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A song by a band whose merchandise you’ve bought – what was the merchandise Old friends pine grove In a t-shirt guy. The first one I bought was from the merch stall in The Barrowlands, for The Silencers, Dance to the Holy Man album. That was 30 years ago and has long since left my wardrobe — although a friend recently tracked down one for himself, a reprint on eBay — as have many others. Queen, Pearl Jam, Foo Fighters, Queens of the Stone Age, Iron Maiden, Nirvana (spot the theme?!). But it’s always t-shirts. With two exceptions; we went to see the Foo Fighters at Hampden and I forgot a cap so I bought one to save my bald head from the sun, and when I went to see Pinegrove at The Hug & Pint (a v.small venue) and they didn’t have any t-shirts in my size so a cap it was! Pinegrove have just pushed out an 11th Anniversary release titled Everything So Far. They band are broken up (but not “split”?) and nothing new has been released for a while but their songs still hold a place in my…

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