Free Shirt Weekend!

You all know the drill – put the (almost) Free Shirt Friday item in your cart – choose a size and we will choose the shirt and send it out!! Also, as usual with these ideas – if anyone wants to actually buy something too, that would be nice and help to keep us funded for doing crazy shit like this!If you’re one of the Killing Joke fans in the UK troubled by the cost of shipping the new vinyl – maybe add a ‘free’shirt to the box to take the edge off, and I’ll try and make sure its one you’ll be thrilled with. 

Me? Thanks for asking, I’m good right now, pretty damn good actually internally and externally (except my fingers and my knuckles because I’m an idiot). This was not the case two years ago, I was trundling around on a walker feeling like a long, slow decline was in progress. I upgraded from the walker to a shopping cart and slowly improved. I went from standing shakily in the middle of the Museum with a laser pointer over my shoulder to running up and down three flights of stairs in the newly-expanded place with my fresh, working hip. From there to a year of drumming, Extremities, a whole new deeper relationship with that album and love and respect for my fellow band mates at that time (and my new ones). My point being, if it’s bad right now, it can get better when you might not think it can. In the face of everything, it might seem trivial and small to offer up a free shirt, but I know what a difference that can make for you or a loved one, and I’m able to do that rather than complain and be despondent about what I can’t change.

Things might feel fucked – but you’re not! We are not. Let’s do what we can and remember that our best weapon is our imagination and creativity. Punk AF. As my friend Ruth Daniels over at In Place Of War says – “creativity conquers conflict” and Rob Sheridan/NiN’s 2007 wonderful “art is resistance.” It fucking is.

If you need something interesting and industrial to occupy you for a bit – go check out our Patreon – access to all of it is free, grab a free shirt, buy something if you want/can and for fucks sake be nice, be as nice as you possibly can.

Peace love and much respect and please don’t forget that you are fucking awesome!

Martin Atkins

Chicago ILLANNOYS

FREE SHIRT WEEKEND

 

UPCOMING EVENTS AT PPIM More tours and special events are live for January and February, including a limited attendance Screen-Printing and DIY Workshop with Martin, a virtual event for PiL’s Paris au Printemps recording anniversary, some NiN days while they’re touring through the region, a special Skinny Puppy Process day, and more! Check out all the details on our upcoming events page! UPCOMING EVENTS     PRE-ORDERS AVAILABLE: We’ve merged forces with Overdrive Recordings in Italy to bring you a special vinyl edition of “EXTREMITIES. The Albini Demos and Live Beginnings ’88”, a raw, essential and indispensable testimony of an era that defined Killing Joke’s history. On one side you will find the ‘origins’ with the demo sessions, mixed by Steve Albini, where essential ideas of Killing Joke’s sound were born. The legendary ‘Black Cassette’ contained these demos! On the other side there’s a true rarity Excerpts from Martin Atkin’s very first show with the band at Burberries in Birmingham on Dec 20th 1988! That night saw the live debut of Extremities, The Fanatic, Intravenous, Beautiful Dead. A piece of history that would have defined a new era for the band.  Will Ship Out in February 2026. Please limit your order to 2 copies!   PRE-ORDER HERE   PPIM PATREON MARTIN ATKINS OFFICIAL REVERB STORE