Fluid Battle of the Ad Bands 2006
Fluid Battle of the Ad Bands, IV, was held at The Supper Club, in New York on September 27, 2006. To open the show Ugly Pictures and Man vs. Magnet presented a two-minute multimedia extravaganza in which animated LP covers did battle with one another.
The clip begins with Foreigner’s “4″ album counting down, 3, 2…
Billy Joel throws a projectile through the window into Yaz’s Upstairs at Eric’s album. Shaun Cassidy yells, “Dude, get me out of here!”. Billy Joel and Rick James exchange bullets. And so the violence starts. What follows is an exercise in photoshoppery, irreverence, sexual innuendo and violence that would make Quentin Tarantino proud. Heavy metal, progressive rock and grunge are mixed with The Beatles, Herman’s Hermits, Green Day and Cold Play. The clip finishes with an untouched “Master of Puppets”, Metallica’s album with graveyard crosses.
So why the battle of the bands? It’s all part of Advertising Week, during which advertising agencies throughout the United States are invited to enter into a talent quest raising funds for Children of Agape, a center for orphans in KwaZulu Natal, South Africa, and New York City Public Schools “Salute to Music” program, in partnership with New York City Department of Education. Sponsors include AAAA (American Association of Advertising Agencies), Newspaper Association of America (NAA), Gibson Guitars, Fluid NY, and Boards magazine.
Click on the image below to play the video in YouTube
Grey Worldwide’s band, The Subliminals, beat six other competitors: The Igniters (Brushfire), The Music Department (The Vidal Partnership), TBD (Kirshenbaum Bond), Macho Grande (Foote Cone & Belding), Crankdaddy (MRA Group ) and Space Shuttle Ants (Mullen).
Man vs. Magnet is an animation studio run by Matt Smithson. Ugly Pictures is the directing partnership of Abraham Spear and Rohitash Rao. All three are represented by Curious Pictures.
Fluid Battle of the Ad Bands Online
Battle of the Ad Bands 26 mb quicktime at Curious Pictures (640x480)
Battle of the Ad Bands quicktime at Boards Mag Screening Room (320x240)
Battle of the Ad Bands 6.57 mb quicktime at Blip TV (320x240)
Battle of the Ad Bands 8.7 mb quicktime at Fluid NY (320x240)
Battle of the Ad Bands at YouTube
Album Covers Used in the Fluid Battle of the Ad Bands Video
Anyone recognise the album covers I haven’t named?
Foreigner -- 4 (1981)
Billy Joel -- Glass Houses (1980)
Yaz -- Upstairs at Eric’s (1980)
Shaun Cassidy -- Under Wraps (1982)
Violent Femmes -- Violent Femmes (1983)
Billy Joel -- 52nd Street (1978)
Rick James -- Street Songs (1981)
Eminem -- Encore (2004)
Beastie Boys -- Ill Communication (1994)
50 Cent -- The Massacre (2005)
Roxy Music -- Country Life (1974)
King Crimson -- In the Court of the Crimson King (1969)
Scorpions -- Blackout (1982)
Led Zeppelin -- Houses of the Holy (1973)
The Rolling Stones -- Sticky Fingers (1971)
Duran Duran -- Rio (1982)
The Velvet Underground & Nico (1967)
Pink Floyd -- Dark Side of the Moon (1973)
Rush -- Fly By Night (1975)
Coldplay Rush of Blood to the Head (2002)
Boston -- Boston (1976)
Led Zeppelin -- Led Zeppelin 1 (1969)
ACDC For Those About To Rock (1981)
Def Leppard -- Pyromania (1983)
Pink Floyd Wish You Were Here (1975)
The Replacements -- Pleased to Meet Me (1987)
Jane’s Addiction -- Nothing’s Shocking (1988)
Love and Rockets -- Express (2001)
Depeche Mode Some Great Reward (1984)
Ozzy Ozbourne -- Bark at the Moon (2000)
Weezer Blue Album (1994)
The B-52s -- Wild Planet (1980)
Ozzy Ozbourne -- Speak of the Devil (1982)
??? (Symbol on right)
Van Halen -- II (1979)
??? (Dog on right)
Dio Holy Diver (2005)
Iron Maiden -- Killers (1981)
Night Ranger Midnight Madness (1983)
Orchestral Manouvres in the Dark -- Crush (1985)
Def Leppard High ‘n’ Dry (1981)
Nirvana Nevermind (1991)
Asia -- Asia (1982)
David Lee Roth Crazy from the Heat (1985)
Black Flag -- Slip It In (1990)
The Cars -- Candy-O (1979)
Michael Jackson -- Thriller (1982)
AC/DC -- Dirty Deeds Done Dirt Cheap (1981)
Van Halen -- 5150 (1986)
The Beatles -- Sgt Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band (1967)
Journey -- Escape (1981)
Green Day -- American Idiot (2004)
The Beatles -- Abbey Road (1969)
Herman’s Hermits On Tour (1965)
Madness -- Keep Moving (1984)
Pink Floyd -- The Wall (1979)
Phil Collins -- No Jacket Required (1985)
Lou Reed Rock and Roll Diary 1967 -- 1980 (1980)
Madonna Madonna (1983)
Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers (1976)
Bob Seger -- Stranger in Town (1978)
Lionel Ritchie -- Lionel Ritchie (1982)
Devo -- Oh No It’s Devo (1982)
Madness -- Madness (1983)
Jimi Hendrix -- Axis: Bold As Love (1967)
Quiet Riot -- Metal Health (2001)
Metallica Master of Puppets (1986)
Battle of the Band Credits
Directed by Ugly Pictures
Animated by Man vs Magnet
Concept Rohitash Rao
Written by Rohitash Rao, Stephen Gill, Abraham Spear
Produced by Maryann Feierstein
Director of photography Abraham Spear
Additional photography Taylor Jordan and Camilla Wycoco
Edited by Scott Philbrook, Fluid NY
Sound design Fred Szymanski, Fluid NY
Music by Andrew Sherman and Judson Crane, Fluid NY
Photoshop artists Matt Smithson and James Wormser
Voices of Taylor Jordan, Abraham Spear, Andrew Sherman, Ian Jeffreys, Jillian Cimini
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In re: battle of the bands album covers.
The face album cover looks like one by the group King Crimson.
The album co ver with the bluish purple face is the first album by King Crimsom named “Court of the Crimsom King”.
Sombody please bring back 1970.
dog cover ::Alice in chains – Alice in chains(1995)
The one with the red, black and white symbol is from the “Dead Kennedys”. Not sure which album, but its definately their logo.