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Toby Mott, ‘A Punk’s Progress’, in Oh So Pretty: Punk in Print 1976-80
According to the British Library, Sniffin’ Glue was the first punk fanzine (although this is slightly debatable). It was created by Mark Perry in 1976, and took its name from The Ramones song, “Now I Wanna Sniff Some Glue.”
Perry's fanzine was the perfect punk form. It reported the moment immediately as it happened, from an insider's point of view. Because Perry used everyday tools that were immediately to hand, 'Sniffin' Glue' fitted with the do-it-yourself ethos which was already an important part of punk culture. A flood of punk zines followed, with identifiable cut and paste graphics, typewritten or felt tip text, misspellings and crossings out. Photocopying also contributed to the punk zine look by limiting graphic experimentation to black and white tones and imagery based on collage, enlargement and reduction. 'Sniffin' Glue' demonstrated that anyone could easily, cheaply and quickly produce a fanzine.
“Sniffin’ Glue...was a call to arms. That was its significance; that and the way it looked, a paper-and-print equivalent of those art-school Roxy nights. “It was the best I could do,” says Perry (who was always the sweetest of men). He had that children’s typewriter, “something your mum might have bought you”, and he had a felt-tip pen and a ruler. “And I approached it almost like a school project. But I was really into magazines. I knew the way they were put together.” So, unlike other punkzines, it had proper headlines and a contents page.” Peter Silverton, The Independent (full story in Week 9 readings, Interact 2.
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The Sex Pistols’ “God Save the Queen” art by Jamie Reid. Source: Sex Pistols Official
Clockwise from top left: Jamie Reed’s GSTQ artwork, Never Mind the Bollock’s album artwork (UK) and special release for the US (flouro orange & green), and 7” single cover design, in the Queen’s Jubilee colours of purple and silver. Souce: http://beachpackagingdesign. com/boxvox/god-save-the-tea-jamiereid-specificity-in-punk-package-design
Sex Pistols ‘Nowhere’ and ‘Boredom’ bus artwork. Virgin Records promotional posters for the Pretty Vacant single , July 1977. Source: Sex Pistols Official
A lot of credit for the punk style has been given to Vivienne Westwood, particularly in fashion. Malcolm McLaren (pictured rght) was her partner in life and in business for many years. He also managed the Sex Pistols.
Band flyers and posters were often hand made, as in this case, with Corrosion of Conformity’s mix of black letter and rough, eroded handwriting.
Poster for American band Black Flag, which later included Henry Rollins as lead singer. Rollins has since become well-known for his spoken word tours. Source: https://i.pinimg.com/736x/32 /51/3d/32513d3f0d45eef87d23b70c a2d350b4--husker-du-crust-punk.jpg
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Black Flag was one of a group of emerging punk bands that incorporated a logo into their cover designs. Their debut album, “Damaged� features lead singer Henry Rollins punching a mirror with his bare fist.
The Dead Kennedys’ logo has become one of the most well-recognised of the punk era, even though it did not take a prominant place in their album artwork, like Black Flag’s did. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CiMLQqNFTyI
The Dead Kennedys used photography, illustration and a diverse typography to put across their political messages on album covers. In 1985, their label, Alternative Tentacles, headed by DK’s front man Jello Biafra, was raided by the FBI because their 3rd album, Frankenchrist, came with a poster of H.R. Giger’s Landscape XX (Penis Landscape). A mother of a 10-year old boy who purchased the album reported the label to the Parents Music Resource Center [PMRC], headed at the time by Al Gore’s wife, Tipper. This marked the start of her long-time campaign against Biafra and Alternative Tentacles. They were eventually acquitted of all charges.
Australian bands also incorporated the simplistic style of logo that other punk bands had. This is perhaps one of the most iconic... which band used this log, designed by Warwick Gilbert?
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Formed in Brisbane in 1977, The Saints became one of Australia’s most wellknown punk bands, and included Ed Keupper and Chris Bailey. Image & logo source: http:// punkygibbon.co.uk/bands/s/saints.html Check out this site for a compan extensive image gallery of Saints album and 7� cover art work.
Source: rarerecords.com.au
The Saints “(I’m) Stranded” cover for US release, 1977. Source: https://www.discogs.com
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The punk aesthetic wasn’t only created on album covers - posters, buttons and t-shirts were also a way to encourage fans loyalty. Record companies often gave out free merchandise to those fans who went and asked for it.
Images and more information on badges: https://noisey.vice.com/en_ca/ article/vdbjqj/image-as-virus-celebratesthe-history-of-the-punk-badge
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Poster for the Avengers, an American band from , San Francisco which formed in 1977.
The Adverts 1977 album, Gary Gilmore’s Eyes cover art. Source: https://www.discogs.com
The Buzzcocks album artwork, with a collage by artist Linder Sterling, mixed a more sophisticated (even modernist!) typography with photo collage. Source: https://www.discogs.com
This Buzzcocks cover art for “A Different Kind of Tension� is like a visual premonition of the 80s style to come. Source: https://www.discogs.com
Punk in the early 1990s in Australia took on a different bent, especially with the artwork of Ben Brown. Source of image and more on Ben Brown’s illustrations: http://messandnoise.com/icons/3535904
WORKSHOP 4
RIPPING UP FOR
IT PUNK
This workshop is the third (and last) included in assessment 1. Remeber, you only need to develop TWO of the THREE workshops for your submission. You will spend your time in class handmaking an image that will be used as the foundation of your 7” album artwork and band “merch” (merchandise). Embrace collage for this workshop reappropriate found materials into a new image. You might ewant to include a social message in your artwork. Embrace the punk ethos!
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