WEIRDOSWARM.ORG's New Site Hype NONAGON-A-GIVEAWAY
WEIRDOSWARM.ORG is celebrating a new website full of new features and updates with 9 DAYS OF BOOTLEGGER GIVEAWAYS! See IG @Weirdo_Swarm for giveaway information, including how to enter!
Spotlights for the Bootleggers collaborating in this Giveaway:
Artdecho1985
Giveaway Item: Nonagon Amulet and FOV Pin
@artdecho1985 (Echo) started bootlegging in 2020 with pins, but didn’t really start selling items at meetups until the spring of 2022 when the USA tours started again. Her favorite album CHANGES frequently… and CHANGES happens to be one of them. She became a fan of King Gizzard in 2018 but truly hit the cult level swarmdom in 2020 and never looked back. She absolutely loves King Gizzard.
Nowadays, Echo artistically pushes herself to new heights creating everything from wood clocks which are hand painted, to custom patterned apparel, bolo ties, earrings, laser cut wood mirrors, christmas ornaments, and the list goes on and on… she takes commissions, and loves to collab!
Echo is a friend to many within the community, and is always giving with her time and talents. She has a heart for charity and loves doing what she can to act and support. Echo even sponsored a charity raffle which raised over $1000 on weirdoswarm.org by offering up a signed poster she had in her collection, as well as the iconic disco Stu pants from the 2022 Atlanta show, which was also Stu’s birthday. She’s always one of the first to support weirdo swarm charity events!
Make sure to keep a lookout for fun art and creations from artdecho1985 on IG and weirdoswarm.org.
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Scizzardland
Giveaway Item: Gray Courderoy Gator Hat
Scott started bootlegging in 2022 starting out at the Red Rocks show selling Robot Stop, Dripping Tap, and Garden Goblin bootleg designs. He became a fan in 2017 but only listened to Sketches at the time, and didn’t get fully committed until about four years ago in 2021. His favorite album constantly rotates, but Omnium Gatherum always comes to mind as a favorite.
The main reason Scizzardland designs and creates bootlegs: “I love meeting all of the fans of the band at weirdo swarm meetups and getting everyone together. It’s the main reason I do it all”. Scott also had a chance to meet members of King Gizz at the pre-show meetup he organized in his home state of Kentucky in 2023. Gifting them a few items of his bootlegs surely felt like a full circle moment…
Scizzardland’s designs and apparel are so fun and heavily inspired by some of his passions, which includes lava chasing and volcano enthusiasm. He enjoys photography - traveling to take live concert photos of King Gizz, and also of volcanic eruptions. He also is the first creator I ever saw offer a legitimate “woo” counter in their shop, and he's the inspiration for the woo count stat on Weirdo Swarm’s songs page!
Make sure to keep a lookout for legit Gizz fashion and designs from Scizzardland on IG and weirdoswarm.org.
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Nonagon.Rugfinity
Giveaway Item: Han Tyumi Rug (small)
Nonagon.Rugfinity began hand punching rugs in 2019, but bought a tufting gun in 2022 and by late 2022 created her first King Gizzard. Gumboot Soup is the “gateway” album that got her into King Gizzard in 2017 - but Petro is a newer album that has become a fast favorite.
Andie has several fan favorite rug designs she offers, including fishies and gators in many different bright fun colors, and rugs in all different sizes from coaster size to over 4 feet! She creates custom rugs for commission and loves working to create new or intricate designs based on requests. Some of her work has been insanely intricate and detailed, so toss her your craziest rug ideas and watch them come to life - and last nearly a lifetime.
Andie is a major King Gizz fan, and she shares the love of the band with her husband Danny. After getting engaged at the Gorge show 2024 show, they planned their wedding to coincide with the Las Vegas 2024 King Gizzard show weekend, and planned their honeymoon around attending several of the 2025 Spring Euro Residency shows. A fairytale fit for the Gizzverse!
Super fans with super talents like Andie make the swarm special - keep an eye out for her flash sales and new inventory by following her @nonagon.rugfinity on IG and weirdoswarm.org.
