Just wanted to add:
The pics above are of one wall in my bedroom at the place I've lived in for 9 years now.. since I was 16. The first thing I ever put up was the Greek flag. Slowly, one item at a time, things got filled up over the years until I ran out of wall space. None of it was planned, as far as placement or how I wanted things to look. It all just came together as I added more stuff and tried to fill the walls by fitting these things like a puzzle.
For a couple years now, I've lived here on my own, but I haven't put up anything like this in the rest of the house really. I've just left things the way they were when my parents were living here with me, as far as furniture, decoration and other shit. Not sure if I will stay here for a fair amount of years, or look to get a newer (cheaper) place sometime down the line.
Anyway, most of the posters and pics hung up are related to two things.. Music and fights. I've got a lot more on the other walls in my room. Fight wise, there's pics of guys like Helio, Wand, Anderson, Nogueira, Hendo, Mike Zambidis, Ali, Frazier, etc, either in action or a photo I just happen to like. Here's a quick pic I took recently of my book case, which sits in the corner near some of my records and other random shit. Thought maybe some fellow metal heads might dig.. Please, feel free to share pics of your room/collection area too, doesn't have to be just MMA stuff!
For most of the framed and printed fight pics I have (except for the Shogun pic, which is an actual print from eBay that I got a couple years ago), I'd simply save really high res photos that I found online over the years. Then, I go to CVS and make a print for $3 or less. Then I'd get a cheap frame, and all of sudden my wall would look a lot cooler... I really dig frames even for simple stuff, just looks way better than putting a poster up on the wall with some tacks.
One day, if I move into a new/better place, I'll probably have the display in my room a bit different/more "matured" I guess, since I'd have a fresh start in a new room and I'm now a lot older - with select stuff framed on the walls, and the rest of these things in a man cave/jam room type of area.
Before I end this super FRAT, a quick side note on two of pics/posters on the first wall that I posted:
The Misfits poster is a vintage original one that my high school history teacher got at a show back in the 80s. She was an awesome, crazy punk rock lesbian who loved old school hardcore and saw EVERY band in the early to mid 80s. She gave the poster to me, and an original Dead Kennedys one to my buddy, as gifts after we graduated from her class at the end of the year. I know there's some punk fans on here so I figured I'd share
Lastly, the framed photo of a man playing guitar above the keyboard is an amazing shot of Black Sabbath's Tony Iommi that a friend of mine took years ago, when they were playing in Boston. He made a print for me at his photo lab and it's one of my favorite live band shots ever. If I had to choose anything to get signed that I own, it'd definitely be that (I'm a bigger Misfits fan, but I already have a few signed records from meeting Danzig). I've gotta get a custom frame made for the Iommi pic, since it's a weird size. The cheap plastic one with extra space will do for now, haha. Here's a pic of the actual photo itself.. Always thought it was a great shot..
The Hands of Doom
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Share anything you guys got! I love looking at people's collections and have seen some mind blowing, amazing shit on the UG. Again, you can share pics of any of your collection - whatever the fuck you might have, even if it's not all fight stuff. Just trying to get some cool and fun threads going on the site to keep things going. Looking forward to seeing what you guys have.
Peace
