The new book 'Black & White & Weird All Over' showcases previously unseen photos of 'Weird Al' Yankovic taken in the Eighties. Yankovic goes behind the scenes in this exclusive gallery
September 14th, 1980 was a landmark day in “Weird Al” Yankovic history. Not only was it the day the world first heard his Queen parody “Another One Rides the Bus” when he debuted it on the, but it was also the day he first came into contact with Jon Schwartz, a young drummer who happened to be hanging out at the station. Yankovic asked him to bang on his accordion case during the performance and things went so well that he’s kept him around these past 40 years.
displays amazing, never-before-seen black and white images that he took on video sets and recording studios during Al’s initial brush with mainstream success. “Seeing the fresh scans took me right back to the places, the music and the people,” Schwartz tells. “Lots of them I hadn’t seen or thought about in decades. I was reminded how certain scenes were shot, the mashed potato ice cream cones [from the ‘I Love Rocky Road’ video], the makeup for Al’s ‘Thriller’ eyes in the last scene of ‘Eat It.
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