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Clint Conley on The Art of the 80’s Boston Band and Event Poster

March 25, 2017 - Flashpoint Events
Clint Conley on The Art of the 80’s Boston Band and Event Poster

Clint Conley

Musician_ Mission of Burma

Clint Conley played bass for Mission of Burma from 1979 to 1983. He left active participation in music in the middle eighties to go to grad school in broadcast journalism.  Shortly there after, Clint started a career as a television producer.

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ASK CLINT A QUESTION:

Some of the work in the Boston Flashpoint gallery comes from musicians who were in art school. Is that where you and your mates in MOB developed your artist skills?  

How long a process was it for you to create a poster? 

When Clint Conley sat down to create a poster, what is on the table in front of him? 

What was more important the look or the information on the poster? 

Who did the  poster from the Paradise with SS D Control that is a composite of all the band members, and how was it done?

Artist Peter Dayton from the band La Peste said that “The Xerox machine and band poster was also a huge influence in the scene…serving like a very early version of the internet.” Do you agree with him? 

 

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