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The album's original cover art was based on Robert Williams' painting Appetite for Destruction. It depicted a robotic rapist about to be punished by a metal avenger.
The original cover art for the band's iconic 1987 debut, the (still) bestselling debut album of all time Appetite for Destruction, had shock written all over it: The image, from a...
1 de dic. de 2010 · In 1979, he had published The Lowbrow Art of Robert Williams, a folio book, which kickstarted the surrealist "lowbrow" art movement, sporting a painting from his four-part "Super Cartoons" series, titled Appetite for Destruction, on its cover. "The paintings were highly detailed," he tells Revolver.
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The first variation of the album cover came from Axl Rose. The frontman wanted something as punchy and volatile as the band’s music. A year prior to the album’s release, the Space Shuttle Challenger was slated to launch from Cape Canaveral, Florida. Unfortunately, the shuttle only made seconds into the flight before exploding mid-air, killing all s...
The second iteration of the Appetite for Destructioncover prompted similar controversy. The band found a 1978 painting by artist Robert Williams titled “Appetite for Destruction.” The painting is a graphic depiction of a woman who seems to have been sexually assaulted by a robot while a red, sword-clad being looms overhead. It’s a mind-bending piec...
The final version of the album was created by an art student, Billy White, Jr. According to White, he made friends with the band through his cousin. Rose saw his work and asked White if he could sketch out a tattoo for him. The mock-up would eventually become the cover for Appetite for Destruction. “The cross and skulls that looked like the band wa...
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3 de jul. de 2015 · also revealed that he originally wanted the cover of Appetite for Destruction to be a photo of the tragic Challenger shuttle explosion, which was also on the cover of Time.
18 de jul. de 2017 · Despite a final front-cover image switch, Appetite for Destruction stuck as the title, and Williams' original painting could be found inside.
29 de ago. de 2020 · The battle over cover art began with the group’s debut LP, Appetite for Destruction. After considering an even more controversial option, the band opted to go with a graphic cartoon. The...
