Marc Ecko: New Jersey born fashion designer and entrepreneur known for the highly successful Marc Ecko urban clothing line. His Brand has 12 sub clothing labels including Marc Ecko: Cut & Sew and Zoo York which play not only to the tastes of the urban and hip hop community to those of the skateboarding community as well. Ecko also sponsors fashion endeavors by many different celebrities and recording artists like Jessica Simpson and 50 Cent. If that wasn't enough, Ecko also has his own Magazine and just recently had a successful foray into the world of video games with title Marc Ecko's Getting Up: Contents Under Pressure. The world famous designer has become a noted name in not only the world of fashion and urban culture but also in the world of sports with his noted purchase of Barry Bond's 756th home run ball which he had branded with an asterisk after a highly publicized Internet poll in which he asked the world what to do with the highly controversial piece of sports history.
Motorhead: An English hard rock band established in the late 70s by rock legend Lemmy Kilmister. As one of the cornerstones of hard rock and heavy metal in the 1980s, Motorhead was one of the foundational influences to genres of both speed metal and punk rock music. Motorhead has a number of grammys to their name and has such hits as Ace of Spades, Overkill and noted WWE wrestler Triple H's entrance them The Game to its credit. To date, the band has released 19 albums consistently since 1977 and their music has appeared in countless films and even the popular Guitar Hero franchise.
What do these men have to do with each other? Up until a few months ago, almost nothing. But recently the two have something very much in common. While shopping yesterday in the local Ecko Unltd store here in fabulous San Marcos, I came across a t-shirt that appealed to me on some strange level. Something about said in big bold letters "I ROCK!" I wasn't able to pinpoint exactly why I liked the shirt so much but just the same, I plunked down $19.99 for it. I walked out of the Ecko store with a big red bag and a smile on my face a smile that faded the moment I got to my car. Upon reaching my car I saw the cover of my favorite Motorhead CD March or Die through my driver's side window and I was shocked to my core. The artwork on the CD cover and on my shirt were fundamentally IDENTICAL!!!
Now one might say that this is just a minor coincidence however if you were to note certain things about the two designs it is quite obvious that this is not the case. Looking at the images one can note some very striking similarities such as the skull with tusks coming from the mouth and the chain that hangs between them. While these things could be considered a wild coincidence, after inspecting the detail work on the tusks and the very specific way in which the chains connect to the tusks it becomes apparent that this is no mistake!
Ladies and gentlemen these are the facts, and they are indisputable. I never thought that I would ever be writing an exposé on my favorite clothing brand but that is how we do things in the Ha-Stylien Society. I would have loved to let this go, sweep it under the rug, and pretend that this whole thing never happened but its the duty of the press to inform the people. Somebody has to keep it real around here and for the first time I'm sad to say that somebody is me. What will this do to Marc Ecko's reputation? Is this just an isolated incident, or is this just the beginning? Perhaps Marc Ecko himself is right now sitting in a room full of obscure album covers with a big box of tracing paper. Who is to say? I can tell you all this though, I will be staying on top of this story and giving you more of the facts as it develops.
