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| Sadly, J.D, King, cartoonist, illustrator and founder of the Coachmen has passed away. He'll be greatly missed. |
Writes J.D. King's friend Thurston Moore...
J.D. King, comics illustrator, and founder of 1979 NYC art rock band The Coachmen has passed away.
J.D. (or simply, John, as I knew him) and I met in ‘78 at Cutlers Record store in New Haven CT as we both hovered over the Velvet Underground section (it was empty) and began talking about all things Punk.
He graduated RISD that year and moved with a bunch of art rock lads to downtown NYC cohabitating in the infamous South Street building housing Cindy Sherman, Robert Longo, Kathryn Bigelow a.o. He invited me, my guitar, and my sleeping bag to move in and we started a band named The Coachmen. We broke up in ‘80 and I started what would soon morph into Sonic Youth.
New Alliance/SST records posthumously released our one recording “Failure to Thrive” (J Mascis told me “it’s your best record”) J.D. is the tall guy in the pix with glasses (the first one is live at A’s)— We stayed in touch through email but I hadn’t seen him since the 80s. He was super important to my life’s journey and I send him, his family and friends all my best, all my love - T
Here are a few of J.D. King's many brilliant zine covers and record sleeves. Check his blog below for more of J.D. King's comics and magazine illustrations and his piece for Sensitive Skin Magazine on how some 45s sound better played at 33 rpms.
J.D. King Illustration, etc
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