Primus Poster Series
2013 Primus Spring Tour Poster Artists Announced!
Everyone's favorite musical Trio, (No, not Peter, Paul and Mary) Primus is hitting the road again this Spring.
And guess what..? We're gonna do Another Poster Series…. This tour will conclude with our 106th poster since we started the series a few years ago, which is pretty sweet considering we originally set out to make a series of limited edition beer cozies instead.
This time around, I called on a number of heavyweight poster artists to be involved and they all responded with such enthusiastic replies as, "yeah, i guess..." "umm, ok..." and "who's Primus..?"
But nonetheless, once again we have a list of All Star Artists, each of whom will visually represent a single Primus performance with a hand printed, silkscreen poster, flowing from the depths of their creative (and sometimes twisted) imaginations.
Each performance, excluding the festivals, will have roughly 100 posters available for purchase from the merch booth - and like every show in the past, we expect the posters to sell out quickly. As usual, Dave the merch guy will supply tubes to protect your newly acquired flat stock treasures.
The individual posters will be unveiled the night of each show, at the gig, on the Primus facebook page and here, at Zoltron.com.
That's it.
Love, Zoltron
The poster artists for this year's tour are alphabetically as follows:
Guy Burwell
Johnny Crap
Emek
Justin Hampton
123 Klan
Travis Lampe
Jermaine Rogers
Reuben Rude
Todd Slater
Jeff Soto
Zoltron
Pomona, CA by Rich Kelly
Tuscon, AZ by Ken Taylor
Santa Fe, NM by Travis Louie
Colorado Springs, CO by Bask
Billings, MT by Zombie Yeti
Missoula, MT by Eddie Colla
Boise, Idaho by Alan Hynes
Eureka, California by Doe Eyed Design
Mexico Poster Announcement!
March 11, 12 & 13. Mexico City.
Mexico! Night #3 Jose Pulido
Mexico! Night #2 Jose Pulido
Mexico! Night #1 Jose Pulido
Primus is hitting the road for a 4 show December Outing and we will be making a unique poster for each performance. Between 100 and 125 hand silkscreened (pre-tubed) posters will be available at the merch booth during each show.
The following artists will be making posters.
San Francisco, CA (Night 2) by Chuck Sperry
San Francisco, CA (Night 1) by Zoltron
Los Angeles, CA by Reuben Rude
San DIego, CA by Craig "Tapecat" McCudden
(the entire illustration was done with a knife on scratchboard!)
Primus called... They want their poster series back.
With great excitement and an overly aggressive schedule that would make any sane project manager cringe, we have decided to ignore reason and embark on another epic poster series for the Primus Fall Tour.
This time around, the boys are heading out on the road with an ambitious 3D tour, the first of it's kind, where each 2-set performance will be accompanied with unique stereoscopic visuals and quad stereo sound.
On a rare occasion such as this, we've decided to continue the series and release a small number of limited edition, hand printed, show-specific, silkscreen posters to accompany each and every performance (festivals withstanding). The poster series will reconvene with poster #59 in Poughkeepsie, New York.
100 (tubed) posters will be available for purchase from our pal Dave at the merch booth during each show. Like last year, we expect the posters to sell out quickly. Note: A small number of the artist's personal copies from the same edition will likely be available at their respective websites - stay tuned here and/or follow the links below.
All rambling aside, To all Primus fans, Poster fans, and any Person who appreciates awesome things. Here it is...The (amazing) 2012 Primus Fall Tour Poster Artist list.
Huge thanks to Reuben Rude's pre-press expertise and always reliable co-commandeering of the ensuing mayhem. Thanks Reuby.
The individual posters will be unveiled the night of each show, at the gig, on the Primus facebook page and here, at Zoltron.com.
Miami, FL by Victor Moscoso (epic.)
Orlando, FL by Emek ---------> Watch Video Here
Austin, TX by Todd Slater
Dallas, TX by Broken Fingaz Crew
Wichita, KS by Travis Millard
Denver, CO by South Park Studios
Kansas City, MO by Bob C. Cock
Atlanta, Georgia by Zoltron
Cincinnati, OH by Marq Spusta
St. Louis, MO by Adam Jones
Indianapolis, IN by Michael Sieben
Detroit, MI by Prairie Prince
Niagara Falls, NY by David Lanham
Providence, RI by L'Amour Supreme
Boston, MA by Mike Mitchell
New York, NY by Ron English
Philadelphia, PA by Morning Breath
Wilkes Barre, PA by Craig Foster
Silver Spring, MD by Methane Studios
Burlington, VT by David Welker
Poughkeepsie, NY by Bellyache
2012 Primus Spring Tour Poster Artists Announced!
For one curious reason or another, Primus management asked me to dust off my curatorial pantaloons and put together another poster series for this year's tour...
