Taken from Wikipedia:
“Raymond Pettibon (born Raymond Ginn; June 16, 1957 in Tucson, Arizona) is an American artist who lives and works in New York City. Pettibon came to prominence in the early 1980s in the southern California punk rock scene, creating posters and album art mainly for groups on SST Records, owned and operated by his older brother, Greg Ginn. He has subsequently become widely recognized in the fine art world for using American iconography variously pulled from literature, art history, philosophy, and religion to politics, sport, and sexuality…Known for his comic-like drawings with disturbing, ironic or ambiguous text, Pettibon’s subject matter is sometimes violent and anti-authoritarian…Pettibon works primarily with India ink on paper and many of his early drawings are black and white, although he sometimes introduces color through the use of pencil, watercolor, collage, gouache or acrylic paint. He has stated that his interest in this technique is a result of the influence of artists such as William Blake and Goya, and the style of political editorial cartoons.”
I really like Raymond’s artwork. I love the punk aesthetic and the nihilistic satire behind his images.
I have seen his art on Black Flag album covers, Sonic Youth and even Foo Fighters.
Raymond came up with the band name Black Flag and the iconic logo.
http://www.artzines.info/raymond-pettibon/
Raymond also inspired this RHCP video: