The Awesome Posters That Were On My Wall As A Teenager

The Awesome Posters That Were On My Wall As A Teenager

What type of posters did you have on your wall as a teenager? One right of passage when you had a room to yourself. Self-expression of a favorite sports team, supermodel, tv show icon, cartoon favorite, rock band, or favorite musician. Most posters are found at my local K-Mart or Sears. Black Light posters were at the Plum Pit in East Detroit.

Record stores also had a nice assortment of favorite posters including the guitar heroes like Ritchie Blackmore,  Eddie Van Halen, and Jeff Beck. The one poster that got me in a bunch of trouble came with the album from Queen, The Jazz album. Inside the record sleeve was a free poster that was a pretty good size of a bunch of women on bikes all nude! The parents didn't like that one so it was confiscated and thrown out.

You could have your art show to show off the style you had to friends in the neighborhood. A good poster was kind of like street cred in jr. high or high school.

Let us take a look back at some of the posters that were on my wall in the suburbs of Warren, Michigan.  Great childhood memories and wish I had saved some of the posters I had in my room. Find some of these on eBay by clicking here

Every kid on my block in 1976 had this KISS poster on their wall. Between 1976 and 1978, Kiss earned $17.7 million from record royalties and music publishing.

Cheryl Ladd actress, singer, and author best known for her role in the Kris Munroe series Charlie's Angels. She joined in its second season to replace Farrah Fawcett-Majors. Ladd remained on the show until its cancellation in 1981.

Chreyl Tiegs was the first model to appear twice on the cover of the Sports Illustrated Swimsuit issue.  She then went on to become the face of Cover Girl cosmetics and to appear on many magazine covers. 

The Pink Floyd Dark Side Of The Moon album came with two stickers and two posters, the original stickers are printed by “Fastprint” and have the word” Crackback” printed on the back. There were a lot of bootleg albums back then.

The Holy Grail of posters as this one sold 12 million copies. The Red Swimsuit from Farrah Fawcett is considered the best-selling poster to date and is said to be a modern icon and a symbol of the late 1970s.

In 1975 this movie was the most shocking thing that I had ever watched one summer with my friends. Had to get the poster. Had an extra one from the Macomb Mall Cinemas. Wish I still had that one today.

One of the reasons this guy got into radio after watching WKRP on TV. Loni Anderson played Jennifer Marlow on the sitcom that is still one of my all-time favorites.