Big Black - Headache (1987)
I did warn you. The original cover caused a bit of a hoo-ha as it showed a suicide shotgun victim, or what remains of him. Due to the graphic nature of the artwork, it was released in a black sleeve which was apparently made from body bags. It was replaced with the much more child-friendly drawing by savage pencil.
ChristiChristian Death - Sex & drugs & Jesus Christ (1999)
Never afraid to cause a bit of a stir, this album cover had the Happy Clappers wetting their panties left, right and center. Not only because of the title of the Lp but also the cover depicting JC Shooting up.
And then 2 years later they went and upset some other people with the artwork for their 'Love & Hate' album.
Type O Negative - The Origin Of The Feces (1991)
A play on Darwin's 'origin of species.' The Hairy hole is alleged to belong to the band’s lead vocalist Peter Steele. Not much else to say really, apart from, looks like it could do with a bit of a tidy up.
Cattle decapitation - Humanure (2004)
Old Mcdonald had a farm e-i-e-i-o,
and on that farm... he had a cow that shits out human remains e-i-e-i-o.
The Beatles - Yesterday& Today (1966)
I can't even begin to imagine the amount of mind-altering chemicals that were coursing through their brains when they came up with the idea for this cover.
Due to public outrage the album was quickly withdrawn, and the cover replaced by one with a more modest design depicting the boys buggering Santa.
Herbie Mann - Push Push (1971)
By far the most disturbing cover listed here, he looks like he's about to 'push push' his flute somewhere you're not going to enjoy and ask you to blow a b#
One version of the LP has a gatefold sleeve with a photo of a couple doing the sex thing inside, the 70's had a lot going on.
Dusko Lokin - Ja Ceznem Za Tobom (1975)
Owner and proud wearer of the Jimmy Cranky yellow jersey for hair crime, this Croatian crooner is now thankfully bald....and the world is a much safer place for of it.
Freddie Gage - All My Friends Are Dead
Poor Freddie Gage, all his friends are dead.
The Handsome Beasts - Beastiality (1981)
The 80s have a lot to answer for, this cover being one of them. This was the Lp cover that Peppa tried to ban when he hit the big time. The 80s were financially hard for many of us, Peppa included.
Deicide - Once Upon The Cross (1995)
For Glen Benton and the Hoffman brothers’ third slab of Satanism, the band got paraphilia-friendly U.K. artist Trevor Brown to decorate the cover and look at what he came up with. Roadrunner records thought this might cause problems, so they went with a different cover showing Christ covered with a blood-soaked shroud.
It looks a bit like that 1970's game 'operation' but for Christians.
Butthole Surfers - Double Live (1989)
No list of the weird and wonderful would be complete without a mention of the Butthole Surfers. In this case it's the cover of their double live album. Not blasphemous or a gorefest or overly sexual.... just a bit weird. So many questions.
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