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Gig Posters Volume I: Rock Show Art of the 21st Century Paperback – April 1, 2009

by Clay Hayes (Author)

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The Rock, Pop, Hip-Hop, Dance, Folk, Metal, Electronic, Indie Music Spectacular

Here are more than 700 extraordinary posters from the archives of GigPosters.com—the Internet’s premier destination for concert poster art. With the rising popularity of MP3 files and streaming digital music—and the near-extinction of traditional album art—concert posters have become the most important visual representation of contemporary music.

Gig Posters Volume I celebrates this dynamic medium with contributions from 101 top designers—including Rob Jones of Animal Rummy, Steve Walters, Jay Ryan, Gary Houston, Aesthetic Apparatus, Patent Pending Industries, and many more. Throughout the book, their voices offer fascinating commentary and behind-the-scenes information about the creation of gig posters.

Readers will also discover 101 perforated and ready-to-frame posters promoting today’s most innovative and original bands—including Radiohead, the White Stripes, Modest Mouse, Girl Talk, Queens of the Stone Age, Wilco, and many, many more.

Complete with an introduction by founder and curator Clay Hayes, Gig Posters Volume I celebrates the most talented designers, artists, bands, and performers of the twenty-first century.

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About the Author

Clay Hayes is the creator and proprietor of GigPosters.com. The Web site launched in 2001 and has grown to become the world’s largest historical archive of posters, with more than 100,000 works from thousands of designers. Visitors can browse and comment on gig posters, chat with fellow enthusiasts, purchase posters, upload their own creations, and more. To join the community online, please visit us at www.gigposters.com.

Paperback: 208 pages
Publisher: Quirk Books; 1st Edition edition (April 1, 2009)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 9781594743269
ISBN-13: 978-1594743269
ASIN: 1594743266
Product Dimensions: 11.1 x 0.7 x 14 inches
Shipping Weight: 3 pounds
Average Customer Review: 49 customer reviews
Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #494,506 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
- #59 in Antique & Collectible Posters (Books)
- #1452 in Pop Culture Art
- #1470 in Music History & Criticism (Books)

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Cool book and memories galore

May 3, 2016

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Love this book -- wish that more of them for different genre's and times were available. Reading about the artists is great -- but the best part is picking out your favorite posters and framing them up. I love having all the reminders and memories hanging on the walls... especially now that the t-shirts are all worn out! :-)

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Hunchola

The BEST, most awesome Gig Poster Book Ever!

September 2, 2010

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Well it is IMHO. Got it yesterday and haven't been able to put it down. Simply put this book is fantastic and I was blown away. I bought it based on these other reviews as I hadn't seen a copy in real life. Glad I took the plunge.

I really like the way it is printed on nice, heavier stock and each page comes with perforations so you can tear out and display selected pieces as posters. It is a larger book (dimension-wise) and this lends itself well to the fact that it IS a poster book. Nothing worse than getting a new book on art posters or design and the like, only to find that the images are smaller than you'd like them to be and you miss out on great detail.

I'm often doing music and gig posters, so for me this is a great little asset for inspiration. It has a little write-up on each of the artists/creative studios with a website for each which is handy and personally always appreciated. I highly recommend this book. There is a wide range of artists and tons of stuff I haven't seen before.

There are something like 700 images and 100 rip out posters. I will now have to get a second copy so I can stick a few around the office and keep one for reference :)

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Dana Medina

Awesome inspiring book!

February 14, 2011

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I bought this book for my boyfriend who is an aspiring graphic designer, he is really into these kinds of books. This book has an amazing compilation of gig posters and each one keeps you interested for what will be on the next page. When I gave it to my boyfriend he looked through the book thoroughly and must have post-it noted ever page! I really recommend this book to anyone who is interested in these types of things or to anyone who is a designer looking for inspiration.

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Kevin65721

Love it!

June 28, 2015

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Very cool book. I love the fact that I can pull out the posters and use them how I want. I've put a few in frames and they look great. Nice material on the artists in the book as well. I can't wait to get Volume 2!

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Mindy kleinfelter

Great pics in this book.

April 29, 2018

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This is a great book. Very colorful and well made. Love it.

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Megan Anderson

they are both great books to have

December 21, 2016

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I have this one and volume 2, they are both great books to have, the posters in them are incredible!

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Heidi L. Rhyner

best thing under the Christmas tree

March 18, 2011

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I purchased this for my 16 year old who is way into music. Of all the things I got him for Christmas I think that this was his favorite. He hadn't heard of half the bands in this book which lead him on some great research and he discovered some really cool bands. He has the posters hanging all over his wall.

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Sam A Andrzejewski

Fan-Fricking-Tastic!

January 14, 2012

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I bought this book for a co-worker. He is one of those hard to buy for people. When I started thinking about how much of a music buff he was, and how eclectic his taste was this book became the obvious choice.
Of course I took a quick peek through it before I wrapped. I have to say I will be buying a copy for myself! There are some posters that are removable for framing and display but I think I will leave my book whole.
It's great to see posters from small to large venue shows.
Don't know what else to say, if you are a music fan of any genre this book is definitely for you!

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