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The final part in our discussion with Invisible Creature designers Ryan and Don Clark discussing their album art for Alice In Chains, Wolfmother, IAMX, Kendrick Lamar and more.
Part 2 of our discussion with Invisible Creature directors Don and Ryan Clark focuses on designs for Foo Fighters, Chris Cornell, The Living End, Dead Poetic and many more .
Invisible Creature is the design studio of Ryan and Don Clark, creators f iconic album art from The Foo Fighters to Brand New, Alice In Chains to Stone Sour and more. Tune into episode 1 to hear about their beginnings and growth as designers and musicians.
Dan Mumford is an iconic illustrator and album designer out of the UK. Acclaimed globally with exhibitions in the US, work with Star Wars as well as punk and hardcore artists such as Parkway Drive, A Day To Remember, Protest The Hero and more.
This is part 2 where we delve into Dan's work with Star Wars/ Disney, Metal Hammer magazine, The Devil Wears Prada and more!
Dan Mumford is an iconic illustrator and album designer out of the UK. Acclaimed globally with exhibitions in the US, work with Star Wars as well as punk and hardcore artists such as Parkway Drive, A Day To Remember, Protest The Hero and more.
Part 2 of our discussion with legendary designer Gail Marowiitz. On this episode we discover Gail's guidance and work with Panic! At The Disco, Evanescence, Patti Smith, Ted Leo, Jonathan Coulton and many more.
Gail Marowitz is a Grammy Award winning designer incredible albums by Aimee Mann, Rollins Band, Panic! At The Disco and more. In this first episode we uncover Henry Rollins, Aimee Man, The Baby Animals and Jeff Buckley.
Part 2 of our chat with Frank Gargiulo - iconic designer behind Bad Religion, Fall Out Boy, Fountains of Wayne and more.
Frank is The Art Dictator and the name is fitting, and he has developed artwork for some incredible records. In this, the first of 2 parts Frank discusses his introduction to the music art world and his work with Red Hot + Blue, Pete Townshend from The Who, Clutch, CIV, Rival Schools and more.
We conclude our discussion with Tommy Steele by running through more of his iconic designs from Beach Boys to Foo Fighters and beyond
An iconic of album design, Tommy Steele has created some of the most well known album art ever. We discuss his career and his many highlights including Crowded House, Tom Petty, Neil Young, John Lennon and more in part 1
Our final episode with Masaki Koike discusses his involvement in The Cars Greatest Hits, Woodstock 50th Anniversary package and more.
Across our 3 episode arc you'll hear about artists as diverse as De La Soul, Joni Mitchell, Keith Sweat, Cream and The Grateful Dead.
Masaki Koike delves into enormous releases for The Jesus and Mary Chain, The Grateful Dead and his Grammy win for What It Is! Funky Soul & Rare Grooves This is Part 2 / 3 for our discussion.
Masaki Koike is the Grammy Award winning designer behind many of the best box set designs on the planet. In this first part of our chat we talk Keith Sweat to De La Soul, Cream to Joni Mitchell, Sinatra to Joni Mitchell and more.
We finish our discussion with Callum Preston discussing album designs for Alex Lahey and Luca Brasi
Part 2 of our chat with Callum Preston and it's all about Parkway Drive and some incredible designs Callum has done for the group. Part 1 saw us find out all about Callum, discuss his work with Deez Nuts, 50 Lions and much more.
Callum Preston is a Melbourne, Australia based artist who has created art for the likes of Parkway Drive, Deez Nuts, Violent Soho and more. This is part 1 where we discuss Callum's origins, his time as drummer for the band Her Nightmare and then as an artist and album designer.
Jason Link is the creative director for Epitaph Records. In this 3rd and final episode of our chat Jason runs through the biggest bands on the label and his work with them on both new albums and re-issues of legendary albums put out over the label's fabled history.
The Offspring 'Smash', Rancid "Life Won't Wait' and The Descendents newest albums are dissected along with Hot Water Music, Bad Religion and many others.
Jason Link has helmed the visual side of things for two of the biggest alternative labels on the planet - Epitaph and Victory Records.
This is episode 2 where we delve into both labels and Jason's switch from to Los Angeles and working alongside some of the biggest punk and hardcore bands of all time. Iconic albums from Atreyu, Falling In Reverse and A Day To Remember are analysed and explained in detail.
