Gig Posters Volume 1: Rock Show Art of the 21st Century (Paperback)

~ Clay Hayes (Author)
Key Phrases: modest mouse, cat power, making gig posters, San Francisco, New York, Los Angeles (more...)

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Product Description

Since 2001, Gigposters.com has been the Internet's first and best resource for rock-show poster art; their massive online database showcases more than 90,000 posters from 7,000 different designers, including all of today's top poster studios. Gig Posters Volume I highlights the 700+ best examples in their collection, including 101 perforated and ready-to-hang posters for bands such as Radiohead, Wilco, the Decemberists, the Shins, Arcade Fire, Sleater-Kinney, and more. Among the many designers contributing to this collection are Rob Jones (of White Stripes fame), The Decoder Ring (house artists for Modest Mouse), Patent Pending, Tara McPherson, and more. Packaged in an oversized 11-by-14-inch paperback, Gig Posters Volume I is a spectacular compilation of rock show art (and one hell of a cheap way to decorate a dorm room or apartment).

Product Details

• Paperback: 208 pages
• Publisher: Quirk Books; First Printing edition (May 13, 2009)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1594743266
• ISBN-13: 978-1594743269
• Product Dimensions: 13.9 x 10.9 x 1 inches
• Shipping Weight: 3 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (10 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #15,300 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Excellent 1st Edition, August 18, 2009

By	Carl D. Antone (Austin, TX United States) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

Short review:
1) This is an excellent 1st Edition.

2) The author included hard to find and relevant examples that are definitive of the genre

3) Wide breadth of artists, designers, bands, styles, etc. represented

4) The number one reason this is a 5 Star book is that the production values are magnificent, the paper stock is heavy, the prints are beautiful, the typos are nil (I haven't found any), registration is on-key, color is great, binding is durable, jacket is great. This is a value in today's cut and paste culture of mass media. This book presents the content in way that makes you want to open it again and again. This book belongs on top of your coffee table.

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars rock! posters! yeah!, August 23, 2009

By	Mr. Glenn C. Reither "yupyupyup" (Melbourne, Australia) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

This is a beautiful book - great value too. And it rocks! Lots of good bio on the designers. Buy two copies cos you won't want to rip out pages for framing if you only have one.

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars It Rocks, August 20, 2009

By	David C. Hoos III "Hooser" (CO United States) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

I design gig posters for fun locally and this book is just full of great examples and inspiration. One of the greatest features of it though is that the pages are perforated and you can frame all the large posters in the book. So, once you get tired of using it as a coffee table book, you can use it to decorate.