I Was A Teenage Caveman

Here's the sleeve layout for the forthcoming Teenage Caveman Beat Gargantua 7" by veteran British horror rockers Zombina & The Skeletones. This will be a limited numbered edition of 250 copies and is the first silkscreen printed record sleeve of my career. Copies will be available just before Halloween. Stay tuned for MORE ACTION!

Evil Is As Evil Does

Just finished this LP/CD design for the debut full length by creepy Brit garage combo Thee Eviltones. The front cover was vaguely inspired by the giant demon in the classic 1957 horror epic Curse Of the Demon. Stay tuned for MORE ACTION!

Secret Hideout

Just finished this sleeve art for the upcoming download-only compilation Noises From The Hideout. This is the 6th in a series of comps put together by the GaragePunk Hideout website and you can download the album there starting September 19. Stay tuned for MORE ACTION!

That's Cool, That's Trash

Here's the cover art for the upcoming LP by Argentinian one man band Trash Colapso. My idea for this one was to have it look like one of those weird, primitive religious albums you see in thrift stores. 'Cuz weird, primitive and religious are where it's at, Jack. Incidentally this is the first one man band I've done a sleeve for since the one I did for a Hasil Adkins record way back in 2001. More stuff comin' soon so... Stay tuned for MORE ACTION!

Back To The Jungle

Here's the cover art for Volume 2 of the Brazilian Nuggets series. These comps are gonna feature the wildest and most obscure rock'n'roll 45s to come outta the '60s scene in Brazil. Volume 1 is being pressed even as we speak (check the archives of this blog for the sleeve art of that) and this one should follow soon. Plans are for me to do the cover for Volume 3 as well. Stay tuned for MORE ACTION!

Zombies In My Garage Part 2

Here's the artwork for the new LP by French garage fiends The Mean Things. This one will be coming out very soon on hep German label Soundflat Records. The art is kind of a sequel to the drawing I did for their first album, which you can find elsewhere on this very blog. More stuff coming soon, so... Stay tuned for MORE ACTION!

Recycled Trash

Just finished putting together this sleeve design for a forthcoming 7" by trashy British punks The Unreleasables. This is actually an old drawing which I have updated and kustomized for this sleeve. You can find the original version in the archives of this blog if you care to dig around a bit. Stay tuned for MORE ACTION!

Coffin Nails

This lovable character is Smokin' Dick, subject of a song by Chicago's Goblins that appeared on a 7" flexidisc issued by Roctober magazine way back in 1995. There was some talk of building a Muppet-style Smokin' Dick puppet to help get the song's anti-smoking message across to the kids, but I don't know if that ever actually happened. Anyway this is to date the only flexidisc release to feature Merinuk artwork on the sleeve. Stay tuned for MORE ACTION!

Pantychrist

Here's the tray card art for the 2005 debut CD by Hamilton, Ontario grrl punkers Pantychrist. Drummer Patty currently pounds the skins in another savage all-grrl punk rock combo, Rackula. Stay tuned for MORE ACTION!

Still A Lotta Rhythm In These Rockin' Bones

Another weird one for you today. This is the cover art for a 4 song Cramps bootleg 7" that came out back in the early '90s and yep, it's just a cheap black and white xerox of the cover of Rockin' Bones #1. The songs are alternate mixes from the rare white label promo version of the first Cramps LP, Songs The Lord Taught Us. This surfaced again a few years back as part of a whole slew of Cramps bootleg reissues. You'd think the cheap bums who put this out might have sent me a promo copy but no, I hadda shell out hard earned cash to get one. Anyway, I love The Cramps and this is probably as close as I'll ever get to doing a sleeve for them so what the hell. Stay tuned for MORE ACTION!

Way Down South

Here's the cover for Volume 1 of the South American Teenage Garage Punk series of 7" comps, issued on Spanish label Butterfly Records back in 2003. Bands on this one were The Tandooris, Los Peyotes, Elio & Thee Horribles and Los Supersonicos, all playing various styles of trashy '60s garage and surf music. It was a limited edition of 500 copies. Stay tuned for MORE ACTION!

Pandemonium

This one was drawn back in 1993 as a logo for my French pal Phillipe's aggro/noise/punk label Pandemonium Records. The next year he used it as the cover for a comp CD of French bands which you can see below. The coloring and layout for the CD art was credited to "Sugar & Spice" (whoever that may be). Stay tuned for MORE ACTION!

Teenage Lifestyle

This one was used as the tray card art for Rocket To You!, the 1998 debut CD by Italian pop-punkers The Manges. They often had a '50s influence on their sleeve art and posters (although not in their straight up Ramones-inspired music), so I thought this portrait of a teenage rock'n'roll fan from that era would be appropriate for their album art. A photo of the band was added to the teevee screen in the printed version. The Manges are still rockin' after all these years so check 'em out. Stay tuned for MORE ACTION!

Monkey Time

Here's a weird one that I drew way back in 1996 for crazed French garage/psych combo The Beach Bitches. This was the front cover of their 10" LP on Dig! Records, a limited edition of only 300 copies. The original art for this one is long gone and the printing on the record sleeve itself is not that great so I scanned this for you from a good quality photocopy that I dug outta my files. Stay tuned for MORE ACTION!

Invitation To The Dunce

Here's the CD cover art for the latest album by Winnipeg's rulers of retardation The Dunce. This one ought to have something to offend pretty much everybody. Stay tuned for MORE ACTION!

Sick, Sick, Sick

Here's the cover and tray card art for the debut CD by Swedish punks The Sick. The band was a punk rock side project for members of a stoner rock band that I don't recall the name of. Molten Universe Records put this CD out way back in 2001. Stay tuned for MORE ACTION!

Mars Attacks Again!

Here's another drawing for the Martian Boyfriends CD. I just finished this one about 20 minutes ago so it is still piping hot. Stay tuned for MORE ACTION!

Mars Attacks!

Here's a CD design I just finished for Belgian Farfisa freaks Thee Martian Boyfriends. This CD will be out soon on Lost in Time Records outta Greece. Stay tuned for MORE ACTION!

Jungle Rock

Just finished this sleeve for the first volume of Brazilian Nuggets, a planned 3 LP series of ultra-obscure '60s rock'n'roll from the unexplored wilds of Brazil. Groovie Records outta Portugal is gonna put these out in limited editions of 500 copies each so you'll have to act fast if you wanna get 'em. I'm a big fan and collector of '60s garage compilations so getting to work on this was a real thrill for me. I'm gonna do the cover art for the other two volumes as well so you can look forward to seeing those right here as soon as I get 'em done. Stay tuned for MORE ACTION!

Psycho!

I did this 7" sleeve for LA combo The Outsideinside way back in 1994. This was one of Lee Joseph's post-Yard Trauma bands and the 7" (a split with Popdefect) came out on Lee's very own Dionysus Records label. Both bands covered tunes by the immortal Sonics on this little slab o'wax. Stay tuned for MORE ACTION!