Jason Link has a very punk rock start to his album design career, which is pretty fitting as he is the creative director for Epitaph Records. Over these 3 episodes we run through acts such as Bayside, Otep, Hawthorne Heights, The Offspring, Descendents, Rancid, Hot Water Music and so many more.
This first episode focuses on Jason's history and his work with Victory acts Bayside, Silverstein and Spitalfield.
Shifting from Def Jam to Warner Brothers and then into freelance work has seen Tavon become one of the most in demand designers in the rap and hip-hop worlds. We discuss Fabolous, Rick Ross, Kevin Ross, Jason Derulo but also Tavon's work in other genres with Avenged Sevenfold and Gary Clark Jnr.
Tavon Sampson's album designs are creations of incredible detail and beauty. We hear about Tavon's introduction to Def Jam records and works for Kevin Gates, Nas and Young Jeezy in episode 1..
Tavon's work ethic is like nothing else I have encountered and his eye for perfection with tight timelines makes this a fascinating episode of Undercovers.
Alex and Josh discuss some of the more recent designs Alex has created including Bon Jovi, Kanye West, Jay-Z and Armani White.
Part 2 of our chat with Alex Haldi has just talking about working on Rhianna albums as she rose to the top of the music world, Wu-Massacre, the legendary relationship Alex has with J Cole and Nas.
We delve into the creative mind of Alex Haldi and discuss his origins, working at Def Jam and working on albums by J Cole, Rhianna, Bon Jovi, Nas, Wu-Massacre and many more.
This first episode is all about Alex's journey to Def Jam, working on Freeway and then the final LL Cool J album on Def Jam.
We conclude our chat with Julian Alexander, Grammy Award winning album designer whose credits include: Miles Davis, Wyclef Jean, The Game, Eminem, Lauren Hill, NWA, 50 Cent and many more.
We continue our chat with Grammy Award winner Julian Alexander, art director and creative artist for acts such as Eminem, Miles Davis, The Wu-Tang Clan, J.Lo and many more, all covered in this episode of Undercovers.
Having worked with the likes of 50 Cent, Eminem, Nas, Aaliyah, JLo, The Game and more, Julian Alexander has created a body of work that is the envy of most designers.
Winning a Grammy Award for his Miles Davis packaging is just one aspect of this highly talented artist.
We end our chat with Lawrence Azerrad with iconic albums from The Beach Boys, Silversun Pickups & Foo Fighters as well as working with John Frusciante on his solo album and more.
Our chat with Lawrence has spanned Wilco, Voyager 40th Anniversary Album, Red Hot Chili Peppers, Elvis Costello and much more. Please check out all of his episodes and all the Undercovers episodes you can!
In this second part of our discussion with Lawrence Azerrad, we dissect his album art for Wilco albums, his earliest project with Elvis Costello and the iconic Red Hot Chili Peppers album ' Californication'.
Lawrence Azerrad is a Grammy Award winning designer with an incredible portfolio.This first episode we touch on Lawrence's journey in art, working his way up to Warner Brothers Records and then onto his work with the Voyager 40th Anniversary album packaging, his Concorde book and more.
Episodes 2 and 3 we delve into his work with Elvis Costello, Red Hot Chili Peppers, Silversun Pickups, Wilco and more.
How'd Matt end up inspiring Banksy? It's via Paris Hilton of all people! Find out in part 3 of our chat with Matt Taylor on Undercovers.
Also hear about the brilliant art designs for My Chemical Romance and Guns N Roses Appetite For Destruction box set!
This is part 2 of 3 with Matt Taylor of Varnish Studio - iconic album designer. This episode discusses Stadium Arcadium by The Red Hot Chili Peppers, HIM and Disturbed album artwork.
Matt Taylor (often known as Matt Varnish) is a 6-time Grammy nominated/winning album designer. This first episode of our discussion Matt explains the process behind Blink-182 singles, Mint Royale, Common and The Roots albums.
Parts 2 and 3 we tackle Disturbed, HIM, My Chemical Romance, Red Hot Chili Peppers and more.
Stephanie Hsu continues discussing her varied career as a creative director working alongside Aloe Blacc, Selena Gomez, The Struts, TV On The Radio, Imagine Dragons and more.
Creative Director Stephanie Hsu explains what it's like coordinating all the aspects of album design from securing the photographer, working with the designers, make-up. stylists and all the many aspects in getting an idea on paper into usable and consumable art.
