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Surface Noise | Bonus Trax: Merch Madness - Music’s Greatest Merch Machines

This round of BONUS TRAX starts with a bang as a couple of hot takes from the end of Surface Noise threaten to unravel the panel at the seams.

Then we build the Band/Artist Merch Mount Rushmore. From endless reissues, remasters and deluxe box sets to T-shirts, toys, collectibles, coffee, liquor, sneakers, action figures, cruises—and just about anything else you can slap a logo on—which artists have turned their music, image and intellectual property into full-blown merchandising machines?

But this isn’t just about who sells the most T-shirts. Which artists have been the smartest at extending…

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