{"id":29477,"date":"2023-05-10T02:30:00","date_gmt":"2023-05-10T02:30:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/gamergog.com\/index.php\/2023\/05\/10\/rip-poster-artist-and-record-label-owner-frank-kozik-1962-2023\/"},"modified":"2023-05-10T09:26:27","modified_gmt":"2023-05-10T09:26:27","slug":"rip-poster-artist-and-record-label-owner-frank-kozik-1962-2023","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gamergog.com\/index.php\/2023\/05\/10\/rip-poster-artist-and-record-label-owner-frank-kozik-1962-2023\/","title":{"rendered":"RIP Poster Artist And Document Label Proprietor Frank Kozik, 1962-2023"},"content":{"rendered":"

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The world acquired the very unhappy information at this time that Frank Kozik, a person maybe finest identified for his unimaginable<\/em> music posters of the Nineteen Nineties, has handed away.<\/p>\n

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Kozik\u2019s social media channels shared this assertion earlier at this time:<\/p>\n

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WE ARE DEVASTATED TO INFORM YOU THAT FRANK KOZIK PASSED AWAY UNEXPECTEDLY THIS PAST SATURDAY.<\/p>\n

FRANK WAS A MAN LARGER THAN HIMSELF, AN ICON IN EACH OF THE GENRES HE WORKED IN. HE DRAMATICALLY CHANGED EVERY INDUSTRY HE WAS A PART OF. He was a CREATIVE FORCE OF NATURE. WE ARE SO BEYOND LUCKY AND HONORED TO HAVE BEEN PART OF HIS JOURNEY, AND HE WILL BE MISSED BEYOND WHAT WORDS COULD EVER EXPRESS.<\/p>\n

HE LOVED HIS WIFE, HIS CATS, CLASSIC MUSCLE CARS, MENTORING OTHERS, AND DISNEYLAND. HIS FORCEFUL PRESENCE WILL BE MISSED BY ALL WHO KNEW HIM. HIS LEGACY, LIKE ALL GREAT MASTERS, WILL LIVE ON THROUGH HIS ART AND OUR MEMORIES OF HIM.<\/p>\n

MORE INFO ON A MEMORIAL SERVICE WILL COME SOON.<\/p>\n

FOR NOW, WE ASK YOU PLEASE RESPECT OUR PRIVACY DURING THIS TRYING TIME.<\/p>\n

WITH LOVE,<\/p>\n

SHARON AND THE CATS<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

Whereas finest identified to a wider viewers for his live performance and poster artwork, having labored with mainly each good band with loud guitars from the Nineteen Nineties\u2014from Nirvana to Stone Temple Pilots to Pearl Jam to Helmet to the Melvins (who he additionally did a lot of album covers for)\u2014Kozik additionally left an enduring legacy on the music trade itself having based Man\u2019s Smash Data in 1994, a label which was dwelling to bands like Kyuss, Queens of the Stone Age and Excessive on Hearth earlier than closing up in 2001. <\/p>\n

He was additionally distinguished within the vinyl toy market, having labored as chief artistic officer at Kidrobot\u2014champions of the scene within the 00’s\u2014after the corporate was purchased by NECA after barely avoiding chapter again in 2014.<\/p>\n

As a tribute to the person\u2014whose work is hanging literally right next to my chair as I type this<\/a><\/span>\u2014right here\u2019s a group of a few of his finest posters:<\/p>\n

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