MADE YOU LOOK™ | MEPHISTO JONES

Pictured: Painting by Mephisto Jones.

MADE YOU LOOK™ is one of the many new features here at The Beautiful Destruction of Normalcy. You see, just like everyone else, we get downright bored while toiling away in our work cubicles. So we've decided to put our vast knowledge of music, art, culture—as well as our abundance of seemingly useless knowledge—to work for you: the people. With MADE YOU LOOK™ we'll be giving folks a heads up about artists, writers, bands, musicians, films, books, etc. that we're currently diggin'. So, without further delay, meet Mephisto Jones.

Name: Mephisto Jones
Classification: Illustrator & musician
Official website: www.mephistojones.com

Mephisto Jones* (aka Otis Chamberlain) was born in Christchurch, New Zealand (Aotearoa) in 1975 and currently resides in Wellington, NZ.

He has no real formal art or music education but has successfully wasted most of his time doing both since high-school.He is likes making stencils, paintings, posters, prints, tees, sketches, beats, riffs and large messes…He has created images for record labels, clothing labels, event promoters, authors, film companies, publishers, the street, friends, strangers, muses, and his mother.

He also enjoys playing drums and has performed with Police Lucipher, Seven, The RazorBlades, The Family Mallet 3000, The Organiks, Brojob, Lotus Hartley, Kora, The Bad Apple Orchestra, Afronesia, Village Of The Idiots, The Nomad, Optimus Prime, SwitchBlade and Jesus H. Chrystler. He currently drums with grindcore quintet Gomorrah, souljazz septet The Illphonics, and occassionally makes retarded noises with The Moodswingers.

He is inspired by various things such as skateboarding, phat and heavy beats, urban decay, toasted muesli, special herbs; and his peers, heroes and contemporaries in sight and sound.

*Biography sniped from Mephisto Jones' website.