- Joe Petagno
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birthname = Joe Petagno
birthdate = Birth date and age|1948|1|1|mf=y
location =Portland, Maine
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nationality = American
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awards =Joe Petagno (born
January 1 ,1948 - ) is anartist known principally for creating images used on heavy metal album covers, for bands such asMotörhead , Marduk, Nightshade, andIlldisposed .Petagno was born in
Portland, Maine and left theUnited States in 1972. Before meeting Motörhead'sLemmy in 1975, he designed "Snaggletooth " for the band's "Motörhead" album and has continued to design the majority of the album and single sleeve covers for the band.He is also (lesser) known for his science fiction book covers, notably for the Corgi SF Collector's Library edition of
Ray Bradbury 's "The Silver Locusts" aka "The Martian Chronicles ". He also did non-heavy metal album covers. WhenGraeme Edge leftThe Moody Blues he teamed up withAdrian Gurvitz to formThe Graeme Edge Band . Their two releases "Kick Off Your Muddy Boots " released on the Decca subsidiary label Threshold released in 1975 as a gatefold depicted a rider on horseback in a desert coming across a dead man in American Western-style garb and even included a rendition of the Threshold swooshing face icon. "Paradise Ballroom " issued in 1977 was also illustrated by Petagno, this time depicting a dancing woman using mainly blues.When
Adrian Gurvitz joined forces withGinger Baker to formThe Baker Gurvitz Army Petagno illustrated their first two vinyl releases, the self titled "The Baker Gurvitz Army" in 1975 on the legendary Vertigo label which depicted the three members of the group on horseback; and "Elysian Encounter ", 1975 on the Mountain label depicted almost certainly as "spacemen" or possibly religious figures in the typical early Petagno style, fabulously exotic outfits and suits or armour.In 1979, Petagno went with a travelling exhibition, sponsored by the
Shah of Iran , visitingFrance and meeting his partner, Sanne, inDenmark , where he has lived ever since.He has produced illustrations for a deck of
playing card s, commercially available as "The Deck of Death".Petagno appeared in a rare interview on the bonus DVD when Motörhead re-issued their "Inferno" album as a "30th Anniversary Birthday Edition."
Artwork
* Motörhead - "Motörhead"
* Motörhead - "Another Perfect Day "
* Motörhead - "Orgasmatron"
* Motörhead - "Rock 'n' Roll"
* Motörhead - "Inferno"
* Motörhead - "Overkill"
* Motörhead - "Eat the Rich"Publication
* "Orgasmatron, The Heavy Metal Art of Joe Petagno" – Foreword by Lemmy, introduction by Steffan Chirazi. Covers his work with Hipgnosis, designing for
Led Zeppelin andPink Floyd , and Motörhead. Also contains reproductions of paintings on display in Denmark. ISBN 1-932595-00-7External links
* [http://www.petagno.dk/ Joe Petagno's website]
* [http://www.imotorhead.com/specialfeatures/petagno.htm Interview with Joe Petagno (imotorhead.com)]
* [http://www.shanatinglipton.com/orgasmatron.html Dazed & Confused write-up on Petagno book]
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