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by **Janelle** » Sun Oct 12, 2014 5:36 am

Your faves?

Was listening to 'Super Black Market Clash' last night after the Rangers game and just thinking of that iconic 'London Calling' album cover. For me the definitive punk cover. Others that quickly came to mind were Ramones s/t, Minor Threat, Rancid '...And Out Come the Wolves' (I know you all LOVE!!! that), Dead Kennedys Plastic Surgery Disasters always got me. Very incomplete list - what do you say?

by **Gary** » Sun Oct 12, 2014 7:10 am

London Calling would be disqualified on the grounds of it being ripped off an Elvis Presley record. Likewise,the Rancid one is ripped off Minor Threat.

by **Janelle** » Sun Oct 12, 2014 7:26 am

Whatever still love that clash photo still have the poster up :p

by **Welly** » Sun Oct 12, 2014 7:48 am

I don't even know where to start with this thread.

by **The Snake** » Sun Oct 12, 2014 8:10 am

Any DK record
Black Flag - Damaged
Tear It UP - Nothing To Nothing & Taking You Down With Me
The Rites - ST & Wish You Never Knew
Dead Nation - Dead End

by **obik** » Sun Oct 12, 2014 11:20 am

Not an album, but the Fix's Jans Rooms 7" cover is iconic--I even lobbied for it to be used as the cover for the T&G CD reissue.

Big Black had great album covers
Clash - S/T
Half Japanese - 1/2 Gentlemen/Not Beasts
Sex Pistols - Nevermind the Bollocks--it's hard to get more iconic than that
V/A - 30 Over DC

by **Knutsen** » Sun Oct 12, 2014 12:38 pm

Gary wrote:London Calling would be disqualified on the grounds of it being ripped off an Elvis Presley record. Likewise,the Rancid one is ripped off Minor Threat.

Thank you.

by **johnnotkathi** » Sun Oct 12, 2014 12:47 pm

by **version sound** » Sun Oct 12, 2014 2:43 pm

Knutsen wrote:
Gary wrote:London Calling would be disqualified on the grounds of it being ripped off an Elvis Presley record. Likewise,the Rancid one is ripped off Minor Threat.

Thank you.

Really? I don't recall Elvis smashing any guitars. They took the typeface, that's it. No one thinks it's a great cover based on the effing typeface. Get real, guys.

by **lewdd** » Sun Oct 12, 2014 3:32 pm

Bollocks
Out of Step
Milo Goes to College
Clash S/T
Ramones S/T

by **Janelle** » Sun Oct 12, 2014 4:11 pm

version sound wrote:
Knutsen wrote:
Gary wrote:London Calling would be disqualified on the grounds of it being ripped off an Elvis Presley record. Likewise,the Rancid one is ripped off Minor Threat.

Thank you.

Really? I don't recall Elvis smashing any guitars. They took the typeface, that's it. No one thinks it's a great cover based on the effing typeface. Get real, guys.

Yes! Thank you. At least there is some sanity here

by **johnnotkathi** » Sun Oct 12, 2014 6:10 pm

by **john stabb** » Tue Oct 14, 2014 5:15 am

The Shaggs - History of the World
Legless Bull
Boycott Stabb
Clash - s/t + London Calling
DK - Fresh Fruit
BF - Damaged, My War, Nervous Breakdown
SLF - Inflamable Material
Never mind the Bollocks
Damned - DDD, Black Album, Strawberries
Stranglers - In Black & White
Minor Threat - s/t, in my eyes, out of sheep
Dag Nasty - Can i say
X- Los Angeles
Dickies - Incredible Shrinking/Dawn

by **worldismyfuse** » Tue Oct 14, 2014 5:16 am

Unknown Pleasures

by **FlexMyHead** » Tue Oct 14, 2014 6:30 am

I vaguely remember a feature in MRR that had a feature on best LP covers and I think they picked Husker Du's "Zen Arcade". I think they were looking at it more as "art" than "icon" though. I think it's tough to come up with a good cover and then put the dumb band name (99% are dumb) and album title (99% are dumb) and still make it look good.

