I asked Mike King to create the Butthole Surfers Poster for the Firehouse Goldenvoice Series at The Regency, in San Francisco. I had the pleasure to spend some time with Mike King in the UK a couple of years ago. We were in Brighton, UK at the Fringe Festival; we both conducted workshops with British artists teaching silkscreening. The artists who attended our workshops formed an artist collective called BRAG – The British Rock Artists Group – and started firing off posters at mind-blowing speed, as they formed from our workshops and were really inspired to start from Mike and my visit. It was pretty gratifying to see that our workshops had made such a tangible impact.

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Anyway, I’ve always wanted to collab with Mike since. I exhibited posters with him earlier this year at Vanish Fine Art, during The Gigposter Book release party. We were hanging out at the show and I thought to ask him to create a poster for the Butthole Surfers. He said, “Why don’t I just send you black color separations and you choose the colors.” The rock poster documentary American Artifact was being released the same week, the premiere was the next day at The Red Vic Theater. Marty Hohn TRPS President, was asking to see my American Artifact silkscreen poster while I was talking to Mike. I busted it out. And Mike reacted, “Dude! Yep, I definitely want you to choose the colors!”

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So with the colors I chose, I went for ultimate eye-fry with multiple color vibrations on the blue/red, green/red, and blue/magenta: all vibrating color combinations. And just to give it that Firehouse touch, the three-eyed kitty is heavy silver metallic with a magenta tint.

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Butthole Surfers, Melvins at the Regency

Firehouse Goldenvoice Series Number 73

Editon of 150

4 colors on 14 point coated cover

23″ x 35″

Numbered

(1 through 50 will be Signed and Numbered by Mike King)

available through Mike King at a future date – check here

Down, Melvins, Weedeater and Danava played in San Francisco, California at The Regency on Friday, August 14, 2009 – it was more RAWK than can fit on one hairy Neanderthal hand!

Lovingly printed with Dinosaur-juice at Hangar 18 comes the latest in the Firehouse Goldenvoice series. To commemorate my use of oil-based inks made from petroleum by-products, here’s a tip of the hat to the Extinction of the Oil Industry and the friendly dinos who died for art.

I designed and printed this 5 color silkscreen gig poster with Cro-Magnon skill, using metallic tints and translucent layers, simply by employing my nimble opposable thumbs. Drag one of these home to your grotto before they go extinct – So Easy Even a Caveman Can Do it.

Down – Melvins – Weedeater – Danava

Firehouse Goldenvoice Series Number 56

Editon of 150

5 colors on heavy cover stock

27″ x 22.25″

Signed and Numbered

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