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[–] [email protected] 28 points 1 month ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 9 points 1 month ago (3 children)

I had to look this up to see if it was real. That is probably the absolute worst cover art I have ever seen for a mainstream album. These guys were one of the biggest rock bands out there and that's the best they could muster? Even if that is the cover they wanted (which is hard to imagine) I'm sure Epic spent a small fortune on promoting this record. How did this get a green light from the label? I'm not criticizing Pearl Jam's music in any way but, damn, visual artists they were not.

[–] [email protected] 11 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Art is there to provoke a reaction, right? It certainly did that.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 month ago
[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 month ago

I also can't believe a band whose name is a euphemism for semen would use such weird album art. Smhing my head

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 month ago (1 children)

So you haven't seen, for example, Cowboys From Hell by Pantera or Weathered by Creed, then? I don't think Vs is a particularly bad album cover, especially by comparison to those. The photography is fine. Maybe it's not your average Hipgnosis cover, but it's ok.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Ok, those are definitely worse. Jesus, was that Creed album a CD-ROM?

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 month ago

Yeah, that was the dominant form of music distribution at the time.

[–] [email protected] 20 points 1 month ago

they kinda look like owls..

[–] [email protected] 19 points 1 month ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 month ago

Was gonna say this. Maybe the Boot Snoopers.

[–] [email protected] 12 points 1 month ago

Is this a joke? Thats just Limp Bizkit.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 month ago

Cheese rappers

[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 month ago

The band is called Dog Only Nose. Their catalogue consists entirely of parodies of Beach Boys songs based on bad puns.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

Idiots Avant! (post-punk, noise, experimental pop)

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 month ago

The Bite Boys

It's a boyband. They play tough in their marketing but anyone who likes them, likes them because they are cute.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 month ago

Snout House Renegade

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 month ago

Nosey Clown Posse. They're an ICP cover band that replaces the lyrics with barking.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 month ago

Death Grips

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 month ago

The three Snouches

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

Amyl and the sniffers' new album be like