Hapshash and the Coloured Coat

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Hapshash and the Coloured Coat
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Hapshash and the Coloured Coat was an influential British

albums of underground music.[1][2][3]

The

Rolling Stones' Their Satanic Majesties Request album.[4][5][6]

Their posters remain highly sought after. The original artwork for a poster advertising Jimi Hendrix's 1967 concert at the Fillmore Auditorium in San Francisco – depicting the guitarist as a psychedelic Native American chief with a hunting bow in one hand and a peace pipe in the other – was sold in 2008 by Bonhams for $72,000.[7] Between October 2000 and January 2001, the Victoria and Albert Museum, which owns the originals of many of their posters in its permanent collection, mounted a retrospective exhibition of their work titled "Cosmic Visions–Psychedelic Posters from the 1960s".

Partnership

Michael English had studied art under

trolley for three weeks, because he wasn't allowed to use his legs and [Brian] Eno went around with a bag on his head."[11][12]

After graduating, English briefly worked for an

union flag sunglasses" – direct to London's trendy boutiques, including Gear on Carnaby Street.[6][8][9][10][13] As a freelance graphic artist he was also producing artwork for the counterculture newspaper International Times.[14]

Nigel Waymouth had graduated from

Swinging London".[16][17] They also sold their own designs – "very decadent, flowery and over the top, but without being totally tasteless" – which were soon in demand with bands such as the Beatles (photographed wearing GTT clothes on the back cover of Revolver), the Rolling Stones (front cover of Between the Buttons), Cream, The Animals and Pink Floyd.[18]

In December 1966 English and Waymouth were introduced to one another by

LSD and their regular 'tripping partner' was Pete Townshend."[14][21] The posters were then printed and distributed by Osiris Visions, owned by the International Times, in the basement of the Indica Bookshop in Mason's Yard (off Duke Street), St. James's.[18]

Art

The posters they designed for the UFO Club and Oz magazine drew on elements of

Incredible String Band
.

While other designers at the time opted for "an indiscriminate use of rainbows and any clashing colour combination, [Hapshash] strived for maximum colour effect without sacrificing balance or harmony", and frequently used expensive gold and silver metallic inks, which previously were rarely seen on advertising posters. They also introduced a new technique to screen-printing which allowed them to "graduate from one colour to another on a single separation".[15]

Poster for Pink Floyd at the CIA-UFO club, 28 July 1967, by Hapshash and the Coloured Coat

Their work has been cited as an inspiration by surrealistic artist Mark Wilkinson, known for his designs for bands such as Marillion, Judas Priest, and Iron Maiden.[24]

Music

They also released two albums, Featuring the Human Host and the Heavy Metal Kids (Minit: MLS 40001) in 1967, and Western Flier (Liberty: LBS 83212) in 1969. The first of these was issued on red vinyl, and the second one, Western Flier, was made in collaboration with Liberty producer and co-writer Mike Batt, who nominally became the third member of the band at that time (see featured photo of Weymouth, Batt and Mayhew).

Discography

Albums

  • Featuring The Human Host And The Heavy Metal Kids (1967)
  • Western Flier (1969)

Singles

  • "Colinda" (1969)

See also

References

  1. ISBN 978-3-8228-2937-0
  2. ISBN 978-0-671-77931-3
  3. ISBN 978-0-946719-18-1
  4. ISBN 978-0-9529506-0-8
  5. allmusic
    Retrieved 2010-10-24
  6. ^
    ISBN 978-0-946719-80-8
  7. ^ "Michael English & Nigel Waymouth (aka Hapshash And The Coloured Coat): Jimi Hendrix Experience at the Fillmore Auditorium NYC, original poster artwork, 1967". Bonhams. 14 May 2008. Retrieved 25 July 2014.
  8. ^ a b McNay, Michael (1 October 2009) "Michael English obituary: Graphic artist and rock band member whose posters encapsulated the swinging 1960s" The Guardian (London) Retrieved 2010-10-24
  9. ^
    ISBN 978-1-56898-320-2
  10. ^ a b English, Michael (2009) "History" MichaelEnglishArt Retrieved 2010-10-24
  11. ^ Pethick, Emily (2 September 2006) "Degree Zero Archived 16 July 2011 at the Wayback Machine" frieze Retrieved 2010-10-24
  12. ^ Stuart, Keith (8 April 2009) "Roy Ascott: Interview" frieze Retrieved 2010-10-24
  13. ^ "Michael English: Graphic artist" (2 October 2009)The Times (London) Retrieved 2010-10-25
  14. ^ a b c Gorman, Paul (14 August 2008) "Hapshash: Acid, art, music and madness" The Look: Adventures in Rock & Pop Fashion Retrieved 2010-10-25
  15. ^ a b Waymouth, Nigel (2010) "Biography" Nigel Waymouth Retrieved 2010-10-25
  16. ISBN 978-0-9552017-0-7
  17. Daily Telegraph
    (London) Retrieved 2010-10-25
  18. ^ a b c d Adams, Guy Sangster (29 October 2008) "The Iconic History of Artist and Designer Nigel Waymouth, by way of Granny Takes A Trip, Hapshash & the Coloured Coat, and The Look Presents…" Plectrum–The Cultural Pick Retrieved 2010-10-24
  19. ^ Rogers, Brad (2007) "Osiris posters" WhoCollection Retrieved 2010-10-25
  20. ISBN 978-0-525-48075-4
  21. ISBN 978-1-85242-910-2
  22. ISBN 978-1-58115-022-3
  23. ^ "Graphics: Nouveau Frisco" (7 April 1967) Time (New York) Retrieved 2010-10-27
  24. ^ Perry, Tom (8 August 2011). "Home of Metal – Part One: The Art of Mark Wilkinson". Drowned in Sound. Archived from the original on 5 September 2015. Retrieved 27 July 2015.

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