Rock ‘N’ Roll Face Masks
By Andy Kahn May 8, 2020 • 12:38 pm PDT
In response to the coronavirus COVID-19 outbreak, CDC guidelines recommend “wearing cloth face coverings in public settings where other social distancing measures are difficult to maintain (e.g., grocery stores and pharmacies), especially in areas of significant community-based transmission.” Also in response to the pandemic, several bands, musicians and music industry organizations began manufacturing and selling face masks.
In many cases, coinciding charity donations are being made with the purchase of the music-related face masks. In other instances, bands are using the sales of masks to help offset lost revenues from being forced off the road. One of the earliest adopters was the New Jersey-based band Thursday, who started sending their merchandise to local groups NJ Maskmakers and FaceMaskWarriors to repurpose it into cloth masks. The band also started selling masks, donating two masks to frontline healthcare workers for each mask they sold.
My Chemical Romance, Korn and Megadeth were also among the first bands to offer officially branded face masks. For more, below is a collection of other bands and organizations selling music-related face masks.
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Brooklyn Bowl & LOCKN’
Face masks representing New York City concert venue and bowling alley Brooklyn Bowl and Arrington, Virginia’s LOCKN’ music festival are available in the Relix Marketplace. Masks can be purchased individually or in discounted packs of three. A portion of proceeds will be donated to Feeding America.
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Section 119
Section 119 is offering two styles of face masks. Sold in packs of three, options include a familar donut pattern mask and a solid black mask. When an order for masks is placed, Section 119 donates one mask to a community in need.
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Universal Music Group We’ve Got You Covered
Universal Music Group launched the We’ve Got You Covered face masks campaign. The mask feature a wide range of artists on the UMG roster from The Rolling Stones to Billie Eilish. UMG is donating 100% of net proceeds to MusiCares and also pledged to donate 50,000 masks to community service providers across the United States.
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MerchBar Face Masks
Virtual merch table MerchBar has a large offering of music-branded masks (and bandanas). In some instances, artists are bundling face masks with other merch like albums and t-shirts. Along with band-branded masks, also offered is a Music Saves Lives face mask.
Umphrey’s McGee
Umphrey’s McGee tapped Irene Roth at Grey Ivy Studio to design three styles of official dri-fit face masks. Climate Masks, which was founded by UM fan Jake Runey, manufacture the masks. Umphrey’s McGee is donating a portion of sales to the Sweet Relief Fund.
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Lettuce
Funk collective Lettuce also got into the face mask making game. With each purchase, the band will donate a mask to healthcare organizations accepting donations. Pre-orders are now available with the masks expected to ship on or before June 9.
Pigeons Playing Ping Pong
Pigeons Playing Ping Pong fans can let everyone know they’re part of the Flock with the band’s Pigeon Ball face masks. Pre-ordering is available now and the PPPP PPE masks are expected ship on May 25.
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Ween
Though it’s black and not brown, an official Ween face mask is available to pre-order. Featuring lyrics from the band’s song “Spinal Meningitis Got Me Down,” the Please Don’t Let Me Die face masks will ship on May 29.
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Dave Matthews Band
Dave Matthews Band quickly sold out of their Firedancer face mask. Net proceeds from the Firedancer masks are being donated to Chef José Andrés’ World Central Kitchen organization. Stay tuned to see more become available at a later date.
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