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He never fully settled it.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eOfficially licensed lightning bolt gear from the Grateful Dead x Relix collection: tees and caps, from the magazine that has covered this band since 1974.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eShop by piece: \u003ca href=\"\/collections\/grateful-dead-t-shirts-1\"\u003eT-Shirts\u003c\/a\u003e, \u003ca href=\"\/collections\/grateful-dead-hats\"\u003eHats\u003c\/a\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eFor the bolt with the skull it became, see the \u003ca href=\"\/collections\/grateful-dead-stealie-t-shirts\"\u003eStealie collection\u003c\/a\u003e. The \u003ca href=\"\/collections\/grateful-dead-dancing-bears-apparel\"\u003eDancing Bears\u003c\/a\u003e and \u003ca href=\"\/collections\/grateful-dead-roses-apparel\"\u003eroses\u003c\/a\u003e round out the iconography, and the whole catalog sits in \u003ca href=\"\/collections\/grateful-dead-x-relix\"\u003eGrateful Dead x Relix\u003c\/a\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e","products":[{"product_id":"grateful-dead-bolt-pocket-tee-black","title":"Grateful Dead Bolt Pocket T-Shirt - Black","description":"\u003cp\u003eOfficially licensed Grateful Dead pocket tee, from Relix, covering this band and this community since our start as a tape-trading zine in 1974. 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