Vintage Necros "Nightlife" Big Boys Offenders October 7 Poster Novelty which worked because I assumed

which worked because I assumed it was an ancient European brand

They were bought by sports giant Wilson Sporting Goods in 1931 but were able to retain their own separate identity until they were fully merged into Wilson 30 years later

probably closer to doom metal than to capital H Hardcore

This original Boyz II Men shirt

Vintage Necros "Nightlife" Big Boys Offenders October 7 Poster Novelty which worked because I assumedNecros were a hardcore band formed in 1979 in Maumee, OH, right south of Toledo and just a short trip away from Detroit. Alongside bands like Negative Approach, The Fix, and The Meatmen, Necros were instrumental in putting the midwest on the hardcore map and documenting it via their Touch & Go Records. As the band continued, they released weirder and weirder stuff, but a lot of people prefer the early material, the genre defying hardcore 7"s and such.