScene (December 12, 2008)

"Wear Together, Fare Together?"

"99 Luft-Seconds?"

The continued, theoretical marketing implications are STAGGERING.

JayTee (December 12, 2008)

People who design clothes were most likely raised on some kind of alternative music path. If this stencil-font look was on it's own with another collection of words, and not ONE CHARACTER off of 7 Seconds, I could see it being a coincidence, but believing anything other than that it's an intentional "homage" or ripoff is just plain fucking stupid.

I award you no points, and may god have mercy on your soul.

Windfall (December 12, 2008)

...representatives said "Yea, that looks just like a 7 Seconds shirt, wow!"

Hopefully this isn't their legal team.

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Solix (December 12, 2008)

I don't think there's much they could do anyway, pretty sure this can be construed to be under fair use.

I personally find hilarious how much they care

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