In 2020 I did a interview with Pull The Plug Patches, that blog crashed and I was able to get some material back and am posting it up here. Pull The Plug Patches is based in Australia and make some amazing patches as well as pins from some totally EPIC metal bands! They started small and are now one of the main sources to outfit your battle vests, backpacks and whatever else you want to dress up. The age old question – will the merchandise outlast the music?No, it is the music that matters most. Merchandise is just a way to connect with the music. Patches in particular give fans something to hold on to in an age when most people are listening to music digitally. In some ways the patch has replaced the CD in terms of the physical connection that fans have to the music. But that’s not what...