John Koviak

John was the most famous and adored of all the Propaganda models. He appeared in nine issues of Propaganda from 1990 to 1998, and was featured on the cover of Issue No. 13 (Winter 1990). He also starred in Propaganda Videozine No. 1 (1991) in the dual roles of an inquisitor priest and SS officer, and also in Propaganda Videozine No. 3 (1994) as a black magician. I discovered him in 1989 at Helter Skelter, LA’s premier goth-industrial club. He was the bass player of the LA goth band London After Midnight. I photographed him from 1989 to 1993; after that he lost interest in the goth and pursued his solo industrial project Subversion.