One thing that has gotten me high ever since I was around four was underground art. When I was younger I would spend hours staring at the Funkadelic album covers, and as I started to get older I would bug out on the Freak Brother comics! I didn’t know it then, but now I can see that I have always been attracted to subversive images. Maybe this is why when I first got into hardcore in the 80’s, the illustrators were just as important to me as the bands. When you saw a flyer done by Ric Clayton, Pushead, Shawn Kerri or Marc Rude you know the show was going to kick ass. Also the covers from CRASS, RUDIMENATRY PENI, AMEBIX and ICONS OF FILTH drew me in just as much as their music. When I heard that The Ajna Offensive was putting out a book entitled ENTARTETE HUNTS curated by Dennis Dread, I was very keen to see it. Once I did, I realized I was looking at underground art history, because this book features works by some of my favorites. Check out this roll call of some of the illustrators that are in this 400 page book: Nick Blinko (Rudimentary Peni), Ed Repka (Megadeth), S. Clay Wilson (Zap Comix), Erik Danielsson (Watain), Kristian “Necrolord” Wåhlin (Dissesction), Sean Taggart (Crumbsuckers), Joe Petagno (Motörhead), Jos. A. Smith (Bathory), Bobby BeauSoleil (Lucifer Rising), Dennis Dread (Darkthrone), Michel “Away” Langevin (Voivod), plus 30 more insane artists not mention here…Now peep an unreal gallery of some their amazing ART!
Kriss Hades
Kriss Hades
Drew Elliott
Drew Elliott
Sean Taggart (Crumbsuckers)
Sean Taggart (Crumbsuckers)
Stephen Blickenstaff (Cramps)
Stephen Blickenstaff (Cramps)
Jeff Gaither
Jeff Gaither
Ed Repka (Megadeth)
Ed Repka (Megadeth)
Rich Rethorn
Rich Rethorn
Scott Stearns
Scott Stearns
Musta Aurinko
Musta Aurinko
Conny Cobra
Conny Cobra
Timo Ketola
Timo Ketola
French
French
Glenn Smith
Glenn Smith
Jos. A. Smith (Bathory)
Jos. A. Smith (Bathory)
Nick Blinko (Rudimentary Peni)
Nick Blinko (Rudimentary Peni)
Dennis Dread
Dennis Dread
Rob Miller
Rob Miller
Steven Chapman
June 28, 2013 at 10:26 am
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