Punk rock emerged from a cynical post-Nixon America. The peace and love hippie politics of the ‘60s rotted out, giving way to the nihilistic extremism of organizations like the Weather Underground and ...
Rock ’n’ roll is here to stay, and the old posters advertising live shows seem to be sticking around, too. In a new edition of “The Art of Rock” (Abbeville Press, $45), out next month, rock historian ...
Hellraising in Helvetica: A designer takes the CBGB aesthetic of vintage punk posters into clean, alpine lines. Swiss modernism, a typographic style that originated in the Alpine country in the 1950s, ...
Countless concerts have come and gone in Milwaukee over the past five decades. But the music lives on. And the show posters. Real Tinsel, 1013 W. Mitchell St., is celebrating the latter with a new art ...
Safety pins, mohawks and combat boots -- these are things 1970s punk dreams are made from. Add in some gig posters, fanzines and record sleeves, and you've got a pile of vintage ephemera that reeks of ...
Most music fans have a a special place in their hearts for rock show posters–some of which transcend the form to become art. The punk rock gig flyers of the ’70s, ’80s, and ’90s had a raw, DIY feel ...
Punk in Houston was a curious Southern aberration, an explosion of personalities and styles that ran the gamut from carefully crafted renegade soundwaves to jittery art-core and manic rock’n’roll.
Pratt Communications Design Faculty Member Tom Klinkowstein's punk/post-punk poster can now be counted among the 28,000 works included in the permanent architecture and design collection of The Museum ...
Disney sure is not going to give up your attention without a fight. Constantly keeping Tron fans on their toes in the months leading up to Tron: Legacy’s December 17th release, details were just ...