Savage Pencil
Edwin Pouncey (born June 1951), also known by the nom de plume Savage Pencil, is an English comics artist, musician, and music journalist.
Also recorded as Edwin Pouncey
Savage Pencil
- Birth Name
- Edwin Pouncey
- Born
- 1951 6
- Birthplace
- Leeds, West Riding of Yorkshire, England
- Full name
- Edwin Pouncey.
- Nationality
- United Kingdom
- Occupation
- journalist · comics artist
- Languages
- English
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Key facts
Key facts
• Birth Name — Edwin Pouncey • Born — 1951 6 • Birthplace — Leeds, West Riding of Yorkshire, England • Area — Artist • Alias — Savage Pencil
Documentary record
Savage Pencil (born 1951) is described as a comics artist and music journalist in the authority records of the Deutsche Nationalbibliothek. Savage Pencil was born in 1951 in Leeds.
Biography
Biography
As Savage Pencil and otherwise, Pouncey has contributed to magazines such as Sounds ("Rock'n'Roll Zoo", etc.), Forced Exposure and The Wire. He has illustrated record sleeves for bands such as The Fall, Big Black, Sonic Youth and Rocket From The Crypt amongst others. Savage Pencil was also a member of The Art Attacks, a band who released two 7"s; "I'm A Dalek" b/w "Neutron Bomb" (released on the Albatross label in 1977) and "First & Last" / "Punk Rock Stars" / "Rat City" (released on the Fresh label in 1979). He is currently a member of the "improvising drone-rock noise band" Pestrepeller, along with Peter Hope-Evans (ex-Medicine Head), Ed Pinsent, Harley Richardson, Nick Neocleous and Rob Brown. They released an album in May 2006 on Important Records, entitled Isle of Dark Magick, described in the press release as "a gem of free-improvised-found-sound-collage enriched with dark pagan folky vibes and supernatural horror noise dedicated to H. P. Lovecraft, Clark Ashton Smith and Austin Osman Spare." AllMusic described them stating "There's a kind of loopy charm to the oddball British band Pestrepeller".
Identity and origins
Identity and origins
Savage Pencil was recorded at birth as Edwin Pouncey. He also worked under the name Savage Pencil. The authorities additionally record the heading Edwin Pouncey. His recorded language was English.
Identity
Identity
Savage Pencil is recorded as journalist and comics artist.
Life and career
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Life and career
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1951
Savage Pencil born at Leeds.
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• Savage Pencil at Lambiek's Comiclopedia
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