'''Alan FORBES is a poster artist and painter living in San Francisco'''
'''Alan Forbes''' is a rock music poster artist. He developed the signature icon of [[The Black Crowes]],<ref>{{cite web|title=CHRIS ROBINSON OF THE BLACK CROWES|url=http://www.songfacts.com/blog/interviews/chris_robinson_of_the_black_crowes/|website=Songfacts|publisher=Songfacts®, LLC|accessdate=22 October 2015|ref=Songfacts}}</ref> as well as posters, symbols and album artworks for many other bands, including [[Queens of the Stone Age]], [[Rage Against the Machine]], [[The Offspring]], [[The White Stripes]], [[AFI (band)|AFI]], [[Dinosaur Jr.]], [[Misfits (band)|The Misfits]] and [[Hard Working Americans]]. Examples include, the cover from the [[AFI (band)|AFI]] album ''[[The Art of Drowning (album)|The Art of Drowning]]'' and [[The Pooh Sticks]]' ''[[The Great White Wonder]]''.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.allmusic.com/album/the-great-white-wonder-r15522/credits|title=Credits: ''The Great White Wonder''|publisher=[[Allmusic]]|accessdate=23 January 2011}}</ref>
He was born in [[Connecticut]] in 1967, and currently lives in [[San Francisco]]. Aside from his commercial work, he occasionally exhibits found sculptures.
