Artist Research and Song Choice

Blink 182 (Anthem)-

Blink 182 is quite possibly the most well known and influential Modern-Punk band of this time. Comprised of a Bass Player/Vocalist (Mark Hoppus), a Guitar Player/Vocalist (Tom DeLonge) and a Drummer (Travis Barker), Blink 182's "All the small things" is possibly one of the most recognised songs of the last decade.

Left to Right- Mark, Tom, Travis.

Blink 182, formed in 1992, have sold 27 million albums since their formation, their most famous album being 'Enema of the State' which was a multi-platinum selling album. They have won three Teen Choice Awards, one MTV music video award, two MTV Europe Music awards, and one Nickelodeon kid's choice award for favourite band.

Blink are well known for their Melodic Punk sound and lyrics that speak to their target market, teenage humor and innuendo in their songs, much like many Punk bands before them sparke a lot of controversy surrounding the band. Especially the Cover of Enema of the State, it featured a Porn star in a nurses outfit looking somewhat seductive. Needless to say the over-sensitive parents of America were simply outraged.



My Partner and I have decided to use "Anthem" by Blink 182, we realised that Anthem doesn't have a music video, so we can be as loose with it as we want and can develop our own story for it. We renamed it "Slave Drive Song" after a line in the song. It features a rebellious concept in the lyrics, about a young teenager having trouble with their strict parents, we plan to exploit this and imitate Blink 182 style humour by dressing myself, (The bass player) as the father figure, and the Drummer as the mother figure, whilst the lead singer and guitarist is the main protagonist.

Digipak Decontruction

Sex Pistols Never Mind the Bollocks Album-



The Never mind the Bollocks album cover is so typical of Pre-Modern Punk. The pure simplicity of the cover accentuates the 'We can't be bothered' attitude of Punk, they just can't be bothered to do a crazy album cover. The name itself is typical, again, it's a 'screw the system' title, saying that everything other than Sex Pistols is rubbish.
The Sex Pistols often used this colour palette for their posters and album covers, with the exception of the anarchy in the U.K tour which used the Union Jack colours. The use of Pink and Yellow is really striking to a buyer, it makes the album stand out, much like the Sex Pistols themselves. The album title is in black bold writing, again, it makes the title stand out, and any young punk fan of the time would know that 'Never mind the Bollocks' was a punk thing to say, and therefore this attracts the target market.



The CD is exactly the same as the Front Cover but with all the producing companies and the liken on it. The canted 'Sex Pistols' logo on the CD adds to the Sex Pistols Punk style album.



Personally, I think this is the greatest example of Punk attitude on albums to date. The words this is crap plastered across their album just screams Punk. The song list on the back of the album is canted, you can't tell where each song ends, it's all in different fonts, it's just Punk on an album.

Again, they went for the Pink and Yellow colour palette but it's been changed around from the Front Cover as this time most of it is Pink. The name of the band is in a small flag like square in underneath the This is crap sign, it's in a sort of graffiti, scruffy bubble writing font, which could be trying to appeal to the youth's graffiti-ing anti-social ways.