Music FanArt Pack

[digitalhigh]

This will be the first installment in a series of probably 4 packs to start with. Any requests/suggestions are more than welcome.

Pack 1 (http://www.mediafire.com/file/zzxmmytkntz/music fanart.rar)

Pack 2 (http://www.mediafire.com/file/ztoiztdzjmk/Pack2.rar)

Pack 3 (http://www.mediafire.com/file/3zmo2nyjzi1/Pack 3.rar)

Pack 1 contains the following:

A Perfect Circle
AC/DC
Aerosmith
Audioslave
Avenged Sevenfold
Beatles
Blink 182
Chevelle
Cobain
Coldplay
Disturbed
Eminem
Five Finger Death Punch
Flogging Molly
Flyleaf
Foo Fighters
G&R
Gorillaz
Green Day
Gym Class Heroes
Hurt
Jack Johnson
Janis Joplin
Jimi Hendrix
Kid Rock
Kings Of Leon
Korn
led-zeppelin
Linkin Park
Lupe Fiasco
Manson 2
Manson
MCR
Mindless Self Indulgence
Muse
Mushroomhead
NIN
Ozzy
Pfunk
Pink Floyd
Radiohead
rage against the machine
Real Metallica
Rolling Stones
Serj Tankian
Silversun Pickups
Slipknot
System Of A Down
The Doors
The Who
TVOTR
White Stripes



Pack 2 contains the following bands:

Apocalyptica
Ben Folds
Billy Corgan
Black Keys
Black Sabbath
Bob Marley
Bon Jovi
Cake
CKY
Clapton
Coheed and Cambria
Dashboard Confessional
Death Cab For Cutie
Def Leppard
deftones
Eagles
Evanescence
Fallout Boy
Frampton
Fugazi
Godspeed, You Black Emperor
Grateful Dead
ICP
Johnny Cash
Kid Koala
Killers
Lenny Kravitz
Les Claypool
Mars Volta
Maynard - TOOL
Megadork
Modest Mouse
My Morning Jacket
Neil Diamond
Panic At The Disco
Pearl Jam
Primus
Queens Of The Stone Age
Rammstein
ray charles
Red Hot Chili Peppers
Scars On Broadway
Seether
Sevendust
Springsteen
Staind
Static-X
Sublime
Ting Tings
Violent Femmes
Weezer
Weird AL

Pack 3 contains the following:

17 Hippies
Aphex Twin
Big Head Todd + Monsters(2)
Big Head Todd + Monsters
Big Pun
Blur
BoDeans(2)
BoDeans(3)
BoDeans
Dandy Warhols
Del the Funkee Homosapien
Dre
Eddie Vedder
Fiasco
Flaming lips(2)
Flaming Lips
Frank Zappa
Fugazi(2)
Gang of four
Ice Cube(2)
Ice Cube
Iggy Pop
Joanna Newsom (2)
Joanna Newsom
Keller Williams
Kenny Chesney
Lightning Seeds(2)
Lightning Seeds
Miles Davis
NERD
Nick Cave
Ol Dirty Bastard
Old Time Relijun
Oteil Burbridge
Phish
PJ Harvey (2)
PJ Harvey
PUSA
Ramones (2)
Ramones
seu jorge
Sex Mob
Sid an Nancy
sigur ros
Smashing Pumpkins
Snoop
Soul Coughing
Spoon (2)
Spoon
Taylor Swift
Tenacious D(2)
Tenacious D
The Big Wu
The Black Lips
The Blow
The Cool Kids
The Dirtbombs
The Hives
the kills (2)
the kills
The Liars
The Minutemen
The Pixies
The Roots
The Strokes
Theolonius monk
Vampire Weekend
Ween
Widespread Panic
Willie Nelson
Wu-Tang Clan
Yeah Yeah Yeahs

[harryzimm]

Nice one.

cheers

[sw1tch]

Great, thanks for sharing.

[rwparris2]

Very nice! thanks.

A few requests:

Les Claypool, Primus, TOOL, black sabbath, kid koala, the black keys, re hot chili peppers, gy!be, fugazi, and oh maan so many more. I'll wait till you release more packs for a full request :grin:

These look really good and I'll be patiently waiting for more! Janis Joplin in particular looks REALLY nice.

Where did you get the source images from?

