Swag 2: Rock Posters of the '90s and Beyond

by Spencer Drate, Judith Salavetz

Crackling with sexual tension, comic flourishes, macabre drama, and science fiction clichés, rock posters are as vibrant and varied as the music they celebrate-and more popular today than ever. With imagery that ranges from eye-popping and crassly outrageous to subtle and esoteric, these graphic manifestos of rock rebellion have matured into a full-blown phenomenon, four decades after the first great wave of rock art roared out of San Francisco in the 1960s.

In Swag 2: Rock Posters of the '90s and Beyond , noted designers Spencer Drate and Judith Salavetz have collected a fascinating assortment of images created by 50 of the most important poster artists working today-from 1960s pioneers such as Jim Phillips to gifted painters to graphic design studios as diverse as Patent Pending Industries and Asterik Studio. The foreword, coauthored by poster artists Nels Jacobson and Dirk Fowler, provides a fitting introduction to this colorful world where rock posters reign supreme. Swag 2: Rock Posters of the '90s and Beyond is a raucous and rollicking compendium of contemporary rock art that provides a kaleidoscopic snapshot of our time.

Genres: Music, Art

160 pages, Paperback

First published September 1, 2005

About the author

Award-winning and legendary Creative Director/Designer/Media Writer/Radio and NEW HD Personality/Curator/Author of 21 major pop-culture books all visually driven. 6 time selected GRAMMY judge and every year Making Vinyl Event judge on album packaging awards committee area. Nominated for The National Design Award.

Reviews

[Lindsay · Rating 4 out of 5]

Beautiful illustrations for rock posters. Great to see how different artists design in their own way for the ultimate rock poster.