God Save the Queen: Amazing Photos of Manchester Punks in the 1980s
Punk fashion is the clothing, hairstyles, cosmetics, jewelery, and body modifications of the punk counterculture. Punk fashion varies widely, ranging from Vivienne Westwood designs to styles modeled on bands like The Exploited to the dressed-down look of North American hardcore. The distinct social dress of other subcultures and art movements, including glam rock, skinheads, rude boys, greasers, and mods have influenced punk fashion. Continue reading »
Back To Beat Street: Photos of Hip-Hop In The Bronx Back in the 1980s
Sophie Bramly spent 1982 to 1984 photographing clubs and culture in the Bronx. The New York borough was home to new sound and look. Continue reading »
Candid Photographs of The Rolling Stones Performing at the Alexandra Palace in London, 1964
Frank Monaco
The Rolling Stones’ All Night Rave took place at the Alexandra Palace in London on June 26, 1964. Organized by The Rolling Stones’ fan club, the show coincided with the release date of the band’s hit “It’s All Over Now”. The Stones joined a blues-rich bill that featured John Lee Hooker, John Mayall, Alexis Korner, and Jimmy Powell and the Five Dimensions. Continue reading »
Pet Owner Photoshops Hery Dogs Into Classic Album Covers
“Got To Be Tough” By Toots And The Maytals Ft. Bulu
According to Sara Rosen: “I don’t know what to get my husband for his birthday. He just doesn’t want stuff, doesn’t need stuff, doesn’t really like stuff. But there are a couple of things he does like: our two adorable, stupid, wonderful, demanding, old pooches…and music. So obviously I photoshopped the two doggos into some classic album covers, turned it into a calendar, and gave him that…” Continue reading »
Stunning Photos of Betty Davis and Her Bold, Funky Style in the Late 1960s and ’70s
Born 1945 in Durham, North Carolina, American funk and soul singer Betty Davis recorded “Get Ready For Betty” b/w “I’m Gonna Get My Baby Back” in 1964 for DCP International. Sometime in that same era, she also recorded a duet with Roy Arlington and under their joint name “Roy and Betty,” released a single for Safice entitled, “I’ll Be There.” Continue reading »
Post-Punk, Goth And New Wave: Artist Replaces Frontmen And Women With Protagonists Of Film Classics
Robert Smith From The Cure In David Lynch’s Eraserhead (1977)
Accordign to an artist: “I am Butcher Billy and I’m an illustrator and designer based in Curitiba, Brazil. I’ve worked with Netflix, Marvel, Black Mirror, Honda, Warner, Amazon Prime, Playboy, Stranger Things, New York Times, Universal Music and others. Continue reading »
Bowie Fans Outside a David Bowie Concert, Including a Young Sid Vicious, at Earls Court, London, 1973
Following UK dates at the start of the year, The David Bowie Tour 1973 revisited the USA in February and Japan for the first time in April. Continue reading »
Dave Burke’s Superb Acid Art
Dave Burke is a Los Angeles-based artist who paints upbeat, psychedelic kitsch. Burke is inspired by everything related to pop culture: from gum stickers, Dr. Seuss books, and giant Japanese kaiju to fetish fashion, rockabilly, and custom cars. Continue reading »
Vintage Photos of Vanessa Paradis in the 1980s
Vanessa Paradis (born 22 December 1972) is a French singer, model, and actress. She was a teen pop sensation in her native France in the 1980s. At the age of 14 she recorded a pop single about a Paris taxi driver, titled “Joe le Taxi,” which spent eleven weeks at at the number one spot in France and became an international smash hit as well. Continue reading »
Heartwarming Photos of KISS Posing with Their Parents in 1977
Group photos of KISS at Madison Square Garden backstage together with their parents in 1977. Continue reading »
Beautiful Vintage Portraits of Björk in the 1980s
Björk is an Icelandic singer-songwriter and founding member of the band the Sugarcubes. She went on to a strong solo career with songs like “I’ve Seen It All” and “Human Behaviour,” as well as acting success. Continue reading »
The Many Faces of Death in Monochromatic Artworks of CVSPE
In a chaotic world – as ours has never seemed so clearly to be – one can answer it with reason, although that voice could just as well scream into the void. Or, one could answer with chaos. Esotericism, magick and other forms of spiritual expression rely on that which is unknown, unprovable and largely, an agent of chaos. In this realm, CVSPE’s illustrations capture the mood. Continue reading »
Artist Hilariously Reveals What’s Happening Outside The Frames Of Famous Music Album Covers
The covers of the most famous music albums are iconic in their own right. The images are often very powerful and game changing, and become associated with the artist, the music, and the era itself, and the most original ones of them all dictate the trends for decades. Some of these images are even considered perfect. Which is why nobody in their right mind would want to add something a little extra to them, you know, to make it better… right? Continue reading »
Weird And Wonderful Illustrated Letters From A 16th Century Songbook
The Songbook of Zeghere van Male contains local and international 500 year old songs and motets. Made in 1542, the 1200-page long book is rich in illuminations, depicting ornamental and historiated initials and interlinear drawings not necessarily related to its content. Continue reading »
A Designer Assembled a Hundred Covers of Famous Music Albums from LEGO
Brooklyn-based designer Adnan Lotia has published almost a hundred of his unusual works in the last 4.5 months, trying to recreate iconic album covers from LEGO cubes. He posts his mesmerizing works on Instagram almost every day, in which he repeats the image of this or that cover. Continue reading »
Lovely Vintage Photos of Rock Stars Posing With Their Kitty Cats
Johnny Ramone
Who doesn’t like rock stars and cute kitty cats?