[KevinSartori]

Awesome pics! My favorites are Beatles, Eminem, Janis Joplin, Jimi Hendrix, ozzy, Pfunk, Radiohead, The Doors, the who and White Stripes. Excellent quality! Thanks for taking the effort to share these.

One little Photoshop tip I've noticed that I figured I should share. If you're dealing with a black and white image, you can save some file space by selecting Image -> Mode -> Grayscale. This will discard any color information and make the file smaller when you save it. With XBMC on Xbox or AppleTV, we need to save all the memory we can ;)

Good work, thanks again!

[digitalhigh]

Very nice! thanks.

A few requests:

Les Claypool, Primus, TOOL, black sabbath, kid koala, the black keys, re hot chili peppers, gy!be, fugazi, and oh maan so many more. I'll wait till you release more packs for a full request :grin:

These look really good and I'll be patiently waiting for more! Janis Joplin in particular looks REALLY nice.

Where did you get the source images from?

I will have all the bands listed in the next pack.

TOOL, however, is rather difficult to come by high-rez images of. Maynard was quite the shy fellow until the advent of the APC era.

The source images are all from Google Images. Just type in the band-name and select "Extra-large images". :D

So if you have some massive list of band requests...do share them now. The biggest problem I have in making these is not finding the images...but thinking of bands to use.


@Sartori, thanks for the tip. I'll make sure to do that in the future.

[rwparris2]

I found a nice SD image for tool (good enough for me) here (http://www.neo2k.cmace.de/downloads/wallpaper/tool_wallpaper_1%20tool-band.de%20.jpg)

I'll compile a master list for you soon :)

Did meligrove.com ever get music fanart hosting off the ground? If so you should definitely upload there!

[digitalhigh]

I found something a little better for tool...depending on your preference.

http://s2.largeimagehost.com/TN/eQccrte/tn_Maynard+-+TOOL.jpg (http://s2.largeimagehost.com/img/untilted/eQccrtQ/Maynard+-+TOOL.jpg.html)


All the other bands requested are also done and in the second pack...I've got 30/50 done thus far. :D

Suggestions...keep em coming.

[digitalhigh]

Pack 2 is up. Check it out.

[Rand Al Thor]

@digitalhigh

Thanks for all the great fanart. Lots of good stuff in there. Just so you know, you have the Dropkick Murphys labeled as Flogging Molly. Similar styles of music though so I could see how that might happen ;) Cheers.

[digitalhigh]

@digitalhigh

Thanks for all the great fanart. Lots of good stuff in there. Just so you know, you have the Dropkick Murphys labeled as Flogging Molly. Similar styles of music though so I could see how that might happen ;) Cheers.

Thanks for pointing that out. I'm a fan of both bands, but have never seen pics of them...will fix in a day or so.

Any requests?

[Rand Al Thor]

No worries ;) They are two of my favorites too. Only reason I noticed is I have seen them both live quite a few times. I will go through my albums and see if I have any bands that I really need fanart for. Thanks again.

[shizzle]

how do you use music fanart in mediastream?

[KevinSartori]

digitalhigh, more awesome work with the second pack! Another tip, though (don't you hate people who think they know it all?). Some of those B&W pics are a bit contrasty. A feature I probably overuse in Photoshop is Shift-Ctrl-Alt-L (Auto Contrast) and Shift-Ctrl-L (Auto Levels). I fact, I have a habit of opening pics, doing Auto Contrast and then Auto Levels. About half the time, I don't like what Auto Levels has done, so I undo it in History. It's quick to do and can make a huge difference. Also, for some of the fuzzy pics, you could try Filter -> Sharpen -> Unsharp Mask. I keep Radius at 1.0 pixels and Threshold at 0 levels. Depending on how much sharpening is needed, I tend to be either 20%, 40% or 60% on Amount. Oversharpening looks bad, but a little can make a big difference on an HDTV.

I love the work you're doing and I don't mean these tips to criticize! Please, feel free to ignore them! Hell, you can even insult me if you want! ;)

Thanks again, good work.

[digitalhigh]

digitalhigh, more awesome work with the second pack! Another tip, though (don't you hate people who think they know it all?). Some of those B&W pics are a bit contrasty. A feature I probably overuse in Photoshop is Shift-Ctrl-Alt-L (Auto Contrast) and Shift-Ctrl-L (Auto Levels). I fact, I have a habit of opening pics, doing Auto Contrast and then Auto Levels. About half the time, I don't like what Auto Levels has done, so I undo it in History. It's quick to do and can make a huge difference. Also, for some of the fuzzy pics, you could try Filter -> Sharpen -> Unsharp Mask. I keep Radius at 1.0 pixels and Threshold at 0 levels. Depending on how much sharpening is needed, I tend to be either 20%, 40% or 60% on Amount. Oversharpening looks bad, but a little can make a big difference on an HDTV.

