Behind the Covers

street-art

1 cover story in our archive

Behind the Covers' archive includes 1 album cover documented under the "street art" design theme, all from the 2000s. The cover sits within the rock tradition and features work by Linkin Park. 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.

Hybrid Theory by Linkin Park — album cover art

Hybrid Theory by Linkin Park (2000)

Frank Maddocks collaborated with the band to create this iconic stencil-graffiti soldier with dragonfly wings, inspired by Banksy. Mike Shinoda drew the original soldier illustration, while Maddocks executed the stenciling and added the wings.

Label
Warner Bros
Designer
Frank Maddocks
Genre
Rock
Decade
2000s
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