We had the morning off and went shopping. P found out about this place called the Galeria de Rock in SP downtown.
This place was off the chain, it was 450 shops in a large mall of EVERYTHING someone into subcultures and their associated fashions/accessories would need.
Goes like this, bottom floor, ALL hip hop wear, dvds, records, hair dressers, custom clothes, trainers etc.
Second floor, Skate wear, trainers, tattooists, band merchandise
Third floor: ROCKtastic, death metal, black metal, speed metal, thrash, hair metal, uk metal, punk, oi, emo, etc etc.
Fourth Floor, as above with smatterings of skate shops, sex shops, fake teeshirts and trainers (some hilarious stuff in here)
Like these, who in their right mind would buy, let alone pretend that someone would have designed these monstrosities
Fifth Floor, various printing, screen prints, designs and embroiodery units, which I am sure have a 'business agreement' with some of the shops downstairs to knock up fake band teeshirts in bulk and sell them on in their shops. Each to their own, every one always needs the latest rip off Burzum, Gargoroth, Slaughtered Pig Ears, or what ever teeshirt.
We loved this place, but prices were a bit steep for kicks,new eras etc eg: Black fitted £60...WISE UP. We settled on the deep foam hats, which we bought in abundance, cool bboys now eh.
Imagine camden market, carnaby street, corn exchange in Leeds, if it were in one building and run by Method Man, Tony Hawk, and Bruce Dickenson (Iron Maiden)and you get the dealio.
'If sir desires this outfit, Galeria can provide very easy'
Besides the bootlegged dvds, knock off labels and other random weird stuff ( a black metal spiked gauntlet and matching pig head ear rings )this place rocked literally, the best bboy beats blasted from one shop (DJ Timber would have loved it), on another side of the place Emo's creeped about, lurking for something, and up stairs blast beats and the throat shredding vocals of some underground brazillian deathcore band ripped your face off.
We came, we saw, we purchased, we consumed and continued to be victims haha.
However Galeria de Rock, serves as a reminder as how all these subcultures albeit different, can co-exist and have cross overs but still continue to give kids, adults and older members of the world something to live for....... mongolian helemt and spiked gloves, I mean Music.
Viva le Music!!!!!
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