I love the work you're doing and I don't mean these tips to criticize! Please, feel free to ignore them! Hell, you can even insult me if you want! ;)

Thanks again, good work.

How dare you come into my thread and insult my work! I spend hours doing this stuff, and all you have to say is...

Just kidding. :D

No, actually, thank you for the pointer. I use photoshop a lot, but don't take the time to play with any of the automated stuff or the newer features. I still do touch up work with just the clone stamp tool and the pencil, and I adjust all the brightness/contrast/saturation stuff by hand.

The problem is that I have a three-monitor setup, and the levels aren't matched just right. I try to check them across all three screens, but sometimes it's hard to tell what will look best on all screens.

So any advice is more than welcome. Have you re-adjusted the levels of the ones that needed it? If so...send em my way and I'll re-add them to the pack. Or I can do it...whatever works.

And I see what you mean about the unsharpen mask. That seems to create the kind of textures you see in higher resolution images, where up close it's spotty, and at normal rez it looks incredibly crispy. Hmmm...now I've got much playing to do.

Thanks again. ;)

[Jeroen]

Nice work on the packs, quite a few bands that I like :cool:
thanks :)

[FourTwentySmilz]

I know I'm gonna get slammed hard for this........but, I do have a wife. I would rather be slammed verbally on here, than in real life by her. LOL
Could you release some country music FanArt? Like Hank Williams Jr, Charlie Daniels Band, Bellamy Bros., Taylor Swift......Some others too?

[digitalhigh]

I know I'm gonna get slammed hard for this........but, I do have a wife. I would rather be slammed verbally on here, than in real life by her. LOL
Could you release some country music FanArt? Like Hank Williams Jr, Charlie Daniels Band, Bellamy Bros., Taylor Swift......Some others too?

I don't know about getting slammed...now if you'd included Big and Rich in that list...

:D

I can whip up some country ones. I'm a bigger fan of the old-school country music, so if you want any other specific artist...list em.

In fact...just give me of bands to do. Anything you listen to. Just start rattling off bands. And this goes for everybody...just throw em out there.

Please. ;)

[timdog82001]

rage against the machine, mars volta, pink floyd, jimi hendrix, offspring, goldfinger, dr. dre, ice cube, big pun, eminem....all good stuff :) I think you might have already found some stuff for a couple of those but i'm just tossing out there what I think of.

Also, I think it would be nice to have more images with actual music or instruments in the picture, rather than just a picture of a band (most of which most probably won't recognize) standing on a street corner or whatever). So, you know, people playing music, concerts, jam sessions, even just random pictures of instruments. Even a few pictures of classical instruments or pictures of orchestras or something like that might not hurt. Anyway, just ideas!

[rwparris2]

In fact...just give me of bands to do. Anything you listen to. Just start rattling off bands. And this goes for everybody...just throw em out there.


k...

I'm at work, so no master list but this is whats sitting on my mp3 player right now (minus some local stuff & stuff you already put out) so i'd definately like any or all of these.

You may already have put out some of them, I can't remember everything you've done so far.

sigur ros
the cool kids
the roots
snoop dogg
ministry
miles davis
john coltrane
thelonius monk
the kills (different from the killers)
gang of four
the minutemen
the dead kennedys
tenacious d
nick drake
the flaming lips
tom waits
fugazi (more please)
medeski, martin, and wood
del the funkee homosapien
the presidents of the united states of america
the black keys
the black lips
soul coughing
pj harvey
the blow
sublime
yeah yeah yeahs
17 hippies
the strokes
the dirtbombs
the liars
the hives
old time relijun
vampire weekend
wu-tang clan
the wire
the pixies
esg (emerald, sapphire, gold)
billie holiday
aphex twin
!!!
seu jorge
q and not u
kyuss
keller williams
phish
eagles of death metal
smashing pumpkins
ween
can
joanna newsom
skalpel
frank zappa
sex mob
ol' dirty bastard
minor threat
sex pistols
sleep
spoon
fIREHOUSE
pearl jam
NERD
electric six
hot hot heat
jon spencer
george carlin and the parliment funkadelic (or any combination)
blur
nick cave
the ramones

also to echo what timdog said, live shots are always great to get, but i'm sure its 10000x times harder to get quality ones.

and any generic musical backdrops would also be nice for bands that I can't get good fanart for, i.e. local bands, orchestral stuff, or whatever.

