Jonas Norway

2011-06-07T03:53:00.002+02:00

SUMMER RAIN: A now yearly tradition - doing art work for this event - that is. I can't make it myself this year but what's stopping you? A minor fleet of great bands are playing as well as great people hanging out on deck. Also; you'll probably catch a part of the design on tee's if you'll make it. Happy midsummer to you all and be sure to watch out for bottles falling!

2011-05-14T20:24:00.003+02:00

NORWEGIAN WRESTLING: Poster for the 67:th Gear Club night. Norwegian band Los Plantronics have a lot of mexican influences and the mission was to make these too ends meet. The same night Sexpistolstanten & Mockfjärdsvapnet also gave the Stockholm hipster scene what they need the most right now: hits like "Enda dan hittills jag inte velat dö".

2011-01-16T22:52:00.001+01:00

HEART + KNIFE: Equals a night at Debaser Slussen with US act Lover! suported by Bäddat för Trubbel and RAS. Don't miss this event, and remember, it's free if you pass the door man befour ten o clock.

2010-12-16T20:56:00.001+01:00

PUSH MY BUTTONS: Illustration for the long awaited opening of the Push my Buttons online store. With two strong characters like Lotta and Thomas running the place it felt impossible to not make them holding the sign like a siamese twin. Enough talking, of you go, next stop on your shopping tour must be: pushmybuttons.se

2010-12-16T20:41:00.002+01:00

BANANAS: the Impo and the Tents banana is now available in this format. Printed by Push My Buttons.

2010-10-29T22:27:00.000+02:00

MEMORY OF BIRTH: Illustrations published in the seventh issue of the american magazine Annalemma. This issue features words and illustratons by writers/artists such as Joe Meno, Zora Neale Hurston, Sasha Fletcher, Jesse Hlebo and Sam Brewster. The illustrations was to accompany the great text Memory of Birth by Carl Fuerst. Get your subscription at Annalemma.net.

2010-09-25T19:52:00.001+02:00

GEARCLUB # 66: Flight Reaction team up with Australian act Naked on the Vague and Holy Hoofbeats for this Gearclub night. Since they all have a connection with space or planes I went for the "aeronautical look".

2010-08-17T20:30:00.001+02:00

IMPO AND THE TENTS: Poster for this Stockholm three-piece European Tour. The name offers so many options. But a great band making great music deserves something special. Something only a flipped Warhol banana could offer.

2010-06-24T11:53:00.003+02:00

MOTHER LOVE: Illustration for the short story Mother Love written by Jeanne Holtzman. The illustration was published by Annalemma Magazines online edition. Annalemma is a literary/arts journal printed biannually since 2007. They are one of the most exiting American forums for new litterature at the moment, so don't just sitt on your arse, get your own subscription today and while your at it read the story Mother Love here.

2010-06-01T23:35:00.002+02:00

WHOLE LOTTA MIDSOMMAR: The country of Sweden has it's traditions. Amongs the finest ones is this event on midsummer every year. A rock festival located on a boat in central Stockholm. Gathering some of the best bands active today. Get involved at myspace.

2010-05-06T18:56:00.003+02:00

GEARCLUB # 65: Slammers where a band befour most of you kids could spell the word "guitar" (wich by the way is hard to spell since it's spelled "gitarr" in Swedish). And now, after 19 years of rest, they are back on stage. Happy birthday so to speak!

2010-04-28T18:53:00.001+02:00

GEARCLUB # 64: Another Gearclub poster. A name like Thee Vicars gives you so many possible pictures. Especially in times like this. Yet I decided to leaving the kids out of it. An honour to have two great acts like Thee Vicars and The Intelligence in one poster.

2010-04-28T18:41:00.001+02:00

PUSH MY BUTTONS: Who invented the guitarr? Who took the first cord? Who sang the first tune? You might not know the answer to that but in years to come you will probably say that this company where the ones who reinvented punk. They will define the future of crap culture and anyone affiliated should be proud to be a part of it. Keep that in mind.

2010-03-27T16:08:00.004+01:00

GEARCLUB #63: Dollhouse (Sweden) and Miss Chain and the Broken Heels (Italy). Ever felt like jumping out of a window? Ever felt like jumping out of a window of a dollhouse?