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Strategicdino
Giveaway Item: Sticker/Keychain/Magnet Mix Pack
Strategicdino started making bootlegs in 2024, which seems crazy to me since he has so many iconic/fan fave designs in the mix. He first heard Mind Fuzz in 2015, but didn’t take time on many other albums until 2020 - “that’s when I really dug in, listened to every album on repeat, and became completely enchanted.” His favorite album of all time is Nonagon Infinity.
Strategic Dino’s bootlegs are so funny - with several being inspired by the show I Think You Should Leave. Another favorite is his Red Bull (red mars for the rich) bootleg. His shop has plenty of items to choose from, with stickers, magnets, keychains, but also shirts and ice dyes!
Strategic Dino is always posting fun content to check out, and I’ve really enjoyed the remixes and highlights from streams he’s been putting together with video from @heapskeenfilms. Asking him about his ideas and approach for putting these videos together, Strategic Dino confirmed he’s got a background in media with a film degree. It’s crazy to me all the different talents members of the weirdo swarm community have!
Keep a look out for fun posts and bootlegs from strategicdino on IG and weirdoswarm.org.
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Leftiesmudges
Giveaway Item: FOV Poster (regular)
Leftiesmudges is an incredible detail driven artist that creates complex universes easy to get lost in. When I asked him how long he’s been drawing he said “since about five years old” which makes a lot of sense based on the work this powerhouse of an artist cranks out on a consistent basis. Frequently I see people say “I can’t believe this isn’t an official poster!” when they see Ernie’s art, and that’s just because he puts so much of himself into making his bootleg work next level. Artists like Ernie are the reason why weirdoswarm.org will soon have a bootleg posters archive, featuring posters created by artists in the weirdo swarm that have created amazing pieces of work for shows, tours, and meetups. More on that to come…
Leftiesmudges started bootlegging King Gizzard art in 2017, but the first thing he sold was the Caverns bootleg poster (which came with an epic drag variant) at the caverns in 2023. He donated one of those to the Caverns charity raffle organized by @weirdo_swarm and @gizzfamily. In the years he’s been illustrating, sketching and creating King Gizzard commissions and collabs, he’s created iconic scenes that live on as some of the best weirdo swarm art ever created.
Where can Leftiesmudges be found at a King Gizz show? Likely floating over the crowd, surfing, living his best life. When asked about his favorite albums, one wasn’t enough. Nonagon, Mind Fuzz, Float Along, Petro, Rats Nest, and Poly are equal favorites - but if pressed, he’s going with Nonagon Infinity. It’s his gateway album, the first album that got him into Gizzard.
You’re going to not want to miss a @leftiesmudges bootleg, so follow him on IG and check out his page on weirdoswarm.org.
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Greencoastco_creative
Giveaway Item: Nonagon Hat
Greencoast Co Bootleg is the labor of love of Brittany, a huge Gizzhead who started bootlegging in 2022 after becoming a fan in 2021. Her favorite album is Changes, which inspired her latest creation - a Changes bucket hat. Brittany creates from her heart, and works without ceasing. She’s a rockstar, and a mom to a Gizz kid named River.
You can find everything from apparel to grab bags with miscellaneous merch on her shop pages, but also - she’s always game for collabs and commissions, and she can create a variety of merch with her professional embroidery equipment. The ideas are always flowing and the creativity has no end in sight! She’ll bring your designs to life with no minimum orders on patches and embroidered items.
Brittany recently took a move across the country with her family and has found the weirdo swarm as a perfect way to connect with new friends immediately in a new town. You can find her vending at Denver area weirdo swarm meetups organized by @fischersfamousmedia.
Follow Brittany or hit her up for collabs or merch on IG @greencoastco_creative and on weirdoswarm.org.
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Hazelbudsclayco / Mysteriousmerch_art
Giveaway Item: Stickers & Earrings / Linocut Print
Combining these two talents in one post seems almost impossible - Hazelbudsclayco and Mysteriousmerch_art both create incredible art. Hazelbudsclayco makes clay and linocut creations utilizing found/reclaimed items and a heavy inspiration pulling from nature and all things mycelium related! Mysteriousmerch_art creates incredibly detailed linocuts for original prints, patchwork, and custom apparel.
