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  • Come back to haunt you.

    $200.00

    Mark Vallen 1980
    Signed Giclée Print
    10″ x 14″ inches

    This is the cover art Vallen did for the very last issue of SLASH magazine in 1980. Founded in 1977 the magazine was the very first Westcoast U.S. publication to promulgate the punk explosion.

    Here’s what Vallen said about his artwork:

    “My drawing was a visual proclamation that the spirits of the indigenious warriors of the North American continent had come back to possess the youthful punk rebels of the U.S. The mohawked and leather clad fellow in the drawing represented those spirits. The buttons on his leather jacket read, ‘Dead Kennedys, ‘I Am An Enemy of the State,’ and ‘We Are All Prostitutes.’

    The magazine introduced an unsuspecting public to the likes of the Sex Pistols, Clash, Siouxsie and the Banshees and other bands hitherto unknown in the United States. L.A.’s own backyard was amply covered with reports on X, Germs, Fear, Black Flag, and many others. The last issue of SLASH featured articles on Crass and Adam and the Ants. My SLASH cover drawing was not only a political statement – it also served as a rebel fashion exclusive!”

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  • Sue Tissue

    $200.00

    Mark Vallen 1979
    Signed Giclée Print
    10″ x 14″ inches

    Vallen created this drawing as a cover illustration for the legendary SLASH magazine in 1979. Founded in 1977 the magazine was the very first Westcoast U.S. publication to promulgate the punk explosion.

    Here’s what Vallen said about his artwork:

    “Sue Tissue was the lead singer for the band Suburban Lawns. My pencil drawing was released as a cover for SLASH magazine in 1979 – the first of two artworks created as covers for the magazine. The drawing also ended up in the book, Hardcore California, a history of Punk and New Wave by Peter Belsito and Bob Davis.

    The Suburban Lawns were an edgy punk/pop outfit fronted by Tissue, whose quirky vocal style put the band on the forefront of the avant garde. Their underground hit single, Gidget goes to Hell typified their unique southern Californian sound.”

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