[digitalhigh]

k...

I'm at work, so no master list but this is whats sitting on my mp3 player right now (minus some local stuff & stuff you already put out) so i'd definately like any or all of these.

sigur ros
the cool kids
the roots
snoop dogg
ministry
miles davis
john coltrane
thelonius monk...

I've saved your list, and will begin tackling it immediately.

rage against the machine, mars volta, pink floyd, jimi hendrix, offspring, goldfinger, dr. dre, ice cube, big pun, eminem....



I've got everything in that list except for goldfinger, dre, cube, and pun. Those are added to the "to do" list.



Also, I think it would be nice to have more images with actual music or instruments in the picture, rather than just a picture of a band (most of which most probably won't recognize) standing on a street corner or whatever). So, you know, people playing music, concerts, jam sessions, even just random pictures of instruments. Even a few pictures of classical instruments or pictures of orchestras or something like that might not hurt. Anyway, just ideas!

I can do some generic ones after the list of bands I've been presented. I'm guessing that in the future, band-specific fanart will get implemented, but in the meanwhile, generic shots are a good idea.

And as far as the generic shots of the band...I think that when Meligrove still existed, the specs for music said something about pics of just the band if possible. I've just kinda had that in the back of my mind while doing these...

Regardless, I've got a bit to work on now. Any more bands you guys can come up with are more than welcome. :D

[digitalhigh]

Just a little update to let everybody know I'm still working on this stuff. I've got 40 images done so far...just need some freetime to do the rest of them.

Still looking for more suggestions. Let's play "tell me what's on your iPod and I'll make fanart for it." : D

http://s2.largeimagehost.com/TN/eQsUUhe/tn_Aphex+Twin.jpg (http://s2.largeimagehost.com/img/untilted/eQsUUhQ/Aphex+Twin.jpg.html) http://s2.largeimagehost.com/TN/eQsUUhc/tn_Miles+Davis.jpg (http://s2.largeimagehost.com/img/untilted/eQsUUhX/Miles+Davis.jpg.html) http://s2.largeimagehost.com/TN/eQsUUhh/tn_seu+jorge.jpg (http://s2.largeimagehost.com/img/untilted/eQsUUhr/seu+jorge.jpg.html)

http://s2.largeimagehost.com/TN/eQsUUht/tn_Tenacious+D%282%29.jpg (http://s2.largeimagehost.com/img/untilted/eQsUUhs/Tenacious+D%282%29.jpg.html) http://s2.largeimagehost.com/TN/eQsUUsU/tn_The+Liars.jpg (http://s2.largeimagehost.com/img/untilted/eQsUUsF/The+Liars.jpg.html) http://s2.largeimagehost.com/TN/eQsUUse/tn_Willie+Nelson.jpg (http://s2.largeimagehost.com/img/untilted/eQsUUsQ/Willie+Nelson.jpg.html)

[FourTwentySmilz]

how about we play...." What's on your XBMC" ?

[tuckbodi]

Okey Dokey, since ur askin' --

BoDeans
The Peacemakers
Big Head Todd & the Monsters
The Samples
The Dandy Warhols
The Farm
The Lightning Seeds
The Mighty Lemon Drops
The Silencers
James
Chalk Farm
The Railway Children
Widespread Panic
The Big Wu
Indigenous

Very much appreciated and thank you!

[digitalhigh]

Pack 3 is up. Over 70 images this time around, including every request listed...

If I omitted something, it wasn't personal...I just couldn't find decent images to use.

Keep the requests coming folks!

[tuckbodi]

Awesome! Thank you very much!

[Rand Al Thor]

@digitalhigh

I have quite a few music fanart images that I made. Do you want them to add to your pack? I was planning on uploading them to meligrove once it started hosting music fanart but that seems to have fallen by the wayside. It is mostly punk/metal stuff. Cheers.

