In the mid-1990s a fresh? Do-It-Yourself approach to producing album art began to percolate through the post-punk? emo and hardcore music scenes in the US and Europe. The visual material that is gathered together in "DIY Album Art: Paper Bags & Office Supplies" showcases a unique aesthetic and usage of materials borne out of financial necessity and creative imperatives. While a great number of the bands have not endured? their hand-made? screen-printed? glued? photocopied? drawn on? sewn together packaging paved the way for the potential of innovative? non-traditional music packaging.Paperback | 144 pages205.74 x 269.24 x 17.78mm | 839.14g40087Mark Batty PublisherNew Jersey? United StatesEnglish