This poster was picked among the Top Posters of the Week by the fine folks at gigposters.com.

2010-03-27T15:21:00.004+01:00

THE MINDS: The Minds, from Portland, Oregon, sadly don't exists any more. Most likely this was the last relase from the band. In a limited edition of 300 copies on black vinyl you'll find 3 great tracks on Plastic Idol Records. Members from this band can now be found in other great acts from the Pacific Northwest such as the Flip-Tops, Nix and Defect Defect.

2010-01-26T18:58:00.005+01:00

GEARCLUB # 62: Hangee V from Cagliari, Sardegna in Italy headlining on Swedish ground. Famous for great gigs and great taste in instruments this is how I figure they make there way to the stage. For more info visit gearfest.com.

2009-12-27T21:27:00.007+01:00

GEARCLUB #61: The Sign. Finaly. Don't be late to the first Gearclub in 2010. This poster was also mentioned as Top Poster at gigposters.com.

2009-12-10T18:53:00.002+01:00

GEAR CLUB # 60: The Baby Shakes headlined this event. First time to get a piece of Unkle Sam in one of the works. Perhaps not the last.

2009-11-07T14:49:00.005+01:00

GEAR CLUB #59: Poster for the monthly event Gear Club in Stockholm hosted by Thomas Savage of Savage magazine and records.

2009-08-13T18:48:00.006+02:00

NEVER PRINTED II: A tour poster made years ago. I think the tour got canceled and naturally also this print. Elephants never run out of style do they?

2009-08-13T18:41:00.004+02:00

THE START FOR ME: Another cover for the Manikins on Plastic Idol Records, this time in b/w. A lettering I tried to put on many sleaves but never got to work. For this one it came out just like I wanted it. The 7" features two exclusive tunes from the Corocodiles sessions.

2009-08-13T18:29:00.004+02:00

I WANT MY BABY DEAD: 7" from the Manikins out on the Philadelphia label FDH. 100 on red wax 400 on black. This print also made it too tees to suport the bands US tour.

2009-02-17T07:54:00.009+01:00

NEVER PRINTED. Due to the Spanish label H-Records this 7" never hit the stores. The cover was made around four years ago.

2008-06-30T07:58:00.001+02:00

CROCODILES: This record was released on P.Trash Records (EU) and Full Breach Kicks (US). The US cover has the colour pink instead of yellow on the title. Out on CD and vinyl.

2008-06-30T07:49:00.000+02:00

THE FLIP-TOPS: This cover was printed for the record label Plastic Idol in 3 colours. I always wanted to work with dices and for this 7" titled Dangerous Game I gave it a shot. You know the saying; "luck in the game, bad luck in love"? I aim for the oposite.

2008-06-30T07:35:00.000+02:00

EUROPEAN TOUR SINGLE 2007: Band: The Rip Offs. Product: One sided 7" on clear wax. Record label: Squoodge. Limited edition: 150 copies (+500 with cover made by the Rip Offs). Idea: Old wedding photo of a quartet wedding with drawn masks on their heads.

2008-06-23T19:15:00.002+02:00

BABY OBSESSION: You'll find this Lightning Beat Man-cover on a limited edition 7" on Squoodge Records. After making the cover the feedback I got from Beat Man was via Roland at Squoodge Records that e-mailed "Beat Man says the babys head has to have a wrestling mask". And off cource that completed the cover in the most perfect way.

2008-05-25T13:46:00.000+02:00

ANOTHER WASTED POSTER: Great line-up for this event! Some of the best Swedish punk bands at the moment. Another Wasted Night – well, all I could think of was glue. Naturally The Ramones song was ringing in my head during the five days I was working on this one. Big thanks to Kaj at Wasted Sounds and Joel at Denimzine for making this night into something out of the ordinary.

2008-05-25T13:44:00.000+02:00

SPEND THE NIGHT ALONE: One of the greatest people I worked with is Mario who runs the label Plastic Idol from Sacramento, CA. He is truly into the details and put a lot of energy into his work. On this 7”, printed with black and gold on white, Mario’s effort helped me to one of the best jobs I’ve done. Also worth mentioning is the B-side on this 7”. It features the song Still Afraid of Girls which truly is worth the money (even if you have to get it on Ebay).

