Jack Dylan Signed Original Hand Drawn "Tokyo Police Club" Poster Art

Collectibles : Paintings, Prints : Pop Art : Music : Rock : Rock Bands : Posters : Entertainment : Decorative

 

It is very seldom that one comes across such a young and very talented artist such as Jack Dylan who is quickly making a name for himself in the pop art world. I met Jack at a pop art exhibition and for some reason or other our karma intertwined and after many encounters of drinking espressos at a Montreal cafe I was able to convince Jack to sell me some of his original pen and ink drawings that he created for some of the best known rock bands in the world and which have never been made available to lovers of pop art. This particular work of art was created for the "Tokyo Police Club rock band when they appeared with Hot Little Rocket at the Broken City in Calgary, Canada.

Jack has also produced full color posters of his original works and we will be including the applicable poster with this pen and ink drawing.

The original pen and ink drawing measures 16 1/2" x 11 3/4" and is signed "Jack Dylan - 06" in the lower right hand corner. The full color poster measures 17 1/2" x 11 1/2" and bears a facsimile signature of the artist.

Born November 14th, 1983, in Stratford Ontario. Jack studied painting and sculpture at the Beal School of Art in London Ontario from which he graduated. Jack, moved to Montreal in the Fall of 2003. He co-founded a large studio and venue space known as “The Electric Tractor”. He continued to paint and exhibit in cafes and shops, but during this time, became increasingly active as a poster artist and illustrator, creating works to advertise the shows and events in the music community.

He co-founded “Friendship Cove” with fellow Stratford-ite and musician Graham Van Pelt, 2007 Polaris nominee Miracle Fortress (Van Pelt) recorded the album “Five Roses” at Friendship Cove.

Jack continues to live in Montreal, works with the music community, show-casing his posters through music venues and festivals like “Pop Montreal”, “Sled Island”, and “Le Guess Who” (Utrech, The Netherlands). Working actively as a commercial Illustrator, Jack recently created works for publications such as “Eye Weekly” (Toronto), “The Mirror,” (Montreal), “Anthem Magazine,” (USA), and “Masionnuve” (Montreal).

Tokyo Police Club formed in 2005 while playing for fun in a basement after the four had disbanded from a previous group. The band started to gain attention and played some small shows throughout the Toronto area. With a buzz forming in Montreal, Tokyo Police Club was asked to play in the city's Pop Montreal festival, and soon after they signed with Toronto label Paper Bag Records.

Since their formation the band has appeared in numerous festivals. Notably, in 2006 they appeared at Edgefest and the inaugural Osheaga Festival. In 2007, they performed at the Coachella music festival in Indio, California, at Lollapalooza in Chicago, at Bumbershoot in Seattle, at Glastonbury Festival and Reading Festival in England, and in 2008 at Roskilde Festival in Denmark.

During a March 24 gig at Nashville's Mercy Lounge, the band's drummer fell ill, forcing the band to play an acoustic set until all eight members of touring mates Delta Spirit and Cold War Kids took the stage with them for a never-before-seen eleven-member Tokyo Police Club percussive improv show.

David Monks and Greg Alsop appeared on Much on Demand, April 4, 2007.

On April 19, 2007, Tokyo Police Club made their first US TV performance on Late Night with David Letterman. They played their single "Nature of the Experiment", along with a tambourine accompaniment by the CBS Orchestra.

On November 17, 2007, they appeared at the mtvU Woodie Awards, where they were nominated for best breaking artist. They performed two songs, "Cheer It On" and "Nature of the Experiment."

The band released its debut EP, A Lesson in Crime, in 2006 on Paper Bag Records, with Smith EP arriving the following year. During a July 20, 2007 show in Omaha, Nebraska the band announced it had signed a deal earlier in the day for Saddle Creek Records to release their debut LP. The band have also recorded two previously unheard songs for the Daytrotter Sessions, which are available online. A single, now on their album Elephant Shell, entitled "Your English Is Good" was released on July 9, 2007.

Responding to criticisms that their debut EP A Lesson in Crime is too short (16:22), Graham Wright had this to say in an interview with Ukula:

"It's very quick, quick, quick, one, two, three. Some of the songs don't have a lot of space in them and the album doesn't have a whole lot of room to breathe, but I think in the case of an EP this is a really good thing."

The band released their first LP, entitled Elephant Shell, and released the album, via their new label Saddle Creek, on April 22, 2008 in North America and May 5, 2008 in the U.K. and Continental Europe. It was leaked to the Internet on March 7, 2008 and was pre-released via the US iTunes Music Store on March 25, 2008.

Item ID: ME-3004