Jello Biafra
From The Giant: The Definitive Obey Giant Site
Year: 2014
Run Size: 450
Part of Set: none
Size: 16x24
Paper: Speckletone paper
Print Type: Screen Print
Release Date: 03/13/2014
From Obeygiant.com:
JELLO BIAFRA
The Dead Kennedys album “Plastic Surgery Disasters” was one of the first punk albums I bought back in 1984. I loved the music and lyrics from the album, especially the song “Bleed For Me” which skewered Ronnie Reagan’s foreign policy and human rights record. I bought all of the Dead Kennedys albums that were out up to that point and they were a big part of my evolution toward questioning authority and corporate greed. “Fresh Fruit For Rotting Vegetables” is a classic. I have been able to work with Jello Biafra, the singer and brilliant lyricist of The Dead Kennedys, on a few projects over the years, and when he asked me to design a portrait skateboard of him for Powell-Peralta I knew I’d ask Glen E Friedman if I could work from one of his photos. Glen liked the way the skateboard turned out enough to suggest we do a screen print. Jello agreed and all three of us signed it. I think this is a pretty special collaboration considering how influential Jello and Glen have been in my life. Oh, Winston Smith deserves a shout out, because he created the Dead Kennedys logo and the Alternative Tentacles logo which are included in the collage.
By the way, Jello Biafra and his band The Guantanamo School of Medicine will be playing live at the Roxy in West Hollywood on April 6. I’ll be there and you should be too. It’s gonna rock.
-Shepard
16 x 24 inch screen print. Signed by Shepard Fairey, Jello Biafra, and Glen E. Friedman. Numbered edition of 450. $70. Limit 1 per person/household.
Release date: Thursday, March 13, 2014 at a random time between 1 and 2 pm PST in PRINTS.
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