Over the years AC/DC albums and singles have featured highly artistic artwork. For example the early UK cartoon cover of the High Voltage album, The fly from the fly on the wall , The famous statue of David to promote the Hard as a rock album.
The inclusion of high quality artwork is not that surprising after all Angus Young is known to be a keen amateur painter himself. Just watch the Let there be Rock video to see him sketch the little Angus devil. In interviews Angus has been known to quote Monet and Gaughin as some of his favourite painters.
Below I have tried to provide a short list of AC/DC related artwork.
The UK/USA released version of the Dirty Deeds done dirt cheap album features the handy work of the Hipgnosis team. This group of artists led by Storm Thorgerson are perhaps more famous for the album cover work for groups like Pink Floyd and Led Zeppelin.
The cartoon fly character on the Fly on the Wall album and video was designed by Todd Schorr.
In the eighties, todd schorr created album cover art for kool and the gang,
the spinners, blue oyster cult, and AC/DC, among others.
If you want more information on him, try the book "secret mystic rites" published by last gasp of san
francisco.
l'imagerie gallery at 818 762 8488.
Bob Defrin designed the classic AC/DC logo.
The promotional posters and adverts for the Hards as a Rock single made use of a picture of Michaelangelo's statue of David with the famous schoolboy cap stategically placed.
The ballbreaker album included cartoon characters drawn by Marvel comics.
Album artwork for Stiff Upper Lip
Art Direction + Design - Alli
Statue concept and photography - Mista Dean Karr
Photo Producer - Yamani Y Watkins
Statue sculpted by SMG Effects - Mark Alfrey & Stan Lok
Digital retouching - Eric Altenburger
Artwork for the recent Epic remastered and re-packaged back catalogue releases were done by Smay Vision
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