Pushead

Originally from Boise, Idaho, Schroeder formed the hardcore band Septic Death in 1981.{{Cite web|title=Maximum RockNRoll #8|url=http://www.pusfan.com/mrr8.htm|access-date=2021-11-24|website=www.pusfan.com}} During this period he developed a career as an artist under the name Pushead, and made that his primary occupation after the band split in 1986.{{Cite news|last=Enthal|first=Andrea|date=August 1985|title=Underground (column)|page=34|work=Spin}}

His artwork, often featuring gruesome depictions of skeletons and corpses, first gained popularity in the skateboarding world due to his artwork being printed as skateboard deck graphics for the company Zorlac starting circa 1981 and continued for nearly a decade. His artwork was also noted by artists in the early hardcore and thrash metal scenes in the 1980s,{{cite book|last1=Crocker|first1=Chris|title=Metallica: The Frayed Ends of Metal|date=December 15, 1992|publisher=St. Martin's Griffin|isbn=0312086350|page=82|edition=1st|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Bu9Hd8H2kRgC&q=pushead+style+reviewed&pg=PA82|access-date=November 23, 2016}}{{cite book|last1=Wall|first1=Mick|title=Appetite for Destruction: The Mick Wall Interviews|date=February 18, 2010|publisher=Orion|isbn=9781409114352|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=dd8zAgAAQBAJ&q=pushead+style+reviewed&pg=PT121|access-date=November 23, 2016}} and later by musicians in several other genres.{{Cite book|last=Repel|first=Michael|title=The Music Industry Self Help Guide|year=2015|isbn=9780991515547|pages=133}} He has designed album covers, T-shirts, posters, and other merchandise for musicians including Metallica,{{Cite book|last=Wall|first=Mick|title=Enter Night: A Biography of Metallica|publisher=St. Martin's Publishing Group|year=2011|isbn=9781429987035|pages=304–305}}{{Cite web|last=Cownley|first=Emma|date=2020-09-09|title=Metallica's cover artist on what it's like to illustrate one of the biggest bands on the planet|url=https://www.loudersound.com/features/metallicas-cover-artist-on-what-its-like-to-illustrate-one-of-the-biggest-bands-on-the-planet|access-date=2021-11-24|website=loudersound|language=en}} Misfits, Travis Barker,{{Cite web|title=Scuba Steve Art - Travis Barker's House of Horrors|url=https://scubasteveart.com/travis-barkers-house-of-horrors|access-date=2021-11-24|website=scubasteveart.com|language=en-US}} Kool Keith,{{Cite web|last=Redding|first=Dan|date=2018-05-18|title=Dr. Octagon: The Story Behind Hip Hop's Masters Of The Surreal|url=https://www.culturecreature.com/dr-octagon-history/|access-date=2021-11-24|website=Culture Creature|language=en-US}} and many others. He has also designed for the skateboarding subculture, including regular items associated with Thrasher magazine.{{Cite book|title=Subcultures, Popular Music and Social Change|publisher=Cambridge Scholars|year=2014|isbn=9781443867375|pages=162}}

Pushead operated the record labels Pusmort and Bacteria Sour.{{Cite book|last=O'Connor|first=Alan|title=Punk Record Labels and the Struggle for Autonomy: The Emergence of DIY|publisher=Lexington Books|year=2008|isbn=9781461634089|pages=9, 20}} In recent years his designs have appeared on sneakers, particularly commemorative items released by Metallica,{{Cite magazine|last=Hartzog|first=Oscar|date=2021-07-26|title=Metallica Releases New Vans Sneaker Collab for 'Black Album's' 30th Anniversary|url=https://www.rollingstone.com/product-recommendations/lifestyle/metallica-vans-sneakers-1201739/|access-date=2021-11-24|magazine=Rolling Stone|language=en-US}} as well as limited edition products from Nike.{{Citation|url=http://www.nike.com/nikeskateboarding/v3/#lightbox/shoe/12699|title=Nike Skateboarding|publisher=nike.com|access-date=March 27, 2008|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080509131710/http://www.nike.com/nikeskateboarding/v3/#lightbox/shoe/12699|archive-date=May 9, 2008|url-status=dead}} His work has also appeared on a special edition electric guitar by ESP.{{Cite web|date=2021-01-11|title=ESP Guitars Announces 30th Anniversary Kirk Hammett Signature KH-3 Spider|url=https://www.premierguitar.com/esp-guitars-announces-30th-anniversary-kirk-hammett-signature-kh-3-spider|access-date=2021-11-24|website=Premier Guitar|language=en}}

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• [http://rateyourmusic.com/list/monocle/the_album_art_of_pushead__brian_schroeder_ The Album Art of Pushead (Brian Schroeder) at Rate Your Music]

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