Was this the message board that had some challenge where you'd go to google, do random page, pick the tenth word have that be the band name, then do the same for title and photo and then post the results? That was fun.

EDIT:

Here it is...who is brave enough to go first??

A fun way to name your band, choose your album cover art and name your album, with a little bit of randomness, and some help from Wikipedia, Flickr and Quotationspage.

Here are the rules:
1.Go to Wikipedia and hit “random” and the first article you get is the name of your band.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:Random
2. The last four or five words will be the title of your new album.
http://cubemonkey.net/quotes/
3.Go to Flickr and click on “Explore the Last Seven Days”. The third picture, no matter what it is, will be your album cover.
https://www.flickr.com/explore/interesting/7days

EDIT:

Uh. Picking a font from PAINT fucking sucks. Every font I picked ended up looking like a font a co-worker would use for a happy hour flyer or some shit.

Well, on the bright side I realize I have little idea as to what font to use for a band/title and I now know what Rifnik Hill is and I check out some photos from Toyama, Japan.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rifnik_Hill
https://www.flickr.com/photos/54438796@ ... otostream/

by **jaybird** » Tue Oct 14, 2014 10:19 am

Heaviest album cover ever.

Prove me wrong, you can't.

by **jaybird** » Tue Oct 14, 2014 10:24 am

Runner up:

I know a guy who basically wall-papered an entire room of his house with copies of this cover he found in Salvation Army bins for like .50¢ a piece.

by **FlexMyHead** » Tue Oct 14, 2014 1:48 pm

Well, they say imitation is the most sincere form of flattery but that sleeve kinda jumped the shark...I mean check out the last image.

by **Gary** » Tue Oct 14, 2014 2:58 pm

version sound wrote:
Knutsen wrote:
Gary wrote:London Calling would be disqualified on the grounds of it being ripped off an Elvis Presley record. Likewise,the Rancid one is ripped off Minor Threat.

Thank you.

Really? I don't recall Elvis smashing any guitars. They took the typeface, that's it. No one thinks it's a great cover based on the effing typeface. Get real, guys.

And without that typeface it's just a photograph.

by **matt** » Tue Oct 14, 2014 3:23 pm

It's absolutely a tribute/link. Not saying that disqualifies it, but it's def not 100% original.

by **patient_ot** » Tue Oct 14, 2014 3:41 pm

Kinks - The Kink Kontroversy

Sleater-Kinney did a tribute to it on Dig Me Out and I believe a few other bands have as well.

Then you could say many 50s and 60s Blue Note album covers were/are iconic, since the whole style has been copied so many times over.

by **version sound** » Tue Oct 14, 2014 5:38 pm

matt wrote:It's absolutely a tribute/link. Not saying that disqualifies it, but it's def not 100% original.

Sure, it's an homage, but it's the picture that makes it iconic. Take away the typeface and it would be even better, IMO.

by **FormerLurker** » Tue Oct 14, 2014 6:25 pm

jaybird wrote:Heaviest album cover ever.

Prove me wrong, you can't.

Oh good god. All you had to do is travel one year later.

by **dave123** » Tue Oct 14, 2014 10:20 pm

SNFU - ... and no one else wanted to play (Dianne Arbus photo tweaked just enough)
Dag Nasty - can i say
Youth of Today - we're not in this alone (early press) - defined the whole '88 thing so well
Discharge - never again
Amebix - the entire early discography
Icons of Filth - onward christian soldiers
Septic Death - now that I have your attention
Cro-mags - age of quarrel
Judge - ny crew - copied by so many (not an album, but whatever)

by **jaybird** » Wed Oct 15, 2014 9:11 am

FormerLurker wrote:
jaybird wrote:Heaviest album cover ever.

Prove me wrong, you can't.

Oh good god. All you had to do is travel one year later.

Both records were released in 1984.