[uomiarz]

@digitalhigh

I have quite a few music fanart images that I made. Do you want them to add to your pack? I was planning on uploading them to meligrove once it started hosting music fanart but that seems to have fallen by the wayside. It is mostly punk/metal stuff. Cheers.

more metal will be much appreciated
@digitalhigh
thx for sharing
how about realGNR versus fat axl :)

[digitalhigh]

@digitalhigh

I have quite a few music fanart images that I made. Do you want them to add to your pack? I was planning on uploading them to meligrove once it started hosting music fanart but that seems to have fallen by the wayside. It is mostly punk/metal stuff. Cheers.

That would be great! Send me a PM?

how about realGNR versus fat axl

I tried lookin' a bit yesterday but couldn't find anything high-rez but pics of fat Axel...I suppose I could try again.

What metal bands are you interested in seeing fanart for?

[uomiarz]

I tried lookin' a bit yesterday but couldn't find anything high-rez but pics of fat Axel...I suppose I could try again.

What metal bands are you interested in seeing fanart for?

Whatever Rand Al Thor with make will do for me...
Pantera
Slayer
Sepultura
Iron Maiden
Testament

maybe some pop-gothic stuff like
Within Temptation

thx

[digitalhigh]

Dude...how could I have forgotten Pantera???

Nice one. :D

Rand...got the fanart you made...will include it in the next batch. I'm wondering about the logos tho. Thus far, I've been avoiding them over pics of the band itself, but if nobody cares whether or not it's pics or logos, then I'll do a logos pack too...

[rwparris2]

a logos pack would be nice too, if they're hi-res

Hopefully we'll get artist fanart support in xbmc soon (if its not there already? i'm still with atlantis) so we can use these for more than the home screen

[digitalhigh]

a logos pack would be nice too, if they're hi-res

Hopefully we'll get artist fanart support in xbmc soon (if its not there already? i'm still with atlantis) so we can use these for more than the home screen

No doubt. I have them set as my screensaver as well, which works out nicely, but I would really love to see them incorporated into a skin as smoothly as the video backdrops are...

[nekrosoft13]

keep making more ;)

[mtnman]

No doubt. I have them set as my screensaver as well, which works out nicely, but I would really love to see them incorporated into a skin as smoothly as the video backdrops are...

+1

And great work!

How about adding Paramore to the next pack?

[pobhockle]

I made a Pantera and Damagaplan

http://img373.imageshack.us/img373/2294/pantera1280x720uy2.th.jpg (http://img373.imageshack.us/my.php?image=pantera1280x720uy2.jpg)

http://img141.imageshack.us/img141/2766/damageplan1280x720lc3.th.jpg (http://img141.imageshack.us/my.php?image=damageplan1280x720lc3.jpg)

[DarkHelmet]

a logos pack would be nice too, if they're hi-res

Hopefully we'll get artist fanart support in xbmc soon (if its not there already? i'm still with atlantis) so we can use these for more than the home screen

So, I take it, it's not my own stupidity that I can't find any button "music fanart" in XBMC (PMIII HD or PM III)? It's not even there (yet), right?

[timdog82001]

Correct, not yet.

[digitalhigh]

Guys...ran into a snag. My main PC with all my photogoodies on it took a poop...or was accidentally formatted. :O

I'm in the final stages of recovering all my data, but until then, I'll be unable to handle requests.

Hopefully, I'll be back on track tomorrow...

[flipped cracker]

i'd love to see a logo pack. it would be good for browsing artists as nothing shows up currently.

maybe i'll get to work on one.

[Gamester17]

Have you guys uploaded all of these to http://www.htbackdrops.com (Home Theater Backdrops)?

XBMC forum discussion here:
http://xbmc.org/forum/showthread.php?t=35471

htbackdrops.com offers backdrops for weather and games too (no support in XBMC yet) :cool:

[digitalhigh]

I have not. Formatted HD, haven't taken the time to re-DL all my packs. :D

Perhaps I'll do this today.

This wouldn't have anything to do with someone trying to develop a scraper for music fanart, would it?? ;)


Edit:

Who runs the site? I'm wondering if there's a faster way of adding all of these images, as opposed to manually editing each entry page-by-page.

[Gamester17]

This wouldn't have anything to do with someone trying to develop a scraper for music fanart, would it?Yes, there does not seem to be any other website which offers organized FanArt backdrops for Music Artists/Groups/Bands, and without a such site there can be no scraper for XBMC, (other than for locally stored files of course).

Who runs the site?
http://xbmc.org/forum/member.php?u=28343, see http://xbmc.org/forum/showthread.php?t=35471

[digitalhigh]

Nice. Any idea when we can expect this new goodie?


