BADKARMA FAQ
Q. What do you do with your profits?A. While the majority goes to tasty alcohol,
some of it goes toward good causes, like buying pure, uncut cotton.
oh, and whatever is left over goes directly up our nose.
Q. Why do you want to add me?
A. We've been stalking you for years. This is just a good way to get closer to you without being creepy.
We just want honest feedback on our designs.
No, we don't want (or have time) to advertise on your space.
Yes, we want to post obnoxious off-beat comments when it's your birthday.
Q. What's with the white faces?
A. We spend all day inside watching golden girls reruns.
Q. I don't get it. Are you a business or person?
A. We're a little business with multiple personalities.
Q. Are you trying to sell me something?
A. No. People don't come to myspace to buy things, they come here stalk people.
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Q. I saw you at the dally this year in a red and silver booth.
You two are HOT! Why don't you have those pictures up?
A. Those were the BadKarMa-idens, not the "designers"...we're actually two cross dressing midgets.
Q. The shirts aren't offensive, so why are you called Bad Karma?
A. BadKarma (one word) just refers to us (the two designers). It dates back to the 90s... everyone makes offensive shirts... it's easy to piss people off... we try hard to make you weep.
Q. Can I have some free shit?!
A. No. I have 3 cats, a dog, and a mailman to feed.
BadKarma Detroit: Own It.
They were the original boy band.
2 friends from neighboring countries whose undeniable talent lifted them out of the architecture scene and into the hearts of countless teenage girls. But while BadKarma was slowly becoming one of the biggest acts of the past twenty years, they were plagued by bad business deals, internal battles, and a frustrating struggle for respect.
In the late 1990s, they've each had enough of 'the life' (multiple years of tedius 8 hour days surrounded by gray walls) and were ready to move on. It was then that 2 friends began singing, dancing, and drinking together as a way to escape the tedium that surrounded them. They called themselves Jackbox. After that and 'Cancerboy' failed everything came to a standstill.
Then the drinking took over; gaining them some local notoriety, and attracting the attention of a man we'll call, 'Ron', a local hero who was looking for the next Jackson Five. With his simple, magical statement, "you guys should make tshirts". The boys looked at each other and just knew. Quickly adding a 3rd and 4th member (some hot chicks), BadKarma designed and released their first round of designs, including a perfectly sinister confection called "Slutmagnet." This single (and subsequent album of work) exploded, selling 10s of copies, sending the boys on a seemingly endless tour around the state. Yet, for all of their hard work, the boys were still broke and living in middle-class apartments.
Meanwhile, other problems were brewing. The two hot chicks inevitably emerged as the fans' favorite members, and the others, particularly john, became jealous and were eager to step out of the background and into the spotlight. With tensions rising, fans are beginning to wonder what the future holds.
What DOES the future hold? Well, according to the boys,
"Ideally, we'd love a decade-long downward spiral of drug and alcohol addiction and run-ins with the law...but unless sales pick up that's never gonna happen."
This is Behind the BadKarma: Detroit