Stephanie has worked with Kendrick Lamar, No Doubt, Blink-182, The Struts. TV On The Radio and many more.
Todd Russell's series concludes with our discussion around his iconic artwork for Neon Trees, Kanye West, Fall Out Boy and more.
Todd is also responsible for art direction and design with Justin Bieber, The Roots, Rise Against and more.
Todd Russell's series continues as we discuss his involvement with the development of Justin Bieber's album look and feel and his work on iconic The Roots albums.
Todd has worked alongside the biggest and best in the music business - Fall Out Boy, Kanye West, The Dream and more.
Todd Russell is responsible for many of the biggest pop, hip hop and rock album designs of the past decade or more. From starting out at Geffen to Universal, Island, Def Jam and Republic Records.
Creating the design art for Justin Bieber to working alongside Kanye West and The Roots, Fall Out Boy, Incubus, Rise Against and more.
Part 3/3 with Grammy Award nominated designer Todd Gallopo discussing Chickenfoot to Styx along with Herb Alpert, Joe Satriani, Guns N Roses, Prince and more
Part 2/3 of our chat with Todd Gallopo sees Todd run through the process of creating artwork for Sublime, Tommy Lee/Methods of Mayhem, The New Radicals and Semisonic.
Make sure you check out part 1 of our discussion, running through albums from Live to Suicide Machines.
Todd Gallopo discusses Live's Throwing Copper, Secret Samadhi and Suicide Machines album designs.
Parts 2 and 3 of our chat with Todd discuss Sublime, Joe Satriani, Chickenfoot, The New Radicals, Tommy Lee and much more.
This final episode focussing on the brilliant P.R Brown and his album design work looks at Slipknot, Stone Sour, Slash, Audioslave, Danzig and we discuss what it was like working with Prince as a video director.
This second part (of 3) featuring P.R Brown focuses on a significant amount of album designs from The Foo Fighters to Otep, Finch to The Julianna Theory, Papa Roach to Glassjaw and more.
PR Brown is one of the most acclaimed album designers and video clip directors on the planet. This first episode of his Undercovers series tackles Marilyn Manson, Motley Crue and The Bloodhound Gang.
It also features easily one of the greatest rock'n'roll stories connection Manson and Motley Crue.
Joe Perez discusses many of the most interesting and recognised album designs for the decade for Nicki Minaj, Beyonce, Janelle Monae, Big Sean and The Griswolds.
We deep dive into these designs - as we did with his work alongside Kanye West, Lil Wayne and Pusha T in the first episode.
Joe Perez has created a slew of iconic album designs for Kanye West (Life of Pablo, Yeezus), Pusha T, Lil Wayne, Beyonce, Big Sean, Janelle Monae and Nicki Minaj.
Find out in this episode about his origins, working on Kanye, Pusha T and Lil Wayne masterpieces,
Jeri Heiden's discussion closes out with amazing stories about Tom Petty, P!NK, Janet Jackson, Mudcrutch and more. SmogDesign is Jeri's company and I suggest you check them out to see all the amazing designs they do for the music industry and more.
In this second episode of Jeri Heiden's Undercovers Podcast we chat about Australian art featured on Fleetwood Mac album covers, KD Lang's superstar turn, Suzanne Vega's enormous career and how the ZZ Top greatest hits cover was created.
We also hear about The Replacements and so much more
Jeri Heiden is a legend in the music industry. Madonna's 'Like A Prayer', Dio's 'Holy Diver', Paul Simon's 'Graceland' and more is covered in this first of 3 episodes running across her enormous catalogue
Tim Stedman discusses the mega-selling Enema of the State, Dude Ranch and Lyle Lovett album designs in this final episode of our chat.
This series has seen us talk about Tim's work with Bob Mould, Live, New Found Glory, Ice-T, Pulp Fiction Soundtrack, RX Bandits and more.
Please listen in to the other episodes in Tim's discussion and our other artists as part of Undercovers.
The 3rd episode in our series with acclaimed designer Tim Stedman discusses working with Ice-T and his team, putting together Throwing Copper, Secret Samadhi and more.
If you haven't, please tune in to our other episodes in the Undercovers series & listen in to the previous and next episodes with Tim.
In the second episode of our chat with Tim Stedman we discuss artwork for Bob Mould, Roy Oribson and Jimmy Barnes.
Tim explains his love for the album Workbook and admiration for Bob Mould, the unique position he faced with Roy Orbison passing away whilst he was designing Mystery Girl and how we got involved with Australian icon Jimmy Barnes' US artwork.