I posted in the thread about bulk uploading, and am working on uploading all 170+ images five-at-a-time in the meanwhile. I'm into the G's now, but I'm starting to get bored. (ADD)

So, we'll see how far I get...

[Gamester17]

Nice. Any idea when we can expect this new goodie?Sorry, no ETA => http://xbmc.org/trac/ticket/4834 don't even know if htbackdrops.com is any good for this.

[digitalhigh]

Sorry, no ETA => http://xbmc.org/trac/ticket/4834 don't even know if htbackdrops.com is any good for this.

LOL...don't tell me that. I just finished uploading every one of the music fanarts I made. :D

Why don't you know if HTbackdrops will work?

[Gamester17]

Why don't you know if HTbackdrops will work?There is no API so the site would have no be scraped, and some sites are not scrape friendly.

All discussed in the other thread => http://xbmc.org/forum/showthread.php?t=35471

[digitalhigh]

There is no API so the site would have no be scraped, and some sites are not scrape friendly.

All discussed in the other thread => http://xbmc.org/forum/showthread.php?t=35471

Oh. I thought there was an API added...

I was talking about checking out the xbmc-360 thread. ;)

[nekrosoft13]

Yes, there does not seem to be any other website which offers organized FanArt backdrops for Music Artists/Groups/Bands, and without a such site there can be no scraper for XBMC, (other than for locally stored files of course).


http://xbmc.org/forum/member.php?u=28343, see http://xbmc.org/forum/showthread.php?t=35471

Probably missed this in last, but do you get local fanart for music to show up?

[digitalhigh]

Do you mean "Does fanart work for music like it does for movies?"

Not yet...they're working on it.

[nekrosoft13]

Do you mean "Does fanart work for music like it does for movies?"

Not yet...they're working on it.

well no, I mainly use XBMC for TV Shows and Music, so not sure how it works for movies.

I seen screenshots of people having fanart for music, just not sure how.

[digitalhigh]

Well, for Aeon, you just point the skin to a folder where you have all your music fanart stored together. When you're browsing music, it'll just display those images at random in the background. The screenshots you see where the fanart matches the album/artist shown is most likely a mock-up. AFAIK, xbmc does not yet support contextual fanart. That feature is slated for sometime in the not-so-distant future.

So, getting the backdrop to match the artist for music...doesn't work yet.

[nekrosoft13]

thanks for info

[digitalhigh]

n/p

My pleasure...

[crash123]

Exciting isn't it?
Timestamp: 01/10/2009 06:36:53 AM
Author: spiff_
Message: added: ticket #4834 - Local Music Fanart. stick fanart.jpg in the artist folder. we assume some/path/artist/album/

P.S. I also just uploaded music fanart for Less Than Jake and Reel Big Fish to htbackdrops.com. DH can add them to his pack or lists or whatever. Cheers.

P.P.S. I am a little worried about htbackdrops.com as the admin hasn't approved any fanart since Nov 10, 2008.

[digitalhigh]

Exciting isn't it?


P.S. I also just uploaded music fanart for Less Than Jake and Reel Big Fish to htbackdrops.com. DH can add them to his pack or lists or whatever. Cheers.

P.P.S. I am a little worried about htbackdrops.com as the admin hasn't approved any fanart since Nov 10, 2008.

Yeah, I was getting the same feeling about HTbackdrops. This was right after I uploaded this entire pack over there for scraping purposes, then one of the devs told me that they weren't sure if they could use HTbackdrops as it doesn't have the proper API.

Either way, that's just one more thing for me to do now. Having XBMC is like having a kid...you're always trying to keep up with it and never even get close. :D

[nuzecast]

Exciting isn't it?


P.S. I also just uploaded music fanart for Less Than Jake and Reel Big Fish to htbackdrops.com. DH can add them to his pack or lists or whatever. Cheers.

P.P.S. I am a little worried about htbackdrops.com as the admin hasn't approved any fanart since Nov 10, 2008.

Sorry everybody .. I have been out of the loop due to illness ... back again.

Thanks to all who uploaded ... everything has been approved.

Again, sorry for the delay.

[crash123]

It's great that you health is better mate and thanks for approving those fanarts. DH even if it isn't possible to scrape from htbackdrops.com it's still a good place to keep them all together.

[digitalhigh]

Sorry everybody .. I have been out of the loop due to illness ... back again.

