I know, I know... 2025 has been a rough year for all of us.  The world is in chaos, wars are brimming, rights are being trampled... and we're shuttering our doors.  All kutte production will now be on Turbonegro (finally) and all Turbonegro and Turbojugend merchandising is through www.turbonegro.com and subsidiaries.  We've had a wondrous and difficult thirteen years in operation... from back pre Sexual Harassment until today.  

Thank all of you who have worked alongside us, supported us, and had erections next to us.  We've managed to put over thirty new designs for shirts out, over thirty record releases out, countless patches and pins, ten thousand seperate orders, designed jeans and jackets from scratch, with zero experience... Pandaemon and myself have had a great time, enjoyed your company, and fought over numerous things about how we should do this, that, and that other thing.  

This has all been due to our love of Turbojugend.  I made demands early on that we would operate as a non profit, no paycheck, purely for fun operation.  Around 2016 we finally realized that this was a full time job, on top of our full time jobs and our families.  From a corporate middle manager and a tattooer to small time operation of music merchandising for so many bands and record labels, we always had put the shop and the fandom first.  

2025 was difficult for me to continue the operation for a handful of reasons.  I went part time tattooing, took a job with the US government, and have been focusing so much on that, it became difficult to do much with the band.  On top of that, post Covid, bands aren't touring the same way.  My time to be around any friends, family, or our local chapters went out the window.  I made the realization that maintaining my job for the benefits of my family was more important than being out past midnight and partying.  

I guess I grew up?  

I'm close to fifty years old now.  I have broken teeth, plenty of scars, and probably more stories forgotten than most people will ever have about their lives.  I have YOU to thank for that.  If you and I have had a pleasant time together, I cannot thank you enough for sharing that time with me.  I am sorry if I have ever been at a festival and have not had enough time to hang out longer with you... but I was at work.  

I am looking forward to getting the same opportunity you all have had over the years, and rest and enjoy time with others during those music festivals and get togethers.  Maybe sleep in occasionally.

Who knows what the future holds?  I definitely didn't back in 2012, when I wanted to make a few TJ kutten for a few chapter members, and got this ball rolling.  Our first order was for 25 jackets.  The factory told us their minimum was 150.  We had no idea how we would sell that many, ever. Low and behold, every year since then, we jacketed members new and old, to the tune of 750 to 1250 jackets.  

You can do the math... we took on a huge amount of responsibility, and overall, didn't do too bad with it.  

Again, thank you.  and let's all have erection.