Classic Poster-Art Proves “Rock” serves more than just the aural senses
Wes Freed’s legendary poster art is unmistakeable.
I don’t like using the “reblog” function on WordPress — it’s so impersonal, allowing bloggers to simply take the work of others and regurgitate it, assuming no role in the creative process. But I stumbled on this post from commenter Mister STAP‘s Blog Stand There And Play and it got me thinking about the role of album covers and poster art in fueling our collective obsessions with rock music in general. His post is well worth the visit even if only to gape at the astounding collection of posters he’s able to stare out at every time he writes. But I have to wonder as well, which art reaches out to you, my readers? I have long been attracted to the work of Wes Freed, whose creations for the band Drive-By Truckers are unmistakeable in their immediate visual hook.
Have any artists in particular inspired you as listeners with their distinctive album or poster art? I’d love to hear about it in the comments.
The artist Wes Freed.
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This is a really interesting post. I was thinking of Santana when I saw this picture, just the colours used…
Pink Floyd album covers, they were always really distinctive. Then Muse released their album (the Super Black Holes one) and one look at the art work made me think of Pink Floyd. I wasn’t surprised at all to discover that it was the same guy…
December 11, 2012 at 6:40 AM
Oh yeah, Storm Thorgerson is an amazing album designer
I love his cover for The Cranberries’ album “Bury The Hatchet”:
http://andgallery.tumblr.com/post/21491151023/the-cranberries-album-cover-by-storm-thorgerson
December 11, 2012 at 1:14 PM
I know it’s odd imagery he uses, but he does wonderfully well with those crisp blue colours, doesn’t he? Thanks for sharing this!
December 14, 2012 at 8:45 AM