"The Stuff of Life": Needlessly Bloody Album Covers

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Alex in NYC (vassifer), Sunday, 14 December 2003 00:07 (twenty-two years ago)

http://image.allmusic.com/00/amg/cov200/drf700/f745/f74560e9yd5.jpg

weather!ngda1eson, Sunday, 14 December 2003 00:11 (twenty-two years ago)

http://image.allmusic.com/00/amg/cov200/drf100/f108/f10851f65ma.jpg

Alex in NYC (vassifer), Sunday, 14 December 2003 00:11 (twenty-two years ago)

http://image.allmusic.com/00/amg/cov200/drc400/c466/c46618dj82f.jpg

may pang (maypang), Sunday, 14 December 2003 00:13 (twenty-two years ago)

http://image.allmusic.com/00/amg/cov200/drd600/d685/d68587792km.jpg

Alex in NYC (vassifer), Sunday, 14 December 2003 00:13 (twenty-two years ago)

http://image.allmusic.com/00/amg/cov200/drd000/d068/d06805l0w5v.jpg

Alex in NYC (vassifer), Sunday, 14 December 2003 00:14 (twenty-two years ago)

http://www.thegauntlet.com/pix/mansona16.jpg

Aja (aja), Sunday, 14 December 2003 00:16 (twenty-two years ago)

http://image.allmusic.com/00/amg/cov200/dre300/e306/e30622i0jlc.jpg

weather!ngda1eson, Sunday, 14 December 2003 00:16 (twenty-two years ago)

http://images.amazon.com/images/P/B0000061AS.01.LZZZZZZZ.jpg

may pang (maypang), Sunday, 14 December 2003 00:29 (twenty-two years ago)

http://www.razorbackrecords.com/images/autocover.GIF

man, Sunday, 14 December 2003 01:30 (twenty-two years ago)

You can't top that.

may pang (maypang), Sunday, 14 December 2003 01:41 (twenty-two years ago)

http://www.fortunecity.com/tinpan/clapton/371/images/pieces.jpg

tod (tod), Sunday, 14 December 2003 01:50 (twenty-two years ago)

http://www.fortunecity.com/tinpan/clapton/371/images/indecent.jpg

tod (tod), Sunday, 14 December 2003 01:50 (twenty-two years ago)

http://www.ultimatom.com/northerndarkness/images/albums/MAyhem_Bootleg.jpg

tod (tod), Sunday, 14 December 2003 01:56 (twenty-two years ago)

you'd be here all night.

scott seward, Sunday, 14 December 2003 01:59 (twenty-two years ago)

that Beatles cover is plain disgusting.

tod (tod), Sunday, 14 December 2003 02:01 (twenty-two years ago)

yeah, and the beatles actually got people to go out and kill for them. these goregrind bands better head back to the drawing board.

scott seward, Sunday, 14 December 2003 02:03 (twenty-two years ago)

http://spinaltapfan.com/atozed/images/brainh2.jpg

nate detritus (natedetritus), Sunday, 14 December 2003 03:42 (twenty-two years ago)

(if that's red-x-ing, go here: http://spinaltapfan.com/atozed/images/brainh2.jpg )

nate detritus (natedetritus), Sunday, 14 December 2003 03:44 (twenty-two years ago)

and if that doesn't work, then my dreams have been sunk (by a pink torpedo)

nate detritus (natedetritus), Sunday, 14 December 2003 03:44 (twenty-two years ago)

Can believe no one got this one earlier....

http://images-eu.amazon.com/images/P/B00005RY7X.02.LZZZZZZZ.jpg

Alex in NYC (vassifer), Sunday, 14 December 2003 23:46 (twenty-two years ago)

This isn't that bloody, but.....

http://image.allmusic.com/00/amg/cov200/drd900/d917/d91790o4nrs.jpg

Alex in NYC (vassifer), Sunday, 14 December 2003 23:48 (twenty-two years ago)

http://image.allmusic.com/00/amg/cov200/drd500/d580/d58090so155.jpg

Alex in NYC (vassifer), Sunday, 14 December 2003 23:50 (twenty-two years ago)

Cripes. Some of those upthread are truly disquieting....notably the autophagous orgy one.

Alex in NYC (vassifer), Sunday, 14 December 2003 23:52 (twenty-two years ago)

The Dwarves one is a classic. Reflects the music perfectly.

latebloomer (latebloomer), Sunday, 14 December 2003 23:55 (twenty-two years ago)

http://images.amazon.com/images/P/B000001C6W.01.LZZZZZZZ.jpg http://images.amazon.com/images/P/B000001C6G.01.LZZZZZZZ.jpg

Alex in NYC (vassifer), Monday, 15 December 2003 13:47 (twenty-two years ago)

[img src="http://www.dangpow.com/~landed/bigblack/images/bigblack.album.covers/Lhedake.jpg"]

Big Black's Headache came out in a totally different cover originally, depicting a politician of some sort who'd just shot himself in the head. It's not very pretty and I'm not posting a link, but it makes these other ones look pretty weak.

Except for the Beatles, obviously. ;o)

NickB (NickB), Monday, 15 December 2003 15:28 (twenty-two years ago)

Shite, bracket catastrophe :o(

http://www.dangpow.com/~landed/bigblack/images/bigblack.album.covers/Lhedake.jpg

NickB (NickB), Monday, 15 December 2003 15:30 (twenty-two years ago)

http://images.amazon.com/images/P/B000000W6O.01.LZZZZZZZ.jpg

Jay Kid (Jay K), Monday, 15 December 2003 15:35 (twenty-two years ago)

http://www.consumerrevolt.de/bullet.jpg

Alex in NYC (vassifer), Monday, 15 December 2003 15:36 (twenty-two years ago)

http://entertainment.siam2you.com/music/openup/coldplay/images/cover.gif

Jay Kid (Jay K), Monday, 15 December 2003 15:52 (twenty-two years ago)

http://www.belphegor.at/belphegor_thelastsupperuncensored.jpg
Still classy...

Siegbran (eofor), Monday, 15 December 2003 22:49 (twenty-two years ago)

http://www.rocklyricsonline.com/bands/brujeria/brujeria2.jpg

Nick B: the sleeve of Headache was just some random suicide victim. You're possibly thinking of Rapeman's EP Budd, named after crooked official R Budd Dywer who topped himself at a press conference. This wasn't commemorated in picture form on the sleeve, though.

DJ Mencap (DJ Mencap), Tuesday, 16 December 2003 12:03 (twenty-two years ago)

http://heavyharmonies.com/cdcovers/W/WASP10.JPG

Bobby D Gray (bedhead), Tuesday, 16 December 2003 17:00 (twenty-two years ago)

Nick B: the sleeve of Headache was just some random suicide victim

Mencap, yer quite right, I'm getting the two things muddled.

NickB (NickB), Tuesday, 16 December 2003 17:06 (twenty-two years ago)

the 7" that came with the 12 had an even more obviously bloody cover
*goes to hunt for it*

zebedee (zebedee), Tuesday, 16 December 2003 17:18 (twenty-two years ago)

well, it's red and nasty anyway

http://www.dementlieu.com/~obik/bigblack/discog/images/heartbeat3.jpg

zebedee (zebedee), Tuesday, 16 December 2003 17:21 (twenty-two years ago)


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