29 pieces of band graffiti on AP’s office walls you have to see to believe
As if you didn’t already suspect as much, working at AP isn’t like a normal job. We frequently have rockers of all shapes, sizes, genders and genres wandering our halls, and with a few well-placed Sharpie depositories, we encourage them to graffiti up our walls. Here is just a small portion of what we have to look at every day, from the good to the bad to the very, very ugly (and phallic).
The Used, ca. 2003-2004
Murder By Death’s love note, ca. 2003-2004
The Cold War as depicted through penises
Cartel, 2004
Anti-Flag, masters of self-deprecation, ca. 2003-2004
Author unknown
My Chemical Romance’s original lineup, ca. 2003 (vampire drawn by Gerard Way)
Straylight Run, ca. 2003-2004
All Time Low, ca. 2007
The Gaslight Anthem vandalizing an exclamation point-free Panic At The Disco, ca. 2007
A Day To Remember (our collective memory is fuzzy on whether or not they vandalized their own band name)
Bomb The Music Industry! turning Avenged Sevenfold’s 2005 signature into a fantasy tour that no one asked for, 2008
Man Overboard, making clear their stance on the sticky icky
Which band drew the grossest penis ever?
Why, it’s Four Year Strong! Uh, thanks, fellas.
From Autumn To Ashes drummer Fran Mark accented his band’s scribbling with a Wite-Out pen he inexplicably carried with him, 2005
Author unknown
Pete Wentz of Fall Out Boy, the first to sign this section of the AP office wall, 2005
Nuno Pereira from A Wilhelm Scream helpfully wrote down the code to skip to the end of Mike Tyson’s Punch-Out! for NES.
Yellowcard’s Ryan Key, apparently a big Jerry Maguire fan, 2005
Author unknown