You're either on the bus or off the bus -- Haight-Ashbury to Altamont '66 to '69 -- Counter-culture takes center stage '70 to '77 -- Monsters of rock '78 to '88 -- Bios of the dudes.
Summary:
"[This book] presents countercultures' psychedelic poster art from its beat origins to its stadium rock zenith. Portfolios of 30+ poster artists--Rick Griffen, Victor Moscoso, Mouse Kelly & Hapshash among them--are laid bared for all to see. For the first time the sketchbooks & paste-ups, the printing plates & color separations are unveiled to reveal the layers of process integral to the design of each poster. Curated by 'inspirational times' collector and rock art expert, Peter Golding, [this book] is packed with more than 750 examples of posters, artworks & logos, created for the bands that epitomized their era, their sound & their scene from San Francisco & the West Coast, through Detroit & New York, to swinging London & Revolutionary Paris. Rock legends promoted in the posters include Big Brother & the Holding Company, Grateful Dead, Quicksilver Messenger Service, Moby Grape, Frank Zappa & the Mothers of Invention, Captain Beefheart, the Doors, the Velvet Underground, Jimi Hendrix, Tim Buckley, the Yardbirds, Cream, Led Zeppelin & many more. Barry Miles--cultural commentator & founder of International Times--contextualize the exquisitely curated pages. punctuated with special features on the socio-political phenomena that permeated the music & the artwork of each period--underground clubs, head shops, obscenity trails, legalize pot rallies, acid tests, & violent protest--the story is completed by personal insights from the artists themselves."-- Back cover.
This resource is supported by the Institute of Museum and Library Services under the provisions of the Library Services and Technology Act as administered by State Library of Iowa.