If You Thought Metallica Were Bad, TFL? Controversial Album Covers
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The image of a naked prepubescent girl on later editions of %u2018Virgin Killer%u2019 was replaced with a cover featuring a picture of the band due to the controversy it caused. Even the vocalist from this German heavy metal outfit admitted to feeling shocked when he first saw the image, but claims that the band were pressed into doing something controversial by their label.
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According to London Underground, the artwork for Metallica and Lou Reed’s forthcoming album ‘Lulu’ is too controversial to appear on posters within the tube network.
TFL aren’t happy with the cover because the writing looks too much like graffiti.
We’ve been left gob smacked by the decision here at Gigwise, so we thought we’d put together some album covers that actually are controversial.
Our feature below includes artwork from the likes of James, Roxy Music, The Rolling Stones, Guns N' Roses, The Black Crowes and King Diamond - check it out now.
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