Jeffrey Everett (MFAD 2005) is an unstoppable poster maker, having produced more than 400 concert posters and 200 others for cultural events. A fraction of this work, along with process drawings, is collected in Let it Bleed: Twenty Years of Poster Design, a 444-page monograph of his epic work. Included are posters designed and illustrated for an array of bands, including Social Distortion, Flogging Molly, Foo Fighters, Letters to Cleo, Idles, Flight of the Conchords, Blondie, The Gaslight Anthem, The Bouncing Souls, Lou Reed and New Found Glory. He has also worked for Red Bull, The New York Times, The Washingtonian, Variety, Universal Records, LiveNation, Dreamworks, SideOneDummy, Rise Records, Equal Vision and others.
Under the moniker Rockets are Red, Everett has spent more than two decades designing work that has been stapled on the walls of acclaimed rock clubs such as The 9:30 Club, Black Cat and The Trocadero; “inked into brave people’s skin,” he told me; “and framed in high-end galleries around the world,” such as Arch Enemy Arts in Philly, Lost Origins in DC, and Gallery 1988 in LA.