THE LATE 1960s, 70s and early 80s were probably Bruce Pennington's time of greatest acclaim as an artist, particularly on paperback covers, but recently he has found a whole new international audience as an album cover artist, a selection of examples is shown below.
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BELOW ARE TWO recent albums by self-taught Viennese guitar maestro PJ d'Atri (aka Ultraboss). Click on either cover for more. A third album featuring a Pennington cover is in the pipeline and will be shown here in due course.
Or try
HERE for a general taste of his music, including some wonderful electric and straight renditions of Bach.
FOR THE ALBUM on the right another artist, David Hardy, actually features on the outer cover while Pennington's illustrations grace the inside and disc labels
The album Asteroid Lost by Man and Robot Society is the brainchild of Jeff Hopp. It was released on 21st June 2024 by Greece's premiere record label, Sound Effect Records.
The album features 9 new songs that are a unique blend of electronic space music that takes listeners on a journey through time and space. Click on the icon below for a trailer.
Zetar are a science fiction themed black/death metal band based in Austin, Texas, but with members from France and Ecuador.
For more on the album click
HERE
and HERE.
For a review click
HERE
Yo No Se are a Bristol based hard rock/grunge/heavy/psych band. Click
HERE to sample their new album for 2021.
Faust are a Polish band not to be confused with the legendary German krautrock band from the 1970s. You can visit their Facebook page
HERE.
Apollo80 is a band based in Perth, Australia. Go HERE for the album, in particular the third track Lizard! Lizard! Lizard!
Mark Hyper is a dance/electronic musician who released this album in March 2020. Go HERE for the album and other music by him.
Octopus is a Detroit, Michigan band. To hear the title track click
HERE. For details of the band and this album's release click
HERE.
Blood Incantation is a death metal band from Denver, Colorado who used Pennington images for their debut EP
Interdimensional Extinction and used more for their second LP (below) that came out in 2019.
