Brian Schroeder, better known as Pushead, is an American
graphic artist
A graphic designer is a professional within the graphic design and graphic arts industry who assembles together images, typography, or motion graphics to create a piece of design. A graphic designer creates the graphics primarily for published, p ...
. He is best known for his album covers and other merchandise for bands in the
hardcore punk and
heavy metal genres.
Career
Originally from
Boise, Idaho, Schoeder formed the hardcore band
Septic Death in 1981. During this period he developed a career as an artist under the name Pushead, and made that his primary occupation after the band split in 1986.
His artwork, often featuring gruesome depictions of skeletons and corpses, first gained popularity in the skateboarding world due to his artwork being printed as skateboard deck graphics for the company
Zorlac starting circa 1981 and continued for nearly a decade. His artwork was also noted by artists in the early hardcore and thrash metal scenes in the 1980s, and later by musicians in several other genres. He has designed album covers, T-shirts, posters, and other merchandise for musicians including
Metallica
Metallica is an American heavy metal band. The band was formed in 1981 in Los Angeles by vocalist/guitarist James Hetfield and drummer Lars Ulrich, and has been based in San Francisco for most of its career. The band's fast tempos, instrume ...
,
,
,
Kool Keith, and many others. He has also designed for the
skateboarding
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subculture, including regular items associated with ''
Thrasher'' magazine.
Pushead operated the record labels Pusmort and Bacteria Sour. In recent years his designs have appeared on sneakers, particularly commemorative items released by Metallica, as well as limited edition products from
Nike. His work has also appeared on a special edition electric guitar by
ESP.
References
External links
The Album Art of Brian "Pushead" Schroeder
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Album-cover and concert-poster artists
Living people
Year of birth missing (living people)