2 cover stories in our archive
Behind the Covers' archive includes 2 album covers documented under the "garage rock" design theme, all from the 2000s. These covers sit within the punk, rock tradition and feature work by Death, The White Stripes. Each entry below includes the cover artwork, the designers and photographers behind it, and a short story about the visual choices that defined the release.
A rediscovered Detroit proto-punk masterpiece from 1975, designed by Bobby Hackney Jr. and featuring photography by Tammy Hackney. The album cover became iconic when Drag City finally released these lost recordings in 2009.
The strict red-white-black palette extended to everything — instruments, clothing, stage design — creating one of the most effective branding exercises in rock history, born from genuine artistic conviction about how constraints force greater creativity.