Pressestimmen
Dass so viele einzigartige, augenöffnende Poster in einem Band zusammengefasst werden konnten, ist ein Vermächtnis, gewidmet der Leidenschaft so vieler Menschen - Künstlern, Druckern, Musikern, Sammlern, den Mitarbeitern der Musikbranche und den Rockmusik-Fans. Gewiss wird jeder von uns eine spezielle Stelle in diesem Buch finden, eine Stelle, die uns eine ganz bestimmte Erinnerung beschert: Als diese Musik uns zum ersten Mal voll erwischt und von da an unsere Gefühle und unsere Sichtweisen beeinflusst hat. (Bill Graham)
That so many unique, eye-opening pieces of poster art could be gathered together in one volume is a testament to the true passion felt by so many people poster artists, printers, musicians, collectors, music industry professionals, and rock fans everywhere. Each of us will doubtless find his or her own special place in this book, a place that brings to life a particular memory of when the music first struck head-on, shaping our feelings and outlook about the world in which we ve come to live. (Bill Graham)
That so many unique, eye-opening pieces of poster art could be gathered together in one volume is a testament to the true passion felt by so many people poster artists, printers, musicians, collectors, music industry professionals, and rock fans everywhere. Each of us will doubtless find his or her own special place in this book, a place that brings to life a particular memory of when the music first struck head-on, shaping our feelings and outlook about the world in which we ve come to live. (Bill Graham)
Kurzbeschreibung
Elektrisierend, empörend, erotisch, aufdringlich, widerspenstig, vital. Die Adjektive, die Rockmusik umschreiben, treffen auch auf die Kunst zu, die sie verkauft.-------Electric, outrageous, erotic, blatant, rebellious, vital. The adjectives that describe rock music also apply to the artwork created to celebrate and sell it. Originally intended merely as inexpensive promotional devices, rock poster evolved into extraordinary visual equivalents of the music they advertised: from the earliest Elvis Presley funky bills nailed to telephone poles as if to announce a local boxing match to the Grateful Dead multichrome psychedelic hallucinations painstakingly rendered to the Sex Pistols deliberately offensive imagery in sardonic black and white ... This gigantic book reveals the first three decades of sounds. And sights. Enjoy!