Together they share a love of King Gizzard, drawing inspiration from them as they create. They work as a married bootlegger duo extraordinaire, organizing weirdo swarm meetups and vending on tour stops they hit - always bringing new fun concepts from wearables to decor.
Hazelbudsclayco (Em) and Mysteriousmerch_art (George) walked down the aisle to King Gizzard, they’re huge fans. Em started bootlegging King Gizz merch in 2023 after becoming a fan in 2019, and their favorite albums are FAFYL, MOTU, and Fishing for Fishies. George started bootlegging in general in 2015 - and that’s when he became a fan of King Gizz. He joined the King Gizz bootlegging scene in 2022. His favorite albums are MOTU, Sketches, and Poly. Both Em and George love taking in the fun sides of bootlegging, like continually feeding their creative sides and getting to make new friends through the weirdo swarm, with George adding, “The people we have met through this scene are some of the best community we could hope for!”
For intricate psychedelic linocuts and prints and fun clay-creations follow both mysteriousmerch_art and hazelbudsclayco on IG and weirdoswarm.org.
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Cygoodies
Giveaway Item: Golden Nathan Pin and Astro-Fishie Patch
If you’re a fan of bootleg King Gizzard merch you’ve probably heard of Cygoodies - a collective of three friends Michael, Dave, and Matt. They jumped into bootlegging together in 2020, Cygoodies creates collectible pins with special variants and limited drops. The excitement of getting one of the drops you have your eye on sometimes feels as intense as getting a Galea foil or specific vinyl color variant.
Michael became a fan in 2018 and his favorite album is Gumboot Soup. Dave became a fan in 2019, and his fave album is Petro. Matt became a fan in 2019, and his favorite album is FMB.
They’re all huge fans of King Gizz, and they enjoy sharing their bootlegging projects as a shared creative outlet and labor of love.
The first time Cody and I met Michael was actually the first time we saw King Gizzard, Asheville 2019 - and about 5 minutes prior we had just met each other! Cody was showing off the poster from that night, which has gone down in history as one of the most iconic… He had got one for both of us, and Michael came over to check it out and we got to chatting :) Meeting friends at a Gizz show is always a good idea imo.
You won’t want to miss any drops from Cygoodies, so it’s best to follow them on IG and weirdoswarm.org.
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CashOrTrade / Calico_Phlex
Giveaway Item: YEAR CoT GOLD MEMBERSHIP / WS Reverse Dye by PrintsByFlex.com
CashorTrade is the OG face-value, fan-to-fan ticketing platform that’s been the trusted choice of music lovers for over 15 years. Stoked to announce that CashorTrade is contributing a full YEAR of CoT GOLD Membership for our new site NONAGON-A-GIVEAWAY!
With CoT GOLD, you’ll enjoy:
*No platform fee!
*Early access 10-minute head start on new tickets 👀
*Verified account status
*Exclusive extra features
@calico_phlex first started making bootleg Gizz merch in 2022, but he’s been a fan since 2015! His fave album is Poly. He absolutely loves King Gizz and bootlegging - screenprinting and dying is his profession! Even still you’ll find his designs reflect someone who is a true music lover and fan of the band. Between his screenprinting and intricate approach to dying, Flex creates striking one of-a-kind apparel.
Flex’s designs that are well loved in the community, including his Gizz rainbow Phish-fish shirt… which has literally been sported by BOTH Stu and Trey Anastasio (which was a full circle moment for Flex, and safe to say one of those, “this is why I do this” moments!).
Based in Asheville, NC, unfortunately Flex was impacted directly by hurricane helene in 2024. Suggesting BelovedAsheville as a local charity - we took his advice and @weirdo_swarm collaborated with @gizzfamily to focus on @BelovedAsheville for the Hurricane Helene Relief Charity Raffle which raised over $34,000! Flex has a huge heart for charity, and is always one of the first to support weirdo swarm charity events.
Flex enjoys collabing with weirdo swarm artists, creating next level designs and dyes together - today we are excited to LAUNCH AN EXCLUSIVE PREORDER FOR WEIRDO SWARM screenprint shirts and reverse dyes - link in our linktree in bio!
Keep a look out for new dyes and designs from Flex @calico_phlex on IG and on weirdoswarm.org.