YKWTD.

by **FormerLurker** » Wed Oct 15, 2014 9:14 am

fuuuuuuuuck

by **johnnotkathi** » Wed Oct 15, 2014 6:42 pm

Damn, the pic I posted of Ism's I Think I Love You cover wont display? :roll:

by **Stormy** » Thu Oct 16, 2014 12:41 am

always though Walk Together Rock Together had a pretty iconic punk cover

by **captain2man** » Thu Oct 16, 2014 7:37 am

In the Court of the Crimson King.

Website · by **JGJR** » Thu Oct 16, 2014 11:01 am

version sound wrote:
Knutsen wrote:
Gary wrote:London Calling would be disqualified on the grounds of it being ripped off an Elvis Presley record. Likewise,the Rancid one is ripped off Minor Threat.

Thank you.

Really? I don't recall Elvis smashing any guitars. They took the typeface, that's it. No one thinks it's a great cover based on the effing typeface. Get real, guys.

Yep. It's like saying Dig Me Out wouldn't count because it's similar to The Kink Kontroversy.

by **captain2man** » Thu Oct 16, 2014 11:33 am

We stole it from Ornette Coleman back in 1997.

Website · by **JGJR** » Thu Oct 16, 2014 12:28 pm

patient_ot wrote:Kinks - The Kink Kontroversy

Sleater-Kinney did a tribute to it on Dig Me Out and I believe a few other bands have as well.

Then you could say many 50s and 60s Blue Note album covers were/are iconic, since the whole style has been copied so many times over.

The cover of Lifetime's Hello Bastards is an, ahem, tribute to the cover of The Housemartins' London O' Hull 4.

Website · by **JGJR** » Thu Oct 16, 2014 12:30 pm

Stormy wrote:always though Walk Together Rock Together had a pretty iconic punk cover

Original EP version obviously. The Lp version (though I love it) has a shall, we say, less iconic punk cover. It looks like the cover of a new wave album.

by **Stormy** » Fri Oct 17, 2014 2:16 pm

JGJR wrote:
Stormy wrote:always though Walk Together Rock Together had a pretty iconic punk cover

Original EP version obviously. The Lp version (though I love it) has a shall, we say, less iconic punk cover. It looks like the cover of a new wave album.

actually, yeah, the LP version. the "new wave" look is what stands it apart from the other HC records of the time. love the contrast between the arty cover and the music within.

by **The Snake** » Fri Oct 17, 2014 2:24 pm

Stormy wrote:
JGJR wrote:
Stormy wrote:always though Walk Together Rock Together had a pretty iconic punk cover

Original EP version obviously. The Lp version (though I love it) has a shall, we say, less iconic punk cover. It looks like the cover of a new wave album.

actually, yeah, the LP version. the "new wave" look is what stands it apart from the other HC records of the time. love the contrast between the arty cover and the music within.

Agree with that. I remember buying the Walk Together LP and was kind of skeptic about how will it sound because I only had The Crew before that. Speaking of The Crew, maybe not iconic, but pretty cool album cover.

by **77clash** » Fri Oct 17, 2014 9:49 pm

Circle Jerks - Group Sex
Circle Jerks - Wild in the Streets

by **jaybird** » Mon Oct 20, 2014 4:08 pm

JGJR wrote:
version sound wrote:
Knutsen wrote:
Gary wrote:London Calling would be disqualified on the grounds of it being ripped off an Elvis Presley record. Likewise,the Rancid one is ripped off Minor Threat.

Thank you.

Really? I don't recall Elvis smashing any guitars. They took the typeface, that's it. No one thinks it's a great cover based on the effing typeface. Get real, guys.

Yep. It's like saying Dig Me Out wouldn't count because it's similar to The Kink Kontroversy.

DEFINITIVE.

Designer Ray Lowry acknowledge the design's inspiration when he said, "It was intended as a genuine homage to the original unknown genius who created Elvis Presley's first rock 'n' roll record."

