Not all heroes in the the KnuckleBonz Rock Iconz®, 3D Vinyl® and On Tour™ Series played an instrument. The paint brush and camera lens also made music for all of us when wielded by the great album cover artist and designers.
Before the digital age of music, Album and Poster art was and essential part of the music Superfan experience. It the same flag many of us still fly today on the art we have in the house or the clothes we wear. Can you imagine Pink Floyd's legacy with the designs of Storm Thorgerson? The "Dark Side of the Moon" Prism, all of the "Wish You Were Here" "Hand Shakes" the "Delicate Sound of Thunder" "Lightbulb Man." Aubrey Powell founded the great Hypgnosis (In Collaboration w/ Storm Thorgerson) and gave us classic Led Zeppelin cover art from "Houses of the Holy" and . Could we ever separate Pink Floyd "The Wall" from the illustrator and cartoonist Gerald Scarfe? We think not. So many of the great bands we love are so closely tied to the great artists that were associated with their album releases. Roger Dean defined the band "Yes" with unbelievable illustration and graphic design that almost let you here the albums before you dropped the needle. Many of us discovered the fantasy art master Frank Frazetta, from the album art of Molly Hatchet before we ever heard of "Conan the Barbarian" The list goes on. Can you imagine Ritchie Blackmore's Rainbow without the "Rainbow Raising" cover painting of Ken Kelly? Oh yes, what we owe the KISS Destroyer cover to him as well...
For us, these images are as as important as the music that plays when you drop the needle. It's an essential part of why we are in our 18th year here at KnuckleBonz.
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