Guest Posted 19 April 2013 Posted 19 April 2013 Anyone know who he was before you check out this story? http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-22210378
cambridgefox Posted 19 April 2013 Posted 19 April 2013 The name did seem familiar FIF,but it wasn't until I looked at the article it clicked. Many years back,a few miles from me,some weirdo was putting some giant sculptures up in the a field.This weirdo was i fact a very talented man who was using the sculptures to create " The Division Bell"cover by Pink Floyd.The Ely Cathedral is in the centre.Not many bands from Cambridge,but they did ok.
Guest Posted 19 April 2013 Posted 19 April 2013 love his work That's the artwork on my snowboard. Love the album, love the cover. Great work from the guy, some really iconic pieces. When I've done riding the board it'll be hung on my wall.
21st Century Fox Posted 19 April 2013 Posted 19 April 2013 I had the honour of meeting Storm a while ago, he was extremely talented, incredibly interesting and inspiring to talk to, though quick prickly and grumpy.
Guest Posted 19 April 2013 Posted 19 April 2013 I had the honour of meeting Storm a while ago, he was extremely talented, incredibly interesting and inspiring to talk to, though quick prickly and grumpy. Sounds a lot like me.
slymunn Posted 20 April 2013 Posted 20 April 2013 Did the last few album covers for Biffy clyro and liked the other bits I saw. Didn't know enough about him though for a full opinion
pSinatra Posted 20 April 2013 Posted 20 April 2013 I always remember this album cover as a young kid, out of all my Dad's vinyl collection. I could never quite work out what was going on or what it was about.......but I always felt drawn to it. I never knew it was Led Zeppelin until I started listening to them myself, when I was much older. For some reason, I always thought it was part of my Mum's Stevie Wonder collection? I always remember a picture of a cow too!! Another Thorgerson classic......although I didn't realise it at the time.
flowwolf Posted 22 April 2013 Posted 22 April 2013 I always remember this album cover as a young kid, out of all my Dad's vinyl collection. I could never quite work out what was going on or what it was about.......but I always felt drawn to it. I never knew it was Led Zeppelin until I started listening to them myself, when I was much older. For some reason, I always thought it was part of my Mum's Stevie Wonder collection? I always remember a picture of a cow too!! Another Thorgerson classic......although I didn't realise it at the time. A picture of a cow is classic ? your easily pleased.
pSinatra Posted 22 April 2013 Posted 22 April 2013 A picture of a cow is classic ? your easily pleased. I was 4 years old & liked pictures of cows. If a picture of a banana can be a classic album cover........why not a cow?
21st Century Fox Posted 22 April 2013 Posted 22 April 2013 It's a ****ing iconic album cover! It's one of those rare occasions where the band and designer are absolutely on the same wave length and at the top in their field (pardon the pun). Pink Floyd are always tied to the spacey, psychedelic scene which comes with a lot of preconceptions, so they managed to take out any aesthetic preconceptions and let the music do the talking. It's a simple, plain image but it's actually pretty interesting in itself...... I like it.
notnow john Posted 22 April 2013 Posted 22 April 2013 I always remember this album cover as a young kid, out of all my Dad's vinyl collection. I could never quite work out what was going on or what it was about.......but I always felt drawn to it. I never knew it was Led Zeppelin until I started listening to them myself, when I was much older. For some reason, I always thought it was part of my Mum's Stevie Wonder collection? I always remember a picture of a cow too!! Another Thorgerson classic......although I didn't realise it at the time. Just to add a bit of chronological perspective on Atom hearts release date, it was a week after Janis Joplins Suicide, three weeks after Hendrix's suicide and 6 months after the Beatles split up.
flowwolf Posted 22 April 2013 Posted 22 April 2013 It's a ****ing iconic album cover! It's one of those rare occasions where the band and designer are absolutely on the same wave length and at the top in their field (pardon the pun). Pink Floyd are always tied to the spacey, psychedelic scene which comes with a lot of preconceptions, so they managed to take out any aesthetic preconceptions and let the music do the talking. It's a simple, plain image but it's actually pretty interesting in itself...... I like it. Sorry do you mean the Cow ? So pink floyd sat down with the artist and said " man we can't carry on with all this psychedelic shit on our album covers even though that is just what our music is" Right said the artist it's going to cost you a shit load of cash but I think I can fix it. He runs off in to the next room picks up a copy of Town and country and rips out this picture of a Cow. Right then my old Pinky floyds take a look at this and drink in the deep symbolic meaning ! Of course once he sold the twats on that one he announced for the next Led Zep album cover he was going to do a picture of a lot of little girls in Pink swim suits showing their pert little arses climbing up a Pink hill with holes in it. The paedophiles must have bought 90% of that album alone. Fvcking genius I tell you fvcking genius . :D
21st Century Fox Posted 22 April 2013 Posted 22 April 2013 I'm shocked bands aren't knocking down your door for your services, you've obviously got your finger on the pulse.
Guest Posted 23 April 2013 Posted 23 April 2013 You can't beat a spot of realism. What does realism have to do with Pink Floyd music?
flowwolf Posted 23 April 2013 Posted 23 April 2013 What does realism have to do with Pink Floyd music? Ask the Cow.
21st Century Fox Posted 23 April 2013 Posted 23 April 2013 Wasn't the cow on Dark side of the moo n Hang your head.
flowwolf Posted 23 April 2013 Posted 23 April 2013 That's way out there man. Yeah baby that's really free.
flowwolf Posted 23 April 2013 Posted 23 April 2013 Of course the Wish you were here album cover was deeply symbolic. It is a symbiosis of one man with burning ambition holding out the hand of friendship to one who has no burning ambition set against a empty hollywood filming lot to emphasize the futility of mankind. Of course all that went completly over the members of pink floyds head due to the minds already being in a state of stagnation due to having to take copious amounts of hard drugs to maintain their shitty out pourings of so called music. To this day they are completly ignorant of what the artist was trying to say and have even admitted they picked the cow because it " looked nice " It was like giving pigs cherries.
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