Nirvana Pillows
Description: Black Flag was an influential hardcore punk band from Los Angeles led by Greg Ginn, that had singers like Henry Rollins, Dez Cadena or Keith Morris. They founded the SST indie label were pioneers of the american underground along with Minor Threat, Bad Brains or Hüsker Dü among others.
Description: “Just because you’re paranoid don’t mean they’re not after you” rendered in chaotic handwritten lettering with a distressed DIY punk aesthetic. Inspired by underground zines, garage rock flyers, and 90s alternative culture, this design captures the anxious energy and rebellious spirit of classic grunge.
Description: Inspired by the raw melancholic energy of the grunge era, this piece features a gritty high contrast illustration of a solitary drink in a vintage setting. With its worn out textures and bold rebellious typography, it perfectly captures the spirit of underground indie rock culture.
Description: The Off Ramp Cafe was a dive situated in an odd no-man's land corner of downtown Seattle. it was trapped between a concrete off-ramp from southbound Interstate 5 and the tangled intersections of Eastlake Avenue, Stewart Street, and John Street, and wedged below a massive wall of the Denny Way bridge over I-5. Finding the rather small 300 person capacity joint was a challenge and parking was near impossible, but those factors didn't prevent the venue from being a destination for bar patrons and indie music lovers alike. The venue was at the heart of the grunge explosion in the ’90s that changed Seattle and music forever
Description: The mid-'70s was a great time to be a vanner as van customizing shops were literally everywhere, offering everything from complete conversions to aftermarket parts and installations. NirVANa Customs of Chula Vista was no exception, and was probably best known for having the largest selection of custom porthole windows in America. Manufactured on site, NirVANa's portholes were first class and were available in nearly 100 different shapes. In addition to their SoCal shop, they did extensive mail order through vanner and hot rod mags.
Description: On Saturday, November 22, 1947, a war-surplus shop called Chubby & Tubby at 3333 Rainier Avenue S. held its Grand Opening in Seattle. The business -- which is initially based in a set of metal military Quonset huts on a corner lot (formerly site of a Signal gas station) in Seattle's Rainier Valley neighborhood -- had actually been open for about five weeks. But it seems that the two rotund owners -- Woodrow ("Woody") "Tubby" Auge (d. 1989) and Irvin "Chubby" Frese (d. 1997) -- still had a few organizational wrinkles to iron out before making things official: In fact for those first five start-up weeks the company was actually called "Tubby & Chubby."
