Artistic License: Our Favorite Multi-Talented Musicians
posted in: Music News • Rock
Last week, we told you about musicians like Karen O and their crazy musical side projects. (Seriously, how awesome is Goat Punishment?) This week, Tom Morello’s upcoming comic book series Orchid inspired us to take a look at the incredible visual side projects that some of our favorite multi-medium musicians are working on. Let’s get cultured!
Tom Morello isn’t the only musician getting into the comic book game”he actually got hooked up with publisher Dark Horse Comics courtesy of My Chemical Romance‘s Gerard Way. Way has been working on his own series, The Umbrella Academy, since September of 2007. Currently on its 15th issue, the series follows the antics of a group of misfit superheroes who”what else”unite to save the world. We’re mostly just jealous of The Rumor’s superpower”she can instantly alter reality by lying. That would be SO USEFUL.
If you find yourself completely unable to wait for the upcoming Every Time I Die album (and judging by this teaser, it’s going to be everything we want it to be), try tiding yourself over with some of guitarist Jordan Buckley’s original artwork. It’s as loud, schizophrenic and terrifyingly awesome as ETID’s music. Shirts and prints are available at the self-explanatory jordanbuckleymadethis.com. Because everyone needs a tee-shirt with a vomiting tyrannosaurus rex on it, right?
Circa Survive‘s album art has already earned legendary status thanks to the incredibly gifted Brooklyn-based artist Esao Andrews. But if Andrews wasn’t doing the Pennsylvania five-piece’s album art, guitarist Colin Frangicetto could surely step in. Although Frangicetto says he has trouble defining his style, his works are mysterious and beautiful. He recently completed an intriguing series called Cloudy Words, which paired portraits with poetry. Perhaps best of all, he sells his work on the cheap and will work with buyers to create one-of-a-kind pieces just for them. Whatta guy.
OurStage’s resident metalhead Munson the Destroyer has featured American Heritage‘s music before, but what you may not know is that the band’s vocalist/guitarist Scott Shellhamer is also a gifted artist. Describing his material as sloppy and hopeless, Shellhamer tells metalbandart.com that depression, hopelessness, anxiety, and contempt for religion are the takeaways he hopes people get from his work. So if you’re ready to be cheered up, take a look at some of his paintings (they’re seriously pretty cool).
How about you guys”who are some of your favorite artist/musicians? Let us know in the comments!