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A black and white photograph of Mick Jagger with a bright pink illustration layered over his mouth. The graphic depicts a thick, liquid stream of pink paint erupting from his lips.

Illustration: Pablo Iranzo puts the vomit back into pop music in his Epic Puke series

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Date
18 July 2013

Five-finger-fountains at gigs are no new thing, back in the 60’s the girls blew chunks even at the sight of Ringo’s little face behind the drums. With that in mind, it is usually the audience who participates in the chundering, be it brought on by extreme fandom or one too many warm ciders downed before you join the queue. To see prolific stage-dwellers with neon, gunky vomit pouring out of their mouths onto their microphones is a rare thing in the flesh, so luckily here’s Pablo Iranzo with his Epic Pukes series. There’s not much to it really – he’s just drawn vomit onto photos of musical icons – but you can’t deny its simple, genius and slightly nauseating appeal.

A black and white portrait of a person with their head tilted back and mouth open. A bright yellow, dripping liquid illustration flows from their mouth.
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Pablo Iranzo: Epic Pukes: Holiday’s

A black and white photograph of Freddie Mercury in a white tank top, leaning forward. A bright pink, fluid illustration is layered over the image, appearing to flow from his mouth.
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Pablo Iranzo: Epic Pukes: Freddie’s

A black and white photograph of a person wearing dark sunglasses and smiling. A bright pink, liquid-like illustration flows from their mouth and down their chest.
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Pablo Iranzo: Epic Pukes: Ray’s

A black and white photograph of Mick Jagger singing into a microphone. A bright orange, liquid-like illustration flows from his open mouth and drips down his chest.
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Pablo Iranzo: Epic Pukes: Tyler’s

A black and white photo of Michael Jackson in a white shirt, pointing his finger. A vibrant, multi-coloured stream of liquid flows from his open mouth across the frame.
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Pablo Iranzo: Epic Pukes: Michael’s

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Liv joined It’s Nice That as an intern in 2011 and worked across online, print and events, and was latterly Features Editor before leaving in May 2015.

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