Electric Frankenstein! [Paperback]

Sal Canzonieri (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: March 30, 2004

In over a decade of worldwide punk-rock dominance, the ass-kicking guitar machine that is Electric Frankenstein (#2 of the Top 500 Most Featured Bands in the Press, as verified by Zine Guide) has produced an unparalleled body of eye-slapping poster art, a swaggering, monster-fied, fuel-dragster image bank from over 180 of the undisputed champions of this most exalted of all art forms, and Electric Frankenstein! is perhaps the largest printed collection of such artists in human history! Now, unchained and free to roam the land, come the monstrous works of who's-who poster legends Coop, Kozik, Johnny Ace, The Pizz, Lisa Petrucci, Derek Hess, Alan Forbes, and more...! Plus, an in-depth history of Electric Frankenstein the band, the musical method behind the visual madness, orchestrated by EF-founder and poster-art icon Sal Canzonieri! No collection of rock poster art or chronicle of punk-rock history dares be without Electric Frankenstein!

Editorial Reviews

From Booklist

The late 1960s is generally considered the golden age of rock-and-roll posters, but Gibson's collection of poster, album-cover, and other art concerning the graphics-minded band Electric Frankenstein argues to extend that date. From the beginning, the members of Electric Frankenstein, subscribers to the punk do-it-yourself ethic, put great thought into the flyers and posters advertising the band. The examples reproduced here mix and match influences with impunity and in satisfyingly lurid colors. Many approach the stoned magnificence of a Rick Griffin or Victor Moscoso creation from the Summer of Love. Others borrow from the legendary Big Daddy Roth-Robert Williams Rat Fink artistic corpus. Still others stand alone in bent glory; for instance, the Cat in the Hat poster in which Frankensteinish seams and electrodes adorn the green feline. Comic-book styles and fumetti technique are also employed to good advantage in fun and colorful creations that bid fair to overtake the band itself in renown. Loads of good, colorful fun; who knows what the band sounds like--or cares? Mike Tribby
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Product Details

• Paperback: 160 pages
• Publisher: Dark Horse (March 30, 2004)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1593070446
• ISBN-13: 978-1593070441
• Product Dimensions: 10.8 x 8.3 x 0.5 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.4 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (7 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,753,353 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars The Time is Now, April 30, 2004

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Eric Planck (Maryland) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Electric Frankenstein! (Paperback)

Everyone interested in great rock and roll should purchase this book at once. It is filled with Posters from many of the best Rock and Roll Poster creators from across the world. My mind is still reeling from the Posters.
This book is also a great look at the modern Hi Energy Rock and ROll Revolution that EF(Electric Frankenstein) is leading. Some of the Bills EF has played on are mind boggling. This book also has a nice history of EF that I enjoyed reading and so will you!
Sal Canzonieri has done a great job, leading EF and also creating this book and deserves all the support in the world.If you like your action High High, help EF conquer the World.

Eric
Mr. Rock-n-Roll

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Buy It Schmuck!, April 5, 2004

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Michelle L. Wells (Vandalia, OH United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Electric Frankenstein! (Paperback)

I just recently purchased this wondeful art book from Dark Horse! Electric Frankenstein is a brilliant High Energy, Punk Rock N' Roll band that's been putting out amazing records, and lots of 'em, for the last 13 years! This book pulls together tons of art created for the band over the years. Now the real special thing about the art that is created for EF is that it exhibits the same levels of High Energy and High Voltage Rock! This may be somewhat easy to achieve in a recorded or live musical medium but as a 2 dimensional poster or album cover it is so much more impressive! There are something like 130 different artists represented here ranging from well known legends and luminaries such as Kozik, Coop, Chantry, Petrucci and tons more to up and coming stars and current underground icons in the Rock art world like Alan Forbes, Dirty Donny, Johnny Crap, Rev. Wells, Johnny Ace and many more! This is a wonderful piece to add to any rock memorabilia collection, whether you are a fan of the band or just the art of rock n' roll!

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Electric Frankenstein book, January 3, 2009

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Amazon Verified Purchase

This review is from: Electric Frankenstein! (Paperback)

Got this book because i was curious after seeing art by Hess and Coop concerning this band. Seems any good to great concert poster artist was doing art on these guys. And can you blame them with a name like that! After i got the book i went out and got some of the bands music. Was not disappointed by either. Book Goood!