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Preview: Dirty Donny Must Be Destroyed: The Art of Donny Gillies

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Dirty Donny Must Be Destroyed: The Art of Donny Gillies

Donny Gillies
October 6, 2026

This volume opens Donny’s studio door wider than ever: unpublished pieces, rare rock posters, prints, custom and production pinball machines, as well as automotive finishes on drums, helmets, cars, and guitars sit alongside candid essays and interview-style narration that read like a straight-up conversation with the man himself. This comprehensive book also includes 4 fold-out gatefold images of art pieces and dozens of pieces featured in neon ink. Diving into the last decade while also curating the best work of his career, Dirty Donny Must Be Destroyed functions as both an art-book treasure trove and an oral history—“the big book of Donny,” as he calls it—giving fans new context for the images they’ve loved and collectors the kind of behind-the-scenes detail they crave. This is truly a must-have for both Dirty Donny and art fans alike.

A vibrant and colorful illustration featuring a grotesque purple face with a large mouth, surrounded by text that reads 'DIRTY DONNY MUST BE DESTROYED!' in bold orange letters, alongside green and yellow dripping elements.
A person with a tattoo is drawing a sketch of the rock band KISS, featuring four band members in a colorful comic style. The illustration showcases iconic elements like guitars, costumes, and dynamic poses, capturing the band's energy.
A detailed artist's sketch of an AC/DC poster featuring a red electric guitar, flames, and lightning bolts. In the background, a figure appears with vibrant colors representing a concert atmosphere, along with text indicating the date and location of the event.
A vibrant Metallica poster featuring a monstrous Cthulhu with tentacles, surrounded by flames and skulls, showcasing the band members playing instruments.
A vibrant poster design featuring the word 'MELVINS' in bold letters, surrounded by colorful, illustrated characters and scenes reflecting a carnival theme. The artwork includes various whimsical and spooky elements, such as clowns, monsters, and a vintage car, showcasing a playful and chaotic aesthetic.
An artistic poster featuring a blue van on a moon-like surface with pyramids in the background, incorporating elements from Pink Floyd's 'The Dark Side of the Moon' album. The design includes a prism dispersing a rainbow light, with bold text reading 'PINK FLOYD' at the top and a date and location at the bottom.
A vibrant vintage concert poster featuring Jimi Hendrix, with psychedelic colors and stylistic lettering. It highlights a performance date of March 19, 1968, in Ottawa, Canada.
Artwork featuring three cartoonish, exaggerated characters seated on a wooden platform, each holding an instrument, with vibrant colors and bold lettering announcing a music event in North America 2023.

Dirty Donny Must Be Destroyed: The Art of Donny Gillies arrives September 2026

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Things are about to get dirty! Break out the black light and crank up the tunes as one of the most celebrated visual artists in music and pop culture, Donny​ Gillies, is set to release a stunning collection of his work with Dirty Donny Must Be Destroyed: The Art of Donny Gillies, in stores September 29.

This 224-page memoir coffee table book celebrates the renegade spirit and art of Donny Gillies, better known as Dirty Donny— one of the most influential artists to invade the pop culture scenes of the punk, rock ‘n’ roll, and heavy metal underground. Known for his distinct style on concert poster art, Stern pinball machines, and skate decks Donny’s iconic images have graced from some music’s biggest acts, include Metallica, Kiss, Aerosmith, Primus, NOFX, and the Melvins, as well as his stunning black light poster art for the Netflix hit series Stranger Things. Donny’s visceral, blacklight-charged style has earned him collaborations with major brands and bands and a reputation as a go-to artist for anything that needs attitude and heat.

This monster volume busts Donny’s studio door wide open; featuring UV reactive blacklight printed pages of unpublished pieces, rare rock posters, prints, custom and production pinball machines, as well as automotive finishes on drums, helmets, cars, and guitars sit alongside candid essays, and interview-style narration with the man himself. Diving into the last decade of his work and curating the most iconic images of his career, Dirty Donny Must Be Destroyed​ functions as both an art-book treasure trove and an oral history, ‘the big book of Donny,” as he calls it—gives fans and collectors new context for the images they’ve loved and the behind-the-scenes detail they crave. This is truly a must-have for both Donny fans and connoisseurs of the rock aesthetic.

Dirty Donny Must Be Destroyed: The Art of Donny Gillies​ will be available wherever books are sold, as a full-color hardcover (ISBN: 979-8-88724-201-9) on September 29, 2026, for a list price of $49.99.

Dirty Donny Must Be Destroyed: The Art of Donny Gillies