Artist Jim Anderson takes Philadelphia's many eccentricities and draws them out with signature gory death metal symbolism and an anarchic design.
Art and death metal entered Jim Anderson’s life at roughly the same time. The Massachusetts native began listening to bands like Cannibal Corpse at age 13. He’d started sketching and making collages by the time he finished high school.
Since moving to Philly from Boston in 2010, Anderson, under the name GRIMGRIMGRIM, has become the city’s go-to flier and poster designer for death metal and hardcore shows. Last month, at Kung Fu Necktie, he set up a small table near the bar to sell his poster for that night’s show featuring Japan’s Kruelty and Outer Heaven from rural Pennsylvania.
Anderson first expressed his cynical and savage take on Philadelphia nearly a decade ago, when he began experimenting with screen printing. He designed a poster reading “Can’t Get To Heaven on the Frankford El” from the lyrics of the 1970 song by the American Dream and featuring the cartoonish, corpse-painted face that has become GRIMGRIMGRIM’s icon.
“Seeing your typical Philly sports fan wearing a shirt with a death metal logo and a guillotine on it is always funny to me,” Anderson said with a laugh.
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