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Metal Up Your Ass

Pancake — Sun, 15 Aug 2010 21:49:35 +0000

Last night I, along with a small but sturdy crowd, witnessed Black Cobra tear through about 12 unrelenting and just plain balls-out metal songs at the Casbah. I was enjoying the onslaught and occasionally watching this dude in front, whom many of my friends would consider a nerd (think shorts a bit shorter than cool, running shoes on high white socks, glasses etc.). He was slowly banging his head directly over a stage monitor with a huge grin on his face for the majority of the show. When some jolly drunken thrashing about ensued he made sure to take part in that celebration as well. As this was happening I was reminded of a conversation I had recently with a friend who, for lack of a better term, doesn’t “get” metal. He told me, ” I think people try really hard to like metal.” Now, any true fan of metal would obviously, at the very least, find this remark offensive and ignorant. I’ve met many a metalhead who would punch someone in the face in a second for saying something like that to them. This guy is my friend, though, and I let it slide with a, “You don’t have to try too hard, man,” without digging into him about his fetish for disco based music under the guise of punk rock, or even rock and roll for that matter. I was outnumbered, and the only other metalhead there was Danica and she didn’t look interested in hearing me call everyone pussies and whatnot. But now I’m back at the bar watching this nerdy guy just loving having his ears massaged and his mind seduced by the mighty Black Cobra and I’m thinking, ‘this guy sure is trying real hard to like this music.’ Ha Fucking Ha. It just could not be that people from all walks of life could find invigoration in the aural desecration that is a brutal wall of sound delivered without pretense by two dudes in front of a small but appreciative crowd. Metal for the win, every fucking time.

In other metal related news here is a picture of a graphic I drew for an up and coming project that I will give more info about as I learn it. Inspired by Sir Putrid of Putrid Gore Art and the Lord Of Logos, Christophe Szpajdel, I tried to pay respects to the symmetry of the black metal logos and the bloodiness of the gore, death and horror bands’ logos. I’m definitely looking for more work in the metal genres, and working on combining more horror elements into the psychedelic/surreal space that my paintings exist in at this time. Okay, you’ll have to excuse me as I force myself to flip this Witch record!

Burning Of Rome Logo

Pancake — Tue, 16 Feb 2010 09:18:17 +0000

I was really stoked to make this logo a while back for my friends in the death-pop band The Burning Of Rome. I have a lot of respect for this band. Ian MacKaye himself could appreciate The Burning Of Rome’s DIY ethic. They record all their own music, and their records sound great with headphones on. They constantly hold concerts/art shows in their studio, Speakeasy Studios where they are building a scene in the tragically un-hip North County area of San Diego. Anton Patzner from Judgement Day (an Oakland string metal band, yep, STRING METAL) recently said it was actually a dream of theirs to come play one of these shows, as he had experienced the art friendly vibe for himself on a previous visit to San Diego. They recently got escorted off the reservation directly following their performance at the San Diego Music Awards involving some hijinx reminiscent of a Gorgoroth concert involving pig heads on poles. It’s fun to have a band in San Diego causing a ruckus, and fairly ironic that the ones to do it sound so damn catchy.

Go With Your Gut

Pancake — Tue, 02 Jun 2009 02:16:30 +0000

Originally I had planned for the whole run to be printed like the green version shown above. That red next to the green really messes with your eyes, which is exactly what I was going for. I was printing late at night and the lighting was not the greatest, and after a couple of pulls they just were not looking right to me. Like a big jerk I decided to switch the run to black ink, which was stupid. Upon inspecting the posters in better lighting I quickly realized the green copies were exactly right. Don’t get me wrong, the black version turned out really good, but it isn’t as trippy. Anyway, there are 4 green copies, and Earthless got 3 of them. I guess that makes them extremely limited, right? Always, always, always, always, always, always, GO WITH YOUR GUT.

Black copies will be for sale at the merch booth at the show, and if there is any left they will be available in my etsy store Saturday.
**EDIT** Poster now available in the store.

Detroit Granny

Pancake — Wed, 20 May 2009 03:48:57 +0000

Oh man, Basil Wolverton could really draw, and I have always admired his oddball perspective. Fans of MAD Magazine will recognize his work. This poster for the Detroit Cobras was definitely influenced by his drawing style, especially in the hair. And that color blend I printed there is metallic silver to metallic gold/bronze, so it looks great when the light hits it right.

Speaking of Sabbath

Pancake — Wed, 25 Mar 2009 22:53:04 +0000

This print I’m calling “Everyone’s Happy When the Wizard Walks By” will be showing at the “Lyrically Speaking” group print show that will run in conjunction with the 2009 Independent Record Store Day. Come out to the show’s opening reception on Saturday, April 18, 2009, 6 – 9 pm if you are close to one of the following locations.
-Signed & Numbered/Slowtrain Records in Salt Lake City
-Size Records in Oklahoma City
-52.5 Records in Charleston, SC.
All of the venues are small, independently owned stores and this is a chance to pick up some cool art, or at least check out the eye-candy while browsing for music. 38 artists were asked to create a print based on song lyrics. I went with Black Sabbath.

I also did a small edition of this poster in blue. Check it out in the Art Prints Section.
**EDIT** Poster now available in the store.

Punk Rock the Casbah

Pancake — Sat, 31 Jan 2009 21:56:26 +0000

Toronto, Ontario’s Fucked Up are the shit. Super aggressive, smart and their approach to a genre that has been rehashed and reused to oblivion is, well, refreshing. You can’t say that about just any punk/hardcore band. I fucking like music that makes me want to punch the air, and this is that kind of music.

I made a one color screen print for the upcoming show at the Casbah. When it comes to punk imagery it doesn’t get any better than Raymond Pettibon’s stark black and white illustrations for his brother’s band, Black Flag, so I adopted that general approach for this poster.

It should be noted that the opening act is not “Mika Miko and the Dabbers,” but “Mika Miko (the awesome noise-punk band from LA)” and “The Dabbers.” That’s two separate bands. The poster reads kind of unclear. Sorry guys.
**EDIT** Poster now available in the store.