So, to commemorate the Spring 2012 North American Primus tour, each performance, excluding the festivals, will have a small number of beautifully crafted, limited edition, hand printed silkscreen posters, available for purchase from the merch booth at each venue.
Each poster will be designed by a different artist and printed only once, individually numbered and extremely limited in capacity. The edition size of all posters is #/200. (L.A. is 250) exactly 100 posters will be available at each show. A small number of the artist's personal copies from the same edition will likely be available at their respective websites (follow the links below.) Like last year, we expect the posters to sell out quickly.
The individual posters will be unveiled the night of each show, at the gig, on the Primus facebook page and here, at Zoltron.com.
the poster artists for this year's tour are as follows:
Morning Breath
Stay tuned for updates as the series is slowly unveiled.
Modesto, CA by Malleus
Santa Cruz, CA by Jeremy Fish
Las Vegas, NV by Zoltron
Grand Junction, CO by Morning Breath
Salt Lake City, UT by Dan Christofferson
Missoula, MT by Drew Millward
Spokane, WA by Todd Slater
Vancouver, BC by Michael Slack
Redmond, WA by Winston Smith
Eugene, OR by Travis Louie
Jacksonville, OR by Mars-1 / Mario Martinez
Redding, CA by Doug Boehm
Los ANgeles, CA by Jeff Soto
Flagstaff, AZ, by The Date Farmers
Albuquerque, NM by Travis Millard
Springfield, MO by John Seabury
Tulsa, Oklahoma by Timothy Doyle.
Milwaukee by Jonathan Bergeron
Columbus, OH by Ken Keirns
Pittsburg(h), PA by Stanley Mouse
Syracuse, NY by Aesthetic Apparatus
Huntington, NY by Jermaine Rogers
New Orleans, LA by Reuben Rude
2011 Poster Series.
The heavies at Primus management asked me to curate a poster series for the band's first major outing in more than 11 years. The project would entail a numbered run of unique, hand made silkscreen posters, designed by a new artist and printed by a custom silkscreen house for each and every venue on the tour. 20 artists for 21 shows in 30 days...
I agreed, but naturally decided to heavily procrastinate until the last possible moment, before drinking 3 red bulls and reaching out to a group of friends, all highly creative and partially insane like myself. I asked them, one by one, if they were interested in doing a Primus poster and it was surprisingly unanimous, other than one anonymous party who told me to "Go eat a bag of dicks.."
Next step was lining up 9 different silkscreen print houses, all spread out from Oakland to Minnesota, and one 19th century hand press, to handle crafting our art into a poster series.
Here's a list of the blokes I somehow convinced to take part in this mayhem...
Individual posters will be announced the day of each show via Primus' Facebook page. and a small number of the edition will be available from the artist's sites, linked below, following each show.
Boston, MA. by Bellyache
Silver Spring, MD. by Hydro74.
Richmond, VA. by GIGART
Albany, NY. by Zombie Yeti
New York, NY. by Todd Slater
Philadelphia, PA. by Mars-1
Portland, ME. by Adam White
Montreal, Canada by Ron Donovan
Toronto, Canada by Alan Forbes
Pittsburgh PA by Alan Hynes
Rochester, NY by Munk One
Louisville KY by Skinner
Madison, WI by Marq Spusta
Ann Arbor, MI by Dave Hunter
Chicago, IL by Pollock
Des Moines, IA by Chris Shaw
Denver, CO (2 nights) by Zoltron.
Mesa, AZ by Jeremyville
Santa Barbara, CA by Chuck Sperry
Los Angeles, CA by Travis Millard
Greek Theatre, Berkeley Ca - Oddity Faire by Dave Hunter and Zoltron
New Years Posters #P30 & P31 by Mr Bellyache.
some will be available at his site, following the gig.
Brooklyn, NY by David Welker
Reno, CA by Zoltron
Update: Huge thanks to Bloom Press, Monolith Press, Burlesque of North America, D&L Printing, Firehouse Kustom Rockart Co, Gammalyte Press, Jim Pollock, Editions Penibles en France, Reuben Rude & Ron Donovan for their epic artisanship & superior printing.