Punk

Album: Fun Flies
Artist: The Action Suits
Cover Artist: Peter Bagge

A friend made me realise recently that I don’t know shit about comic art anymore. It’s been years since I actually read a comic book. I LOOK at art now and I can analyse colours and shapes and design principles but its been a while since I actually indentified with a comic as heavily as […]

Album: Minor Threat
Artist: Minor Threat
Cover Artist: Susie Josephson Horgan

Minor Threat are credited with being one of the first hardcore punk rock groups to come out of the USA. Along with Black Flag and Bad Brains, Minor Threat are the band to know and their self-titled record (officially known as “First 2 7″s”) is the one to own. It’s debatable as to whether there […]

Album: Unknown Pleasures
Artist: Joy Division
Cover Artist: Peter Saville

As the debut album for Joy Division it must have been a big decision to go sans text. It’s fortunate Peter Saville had the support of label manager Tony Wilson, featured in 24 Hour Party People, which allowed such great ideas to go ahead. It paid off, it’s minimalist yet still visually interesting. The cover […]

Album: The Bronx
Artist: The Bronx

I didn’t get into The Bronx until i heard their second album, The Bronx - II, which is bloody fantastic but with a less impressive cover. I always wanted to like them based on this cover, which reminds me of the horror movie posters of the late 70’s early 80’s. I’d even buy this on […]

Album: Never Mind The Bollocks
Artist: The Sex Pistols
Cover Artist: Jamie Reid

The Sex Pistols’ only official album was released October 28th, 1977 on Virgin Records. By mid-January 1978, they had broken up, Johnny Rotten quitting at the end of a concert in the US, saying “Ever get the feeling you’ve been cheated?” as he walked offstage.
Given the fact that their two and a half year career […]