Monday, June 04, 2007


Here is my cover from the new CD by The Barons and Alleged Bricks. They are a couple of local bands that have teamed up to spread Oi! to the world. I painted it in gouache, which is a type of paint I'm just beginning to enjoy. I like that The Barons sing about people getting along. Mostly they sing about drinking beer, but they always have an underlying theme of racial harmony and justice for the working man. Somehow they've wrestled the old-school punk rock sound back from the Nazis, who took it over for a few years there, and are making it fun again for people like me who just want to hear some straight-ahead rock and roll. The Barons have a sound somewhere between Foghat and the Rev. Horton Heat, and that's just what I need on a Saturday night at midnight to go along with my pint.

2 comments:

Uncle Jesse said...

awesome artwork chris!
look forward to seeing ya soon!

Anonymous said...

Great work.