2008-05-25T13:42:00.002+02:00

MARKED MEN POSTER: Once again handed an assignment with the limitation to work with only black and white. Probably the best band at the moment in the states (except maybe for the Black Lips). The venue is a classic scene in Nyköping and since it ones was an old factory for butching animals the name is Slakthuset (the Butchers House). So all I had to do was adding red paint with a broken brush on all posters. Probably the closest one will ever get to Jackson Pollock.

2008-05-25T13:42:00.001+02:00

BAD PAPERS: The small German label Squoodge Records put out a 7”, a one sided 7” and a 5” of this classic styled punk song. So limited it was sold out long before it even was sent to the printer. The aim was to get the covers to work together but yet have a unique touch to each and one of them. The idea to put money in panties, bras and briefs was inspired by Germany in general and Reperbahn in particular. The backside of this cover is one of my favorite designs.

2008-05-25T13:38:00.000+02:00

TOO FUCKED UP TO DREAM: This LP by Local Oafs has been called “The best Swedish punk album ever”. I can only agree. I worked close with Nero/Eros (lead singer of the band) with the idea for this cover. Featured is also a large collage of the bands history in pictures. Among the more bizarre moments captured is the show where they played in diapers and that party when Mats Solo made a tattoo with a non disinfected tattoo needle bought in South America on Shawn Michaels arm. We had a great time putting all those memories together.

2008-05-25T13:37:00.000+02:00

THE MANIKINS TOUR POSTER: The Manikins asked me to come up with a poster for their “Beat on a brat tour 2006". Baseball bat oh oh oh oh!

2008-05-25T13:36:00.001+02:00

T-SHIRT: A tour t-shirt for the Manikins. Not much to comment on this one. The decapitated photo is one of my favorite designs so naturally it had to go on a tee.

2008-05-25T13:33:00.000+02:00

HITS MEN INTE LÄNGRE: Rock bands has for ever and ever been taking classic photos with the band members lined up in front of the camera. For this 7” I did the same thing only with the slight difference by decapitate the band members and putting their heads in their hands. A fitting picture to this 7” called “Hits men inte längre” (“Hits - but no longer”).

2008-05-25T13:32:00.000+02:00

STEFFEN BASHO-JUNGHANS: Poster and flyer for a gig arranged by the nice guys at Koloni in Gothenburg, Sweden. The picture is Steffens head on a Mexican skeleton's body.

2008-05-25T13:31:00.002+02:00

T-SHIRTS I: This print was inspired by a t-shirt for the Cincinnati Art School that I found in a thrift store in Chicago. It took several hours to get all the lines to link with one another.

2008-05-25T13:31:00.001+02:00

THE SCHOOL UNIFORMS: The School Uniforms consists only of one Harrison Allen from Grand Junction, Colorado. The cover drawing is by Mattias Sköld, one of the greatest illustrators Sweden has to offer. I hand picked out the text from a letter my father had smuggled out from the Soviet Union under a trip my family made there when I was three years old. The original letter was about the hard conditions witch the Russian population lived under. It was a hard time to dissect the words, literally, and put them back into new ones. Though it all made sense in some weird way.

2008-05-25T13:29:00.000+02:00

HIGHSCHOOL ROCKERS: This chartbuster of a 7” was released 2001. It featured a quintet of German teenager under the name Highscool Rockers. They where all fixated by Anna Kournikova (a equally young promising tennis player at the time). Off course they had to pose on the cover with tennis rackets instead of guitars. Now, several years later, you’ll find the same quintet under the name The Kidnappers. Funny thing: they recently titled a song Cool Kids Never Die, as homage to the defunct Swedish band.

2008-05-25T13:27:00.001+02:00

COOL KIDS NEVER DIE: Cool Kids Never Die was truly one of the most extraordinary Swedish bands of the 90s. This was the only recording that was ever released. The 7” was printed in only 250 copies on thick black vinyl. It was a big honor to work with these youngsters. The cover features a Xerox of a water gun – as a comment to the bands name and attitude. I still have the gun in a box well hidden - I hold it as a true relic.