Mar
03
G is for Greg Ginn Greg Ginn is, of course, the legendary guitarist for Black Flag and founder of SST records. He’s a somewhat controversial figure in music, but here’s one thing there’s really no debate about: he’s an amazing guitarist. This image was done in entirely Manga Studio on a Surface 2 Pro. (And …
Feb
24
F is for The Flat Duo Jets My first encounter with the music of the Flat Duo Jets was via the 1987 documentary, Athens, GA Inside/Out. If I’m remembering correctly, a cassette of the soundtrack started making the rounds at my high school and we were all listening to it before anyone had actually seen …
Feb
18
E is for The Everly Brothers If there’s anything positive to say about the recent passing of Phil Everly, it’s this: it was accompanied by a surprising amount of well-deserved press. My hunch is that this’d not have occurred fifteen–or maybe even ten–years ago. In the time between then and now, “Americana” seems to have …
Feb
10
D is for Danzig Yes, today’s AlphaBands entry is PURE EVIL: Glenn Danzig! I waffled a bit on whether to draw him under “D” or under “G,” but I consider him to be just plain Danzig–kinda like “Madonna” or “Pink” (but more evil). In addition to being the singer for The Misfits, Samhain and–later–Danzig the …
Feb
03
C is for Creedence Clearwater Revival CCR is a band most people know–mainly through the two or three of their songs that are in perpetual rotation on pretty much every “classic rock” station everywhere–but who never seem to get mentioned alongside “A-list” bands like the Stones, Beatles, Beach Boys, etc. They’re for sure one of …
Nov
17
Here’s a (second) recent drawing of Lou Reed, this one taken from the picture accompanying his obituary in TIME magazine. I hadn’t really intended to do anything with this one, but it turned out alright and I had some time to fool with it last week. Process: sketched in pencil, inked and colored in Manga …
Nov
17
I just colored a quick drawing I did in my sketchbook last week of John Lennon. I think the photo I was looking at was from last month’s MOJO Magazine review of the new box set. Process: Drawn in pencil, inked with Pentel brush pen, colored in Photoshop.
Oct
31
Here’s a drawing of Lou Reed I started the evening he died and just wrapped up this evening. Since his death, people far more eloquent and far more knowledgeable about music than I have written about Lou Reed’s significance and importance. I’ll just say this: I discovered the Velvet Underground when I was in high …
Jun
17
I drew Black Sabbath. I was mainly just looking for an excuse to play with coloring in Manga Studio. I’m only on EX4, but I hear there’s some pretty serious coloring features coming to EX5 later this summer. I’d really like to get Adobe products entirely out of my workflow, given their odious new pricing …
Jun
03
Come one, come all! This Saturday at Heroes Con 2013, Craig Fischer and I will be putting on one of our annual “mega-panels.” In this case, it’s a mega music panel, featuring a live band; panel discussion with Peter Bagge, Ed Piskor, and the guys behind the upcoming graphic novel, The Fifth Beatle; and music/comics presentations …
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