Band Posters

Here are eight examples of Indie rock band posters. As you can see traditionally these posters are very colourful and are graphically designed. Some use images that relate to the band title; i.e. the Arctic Monkeys has a monkey wearing a parka and Vampire Weekend has a vampire mowing grass (usually done at a weekend) in a graveyard. These are clever in grabbing the audiences attention by having them piece the image and the name together. The rest are obscure and seem to pay no attention to the band themselves however still attract an audience through the graphic images being simple and pleasing to look at. Furthermore, none of them contain pictures of the band themselves, (the Black Keys contains shadows of the band however not the actual band), like some indie rock music videos this could be because they want to send a different message to their audience i.e. focus on the music not the artist (most other genres i.e. pop use the artist to generate the audience whereas these bands use the music). 

Therefore, for my poster i will not focus so much on the band as the centre image, i will use some other form to portray the band and music to the audience. I will try to use a design such as the ones above however, this may not be able to be achieved due to the fact i am not a graphic designer. 

A closer look:

The Yeah Yeah Yeahs poster uses 3 colours in their poster one representing each band member. These primary colours grab the audiences attention, allowing them to look a little deeper at the skeletons. The skeletons represent the band members all dancing till their dead. This tells the audience their music is so good to dance to you wont want to stop. This is probably most likely also a reference to their song 'Heads Will Roll' which includes the line 'dance till your dead'.

 The Rolling Stones poster uses many characteristics to allow to audience to recognise the band without even reading the name. They include their signature logo - the lips and tongue which is featured on all their posters and therefore effective in identifying them and their music. Furthermore they use their signature colour red to compliment the lips and the poster alike. The image as a whole is a woman, used to entice the male population (Mulvey's male gaze). There is also a section of the poster where we can see the band however they are silhouettes, like the other band posters they dont want the band to be the main focus, rather the image of the band i.e. the lips at the center. Finally, the font of Rolling Stones gives the idea of the roaring 20's to me, whether this was intentional or not is not clear. If so, they connote dance and music therefore would give the audience this subconscious idea and make them want to listen to some - cue band poster.