Ben Thompson

Seattle/California-based drummer, photographer, and visual designer who cut his teeth on Seattle punk rock in the 80s and 90s. He's played in a bunch of bands (see below) and has produced hundreds and hundreds of music packaging and promotion designs. His work appears in Art Chantry's 'Instant Litter' collection, and he is most notably associated with The Walkabouts, Liar's Club, Vanilla, and the Transmissionary Six. He worked and played in Seattle from 1980 - 2009, and has been in the San Francisco Bay area since then. Seattle: The Innocents, Clay Alien, The Fantods, Mockingbird/Picacho backing Gary Heffern, Doubting Thomas, Center for Disease Control Boys, The Marriage, Anasazi, Evil Little Men, The Transmissionary Six, The Royal Pains, La Rouge Paper Dolls, California: The New Ghosts of Oldtown, The Basements XOXO, Robot Devil. More to come, most likely.