This is part of our Undercover series with the iconic album designer. Please make sure you tune into the first episode as well as the next two in the series.
Tim Stedman created the album designs for iconic albums by Blink-182 to Bob Mould, Pulp Fiction Soundtrack to Lyle Lovett.
Here we discuss all of these iconic album designs as well as Tim's history which includes moving around LA as a freelancer and then as one of the most respected album label creative directors.
Brandon Rike is the creative genius behind the look and feel for Twenty-One Pilots, Beartooth, Underoath, Angels and Airwaves, Weezer, The Smashing Pumpkins and more.
Starting out as the singer in the post-hardcore band Dead Poetic which lead to designing merchandise for literally hundreds of bands and then onto artwork development for entire album cycles, the passion that Brandon has for these artists and projects is infectious.
This final episode in Brandon's series delves into the new Angels & Airwaves album design and we find out what album artwork Brandon loves.
Brandon Rike is the creative genius behind the look and feel for Twenty-One Pilots, Beartooth, Underoath, Angels and Airwaves, Weezer, The Smashing Pumpkins and more.
Starting out as the singer in the post-hardcore band Dead Poetic which lead to designing merchandise for literally hundreds of bands and then onto artwork development for entire album cycles, the passion that Brandon has for these artists and projects is infectious.
This episode we discuss Brandon's design work with Weezer for their Black Album and The Smashing Pumpkins' Shiny and Oh So Bright.
Brandon Rike is the creative genius behind the look and feel for Twenty-One Pilots, Beartooth, Underoath, Angels and Airwaves, Weezer, The Smashing Pumpkins and more.
Starting out as the singer in the post-hardcore band Dead Poetic which lead to designing merchandise for literally hundreds of bands and then onto artwork development for entire album cycles, the passion that Brandon has for these artists and projects is infectious.
In this episode Brandon discusses his relationship and the complex nature of Twenty-One Pilots incredible album designs. Say hi @undercovers_podcast on Instagram or Undercovers Podcast on Facebook.
Brandon Rike is the creative genius behind the look and feel for Twenty-One Pilots, Beartooth, Underoath, Angels and Airwaves, Weezer, The Smashing Pumpkins and more.
Starting out as the singer in the post-hardcore band Dead Poetic which lead to designing merchandise for literally hundreds of bands and then onto artwork development for entire album cycles, the passion that Brandon has for these artists and projects is infectious.
In this second episode Brandon discusses Beartooth's Disease & Underoath's Erase Me
Brandon Rike is the creative genius behind the look and feel for Twenty-One Pilots, Beartooth, Underoath, Angels and Airwaves, Weezer, The Smashing Pumpkins and more. Starting out as the singer in the post-hardcore band Dead Poetic which lead to designing merchandise for literally hundreds of bands and then onto artwork development for entire album cycles, the passion that Brandon has for these artists and projects is infectious.
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We launch Season 2 with this introduction, where we recap Season 1 and give a glimpse of who and what albums are coming our way in Season 2.
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This is the 3rd and final part in our series celebrating the Hella Mega Tour with Green Day, Fall Out Boy and Weezer.
Weezer have always run their own race and the same can be said for their album art. We talk to the 5 artists behind the Blue, Green, Red, Black albums as well as Everything Will Be Alright In The End,
On this, the second part of our series discussing album artwork for the 3 major acts on the Hella Mega Tour, we chat with the creative director between two of the band's biggest records American Beauty/American Psycho, Save Rock And Roll and Patrick Stump's Soul Punk.
We also give a brief overview of each of the band's other studio album cover designs.
Green Day have announced a World Tour with Fall Out Boy and Weezer. Through this podcast series we've managed to talk to artists behind much of each band's discography.
To celebrate the tour we will be releasing 3 episodes, one for each band talking through their discography and the albums you love.
This episode focuses on Green Day and we mix down the 3 major artists behind their most iconic album art - Chris Bilheimer, Frank Maddocks and Donny Phillips.
Frank Maddocks has the type of design career most artists would be envious of. Working with many of the biggest artists in the world and many of them for over 20 years.
Fans of Linkin Park, Deftones, Gary Clark Jr, Green Day, Wu-Tang Clan and Quentin Tarantino movies will love this chat and how indepth Frank goes to explaining the truly inspiring designs behind classic albums.
