Inventory of the Casey Burns Collection, 1997-2006

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Biographical Note

Casey Burns was born in 1975 in Hendersonville, N.C. He studied at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill from 1993 to 1998, receiving a degree in journalism. During these years, he began to be involved in the independent rock music scene in Chapel Hill, desiging and printing posters for rock concerts at local music venues including Cat's Cradle, Local 506 and Go! In addition to posters, he created art for several books, comic books, and t-shirts for musicians such as Led Zeppelin, Tift Merritt, and the Sex Pistols. From 2002 to 2006, Burns played bass guitar and toured extensively with local rock band the Nein. In 2006, Burns relocated to Portland, Ore., where he continued to create poster art for music venues as well as illustrations for commercial enterprises such as Dr. Martens and Toyota.

Collection Overview

The collection contains posters designed and printed by poster artist and illustrator Casey Burns. The posters are primarily announcements for rock concerts in the Chapel Hill, N.C. area at venues such as Cat's Cradle, Local 506, and Go! Some of the musical acts featured on the posters are Tift Merritt, Bettie Serveert, Richard Buckner, Southern Culture on the Skids, Mogwai, Gang of Four, Joan Baez, Super Furry Animals, Crooked Fingers, Breeders, Lucinda Williams, Built to Spill, and Dashboard Confessional.

Items Separated

Detailed Description of the Collection

"Vans Warped Tour": 18 Visions, AFI, Aiden, the Academy Is, Adair, Adelyn, Against Me!, Amber Pacific, Anti Flag, Armor For Sleep, ASG, Billy Talent, the Black Out Pact, the Bled, Bouncing Souls, Bullet For My Valentine, Buzzcocks, Cartel, the Casualties, Class of Zero, Code 4-15, Danny Diablo, Die Hunns, Dork, Down To Earth Approach, Dropping Daylight, Dynamite 8, the Early November, Eight Fingers Down, Emanuel, Emery, Evaline, Every Time I Die, the Fall of Troy, Flashlight Brown, From Autumn to Ashes, From First to Last, the Fully Down, Gatsbys American Dream, the Germs, Greeley Estates, Gym Class Heroes, Hellogoodbye, Helmet, Illscarlett, I Am Ghost, Joan Jett & the Blackhearts, Less Than Jake, Left Alone, the Living End, Lorene Drive, Mastema, Moneen, Motion City Soundtrack, Mute Math, My American Heart, NOFX, Outernational, Over It, Paramore, the Pink Spiders, Pistolita, Plain White T's, Protest the Hero, Red Jumpsuit Apparatus, Reggie & the Full Effect, Rise Against, Riverboat Gamblers, Saosin, Saves the Day, Senses Fail, Shiragirl, Side 67, Silverstein, Skint, the Smashup, the Sounds, State Radio, Stretch Arm Strong, the Spill Canvas, Spitalfield, Split Fifty, the Sunstreak, Thursday, Underoath, Valient Thorr, Vaux, Voltera, We Are the Fury, Wheels on the Bus, Zeb, 2006.