Swag: Rock Posters of the 90's

by Art Chantry and Spencer Drate

During the course of the 1990s, artists, musicians and fans began to re-conceive the art of poster making, turning away from the mass-produced products of corporate rock to re-embrace the DIY aesthetic of the punk era. to the world of the concert poster art of the 1990s and the cutting-edge music it was created for - from Nirvana and Pearl Jam to Sonic Youth and the Velvet Underground.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0810991152
• ISBN13: 9780810991156
• Release Date: September 2003
• Publisher: Harry N. Abrams
• Length: 160 Pages
• Weight: 1.80 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 9.1" x 12.0"
• Age Range: 13 years and up
• Grade Range: Grade 8 to Postsecondary

Customer Reviews

Memory Lane

this book would make a wonderful gift for anyone who was active in the live music scene during the 90's. i have given this book to two people as gifts and they both loved it. you could seriously spend hours looking at this book and talking about all of the shows you remember going to. i highly recommend it.

Visual overload - in a good way!

I just got this book and love it. There is so much great art in this thing that I can't stop looking at it. Tons of big, colorfull images and artists. I had no idea how huge the world of rock posters had gotten in the last decade or so. Now I want to start collecting them and see them for real. All the poster artist's represented are excellent, but I especially liked Ames Design, Chantry, Coop, Dean, Emek, Ewing, Gink, Hampton, Scrojo, and Sutton. The forward by Art Chantry is a really interesting short history of rock poster art. I highly recommend this book to anyone who likes rock posters. Or even art or music in general.The only reason I didn't go with 5 stars is that I wish it had just a few more pages. But it was definitely worth the price. Buy it - you won't regret it!