Hi. My name is Joe Kent, but I’m better known professionally as “ThinkSoJoE.” I play in a Buffalo, NY based punk band called The Living Braindead, and when we first started out in 2019, I was teaching myself how to screen print, and eventually bought a vinyl cutting machine and started using heat transfer vinyl to make all of our merchandise. Eventually we got the idea to sell a series of pride flag t-shirts for on-demand orders, however the cost for all those colors of vinyl were going to add up, and I decided to search the internet for a cost effective solution to fulfill those orders instead. Soon enough, I found a few print-on-demand partners and built a web store for my band, and ultimately converted the merchandise for the ThinkSoJoE brand to the same business model. However, once I had built that first store, I thought to myself, if I could come up with some t-shirt ideas, maybe I could start a shop from the ground up. Finally in March of 2023, I found some inspiration in the form of an online slogan generator, and made the “My anti-drug is punk” design.
So I had an idea. Now I needed a website. After trying a few different domain names, I finally landed on punkrockthreads.com, and thus, Punk Rock Threads was born. All our merchandise is designed by me, sometimes incorporating some public domain art in the designs, and all orders are fulfilled by our print-on-demand partners, from their printers to your door.
Thanks for visiting, I hope you find something you like, and I also hope you have a wonderful day!