Just for the Record: A Blog about the Album as an Art Form
Album cover artist Ioannis was born in Athens, Greece, but emigrated to the United States with his family as a child in 1967. He has a career that spans at least three decades, painting and designing cover images for artists such as Deep Purple, Uriah Heep, King Crimson, Dream Theater, Fates Warning, Extreme, The Tubes […]
URIAH HEEP LIVE IN BRISBANE AUSTRALIA
Ioannis continues his creative relationship with Uriah Heep by completing the artwork for the fourth volume in the official URIAH HEEP bootleg series entitled LIVE IN BRISBANE AUSTRALIA 2011. We have already posted the artwork in the Gallery section of the website with commentary by Ioannis coming soon. Later this month we are updating the […]
ON THE ROAD WITH URIAH HEEP
Hello to all, ok so after much thought I realized that for now my fantasies of writing a weekly blog were not realistic, so for now I will settle for bimonthly, every two weeks for now and see where it takes me, hopefully I can eventually be able to do that. With this in mind […]
INTO THE WILD PRINT
Ioannis will also be appearing on selected dates on the first leg of the U.S tour with URIAH HEEP to show his work and sign art for the fans. The dates are: 6/23 FOXBOROUGH MA. 6/24 PENNS PEAK PA. 6/25 RIDGEFIELD CT. 6/27 INFINITY HALL CT. 6/28 LONDONBURRY NH.
IOANNIS DEBUTS BLOG June 1st
June 1, 2011 Well finally I was able to sit down and start writing my blog, and on my birthday no less hopefully a weekly affair. I was not sure how to go about it, an online diary? A peek into my creative process? Scoops on projects to launch and tawdry tales of rock stars, […]
NEW ARTWORK COMPLETED
Ioannis checks in from his studio “I just completed URIAH HEEP LIVE IN ARMENIA their new CD/DVD to be released on Frontiers later on this summer, it comes on the heels of the new studio album package I just did, INTO THE WILD which I was pleased to see that it was well received. I […]
IOANNIS INTERVIEW ON FANPOP
Ioannis was interviewed by Michael Goldstien of the Rock Pop Gallery on creating the legendary cover art for the Allman Brothers Band. Read it here
IOANNIS COMPLETES ARTWORK FOR FREE REIGN
‘Heavier Than Metal‘. Comprised of two Dallas Cowboys (singer Marc Colombo and bassist Leonard Davis) and a Miami Dolphin (drummer Cory Procter), Free Reign is rounded out by a non-footballer, guitarist virtuoso Justin Chapman, and issue their hard-hitting release ‘Heavier Than Metal’ today, Tuesday, April 19th, 2011.The group has already won an award at the […]
URIAH HEEP KAWASAKI JAPAN
Ioannis checks in from his studio with the latest, ” Very busy month, just completed the next in the series of bootlegs for the URIAH HEEP series, this being LIVE IN KAWASAKI JAPAN 2010. I have posted the art with a detailed description of how it came about on the Gallery section of the website […]
CLASSIC ROCK SOCIETY OF AMERICA
Ioannis has been selected to be on the board and create the artwork for the newly formed CLASSIC ROCK SOCIETY OF AMERICA. CRS is the brainchild of Classic Rock historian and show producer Denny Somach. The Company will be involved in a number of Radio, Web, and print projects as well as staging events, tours […]
