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GMC Forum _ CHILL OUT _ Unfortunate Album Covers
Posted by: Todd Simpson Jun 4 2014, 03:23 AM
God Bless the Interwebs, where no shame goes unpunished!! 
This thread is about sharing completely awful and unfortunate album covers. I ran across a few that were just, simply, clinch worthy. Please share some if you have run across any 
Posted by: Cosmin Lupu Jun 4 2014, 08:40 AM
Man.... what is it with these metal bands? 
I came to the conclusion that the worst album covers belong to metal bands 
Oldschool ones or extreme metal ones
Posted by: Ben Higgins Jun 4 2014, 10:49 AM
Pretty much any Scorpions album cover ! They're notorious
Posted by: Becca Jun 4 2014, 11:56 AM
This thread is about sharing completely awful and unfortunate album covers. I ran across a few that were just, simply, clinch worthy. Please share some if you have run across any WHAT? Iron Age is one of my FAVOURITE albums.
But it's the one by Mothers Finest. Not Vanlade, phew..
Posted by: Todd Simpson Jun 5 2014, 01:40 AM
I know, right? I can't imagine being in the room when these bands were saying "YES! THAT'S THE COVER WE WANT!!" hehehehehe
But wait....it gets worse!!!
The one guy with the PINK KNEEPADS is ready! So humiliating. I found a blog where a guy had a collection of these and I just had to share a few.
P.S. Ben is spot on as far as Scorpions covers I should share a few of those next!
I came to the conclusion that the worst album covers belong to metal bands Oldschool ones or extreme metal ones Posted by: Cosmin Lupu Jun 5 2014, 07:16 AM
WOW! What the hell is wrong with these folks man? Sweet Jesus! 
Since you asked for it...
Posted by: Becca Jun 5 2014, 11:00 AM
Sweet Jesus! Since you asked for it...
Oh dear. Oh dear , oh dear, oh dear.. It's not so much a representation of the awesome power of ROCK, is it?
More like an advert for a late night Chatline service.
Posted by: bleez Jun 5 2014, 12:43 PM
Sweet Jesus! Since you asked for it...
This is what you wear when you are killing false metal
Posted by: Gabriel Leopardi Jun 5 2014, 03:48 PM
oh no, this thread is dangerous for our health!!! hahahahah
what's happening with those album covers???? 
Posted by: klasaine Jun 5 2014, 03:56 PM
Believe it or not 'MANOWAR' charted several times in several countries over several years ...
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Manowar_discography
http://www.blabbermouth.net/news/manowar-gods-of-war-european-chart-positions-revealed/
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Manowar
Go figure - ?
Posted by: Sensible Jones Jun 5 2014, 04:00 PM
I apologise now for any mental scarring these may cause!!!!
Posted by: Todd Simpson Jun 5 2014, 06:09 PM
My eyes are starting to burn from some of these I won't ask where these came from!! Just to add something a bit less bad to keep our heads from exploding but still pretty bad.
Posted by: bleez Jun 5 2014, 07:21 PM
I had to find out if devastatin dave really lived up to his name..........
Kinda reminds of will smith when he thought he was a rapper
Posted by: Ben Higgins Jun 5 2014, 07:56 PM
I think we can conclude that he does.
Posted by: klasaine Jun 5 2014, 08:02 PM
That 'Orleans' record had a top 5 Billboard hit on it - Still The One, 1977.
And it still gets played on oldies radio.
Posted by: Spock Jun 5 2014, 09:06 PM
<--- I had to add the "smiley"
I think Devastatin Dave may be the inspiration to this mean suburban thug punchin' us fools with his brutal rhymes...
Posted by: Bogdan Radovic Jun 5 2014, 11:52 PM
Some if these are hilarious but most are actually disturbing. But these are (mostly) unknown artists so the design doesn't surprise me.
How about really famous bands and their worst album covers?
Posted by: klasaine Jun 6 2014, 01:10 AM
Two of the bands above, Orleans and Manowar, were both really famous over here and had 'hits'.
This is one of my favorites to bring up ...
1) It's on Capitol
2) these brothers made probably 30 records between the late 40s and the mid 60s
3) They were covered a lot by later rock and country artists
4) highly influential, especially for their close vocal harmonies
5) designed and built that actual set themselves - yes it's really burning!
6) made it into the top 20 country charts many times (one or two #1s)
7) they won a grammy (though not for this 'Satan' record)
8) Ira Louvin (Loudermilk) was famous for his drunkenness and womanizing
Posted by: Todd Simpson Jun 6 2014, 07:44 AM
Well, pretty many ANY stryper album, so..
Posted by: Cosmin Lupu Jun 6 2014, 07:53 AM
To be honest, Motley Crue can be included on the list:
The 80s were definitely a weird time - lots of great music appeared then, but in the same lots of bad music and weird examples of looks...
Posted by: Becca Jun 6 2014, 11:11 AM
Just a few words on Devastatin' Dave and Blazing Hazen...........................................................................
...
Sorry, I am actually speechless.
Posted by: wollace03 Jun 6 2014, 11:38 AM
I think some of this can´t be real.......
are we all to narrowminded to understand brilliant comedy?
or are some of the covers really meant to be cool?
tata--... but the winner is:
Blazing Hazen
Posted by: Becca Jun 6 2014, 11:50 AM
are we all to narrowminded to understand brilliant comedy?
or are some of the covers really meant to be cool?
tata--... but the winner is:
Blazing Hazen
Absolutely! Style, technique, authenticity, raw talent and an element of danger..
Are just some of the things he doesn't have.
A clear winner.
Posted by: klasaine Jun 6 2014, 03:36 PM
The 80s were definitely a weird time - lots of great music appeared then, but in the same lots of bad music and weird examples of looks...
