Skin of Earth/Black Market Fetus/Knifeworld/Wrath Flyer

About this Object

• This is a flyer for a music show at Mala in Minneapolis, MN featuring Skin of Earth, Black Market Fetus, Knifeworld, and Wrath. 
• It features a pen illustration with hand lettering and marker. 
• This is an original drawing torn out of a sketchbook, likely Xeroxed and distributed. 
• Image is a volcano erupting out a cloud that has the text and a male face with glasses and a beard. A person at the bottom of the drawing is pointing at the volcano and saying “Jerry!” Text reads: 
  • Feb. 11th
  • Skin of Earth with
  • Black Market Fetus
  • Knife World
  • and Wrath
  • 10 PM at the Mala 

About Underground Music Promotional Graphics

This work is an example of  how anti-mainstream musicians (often referred as “underground” or “DIY”)  depict their music through promotional graphics, uniting sound with visual expression. Designers of these pieces gain total freedom of expression by producing pieces like these in-house—often literally with collaborative making in their homes. Designers might choose production methods for ease of access, as a statement against mainstream production and capitalism, to eliminate digital screens and make by hand, or purely for artistic expression.

About the Minnesota Underground Music Archives (MUMA)

Housed in the Andersen Library Performing Arts Archive at the University of Minnesota, MUMA was formed in 2013 by local collectors Tim Carroll and Liseli Povlika. This community-driven archive is a unique assemblage of publications, publicity, photographs, recordings, and ephemera documenting Minnesota's independent, punk, and underground music culture from 1950 to the present. Its archivists are dedicated to the collecting and preserving of materials associated with the Minnesota music scene of the past, present, and future.