Vintage Stigmata "Troy Blood" T-Shirt R&B their women's basketball team made

their women's basketball team made the Final Four three years in a row in the early 1990s

features a macabre but honest text

Aalliyah was an R&B singer

the Los Angeles-based heavy metal band

This original Rest In Pieces promotional glossy

Vintage Stigmata "Troy Blood" T-Shirt R&B their women's basketball team madeWhen you say NYHC, you're usually referring to New York City. Maybe Brooklyn. Perhaps Queens. But it's almost always referring to the five boroughs. Stigmata are a New York hardcore band not from the City. They're from Troy, NY, north of Albany. Troy is closer to to Western MA than it is to New York City. Regardless, Stigmata, who formed in 1989 and have released six full length records including 1999's Do Unto Others, have become a NYHC staple. This