Radio Birdman Blitzkrieg poster by Warwick Gilbert. As well as being a key member of the band, the Birdman’s bass player Warwick Gilbert was a graphic artist and animator who now regularly exhibits his work and plucks his excellent bass lines with...
James Hackett won the ARIA Award for his artwork for the self-titled album Dissociatives by Daniel Johns and Paul Mac. Not just happy with the album artwork ARIA Hackett also took out the prize for best video. If you’re emotionally strong enough to...
Cover artwork for Wolfmother adapted from Sea Witch by Frank Frazetta. Frazetta was the legendary comic book artist whose artwork, posters and covers work helped make even greater legends of characters such as Buck Rogers and Conan The Barbarian and...
William Shakespeare in costume by Oxford St Darlinghurst tailor Billy Goodwin. Billy Goodwin designed costumes for Australian pop and glam performers and was a favourite with record company Albert. John Paul Young’s sailor outfit was another costume...
Illustration by Guy Peellaert from Rock Dreams 1973. While using a distinctly photo realist technique the Belgian artist was also heavily influenced by Pop and Psychedelia. His best-known work was his exaggerated hyper realist and often dark, dirty...
Record Cover for Carson Blown by Ian McCausland. McCausland started off in the art department of the fledgling Mushroom Records in Melbourne in the 1970s and designed early Daddy Cool and Skyhooks posters and LP covers. Carson Blown cover is a good...
Cartoon 2002 by Mark Stivers. While magazines like Punch published cartoons over the decades so oldies could poke fun at American youth and their ‘weird’ culture, US cartoonist Mark Stivers used his witty writing skills combined with his Pop Art...
Garret with flair and hair. Photo by Bob King 1977. Bob King is Australia’s best known rock photographer and this shot of the Oils looking like the nice north shore school boys they (still) are was taken at the War and Peace night club at Parramatta...
Surry Hills, Potts Point. Map and Venue Guide PDF. Revisit all the great live venues near Central Station and Surry Hills that gave birth to new music in the ’70s, ’80s and beyond. Then travel down memory lane to Kings Cross to track the...
Newtown, Erskineville, Enmore. Map and Venue Guide PDF. Some of Sydney’s music scene was based in Newtown and the adjoining suburbs Erskineville and Enmore. On this tour we take you along City Road to King Street, Enmore Road and beyond...
Darlington, Paddington. Map and Venue Guide PDF. This journey takes you along Oxford Street and back to when the music of the ’60s, ’70s and ’80s changed the face of rock’n’roll in Sydney. You’ll visit the...
City Centre, Ultimo, Pyrmont. Map and Venue Guide PDF. We traverse the city to discover what remains of your favourite city centre venues then go across to Ultimo and Pyrmont to visit the site of the world famous Festival Records, itself a...