Thanks to all who uploaded ... everything has been approved.

Again, sorry for the delay.

Sorry to hear you're sick man...but glad to see everything added. :D


LOL @ some of my descriptions. You can def. tell I was bored at the end:

http://www.htbackdrops.com/displayimage.php?album=lastupby&cat=0&pos=35&uid=6

[Sörnt]

Hi there,

I can help to create an online database + api for the fanart.
I created for the Vista Media Center a little Plugin to listen to internet radio (www.mcetools.de). I fetch all kinds of information for the currently played artist.

I recently extend the functionality to be also available for the normal (offline) music library. I want to provide my users the fanart if they are listening to an artist.

So we can help eachother. I would like to hear from you If there is any interest.

Cheers

Sörnt

[spiff]

htbackdrops.com is scraped just fine these days fyi.

that being said, a community driven site for albums and artists like thetvdb and themoviedb would be most welcome.

[stokedfish]

htbackdrops.com is scraped just fine these days fyi.

also for music? with what scraper?

[Ninjamawwe]

The allmusic scraper works with htbackdrops.

[Shadowgoon]

Just thought I'd pitch in with some request ideas:

Another Animal
Edwin (of I Mother Earth)
Evans Blue
I Mother Earth
Noise Therapy
Project Wyze
Richard Cheese
Shocore
Steppenwolf
The Headstones
The Killigans
The Pogues

If you could make any of the above that would be awesome, and good work on the previous packs.

[kizer]

Heres a few. ;)

