Steven R. Gilmore is a Canadian artist and graphic designer most known for his work on album cover design, particularly his role as in-house artist for Nettwerk Records for much of the 1980s and 1990s. He has designed record album sleeves for bands such as Skinny Puppy, Nickelback, A Perfect Circle, BT, Machines of Loving Grace, and Two Steps from Hell.[1]

Career

Although Gilmore began working as an artist during the 1970s, his career did not take off until the 1980s, when he began actively working with various Canadian bands.[2] Gilmore met CEvin Key of Skinny Puppy at a nightclub in 1982, and the two became friends with Gilmore subsequently designing artwork for a number of Key's projects as well as for other bands on the Nettwerk Records label.[3] According to the sprawling history of Canadian popular music Have Not Been the Same, "Steven R. Gilmore was enlisted as the resident artist to design a distinct look for the label’s promotional material and album covers. Shaping the look of the label would remain crucial throughout Nettwerk’s history…"[4]

Gilmore also created the soundtrack artwork and related promotional materials for films such as The Dark Knight, 300, Watchmen and The Lord of the Rings.[5]

As both a DJ and artist, Gilmore helped shape the aesthetics of industrial music, according to S. Alexander Reed's book Assimilate: A Critical History of Industrial Music.[6]

References

  1. ↑ "About". Two Steps from Hell. Archived from the original on 2015-11-02. Retrieved 2012-08-05.
  2. ↑ "Steven R Gilmore Interview". Chicago Music Guide. 2012-02-03. Retrieved 2021-08-25.
  3. ↑ "Dig It: The Album Art of Steven R. Gilmore". Lethal Amounts. Retrieved 2021-08-25.
  4. ↑ Barclay, Michael; Jack, Ian; Schneider, Jason (2011). Have Not Been the Same: The Can-Rock Renaissance 1985–1995. ECW Press. p. 508.
  5. ↑ Steven R. Gilmore / SRG Design Website 2023
  6. ↑ Reed, S. Alexander (2013). Assimilate: A Critical History of Industrial Music. Oxford University Press. pp. 174, 180, 210. ISBN 9780199832606 – via the Internet Archive.


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