Dave Homer, the ARIA award winning artist behind some of the most acclaimed album covers ever to be produced in Australia chats to us about his work with Empire of the Sun, Neil Finn, Paul Kelly, Kisschasy and many more.
Here's the rundown: Kisschasy (4:55), Empire of the Sun (14:05), Assorted other artwork including Neil Finn, Paul Kelly, etc (25:10), Triple J (26:50)
Robert Fisher is responsible for arguably some the most well-known album covers of the last 30 years. Including iconic covers such as Nirvana’s Nevermind, In Utero, MTV Unplugged, Beck Odelay, Mellow Gold, Weezer’s Red Album and singles, No Doubt Return of Saturn, Helmet, The Cure, The Struts and many more.
Here's the rundown: Nirvana (3:00), Beck (16:00), Weezer (27:20), The Struts (28:50), No Doubt (37:50), Helmet (39:40)
Every wondered where the creative juices behind Cold War Kids, Thrice and Foster The People's album artwork comes from? Well the minds and hands of Matt Maust & Nathan Warkentin is the simple answer. But as this series has proven, nothing about album art is simple. Blurring the lines between music and art, Matt and Nathan share their journey with us.
Here's the rundown: Thrice – The Illusion of Safety (5:10), Thrice – The Artist in the Ambulance (10:00), Thrice – Beggars (16:15), Cold War Kids (18:35), Foster The People (32:30).
Chris McMahon nabbed the coveted Weezer album cover spot for their acclaimed album 'Everything Will be Alright In The End' with his unique spin on thrift store art. We delve into this album cover, the series it is part of and Chris' artist career.
Fox Trotsky is an acclaimed artist, animator and album designer with comedic gothic-like overtones, just like his music. Find out how Fox got his start in art and music and hear him discuss the artwork for some classic Australian punk rock albums including arguably the great OZ punk album of all time - Frenzal Rhomb's A Man's Not A Camel.
Here's the rundown: Nancy Vandal (3:40), The Porkers (11:05), Frenzal Rhomb (14:00), Rock Compilation (23:30), Neptune Power Federation (27:00)
Sergie Loobkoff owns and runs SlappedTogether.com, his art and design company and does album artwork and packaging for many in the punk and indie rock community.
Hear about Sergie’s beginnings right through to today designing for The Mr T Experience (3:15), Tony Sly from No Use For A Name (7:55), Fat Wreck Short Music For Short People (15:15), The Ataris (21:00), Tiger Army (23:40), Samiam / Solea / Racquet Club (25:45), Fat Wreck re-issues (33:20), Shuffle & Scrape – Blueline Medic tribute (37:20).
Aimee Macauley has one of the most impressive album artwork resumes of the 90's and 00's providing the visual identities for Rage Against The Machine, Korn, Soul Asylum, Nas and more.
Here's the rundown:Rage Against The Machine (4:04), Evil Empire (6:26), The Battle of Los Angeles (12:49), Renegades (18:10), Live At The Grand Olympic Auditorium (19:43), Woodstock 1999 (24:54), Korn – Follow The Leader (32:33), Issues (35:00), Untouchables (37:26), Nas - Illmatic (41:28), It Was Written (47:46), Soul Asylum (51:47), Bloodhound Gang (56:30), Augustana (59:37), Savage Garden (1:03:45)
Pat Fox is part of the new wave in Australian album designers. We discuss his love of creating unique and inspired worlds for each release including Tash Sultana, Northlane, Hellions, Deez Nuts and many more.
Here's the rundown: Hellions – Opera Oblivia (3:43), Hellions – Rue (9:35), Dead Letter Circus (13:04), Northlane (20:10), Crystal Lake (27:15), Stealing O’Neal (30:10), The Amity Affliction (35:02), Tash Sultana (44:13), Vance Joy (53:47), The Nation Blue (59:15), Deez Nuts (1:00:35), Antiskeptic & The Getaway Plan (1:09:35)
Nick Pritchard spent over a decade at Epitaph working as their creative director and designing covers for their iconic roster. He worked with Mr Brett to redefine the look (and the sounds) the label became defined for. Find out about how many of the incredible album covers were designed and developed with some great stories along the way.
