Chris Musto has been playing drums since the age of 12 and has played with several legends including Joe Strummer, Nico, Glen Matlock, Johnny Thunders and Sylvain Sylvain.
He has worked as an art director and designer since 1976, working primarily in the music business and has worked with many artists including The Clash, The Rolling Stones, Queen, Brian Eno, Julien Temple and Wilko Johnson. He currently lectures in graphics at several colleges. He has worked as a tour, stage and production manager for the Fuji Rock Festival in Japan and Joe Strummer Foundation Charity.
He is currently the drummer with the well-known original Sex Pistol, Glen Matlock in his group also featuring David Bowie’s former guitarist, Earl Slick.
Books
Publisher – The Flood Gallery, Greenwich
Bake In Black (Music inspired baking)- Eve and Dave O’Sullivan
The Art Of Godmachine – Godmachine
The Poster Art Of Todd Slater
Love In Vain – Roland Link – The Ruts Story – Cadiz Music, publisher
Looking Back At Me – Wilko Johnson / Zoë Howe – Cadiz Music, publisher
The War and Uncle Walter – Walter Musto – Bantam/Doubleday
Design Credits include:
The Rolling Stones – Artwork on Some Girls 1978, Respectable single, Steel Wheels artwork 1989, Mixed Emotions, Terrifying, Rock And A Hard Place singles
Roxy Music – Artwork make up on Manifesto
Brian Eno – Artwork on Before And After Science, Music For Films
Queen – Jazz album, Live Killers releases
A&M Records, WEA Records, IRS Records
Chrysalis Records, EMI, Virgin Records, Sony Music
Parco CO (Japan), Teicheku Records (Japan)
Cadiz Music Group – Album sleeves, promotional work, flyers, posters, ads
Proper Music Distribution– Album sleeves, promotional work, flyers, posters, ads
Demon Music Group, MCI– Album sleeves, promotional work, flyers, posters, ads
Garbage – Band lenticular packaging
The Levellers – Band lenticular packaging
The Cure – Band lenticular packaging
Johnny Thunders – Album releases – packaging
Glen Matlock (Sex Pistols) – 3 albums – promotional, posters, flyers
The Bermondsey Joyriders – 2 albums – promotional, posters, flyers
Smash Corporation – UK and Japan – Fuji Rock Festival
Fuji Rock Festival Japan – Logo design since 1997 up to the present day
Renaissance Theatre Company – Kenneth Branagh – posters and promotional
Cherry Red – Album sleeves
Rory McLeod – 5 album sleeves
Dr Feelgood / Wilko Johnson – Album sleeves
Sound Performance
Teletubbies – Album sleeve lenticular
Terminator 2 – DVD Lenticular packaging
The Pretty Things, Arthur Brown, Stephen Dale Petit – album sleeves
Oil City Confidential – Julien Temple film posters and promotional
Cockney Rejects & East End Babylon – Film, album sleeve
The Saints
Osibisa – 2 album sleeves
Dion – 2 album sleeves, photography
Paul Jones – 2 album sleeves
Julien Temple
Prince Buster – Photography, logos, album sleeves
Andy Fairweather Low – Album sleeve, photography
Vivid I.D / Tomato
UNIQLO, Japanese Football League
Temple Of Sound – Album sleeve
Terry Reid – Album sleeve
The Subway Gallery (London), exhibition projects
The Joe Strummer Foundation, Album sleeves, iconography, promotional
The Good, The Bad and The Queen – Merrieland box set with book
The Jimmie Vaughan Story – Career spanning box set
Joe Strummer 001 Box Set – Career spanning compilation with book
The Clash – Current products from Sound System onwards.
Sound System career collection
Pink Flight Case Box – 5 album collection
London Calling – 40th anniversary album, book
Hits Back – compilation
Singles and album releases for Record Store Days
Combat Rock – 40th anniversary album – release schedule June 2022