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Classic music poster articles
Elvis is one of those people that you don’t really need to do too much with to make a good poster...
One sure way of producing a classic poster is by getting a well known illustrator to do it for you
At first glance this is another fairly straightforward looking poster. It’s one big code though for Who fans and moreover for the people who called themselves Mods
This started life as an album cover of course, and must be oneof the most famous images to come out of rock music
Metal poster articles
On the face of it this is a pretty standard poster, the formula for which has been repeated many times when advertising a tour.
Jokes about head-banging aside, skulls are not an uncommon feature in metal posters...
In true Spinal Tap style, the Darkness present us with a naked lady on the cover of their debut album which was bound to become a poster too...
This image seems as highly cultivated as that of any pop star, yet somehow I’d always though of Axel as a bit of an individualist, what with his kilt and all...
Here are the guys brightening up the cover of Rolling Stone magazine in their best gear and at their photogenic best...
Miscellaneous music poster articles
The music poster has become inextricably linked with the bedroom walls of teen fans and student dorms.
The one time epitome of Indie (alternative) rock bands, The Smiths certainly had a sound and image all of their own.
I’m not sure whether this photo was taken just before the gig or just after, but one thing’s for sure, this one doesn't look athough it's posed...
Here’s an indie band attempting the Welsh version of street cred...
To the uninitiated it might look as though they’ve just plugged Vanessa straight into the mains....
Pop poster articles
Well, it's a little difficult to remember Britney looking like she does in this first poster.
God knows Madonna has put out enough of these images, plus a whole lot more, so it’s one of the less stereotypical posters that we’re thankfully looking at here.
Well, I bet that’s disappointed a lot of you guys expecting the usual view of Kylie’s posterior...
What a strange idea for a poster – let’s get Will Young in and stick him in front of a world map...
Rap poster articles
We’re on the street with 50 cent – what’s going on here then?
Hopefully this is a metaphor for him being up on stage, rapping away his anger down at us in the audience...
For me this represents a real departure from the normal presentation of artists on rap posters...
Here Nelly demonstrates a typical rapper pose, managing to look aggressive while displaying the jewellery at the same time...
Rock poster articles
In this poster the band find themselves on a roof somewhere in France where they happen to encounter a photographer who catches them in a handy pose.
In many ways the Grateful Dead were the band most associated with the ‘druggy’ side of the 60’s rock scene.
Actually, this photo would have been taken prior to Dylan’s rock days, when he was still a ‘folk poet’ back in Greenwich village in the mid 1960’s.
Well if this one doesn’t get you guessing, nothing will...
Here we have a fine example of one of the most difficult styles to pull off, the wacky poster...
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