On Thursday, 7th April 2010, the British Music Experience @ The O2, Greenwich, London will take place -
World Famous Rock Artist & Designers ROGER DEAN & STORM THORGERSON: Tales from the Dark Side –two of the leading album cover artists of the last 50 years present an evening of art, anecdotes and antics from the world of rock.
ROGER DEAN & STORM THORGERSON, without doubt the two most internationally renowned designers of rock music artwork, producing work which graced the covers of the best selling Rock Albums of the 1970s & ‘80s (including PINK FLOYD, LED ZEPPELIN, GENESIS, YES, ASIA, URIAH HEEP, GREENSLADE & OSIBISA) not to say many a bedroom wall, are joining forces in a unique event to discuss the future of album cover art.
Between them, Storm & Roger created not just album covers, but logos, calligraphy & even stage sets for the biggest selling bands of the last 40 years such as Led Zeppelin, Pink Floyd, Yes, Uriah Heep, & more recently for Muse, Biffy Clyro and the reborn Asia..
Together, Storm & Roger are credited with transforming the status of the album cover for all time, elevating it from mere packaging to a work of art in its own right. And even in the digital age their talents continue to be in demand.
Working with some of the biggest names in rock, they certainly have some stories to tell and ‘insider anecdotes’ to share. Come & join hear the tales, meet Roger & Storm and see examples of their work over the years.
ROGER DEAN is an East Sussex-based internationally acclaimed artist and designer, whose evocative and visionary images and associated graphics, logos and lettering created a new genre of work. Made popular through the media of album covers for the likes of Yes, Asia, Osibisa and Budgie and posters, his work has sold in excess of 60 million copies worldwide.
STORM THORGERSON graphic designer, film maker and tennis fiend, is perhaps most widely known for his seminal cover art for Pink Floyd. As part of Hipgnosis – the radical design collective he co-founded in 1968 – he designed album covers for Led Zeppelin, Black Sabbath and Peter Gabriel.
And they both continue to add to their prodigious output. Most recently, Roger created the cover and complementary artwork for the hugely successful second comeback album by rock supergroup ASIA – ‘Omega’ (2010), continuing an association with the band dating back to the creation of their ‘pyramid’ logo and the Dragon cover for their eponymous 1982 multi-platinum debut album.
Meantime, now working under his own name, Storm continues to produce striking cover art for Muse, The Mars Volta and Biffy Clyro.
This event is being organised by the:
British Music Experience
Roger Dean & Storm Thorgerson – on stage together – For One Night Only
The O2, London, SE10 ODX
Doors open 19:00 Showtime: 19:30 – 21:00
Tickets £8.50 via
http://www.britishmusicexperience.com/thorgerson