It has been an issue of consternation for weeks now in the Philebrity offices: Why do all concerned with the dead/dying Zipperhead store keep changing or modifying their answers as to whether or not the new store soon-t0-be opened by manager Rob Windfelder will actually be called Zipperhead? First it wasn’t, then, it was, and then, something else that we didn’t even understand. Now, the truth: The Zipperhead name is actually just being turned into a t-shirt concession/licensing deal:

Ö “Punk’s not dead ó it’s moving around the corner,” says Rob Windfelder who (along with wife Stefanie), in an about-face, will lease the old Zipperhead name from Rick Millan for use at their new 528 S. Fourth St. space, Crash Bang Boom. Come July 1 at noon, Zipperhead memorabilia will be firmly ensconced in Crash Bang Boom without making the new space “a museum for its predecessor. Ö We want the name ó its historical significance,” says Windfelder, “to be maintained while heading into the future.” Ö

Malcolm McLaren would be so proud.
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This entry was posted on Thursday, June 16th, 2005 at 9:39 am.