Gary Grimshaw is a graphic artist and poster designer specializing in the music business. He was born on February 25, 1946 in Linclon Park, Michigan. His high school best friend was Rob Derminer (Rob Tyner, stage name) who later started a band called the MC5. Gary did many images for the MC5 and worked on staff with The Rainbow Peoples Party, the Detroit Artists Workshop, Translove, and at the Hill House in Ann Arbor, Michigan (a commune) not in that order. During the heyday of Detroit's Grande Ballroom

Grande Ballroom

The Grande Ballroom is a historic live music venue located at 8952 Grand River Avenue in Detroit, Michigan. The building was designed by Detroit engineer and architect Charles N. Agree in 1928 and originally served as a multi-purpose building, hosting retail business on the first floor and a large...

, Grimshaw was one of the two primary psychedelic poster artists contracted by promoter and DJ Russ Gibb

Russ Gibb

"Uncle" Russ Gibb is a former concert promoter, and media personality from Dearborn, Michigan, probably most famous for his role in the Paul is Dead phenomenon, a story he broke as a DJ on WKNR-FM....

 (the other was Carl Lundgren

Carl Lundgren (illustrator)

Carl Lundgren is an American artist and illustrator, primarily known for his 1960s-era rock posters and fantasy art.-Career:...

). Grimshaw was active in the anti-war movement and the White Panther Party

White Panther Party

The White Panthers were a far-left, anti-racist, White American political collective founded in 1968 by Lawrence Plamondon, Leni Sinclair, and John Sinclair. It was started in response to an interview where Huey P. Newton, co-founder of the Black Panther Party, was asked what white people could do...

. He was Minister of Art for the White Panther Party which modeled itself after the Black Panthers.

In 1969, the Michigan Court of Appeals

Michigan Court of Appeals

The Michigan Court of Appeals is the intermediate-level appellate court of the state of Michigan. It was created by the Michigan Constitution of 1963, and commenced operations in 1965...

, acting on the application of Gary Grimshaw, ruled that the city of Detroit's obscenity ordinance was unconstitutional, and overturned Grimshaw's conviction by a lower court on obscenity charges.