Temple of the Dog rocks San Francisco… new poster.

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When I was in high school I was a huge Pearl Jam & Soundgarden fan. At that time, the Seattle music scene was in its heyday with bands like Mudhoney, Alice in Chains, Tad, & Nirvana pumping out albums. Sub Pop Records was king and amazing loud music from this quiet part of the country was getting national exposure. As a fan, one of the best things about the scene was the family-like feel to it in which a lot of the musicians had solo or side projects incorporating members from other bands. Lots of these were for fun and not meant to go any further than 1 album which most didn’t.

Along with epic “super-groups” Mad Season & Mother Love Bone, Temple of the Dog was one of the more notable to form and definitely grabbed my attention as it was made up of members of Soundgarden & Pearl Jam. The band formed as a tribute to a fallen Seattle-musician, Andrew Wood (Malfunkshun, Mother Love Bone) and unfortunately only released 1 album which is currently celebrating it’s 25th Anniversary re-release this year along with a short tour. I was extremely psyched and honored to be able to do a print for this occasion and even more ecstatic to get to finally get to see them perform Live!!!

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Since this tour is a bit of nostalgic journey back to the old “grunge” days of early 90’s Seattle I wanted the poster that represented that feel as well. The fashion of ragged flannels, long hair, painted nails, thrift-store everything is very recognizable as well as the Riot Grrl/zine, cut’ n paste xerox esthetic of those days. The dog may seem like too obvious a choice but it actually appears a lot in lyrics and I thought should be present.

One interesting thing is, since the band only had 1 album and probably didn’t tour too heavily, there are barely any Temple of the Dog posters out there to reference which adds a lot of pressure when creating one.

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Poster mock-up

The final print is a 5-color (18′ x 24) printed by Monolith Press and I will have a small run of 40 Artist Edition Prints (signed/Numbered) available on Tuesday, November 15th @ 11AM (PST).

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6 Comments on “Temple of the Dog rocks San Francisco… new poster.

  1.  by  Carlton Staples

    Great poster, it isnt a show poster though? Is it in any affiliation with the band? I really dont care bc i like the poster im going to buy one regardless but i was curious as to how much???

    •  by  Scraped Knee

      The band had their own which was present at the Merch booth. This poster was commissioned by the promoter/venue which they do for Sold Out shows and was more of a backstage poster given to the band, those who worked the show, sometimes VIP and honestly who know where else it ended up.

  2.  by  Marc Bernath

    Will you ever plan on doing any more prints?

  3.  by  Ted

    This poster has been my current Holy Grail trying to find one for sale. No luck

    •  by  Scraped Knee

      Sorry. This one Sold Out a while ago. No more copies over here.

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