![]() ![]() Sadly Storm passed away in April 2013, Rockarchive is honoured to showcase his work. As a student of graphic design, I did a lot of work. There’s so much story behind this picture. Many say that Storm Thorgerson could genuinely claim to be the 6th member of Pink Floyd, certainly his visuals for them and others have played an essential part in the psyche of rock and roll culture. One of my favourites album cover of all time it is Muse’s Black Holes and Revelations Album. Storm has written and produced some of the most essential books on album cover design ever, including ’Walk Away Renee’, ’Mind Over Matter’ and ’Eye of the Storm’. Dedicated student for six years reading English at Leicester University and then studying Film and TV at the Royal College of Art. Adolescence blighted only by parents’ divorce. Disturbed early years were followed by exciting teenage life in the early 1960’s, in Cambridge, from which emerged several artists and musicians including Pink Floyd. Neill’s Summerhill, the original free school. Moved through Grays in Essex and Whitley Bay in Northumberland and settled in Cambridge. He later joined PMI, Harry Films and Lee Lacy and has been making films ever since.īorn, if that’s the word, in Potters Bar, Middlesex in 1944. In 1983 he turned to videos by forming Green Back Films with Po and Peter Christopherson, and making clips for Paul Young, Yes, Robert Plant and Nik Kershaw, before disbanding in 1985. He began Hipgnosis with Aubrey Powell in the 60’s, more by chance than anything, and ended up designing album covers for Pink Floyd, Led Zeppelin, Genesis and many others. By which I mean look at your collection of LPs." Douglas Adams from ’Eye of the Storm’ 2000. "Many people agree that Storm Thorgerson is the best album designer in the world. ![]()
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