Though their contributions rarely receive credit, pets have played their part across pop history. An animal’s presence can offer comfort, laughter, inspiration, or annoyance, and earning a pet’s affection can be one of the most rewarding experiences in life. Naturally, those emotions can’t help but bleed into an artist’s work. Continue reading »
Fabulous Photos Show Billy Idol’s Styles in the 1970s and ’80s
Born 1955 as William Michael Albert Broad, English musician, singer, songwriter and actor Billy Idol first achieved fame in the 1970s emerging from the London punk rock scene as the lead singer of the group Generation X. Subsequently, he embarked on a solo career which led to international recognition and made Idol a lead artist during the MTV-driven “Second British Invasion” in the United States. The name “Billy Idol” was inspired by a schoolteacher’s description of him as “idle”. Continue reading »
“Debbie Harry And Me”: Shooting The Blondie Singer in 1970s New York City
These photographs were taken in the mid and late 1970s, when everyone was in a band, or wanted to be. Blondie seemed to encapsulate the gritty, cool, grindhouse, cheaper-to-rent, derelict, eccentric New York City that spread tales of fear, new sounds and happenings across the globe, and made you ache to visit. Continue reading »
From Death Cab to the Grateful Dead, an Artist Reimagines the Classic Rock Posters
Suburban Avenger Studios is Luke Martin, Taylor Keating, and their two cats – Meatball and Egg. Continue reading »
Ozzy Ironing a Baby, 1983
Ozzy Osbourne ironing a baby in 1983 as photographed by Mark Weiss. Weiss was a photographer for Circus Magazine beginning in the late 1970s where he began photographing Rock music’s legends. He has photographed many popular album covers including several for Bon Jovi. Continue reading »
Pop Stars Get ‘Vaccinated’ In Photo Collages by Eisen Bernardo
Rihanna’s Loud
According to an artist: “This is to increase awareness and conversations regarding vaccination against Covid-19. I combined pop album/single covers with vaccination photos. The results are funny and tongue-in-cheek collages. Continue reading »
Amazing Photographs Capture Punk Scenes in East Germany During the 1980s
Bluesmass, Berlin, 1983
Harald Hauswald / OSTKREUZ
Beginning in the late 1970s and early 1980s there were new movements within the German punk scene, led by labels like ZickZack Records, from Hamburg. It was during this period that the term Neue Deutsche Welle (New German Wave) was first coined by Alfred Hilsberg, owner of ZickZack Records. Many of these bands played experimental post-punk, often using synthesizers and computers. Continue reading »
“The Stone Age Techno”: Amazing Photographs of the Silver Apples Performing in New York City, 1968
Silver Apples jammed with Jimi Hendrix, counted John Lennon as a fan, and produced extraordinary electronic music — with nothing but a drum kit and a pile of electrical junk. Continue reading »
The Story Behind the Photographs of Stevie Nicks With Veils on the Roof of Her House in Venice Beach, 1981
Stevie Nicks from Fleetwood Mac stands in the ocean breeze with her trademark flowy dress sleeves rippling dramatically over her head. The photographs were taken by Neal Preston on the roof of Stevie’s condo in Venice Beach, CA during a shoot for People Magazine. Continue reading »
“Root of All Evil”: The Haunting Graphic Design of Album Covers by IDLEMYND
“I’m Adam (AKA IDLEMYND©), a graphic artist born in ‘91 and raised in the South of England, UK. I’ve worked for 7+ years professionally in the graphic design industry and now specialise independently in the sub-sectors of music and urban fashion. Continue reading »
