Hill Holliday, an agency I interned for back in 2000 and absolutely loved (in fact, this agency is what started my love for advertising), just came out with some ads that I really like. The client is the Rock and Roll Forever Foundation and I just think these ads are a perfect fit.
Copy says: "Foo Fighters … pretty much exist thanks to Vernon and Gladys Presley who unwittingly changed the course of history in December of 1946 when they bought their son a guitar even though he specifically asked for a bicycle instead."
Copy says: "Jimmy Page is A God … but wouldn’t be if not for Lester William Polsfuss, also known as Les Paul, who created the first solid-body electric guitar – an idea he came up with when he noticed the unique way in which railroad ties carried vibrations – making the sound of Rock and Roll possible."
Copy says: "The White Stripes Rock … thanks to Ike Turner who in 1951 created Rock and Roll’s signature distorted guitar sound when he stuffed some paper inside a broken amp that fell off the top of his car on his way to record “Rocket 88”."
Advertising Agency: Hill Holliday
Art Director: Mike Shaughnessy
Copywriter: Scott Noble
Digital Artist: Scott Woolwine
Photographer: Bruce Peterson
Published: June 2008
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