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Product Identifiers
PublisherTitan Books The Limited
ISBN-101803362413
ISBN-139781803362410
eBay Product ID (ePID)13057279530
Product Key Features
Book TitleH. R. Giger: Debbie Harry Metamorphosis: Creating the Visual Concept for Kookoo
Number of Pages192 Pages
LanguageEnglish
Publication Year2023
TopicPopular Culture, Genres & Styles / Rock, Genres & Styles / Pop Vocal
IllustratorYes
GenreMusic, Art
AuthorChris Stein
FormatHardcover
Dimensions
Item Height0.8 in
Item Weight55.5 Oz
Item Length13.2 in
Item Width10.5 in
Additional Product Features
Intended AudienceTrade
Dewey Edition23
Dewey Decimal782.42166092
SynopsisWhen the visual artist H.R. Giger, best known for his biomechanical creature and set design for seminal 1979 sci-fi-horror film Alien, encountered Debbie Harry, the punk icon and lead singer of globally successful New Wave band Blondie, the results were sublime. With photographs and words by Chris Stein, Harry's long-term collaborator, artefacts and sketches from the Giger archive, and an introduction by Debbie Harry, this is an essential behind-the-scenes insight into the processes of an incredible creative partnership. The cover art for the album was created by Swiss artist H.R. Giger, known for his design work on the 1979 sci-fi/horror film Alien. Based on a photograph of Harry taken by the renowned photographer Brian Aris, Giger created several variations of the cover (another of which is seen on the album's inner sleeve) in what Harry described as a combination of punk, acupuncture and sci-fi., A beautiful coffee table art book chronicling the extraordinary collaboration between Debbie Harry and H.R. Giger for Harry's 1981 solo album KooKoo. When the visual artist H.R. Giger, best known for his biomechanical creature and set design for seminal 1979 sci-fi-horror film Alien , encountered Debbie Harry, the punk icon and lead singer of globally successful new wave band Blondie, the results were sublime. The artwork for Harry's 1981 debut solo KooKoo album cover was deemed so frightening it was originally banned on the London Underground. The fantastical videos for two of the tracks on the album, 'Backfired' and 'Now I Know you Know,' featured Giger himself piercing an Egyptian sarcophagus and a newly brunette Harry reimagined as a xenomorphic Giger creature. With photographs and words by Chris Stein, Harry's long-term collaborator, artefacts and sketches from the Giger archive, and an introduction by Debbie Harry, this is an essential behind-the-scenes insight into the processes of an incredible creative partnership.