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George Lawrence Petros (born 11 January 1955) is an American art designer,
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, editor, interviewer and illustrator. From 1984 through 1992 he published and edited ''EXIT'', a punk-inspired art and science fiction magazine he founded with Adam Parfrey and Kim Seltzer. From 1992 through 2000 he edited and art-directed ''Seconds'', an all-interview music and culture magazine founded by Steven Blush. From 2000 through 2005 he was a contributing editor of '' Juxtapoz'', the low-brow art magazine founded by Robert Williams, and the senior editor of ''Propaganda'', a goth/industrial music and style magazine founded by Fred H. Berger. He is the author of ''Art That Kills: A Panoramic Portrait of Aesthetic Terrorism 1984-2001, The New Transsexuals: The Next Step In Human Evolution,'' and the editor of ''American Hardcore: A Tribal History.'' His art and writing have appeared in '' ''Heavy Metal'''', '' ''Thrasher'''', '' ''Paper'''', '' ''Screw'''', '' Apocalypse Culture II'', ''ArtSync'', and on DEVO album covers.


Early life

Petros was born in
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,
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. His father, uncle and grandfather were plumbers and mechanical engineers. The family moved to
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, in 1968. Petros returned to Chicago in 1978, where he studied commercial art at Ray-Vogue Institute of Design and worked as an engineering technician for the City of Chicago. In 1982 he moved to
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.


Magazine work


''EXIT''

''EXIT'' was a New York City-based large-format alternative comic art,
science fiction Science fiction (often shortened to sci-fi or abbreviated SF) is a genre of speculative fiction that deals with imaginative and futuristic concepts. These concepts may include information technology and robotics, biological manipulations, space ...
and graphics magazine published from 1984 through 1992. It was founded in 1983 by Petros, Adam Parfrey and Kim Seltzer, with R. Bruce Ritchie joining shortly afterward. Five issues were released; a sixth was partially completed. Parfrey left in 1987.


''Seconds''

''Seconds'' () was a New York City-based all-interview music, culture and true crime magazine founded in 1987 by promoter and DJ Steven Blush. The magazine was a fusion of
punk rock Punk rock (also known as simply punk) is a rock music genre that emerged in the mid-1970s. Rooted in 1950s rock and roll and 1960s garage rock, punk bands rejected the corporate nature of mainstream 1970s rock music. They typically produced sh ...
and heavy metal sensibilities. It also covered R&B and hip hop. The final issue appeared in 2000. Petros began writing for ''Seconds'' in 1987; in 1992 he became editor and occasional
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. The magazine expanded its coverage to include individuals involved with science and science fiction.


''Propaganda''

''
Propaganda Propaganda is communication that is primarily used to influence or persuade an audience to further an agenda, which may not be objective and may be selectively presenting facts to encourage a particular synthesis or perception, or using loaded l ...
'' was a Gothic subculture magazine founded in 1982 by New York City-photographer Fred H. Berger. It focused on all aspects of goth culture, including fashion, sexuality,
music Music is the arrangement of sound to create some combination of Musical form, form, harmony, melody, rhythm, or otherwise Musical expression, expressive content. Music is generally agreed to be a cultural universal that is present in all hum ...
, art, literature, body modification, BDSM, paganism, role-playing, vampirism, and fetishism. Petros began writing for the magazine in 2000 and in 2001 was appointed senior editor.


Books

*''Exploding Hearts Exploding Stars: The Serial Art and Propagandart of George Petros'' by George Petros (Norman Gosney Publications, 1992, ) *''The EXIT Collection'' edited by George Petros, Michael Andros, associate editor (Tacit, 1998, ) *''American Hardcore: A Tribal History'' by Steven Blush, edited by George Petros ( Feral House, 2001, ) *''.45 Dangerous Minds: The Most Intense Interviews From Seconds Magazine'' edited by Steven Blush and George Petros (Creation Books, 2005, ) *''Art That Kills: A Panoramic Portrait of Aesthetic Terrorism 1984-2001'' by George Petros (Creation Books, 2006, ) *''Les Barany's Carnivora'' edited by George Petros (Scapegoat Publications, 2008, ) *''The New Transsexuals: The Next Step In Human Evolution'' by George Petros (PetrosIdeas, 2012, )


Musical compilations

*''Black Sunshine: The Tampa Underground and Beyond'' compiled and produced by George Petros (Cleopatra Records, 2003) *''New York City Rock N Roll'' compiled and produced by Steven Blush; project coordinator etc.: George Petros (Radical Records, 2004) *''Easy Listening Acid Trip'' compiled by George Petros, 1987-2007


External links


georgepetros.comExitmagazine.netSecondsmagazine.com
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