Just like many other artists, LEGO builders find inspiration in the music they listen to as they create the wonderful models you see here on The Brothers Brick. It’s no surprise, then, that music inspires many LEGO models more directly, from minifig musicians to album art recreated with bricks.
My gallery of musical minifigs on Brickshelf was recently featured on THE 9 on Yahoo! (they’re at number 8): Check out the gallery on Brickshelf, but I’ve been keeping the photoset on Flickr a bit more up to date. Sweet! Thanks to Azaghal from Classic-Castle.com for letting me know! I totally missed this, and didn’t Continue reading →
I’m a huge fan of minifig. As if he didn’t already have the best user name ever, he makes awesome vignettes and, of course, minifigs. It’s been a while since his last series of figs, but his latest includes the boys from New York, the Beastie Boys from their “Intergalactic” video: Add to Del.icio.us | Continue reading →
Some love him, others hate him. Either way, Gary Brolsma became an internet icon when he did his Numa Numa Dance in 2004. When browsing YouTube, I came across — of all things — a LEGO version of the dance. It’s not really brickfilming, but it’s still cool. Check it out! Here’s the original film, Continue reading →
Well, the real Tool lyrics say “rebuild,” but that was too perfect for a LEGO post not to tweak. I managed to skip Izzo’s Maynard James Keenan, but when Steve Vargo uploaded minifigs of the whole band, a Tool post was unavoidable. Izzo’s Maynard James Keenan (the lead singer of Tool): Steve Vargo’s Tool: Add Continue reading →
Nearly six months ago I blogged Brickshelfer arvo’s LEGO Nord Lead synthesizer — so realistic it fits right in with a collection of real synthesizers. A full-size version of a synthesizer is all well and good, but arvo proves he can reduce the same concept down to a much smaller scale (which I argue is Continue reading →
Izzo populates his “Heavy Metal Archive” with the mascot from Iron Maiden, “Eddie”: Add to Del.icio.us | Digg It | Furl It Technorati tags: LEGO Minifigs LEGO Music Heavy Metal Iron Maiden Eddie Izzo Brickshelf
Well, he might not actually be crazy, but he sure does bounce around a lot. It’s Flea from the Red Hot Chili Peppers (by Izzo)! Add to Del.icio.us | Digg It | Furl It Technorati tags: LEGO Minifigs Music Flea Red Hot Chili Peppers Izzo Brickshelf
I don’t know yet if this is a trend, but another builder making musical minifigs can’t be a bad thing! Matt Zitron joins Izzo by creating two singer/actors — Tom Waits and Andre 3000: Add to Del.icio.us | Digg It | Furl It Technorati tags: LEGO Minifigs Music Tom Waits Andre 3000 OutKast Matt Zitron Continue reading →
I know you planned it… Add to Del.icio.us | Digg It | Furl It Technorati tags: LEGO Minifigs Music Beastie Boys Izzo Brickshelf
Izzo wanted to build Annie Lennox of the Eurythmics in “Sweet Dreams (Are Made of This).” Who am I to disagree? Add to Del.icio.us | Digg It | Furl It Technorati tags: LEGO Minifigs Music Annie Lennox Eurythmics Izzo Brickshelf
Izzo melds music and movies with his most recent minifig, with Sting as the evil Feyd-Rautha in David Lynch’s Dune (1984): Add to Del.icio.us | Digg It | Furl It Technorati tags: LEGO Minifigs Music Movies Sting Dune Izzo Brickshelf
Izzo has great taste in music. Oh, and he makes nice minifigs too. The Mars Volta demonstrate that they’re not in the least mute: Cyndi Lauper shows her true colors: Add to Del.icio.us | Digg It | Furl It Technorati tags: LEGO Minifigs Music The Mars Volta Cyndi Lauper Izzo Brickshelf
The latest batch of Izzo’s musical minifigs brings us heavy metal superstars. Rob Halford from Judas Priest: Ozzy Osbourne (with a very doomed rodent): Heavy metal promoter and producer Masa Ito: Add to Del.icio.us | Digg It | Furl It Technorati tags: LEGO Minifigs Music Heavy Metal Rob Halford Judas Priest Ozzy Osbourne Black Sabbath Continue reading →
Add to Del.icio.us | Digg It | Furl It Technorati tags: LEGO Minifigs Music Grunge Seattle Nirvana Kurt Cobain Krist Novoselic Dave Grohl Izzo Brickshelf
It’s time for Flava Flav! Add to Del.icio.us | Digg It | Furl It Technorati tags: LEGO Minifigs Music Rappers Flava Flav Flavor Flav Public Enemy Dunechaser Andrew Becraft Flickr
