RIP Storm Thorgerson (he designed the cover to Pink Floyd's Dark Side of the Moon)

Danny Tse
Danny Tse Posts: 5,206
edited May 2013 in The Clubhouse
You may not know him by his name, but he was the designer that created the iconic cover of Pink Floyd's "Dark Side of the Moon". Even if you don't like Pink Floyd or don't own the album, you probably know what the cover looked like. Besides Pink Floyd, he also designed album covers for Muse, Genesis, Peter Gabriel, The Cranberries, etc. Mr. Thorgerson also directed music videos such as Yes' "Owner of a Lonely Heart".

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Storm_Thorgerson

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-22210378

RIP
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  • F1nut
    F1nut Posts: 50,521
    edited April 2013
    A very talented artist who also did the artwork for the WYWH SACD.

    RIP
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  • WagnerRC
    WagnerRC Posts: 2,156
    edited April 2013
    RIP Storm. what a career
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  • Tornado Red
    Tornado Red Posts: 939
    edited April 2013
    Storm.jpg


    rip
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  • Vette C6.r
    Vette C6.r Posts: 1,560
    edited May 2013
    If you have ever watched the Blu Ray for the making of WYWH he has alot of interviews in the movie.

    Seemed like a very interesting guy. True loss.
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  • SCompRacer
    SCompRacer Posts: 8,495
    edited May 2013
    One of my coffee table books. Great read with lots of pics. I also collect Hipgnosis covers. They did some great covers way before photoshop. The book cover art is an album cover they did.

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    Another good read.

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  • george daniel
    george daniel Posts: 12,096
    edited May 2013
    RIP sir.
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  • headrott
    headrott Posts: 5,496
    edited May 2013
    Storm Thorgerson and Roger Dean were/are both phenominal artists to the field of music. Great loss. RIP Storm. It'll be another great loss when Roger Dean "leaves" as well.......
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