In the 70's and 80s we - as fans - did not want our rock stars (or potential rock stars) to resemble in any way ourselves style wise. They had to be bigger than life, weird, fucked up looking, asexual, multi sexual, beautiful or really hideous, etc. *As long as they didn't look like real people. At the time those 'real' album covers - Crue, Scorpions, Poison, Stryper, etc. were barely commented on except from a few Christian 'mom' organizations. Yeah, we thought the Man-o-war covers were a little over the top.
Grunge (early 90s) was the reaction to all that - "hey, these guys wear jeans, flannel shirts and hiking boots ... just like us".
And on and on it goes ...
Posted by: Mertay Jun 6 2014, 03:56 PM
Here is an old Turkish one, Albums name translates "as if fountain of love" 
Posted by: Spock Jun 6 2014, 05:06 PM
HAHAHA - like the part in Spinal Tap where Nigel doesn't understand that the Smell the Glove cover is sexist - and he asks, "what's wrong with being sexy?"
Posted by: Todd Simpson Jun 6 2014, 07:39 PM
Some really great additions Laughed my head off a few times so far How about these?
Posted by: Cosmin Lupu Jun 7 2014, 07:30 AM
Grunge (early 90s) was the reaction to all that - "hey, these guys wear jeans, flannel shirts and hiking boots ... just like us".
And on and on it goes ...
That's why I still love grunge
Dunno man, as I said, a lot of the 70-80s music was great, but there was way too much weirdness for my taste. For instance, a nice and creative kind of weird, in my idea, would be Wes Borland from Limp Bizkit:
Posted by: klasaine Jun 7 2014, 07:39 AM
Some things are of their time. All I can say is ... you had to be there.
No value judgement one way or the other (I f'n hated bands like Poison - I still think they sucked) but trust me, in about 10 or 15 years ... you too will say that ('you had to be there') to someone.
Posted by: Ben Higgins Jun 7 2014, 09:12 AM
C-Man, you thought the 70's was too weird but this isn't ?
Posted by: Cosmin Lupu Jun 7 2014, 12:43 PM
No value judgement one way or the other (I f'n hated bands like Poison - I still think they sucked) but trust me, in about 10 or 15 years ... you too will say that ('you had to be there') to someone.
That saying - never say never, totally applies
So I will just shut my pork trap There's a whole art behind his body paint
This dude is a very talented artist and I like his music and paintings alike - he also paints and draws on walls and canvas.
Posted by: klasaine Jun 7 2014, 02:51 PM
Even though I don't 'love' bands like Limp Bizkit or Slip Knot I totally dig that they dress up and try to scare the shit out of your parents. For me, that's a big part of R&R! I don't want my stars (movie, music, sports, whatever) to be the 'everyman'. I want them to be STARS! Anyway that's my very 70s/80s aesthetic.
*That's one reason why I love these two ... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JvMXVHVr72A
Posted by: Cosmin Lupu Jun 7 2014, 07:49 PM
*That's one reason why I love these two ... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JvMXVHVr72A
Oh, oh, those guys
I know them, not my kind of music, but they definitely have something there - they'll be at a fest here next month.
Posted by: klasaine Jun 7 2014, 07:58 PM
I know them, not my kind of music, but they definitely have something there - they'll be at a fest here next month.I would be curious to see/hear them 'live' (Die Antwoord) and see how they 'pull it off'.
They definitely push some boundaries in their videos.
Posted by: Davidian Jun 7 2014, 08:13 PM
They definitely push some boundaries in their videos.
I've seen them live a couple of years ago. I think they just had their second album out.
I was soooo good. They made a huge show out of it and are as freaky on stage as in their (older) videos.
Posted by: Cosmin Lupu Jun 8 2014, 07:37 AM
I was soooo good. They made a huge show out of it and are as freaky on stage as in their (older) videos.
I'll see if I can attend the festival - it's called Electric Castle and I just found out it's in the same period in which we are headed for Brasov (another city in Romania) where we will perform with Karnivool.
Here's the official poster so that you may see the line-up - it's mainly electronic music:
Posted by: Rileyandrew29 Jun 8 2014, 02:18 PM
Thank you for introducing me to Die Antwoord.....now my life is complete 0_O
Very entertaining video's
I wonder what sound will come out of that French horn...........
Posted by: Becca Jun 8 2014, 02:33 PM
Very entertaining video's
I wonder what sound will come out of that French horn...........
LMFAO!! Loving the Wasnatch cover. Obviously chasing that live room reverb effect and couldn't afford Abbey Road Studio.
I've no idea where you guys are finding these but , please, keep them coming. This is so hilarious.
Posted by: Todd Simpson Jun 8 2014, 04:57 PM
Nice pull!! These keep getting better
Very entertaining video's
I wonder what sound will come out of that French horn...........
Posted by: Cosmin Lupu Jun 9 2014, 07:21 AM
Sweet Lord.... WHAT IS WRONG WITH THESE PEOPLE?????
I'm sorry, but I will have to dig REALLY DEEP to find something that can beat that French horn thing...
Posted by: Sensible Jones Jun 9 2014, 04:12 PM
And one of my personal favourites:-
Posted by: Becca Jun 9 2014, 04:54 PM
And one of my personal favourites:-
I simply cannot understand why Vincent Capretta isn't bigger than U2.
I mean, the wrong one Tee and the peekaboo cut offs scream class.
Posted by: bleez Jun 9 2014, 06:05 PM
although..... I gotta hand it to Swamp dogg, that would be a brilliant name for a rock band
Posted by: Spock Jun 9 2014, 07:51 PM
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Posted by: Cosmin Lupu Jun 10 2014, 10:15 PM
And when I always say that things couldn't get any worse
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