The modern day pop punk scene is the unholy intersection of nerd culture, emo culture, and stoner culture. Being as this is the band’s “main point of entry”, this typography is designed to appeal to people in all three.

The design of the typography itself is inspired by the original poster for the 1936 film “Reefer Madness” – and anti-marijuana film that has sustained a cult following who view it as a satire. This is a pretty obscure reference, but luckily, the original poster was hand-drawn, so the fonts used kind of resemble some comic book fonts that are available today. This attracts the comic book crowd, the primary component of nerd culture, who are drawn to this genre of music. The subheading at the top is meant for the people who were the emo kids in highschool, the people who make up the majority of the fanbase. It says “Women jam to it – Men also jam to it”, and who loves to jam more than former emo kids, who’ve spent their adolescence jamming, and haven’t had the opportunity to since.

Speaking of the subheading – on the original poster, there was one that read “Women cry for it – Men die for it”, the “it” obviously referring to marijuana. I thought that this dated phrase could be construed as kind of sexist, and that saying this about a band would be too much, so I settled for something that promoted equality and the overall feel of our sound – “jamming”.

Fonts used:

Super Comic from dafont.com

Avengeance Mightiest Avengers from dafont.com