Uncle Acid & The Deadbeats, arguably one of the best damn bands out there right now, isn't doing so hot. The band trusted a "friend" to run its online merchandise store via the band's website, and said friend has made off with a ton of the band's merchandise and money.

The band states that it'll be starting the merchandise store over, and that they've taken the matter into the legal realm. I guess the one benefit the band has in this case is that they know exactly who stole all their stuff, so that's a start.

MERCH STORE: A lot of you have been asking what is going on with our merch store. In short; the friend who we trusted to run the band website has disappeared with thousands of dollars worth of our stock and band merch profits. This is now a legal matter so no further comment will be made.

In the meantime, please bear with us while we start over again. A new site will be up and running in the coming weeks.