Here's the rundown: Elliott Smith (4:40), Bad Religion (12:15), Greg Graffin (29:30), Alkaline Trio (32:40), Motion City Soundtrack (35:05), Every Time I Die (39:35), Dillinger Escape Plan / Mike Patton (42:25)
Undercovers reaches out and chats with the artist behind the Smashing Pumpkins' Mellon Collie and the Infinite Sadness, Rod Stewart classic albums, Panic! At The Disco and many more. A fascinating insight into an artist that started working at Mercury Records in the 1960's and went on to become one of the most incredible collage album artists in the World.
Here's the rundown: Rod Stewart (2:13), Faces (6:00), Panic! At The Disco (7:30), Smashing Pumpkins (14:45), Augustana (27:00)
We go under the covers with the Grammy Award winning cover artist behind Metallica, Bowie, Lennon and more...oh and he also booked the very first Sex Pistols show in the UK.
Want to hear about certain acts and albums, here's the rundown: Metallica (5:07), David Bowie (8:50), Bad Brains (14:43), Metallica – And Justice For All (18:46), Metallica – Black (25:08), Helmet (31:52), Guns N Roses, Madonna, Rolling Stones and more (36:37), Ween (42:35), Bowie Pt 2 (47:52), John Lennon & Yoko Ono (51:42).
Nick Steinhardt has designed album covers that sit in literally hundreds of millions people homes and digital devices. Pink, Britney Spears, Tom Petty and more. We cover all of these and more!
Find out about Nick's artistic and musical history (he is also in the band Touche Amore) and how he came to work for one of the most prominent and prolific arthouses in LA, Smogdesign.
Here's the rundown: The Eagles (9:15), P!NK (11:00), Tom Petty (14:15), Deafheaven (17:05), Coheed and Cambria (19:50), Austra (25:30), Touche Amore (29:50), City and Colour (35:00), La Dispute (36:45).
Nick Egan is one of rock music's truly great artists. Album covers in the hall of fame, the creative genius that took INXS' image to the world and all starting as a kid who fell into doing The Clash and Ramones artwork.
Nick's been wanted by Scotland Yard for producing a controversial Bow Wow Wow album cover, travelled the World with fellow icon Malcolm McLaren, produced artwork for The Clash, Dexy's Midnght Runners and without knowing it given Public Enemy their bulls-eye target logo.
This is a fascinating insight into someone who not only was at the birth of several musical apexes, he helped create them and their style.
Here's the rundown: The Ramones (9:06), Dexy’s Midnight Runners (12:20), The Clash (17:48), Bow Wow Wow (23:47), Malcolm McLaren (32:55), INXS – Kick (45:53), INXS – X (55:13), Max Q (1:00:00),
Donny Phillips is the mastermind behind some of the most detailed and incredible album artwork for the past decade. Find out his story and the artwork behind some classic artists albums.
You don't have to look too far into your record collection to find something Donny has created, so get ready to hear the stories behind artwork from Green Day, Linkin Park, Metallica and more.
Here's the rundown: Parkway Drive (3:39), Eminem (9:05), Green Day (14:50), Stick To Your Guns (18:16), Seaway (22:05), Eric Clapton/Steve Winwood (23:49), Metallica (27:17), Sevendust (32:56), Mastodon (35:40), Linkin Park (37:54), Future User – Tim Commerford from Rage Against The Machine (40:26), Devo (48:07).
The creative mastermind shares stories from his incredible career that started at his first concert, aged 13 - R.E.M and The Minutemen. Chris Bilheimer's artwork will go down alongside some of the biggest albums of last century and this one.
Here's the rundown: R.E.M (14:36), Monster (28:14), New Adventures in Hi-Fi (32:47), Accelerate (36:45), Bad Religion (40:00), Green Day – Nimrod (45:53), Warning (53:39), American Idiot (55:53), 21st Century Breakdown (1:04:45), Weezer (Green) (109:10), Neutral Milk Hotel (1:17:30)
Joby J Ford is the guitarist from The Bronx and also their creative designer, he also was the creative lead at Vagrant Records during their heady days of the early 2000's. Joby talks art, music and discusses why his bands don't name their albums and where his inspiration comes from.
Here's the rundown: The Get Up Kids / New Amsterdams (4:56), Saves The Day (7:38), Hot Rod Circuit (12:02), Dashboard Confessional (16:10), Paul Westerberg (25:00), The Drips (28:12), The Bronx and Mariachi El Bronx – pretty much every record cover explained (32:46), Every Time I Die (45:18), The Killers (51:00), Brantley Gilbert (53:33)
Hugh Syme is one of the most acclaimed album designers in history - his 40+ years with Rush as well as his work with Dream Theater, Megadeth and so many more have enabled him to create a body of work that is iconic as it is masterful. Hugh doesn't grant too many interviews, so I feel very privileged that he agreed to this podcast series.
