'THE DIME SHIRT' Continues To Thrive

March 15, 2005

"The Dime Shirt" creator Dan McDougall, erstwhile merchandise printer and vocalist for Melbourne, Australia-based act BLOCK, has created a monster. Since last week's announcement on BLABBERMOUTH.NET that The Dime Shirt — a tribute to slain PANTERA/DAMAGEPLAN guitarist "Dimebag" Darrell Abbott — was available worldwide via eBay, his web site, www.blocknation.com, has received 55,000 hits from people looking for more details about the amazing tribute shirt.

"It's been an amazing response," said McDougall. "We're just asking people to be patient and everyone will get the shirts they've ordered!" Such was the response that currently a three-week wait for shirts is being anticipated, but all versions of the shirt (U.S., Canada, U.K., Texas, Europe and The World) are still available.

"We're sure that Vinnie Paul will be touched and amazed when we can show him photos of metalheads all over the world paying tribute to his brother," said the people behind The Dime Shirt offer on eBay in reference to McDougall's avowed intention of creating a photo montage page on the www.blocknation.com web site of the shirt being worn by its purchasers worldwide.

McDougall is selling The Dime Shirts for just $5 each. He stands to make nothing for the time and effort he has thus far contributed but believes the low price will encourage as many people as possible to buy one for themselves and one for each of their friends; draw attention to the real cost of producing a t-shirt in the aim that people will reject similar commemorative items that will be inevitably overpriced.

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