"Weird Al" Yankovic's mid-'80s antics are the subject of a new black-and-white photo collection
“Weird Al” Yankovic, whose beloved pop parodies have delighted audiences across the world, will soon see his story told through photos thanks to Black & White & Weird All Over: The Lost Photographs of “Weird Al” Yankovic ‘83 – ‘86, a new book of black-and-white snapshots put together by his longtime drummer, Jon “Bermuda” Schwartz. The book, which unfolds across more than 200 pages and features a foreword by Yankovic, arrives on October 27, just in time for you to tuck it under your arm on the “Nature Trail To Hell.”
Schwartz’s photos, the majority of which have never been published, find Yankovic and his collaborators on tour and in the studio working on albums like Dare to Be Stupid and Polka Party!. Other pics capture the behind-the-scenes madness of videos like “Eat It,” “I Love Rocky Road,” and “Ricky.” Per Yankovic, it should appeal “to both Weird Al completists and those who enjoy black-and-white photographs taken by drummers.”
“It’s a fine snapshot—actually, several hundred snapshots—of what life was like for us in the ‘80s,” he adds.