Public Collectors is founded upon the concern that there are many types of cultural artifacts that public libraries, museums and other institutions and archives either do not collect or do not make freely accessible. Public Collectors asks individuals that have had the luxury to amass, organize, and inventory these materials to help reverse this lack by making their collections public.
This page consists of sample findings and excerpts. It is also an account of the contents of my home and digital files from my camera. If you have suggestions, have a collection you want to share, or are in Chicago and would like to see something in person, please contact me. This blog is intended as a casual, more personal supplement to the main Public Collectors website.
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A promo photo for the band Violent Playground. Is there anything more disappointing than finding a playground only to discover that it’s violent? Were these guys part of the problem or part of the solution? More promo photos from the late 1980s and early 1990s here.
Mask metal! A promo photo of the band Crimson Glory. More promo photos from the late 1980s and early 1990s here.
A promo photo for the metal band Rage, all of whom are really into their sunglasses. More promo photos from the late 1980s and early 1990s here.
A promo photo for the Kentucky one man band David La Duke who played “rock with a metal edge.” More promo photos from the late 1980s and early 1990s here.
A promo photo of the New York Hardcore/Metal crossover band Leeway. More promo photos from the late 1980s and early 1990s here.
A promo photo of the underrated band School of Violence. Their singer Karl Agel went on to sing for Corrosion of Conformity for a little while. More promo photos from the late 1980s and early 1990s here.
Today I’m posting one more batch of promo photos I received from record companies in the late 1980s and early 1990s when I was publishing ‘zine. Here is Killing Joke. This arrived signed by their late bassist Raven. More promo photos from the late 1980s and early 1990s here.
A photo of the New York metal band Sanctus. More promo photos from the late 1980s and early 1990s here.
An early promo photo for the thrash metal band Pestilence from the Netherlands. More promo photos from the late 1980s and early 1990s here.
A promo photo of King Diamond posing with the most evil prop in the office - a telephone. More promo photos from the late 1980s and early 1990s here.
A promo photo for the band Evil Dead, just in time for the remake of the film Evil Dead. More promo photos from the late 1980s and early 1990s here.
A promo photo for the Pittsburgh band Diamond Haze. Anyone heard from these guys lately? More promo photos from the late 1980s and early 1990s here.
A promo photo from the Montreal thrash metal band DBC (Dead Brain Cells). More promo photos from the late 1980s and early 1990s here.
A metal promo photo from 1989. No band name is listed but given that two of the guys happen to be wearing Black Ritual t-shirts, I think we can safely assume that this is Black Ritual. More promo photos from the late 1980s and early 1990s here.
I just removed the last of my crap from a storage space I was renting and unearthed a thick file of promo photos that record companies and bands sent me back when I did an underground music fanzine (1988-91). I almost never printed these photos at the time because they seemed too generic. I liked amateur photos better. Over 20 years on, these are a bit more interesting to look at so I’m going to post a bunch. Some will be of more well known bands, like Sodom, but others are going to be a bit obscure. If you like metal or photos of dudes standing in front of brick walls, enjoy! If not, hang in there - I’ll shift over to something else before long. More promo photos from the late 1980s and early 1990s here.
