Stryper - YaBA/SUC (198?)

Very nice bootleg shirt. On front the cover of Stryper's debut Yellow And Black Attack (the orig. design without the missiles and God's hand) and on the back just logo and a simple Soldiers Under Command-text, whick happens to be their second release. The printing isn't even that sharp, but I like this one a lot!
This is the kind of "done in a hurry" design that pleases my eye, because it has a strong nostalgic sense also. I wore this at work years ago and one dude came to me and asked: "What's this Stryper? Does it have something to do with Star Wars?" Too cool, baby!

Heavenly Metal (1987)

I'm pretty sure I bought this one from a Summer Pentecostal Conference back in the middle-90's. Or was it some Youth Happening? It probably was. Who knows...

Anyway, I just loved the design. The graphic sports a very strong 80's vibe (my favorite decade).

As a metalhead and born-again Christian, this was just the thing for me. If I remember correctly (this time), the price was somewhere along 170 mk (Finnish Marks). It was a bit high for my taste at the time, but the money went for the Missionary and that's a good cause. So I bought it.

The back-print is very clever. It states the basic idea of Christianity in black letters. Titles of famous heavy metal and rock-songs have been thrown in with a red lettering. Too cool, baby!

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