Here's the rundown: Rush (11:37), Hemispheres (18:25), Permanent Waves, Moving Pictures, Signals (22:03), Test For Echo (31:15), Bon Jovi – New Jersey (35:30), Warrant – Cherry Pie (39:35), Whitesnake (44:03), Aerosmith – Get A Grip (47:25), Def Leppard – Retroactive (53:30), Megadeth - Youthanasia (55:05), Megadeth – Countdown to Extinction (58:00), Dream Theater – Distance Over Time (1:00:53), Dream Theater - Octovarian (1:04:05), Iron Maiden – X-Factor (107:11), KISS – Revenge (1:10:37), Alice Cooper – A Fistful of Alice (1:11:35) Billy Thorpe (1:15:35)
Todd and his band mates oversee each album they release from music to art direction and along the way they have included some incredible paintings and photos for the cover of their records. Todd himself is also an incredible artist and we discuss the album cover he designed the artwork for, Failed States.
This is a mini-episode part of Josh's other podcast series, Connect The Rock - which you can check out at www.vibemachinemedia.com. With Propagandhi being such an important punk band of the past 3 decades Josh wanted to include this in the Undercovers series. Enjoy!
Kosh got his job at Apple Records (owned by The Beatles) through John Lennon calling him to be in an Art & Artists magazine, which Kosh was the editor of. Through this meeting Kosh got to create Abbey Road and Let It Be for Lennon and Co. He then went on to create some of the most iconic covers of all time, ELO, The Who and more.
To hear him talk about his passion of music and art is incredible and infectious.
Here's the rundown: Abbey Road (4:22), The Ballad of John And Yoko (8:30), Let It Be (13:09), Tom Petty (19:24), The Rolling Stones (21:24), ELO (26:00), The Jackson 5 (31:21), Richard Pryor (32:50), Spinal Tap (36:08), Linda Ronstadt (37:42), The Who (40:40), The Eagles (42:25), James Taylor & Carole King (44:20), REO Speedwagon (45:55), Jimmy Buffet (47:52).
Few artists can say their artwork has changed the cultural landscape. Cey Adams is one of those people by mixing art with hip hop and rap his legacy is evident all around us. To be able to chat with Cey and find out aspects of his art that he has never answered before is very special.
I truly believe he and I should embark on a mission to find the lost life-size sardine can from the cover of Hello Nasty.
Here's the rundown: Beastie Boys (9:59), Beastie Boys - Cookie Puss (11:11), Beastie Boys - Hello Nasty (15:08), Jay-Z (27:31), Jay-Z – In My Lifetime Vol 2 (29:47), Notorious BIG – Ready To Die (31:44), Public Enemy (35:12), LL Cool J (49:55)
Brandy got his start in music artwork via his art lecturer, who suggested he simply call the label of his favourite bands and ask for an internship. He ended up almost immediately working on his favourite act, Alice In Chains and soon was creating iconic artwork for Incubus, System of a Down, Sonic Youth and more.
Peter Barrett has created iconic covers that helped define eras of music in both the UK and Australia. From The Jam to Jake Bugg, George Michael to Cold Chisel and so much more. Peter helped define my musical childhood of the 80s and 90s and it was fascinating to hear the stories behind these iconic creations.
Here's the rundown: Bananarama (2:30), Stiff Little Fingers, The Jam & The Kinks (7:42), Dexy’s Midnight Runners – Too-Rye-Ay (9:51), Madonna (16:49), Simply Red (19:06), Terrence Trent Darby (26:56), James Brown (29:41), The D.O.C (31:23), Suede (34:22), George Michael (37:17), Cold Chisel & Skyhooks (40:57), Kim Salmon / Scientists / The Beasts (43:27), TISM (48:13), Machine Gun Fellatio (49:50), Eskimo Joe (51:37), The Beasts (54:45)
During his time at Geffen / DGC Michael Golob worked with icons such as White Zombie, Aerosmith, Weezer, Sloan and more.
Here's the rundown: The Freewheelers (5:17), Sloan (9:34), Jackyl (15:00), Aerosmith (24:21), White Zombie (34:27), Weezer (46:20)