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  • THURSDAY MAY 24 2007 2:00 PM

Kurt, Sid, Joey and Joe Sell Footwear from Beyond the Grave



Just because you're dead, doesn't mean you can't sell shoes and it seems that no one knows this better than the makers of Doc Marten's. Evidently, the company is about to run a new poster campaign depicting Kurt Cobain, Sid Vicious, Joe Strummer and Joey Ramone as angels hanging out on clouds and wearing Docs.

We wanted to communicate that Dr. Martens boots are ‘made to last,’ and we discovered that these idolized musicians wore them. Showing them still wearing their Docs in heaven dramatized the boots’ durability perfectly. And, as images, they feel very iconic.


According to a story on The Daily Swarm, the images have only been cleared for use in the UK so far. If you like what you see, credit should go to photographer Dimitri Daniloff and retoucher Christophe Huet who collaborated to enhance and retouch photos of the pop-icons licensed to Dr.Martens by Corbis.







 

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SonOfAPunk

SonOfAPunk

Maple Ridge, BC
January 2006

MAY 24, 2007 02:03 PM

Oh my god.

...This is fucking appaling...


I JUST bought a toga for the ridiculous price of 29.99. Used. And now I find out all I had to do was buy some Doc Martens to get a free one?!

FUCK! mad

Alz

Alz

Lincoln, NE
February 2007

MAY 24, 2007 02:06 PM

That is quite possibly the creepiest picture of Kurt I have ever seen. Not to mention, he's probably screaming in his grave about being used an advertisement for SHOES. Since he was avidly against any sort of commercialism and all that.

Sticks

Sticks

United Kingdom
June 2011

MAY 24, 2007 02:07 PM

Bill Hicks just span in his grave.

mk700c

mk700c

Ann Arbor, MI
December 2003

MAY 24, 2007 02:09 PM

If they were really rock and roll, shouldn't those pictures have more flames, and little half-goat dudes with pitchforks?

Or was that just Meatloaf.

artmovesproduct

artmovesproduct

Denver, CO
August 2006

MAY 24, 2007 02:13 PM

I just threw up in my mouth a little.

*shudder*

TequilaRayMax

TequilaRayMax

United Kingdom
August 2004

MAY 24, 2007 02:13 PM

Wasn't Kurt a Converse All-Star man?

And didn't Joey wear those weird plimsolls the other Ramones had?

reno777

reno777

Reno, NV
April 2007

MAY 24, 2007 02:14 PM

Good fucking god. This aggrivates me in so many ways. Good way to make certain that you will NEVER sell a pair of shoes to me. Fuck you corporate cocksuckers.

supernovice

supernovice

Virginia Beach, VA
November 2002

MAY 24, 2007 02:20 PM

ooooooof! what a fucking shame.

erin_broadley

erin_broadley

Los Angeles, CA
October 2006

MAY 24, 2007 02:23 PM

the advertising exec who came up with this idea obviously has no clue about how to connect with consumers. those photos are terrifying...

JP

JP

USA
July 2002

MAY 24, 2007 02:23 PM

What the hell is wrong with the people at Doc Martens? So someone saw this and said, "yea, this will motivate people to buy our shoes". whatever

VaugelyChilly

VaugelyChilly

Ireland
October 2006

MAY 24, 2007 02:30 PM

Hahahaha Sid Vicious in heaven...*wipes a tear*

On a more serious note...bwahahahaha...no, sorry. Can't stop laughing long enough to be revulsed....no,wait...there it is.

Ugh. even when you're dead they won't leave you rest.
Or have you hock their shit.

Baby_Eater

Baby_Eater

Canada
January 2007

MAY 24, 2007 02:31 PM

....for fuck sakes

SocietysPliers

SocietysPliers

Ocala, FL
October 2004

MAY 24, 2007 02:33 PM

I quite seriously thought I might be asleep and that this thread and its content was a dream.

A sad, sad dream.

frown surreal

furnacedoor

furnacedoor

I'm lost
September 2003

MAY 24, 2007 02:35 PM

well....
the sid one looks cool(ish)
you can guess what i think of the others

RileyStClair

RileyStClair

Los Angeles, CA
September 2006

MAY 24, 2007 02:37 PM

VaugelyChilly said:
Hahahaha Sid Vicious in heaven...*wipes a tear*



haha yeah i have to wonder about that one.
they aren't very good pictures.

maybe i've lost my soul here (if i ever had one) but i think the overall idea is kind of cute in a sleazy, market-rebellion-to-seventh-graders, madison avenue kind of way.

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