Aaron Watson
Agent Orange
Alias
Anthony Smith
Antsy Pants
Asleep A The Wheel
Audrey de Montigne
Average Joe
Bad English
Basshunter
Bastard Sons of Johnny Cash
Bellamy Brothers
Billy Gilman
Billy Idol
Billy Joe Shaver
Billy Squier
Black Stone Cherry
The Blarney Lads
Blues Brothers
Bob Wills
Bobby Bare
Bobby Pinson
The Bogmen
Bondo
Boston Pops
The Boxmasters
Brad Martin
The Bran Flakes
Brandon Jenkins
Brandon Rhyder
Brian Burns
Brian McComas
Bryan White
Buckethead
Buckwheat Zydeco
Bucky covington
Buddy Holly
Buddy Jewel
Burl Ives
Burt Bacharach
Bush
Cab Calloway
Carlene Carter
Carolyn Dawn Johnson
The Cars
The Carter Family
Casey Donahew Band
Celtic Woman
Chad Brock
Charlie Rich
Charlie Robison
Charlotte Church
Chely Wright
Chicago
Chuck Wicks
Cinderella
The Clancy Brothers
Clay Walker
Cledus T. Judd
Clint Black
Collin Raye
Confederate Railroad
Conway Twitty
Cooder Graw
Cory Morrow
The Cowsills
Crossin Dixon
Cusco
Cutting Crew
Cyndi Thomson
Damn Yankees
Daniel Powter
Danielle Peck
Danzig
Darius Rucker
Darryl Worley
David Allan Coe
David Ball
David Frizzell
Del Shannon
Deryl dodd
Diamond Rio
Dierks Bentley
Dionne Warwick
The Dirty Dozen Brass Band
Dolly Parton
Don McLean
Doug Stone
Doug Supernaw
The Dubliners
Duke Ellington
Dusty drake
Ed Bruce
Ed Burleson
Eddie Money
Eleven Hundred Springs
Eli Young Band
Emerson Drive
Eric Church
Eric Heatherly
Faron Young
Faster Pussycat
Firehouse
Foreigner
Frankie Avalon
Franki Valli
Freddy fender
Garth Brooks
Gary Allan
Gary P. Nunn
George Jones
Giant
Gloriana
The Go-Go's
Gordon Lightfoot
The Gourds
Great White
Hair of the Dog
Hall & Oates
Hank Snow
Hank williams Sr.
Harry Chapin
Harry Simeone Chorale
Hayes Carll
Heartland
Herman's Hermits
Highway 101
The Highwaymen
Hilljack
The Hollies
Hot Apple Pie
Inner Circle
The Irish Rovers
The Irish Tenors
Israel Kamakawiwo'ole
J. Geils Band
Jace Everett
Jack Ingram
Jackson Taylor Band
James Otto
Jamey Johnson
Jamie O'Neal
Jamie Richards
Jan & Dean
Japandroids
Jason Aldean
Jason Boland & The Straglers
Jason Michael Carroll
Jay Boy Adams
Jeff Carson
Jeff Healey Band
Jeffery Steele
Jennifer Hanson
Jeremy McComb
Jerry Jeff Walker
Jerry Reed
Jessica Andrews
Jimmie Dean
Joan Jett & the Blackhearts
Joe Diffie
Joe Nichols
Joe Strummer & the Mescaleros
John Anderson
John Berry
John Conlee
John Daniel Coe
John Fogerty
John Lennon
John Mayer
John Michael Montgomery
John Rich
John wayne
Johnny Cash and Willie Nelson
Johnny cooper
Johnny Paycheck
Johnny Preston
Johnny Russell
Johnny Van Zant
Jon Christopher Davis
Josh Abbott
Josh Gracin
The Judds
Julianne Hough
Justin Moore
Ka'au Crater Boys
Kate & Kacey
KC & The Sunshine Band
Keith Anderson
Keith Whitley
Kellie Coffey
Kellie Pickler
Kenny G
Kenny Loggins
Kevin Fowler
Kicking Harold
Kris Kristofferson
Larry Joe Taylor
Lee Brice
Lee Greenwood
Lester Flatt & Earl Scruggs
Lita Ford
Little Big Town
Little Jimmie Dickens
Little Texas
Loretta Lynn
The Lost Trailers
Loverboy
The Lovin' Spoonful
Luke Bryan
Marc McGuinn
Mark Chesnutt
Mark McKinney
Mark Wills
The Marshall Tucker Band
Marty robbins
Marty Stuart
Max Stalling
Meat Loaf
Merle Haggard
Merril Bainbridge
Michael Petterson
Michael Sembello
Mickey Gilley
Micky and the Motorcars
Mindy McCready
Miranda Lambert
The Moody Blues
Mozart
Mr. Big
Matalie MacMaster
Nazareth
Neal McCoy
Nickel Creek
Night Ranger
The Nixons
No Justice
The Oak ridge Boys
Olivia Newton-John
Olomana
Orgy
The Outfield
Pat Benatar
Pat Green
Patsy Cline
Paul Brandt
Phil Vassar
Pinmonkey
Playing For Change
The Pogues
Procol Harum
Pure Praire League
The Quebe Sisters
Queen
Queensryche
Quiet Riot
Radney Foster
Randy Houser
Randy Rogers Band
Randy Travis
Rascal Flatts
The Rascals
Ray Price
Ray Scott
Ray Stevens
Ray Wylie Hubbard
Rebecca Lynn Howard
Reckless Kelly
Red Steagall
Rednex
REO Speedwagon
Rhett Akins
Rich O'Tolle
Rick Trevino
Riverdance
Robert Earl Keen Jr.
Rocky Horror Picture Show
Rodney Atkins
Rodny Carrington
Roger Creager
Roger Miller
Ron Allen
Ronnie Milsap
Roy Rogers & Sons of the Pioneers
Ryan Bingham
Ryan Turner
Saigon Kick
Sam the Sham & The Pharaohs
Sammy Kershaw
Sawyer Brown
Scandal
Scotty Emerick
Sex Pistols
The Shangri-Las
SHeDaisy
Shenandoah
Sheriff
Sherrie Austin
Shooter Jennings
The Silbury Rugby Union Team
Sixwire
SSgt. Barry Sadler
Steelheart
Steinski
Steve Azar
Steve Holy
Steve Wariner
Stoney LaRue
Styx
Sunny Sweeney
Survivor
T. Graham Brown
Tammy cochran
Tchaikovsky
Ted Nugent
Thurl Ravenscroft
Tim Rushlow
Tim Wilson
Todd Snider
Tom T. Hall
Tonic
Trace Adkins
Tracy Byrd
Tracy Lawrence
The Tragically Hip
Travis Tritt
Trent Tomlinson
Trick Pony
The Turtles
Twisted Sister
Ty Herndon
Van Halen
Van Morrison
Van Zandt
Vandenburg
Vern Gosdin
Village People
Vince Gill
W.A.S.P.
Wade Bowen
Walt Wilkins
Warrant
The Warren Brothers
Waylon Jennings
Wayne Newton
Webb Pierce
White Zombie
Will Smith
Wilson Pickett
Wings
The Youngbloods
Zac Brown Band
Zebra