Now fuck off.

http://theweek.com/article/index/269026 ... bum-covers

by **Stormy** » Mon Oct 20, 2014 5:35 pm

Rudimentary Peni s/t ep
Corrosion of Conformity - Eye For An Eye LP
Bad Brains - roir tape
Poison Idea - Pick Your King
Suicidal LP
Napalm Death - Scum
Negative Approach ep

by **version sound** » Mon Oct 20, 2014 7:32 pm

jaybird wrote:
JGJR wrote:
version sound wrote:
Knutsen wrote:
Gary wrote:London Calling would be disqualified on the grounds of it being ripped off an Elvis Presley record. Likewise,the Rancid one is ripped off Minor Threat.

Thank you.

Really? I don't recall Elvis smashing any guitars. They took the typeface, that's it. No one thinks it's a great cover based on the effing typeface. Get real, guys.

Yep. It's like saying Dig Me Out wouldn't count because it's similar to The Kink Kontroversy.

DEFINITIVE.

Designer Ray Lowry acknowledge the design's inspiration when he said, "It was intended as a genuine homage to the original unknown genius who created Elvis Presley's first rock 'n' roll record."

Now fuck off.

http://theweek.com/article/index/269026 ... bum-covers

I have already acknowledged that's it's an homage. However, that has ZERO PERCENT to do with what's actually iconic about it, which is 100% the Pennie Smith photograph. Take off the shitty Evis homage lettering and it's actually improved.

by **jaybird** » Tue Oct 21, 2014 7:48 am

version sound wrote:
jaybird wrote:
JGJR wrote:
version sound wrote:
Knutsen wrote:
Gary wrote:London Calling would be disqualified on the grounds of it being ripped off an Elvis Presley record. Likewise,the Rancid one is ripped off Minor Threat.

Thank you.

Really? I don't recall Elvis smashing any guitars. They took the typeface, that's it. No one thinks it's a great cover based on the effing typeface. Get real, guys.

Yep. It's like saying Dig Me Out wouldn't count because it's similar to The Kink Kontroversy.

DEFINITIVE.

Designer Ray Lowry acknowledge the design's inspiration when he said, "It was intended as a genuine homage to the original unknown genius who created Elvis Presley's first rock 'n' roll record."

Now fuck off.

http://theweek.com/article/index/269026 ... bum-covers

I have already acknowledged that's it's an homage. However, that has ZERO PERCENT to do with what's actually iconic about it, which is 100% the Pennie Smith photograph. Take off the shitty Evis homage lettering and it's actually improved.

Disagree. All the elements - the layout, the typography, the photo - are important to how well the cover works or not. And if they hadn't done the Elvis homage, I doubt that the cover would be anywhere near as recognizable as it is today - no more so than any other Clash record at any rate.

by **danny** » Tue Oct 21, 2014 8:06 am

a few i really consider iconic:

not many more iconic than this - because it has f-all to do with the band...it simply stands alone

Probably one of the most imitated and recognizable

by **captain2man** » Tue Oct 21, 2014 8:51 am

Spinal Tap - 'Smell the Glove'.

It gets none more black.

by **john stabb** » Wed Oct 22, 2014 2:56 am

Smell the Glove for the Kewpie Doll :!:

Danny, I'm told by a good source that the banana on the VU & Nico album was an in-joke. Supposedly Cale was a real prankster and was always leaving his banana peels around the Factory floor for Andy to slip on - , Oh to be a non-junked-out fly on that wall seeing Warhol's wig flying off.

by **Welly** » Wed Oct 22, 2014 7:26 am

Definitely Iconic.

by **akissfan** » Wed Oct 22, 2014 8:52 pm

Website · by **JGJR** » Thu Oct 23, 2014 10:32 am

akissfan wrote:

I can't see this at work. What is that?

by **Welly** » Thu Oct 23, 2014 12:48 pm

JGJR wrote:
akissfan wrote:

I can't see this at work. What is that?

Question Mark and the Mysterians.

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