Jeff Jordan

Jeff Jordan (born c. 1948)

Early life

To avoid being drafted into the Vietnam War and sent to Southeast Asia, Jordan joined the American Air Force in 1966 and was stationed in Iceland before returning to the United States and working as a missile guard at Vandenberg Air Force Base. After years of working as a commercial artist who felt uninspired by his commissions, he teamed up with The Mars Volta for their album Amputechture (2006). The cover is Jordan's painting Big Mutant, while Dwarf Dancing is on the CD face and LP labels. Agadez was used as the cover art for The Bedlam in Goliath (2008) and was also the name of the album's eighth track. Rolling Stones readers chose this as the second best album cover of 2008. and back covers as well as throughout the LP packaging. He has also created t-shirts and live backdrops for the band.

Album artwork credits

The Mars Volta Amputechture (2006) The Bedlam in Goliath (2008) Octahedron (2009)

Leprous Bilateral (2011) Coal (2013)

Protest the Hero Volition (2013)

Graham Czach Lucid (2010)