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My favorite H.R. Giger story was from when he met the rock band Emerson Lake and Palmer and agreed to do the album art for Brain Salad Surgery. The album name -

My favorite H.R. Giger story was from when he met the rock band Emerson Lake and Palmer and agreed to do the album art for Brain Salad Surgery. The album name - innuendo for a sex act - inspired an equally sexual album cover. [1] The original image was a futuristic woman with a penis covering her mouth. The band loved it, but the record company refused to release the album. The band, placed in a difficult position, petitioned to Geiger to adjust the artwork. Geiger refused to bow to the band's and record company's demands, and in the end the record company had to hire an airbrush artist to remove it as much as possible... leading to the "shaft of light" along the neck. [1] http://images.coveralia.com/audio/e/Emerson,_Lake_y_Palmer-Brain_Salad_Surgery-Interior_Frontal.jpg?167 http://images.coveralia.com/audio/e/Emerson,_Lake_y_Palmer-B... (SFW)

ppadron 12y ago
This reminds me of Penis Landscape [1], a painting of his that was used by the Dead Kennedys in the album Frankenchrist [2]. Jello Biafra was trialed for distributing harmful material to minors, but was not convicted. He even went to Oprah [3] to talk about it and confront Tipper Gore about censorship and the PMRC. [1] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Penis_Landscape http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Penis_Landscape (NSFW) [2] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frankenchrist http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frankenchrist [3] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZpUeo6wR7M4&list=PL0BD02082558BC33B https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZpUeo6wR7M4&list=PL0BD020825...
- negativity 12y ago
  Yup, it also kind of broke up the band, in a way... Check out this interview, for some hindsight from Klaus Flouride: http://www.markprindle.com/flouride-i.htm http://www.markprindle.com/flouride-i.htm East Bay Ray and D.H. Peligro don't speak quite as directly about the band's break-up, but their interviews and perspective are interesting too: http://www.markprindle.com/peligro-i.htm http://www.markprindle.com/peligro-i.htm http://www.markprindle.com/east-i.htm http://www.markprindle.com/east-i.htm
beefman 12y ago
My favorite part of the story involves the band's visit to Giger's house. Emerson used the bathroom and found the toilet was a sculpture, consisting of many hands reaching up. "You had to sit on these hands to do a shit."

ppadron 12y ago

This reminds me of Penis Landscape [1], a painting of his that was used by the Dead Kennedys in the album Frankenchrist [2]. Jello Biafra was trialed for distributing harmful material to minors, but was not convicted. He even went to Oprah [3] to talk about it and confront Tipper Gore about censorship and the PMRC. [1] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Penis_Landscape http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Penis_Landscape (NSFW) [2] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frankenchrist http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frankenchrist [3] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZpUeo6wR7M4&list=PL0BD02082558BC33B https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZpUeo6wR7M4&list=PL0BD020825...

negativity 12y ago
Yup, it also kind of broke up the band, in a way... Check out this interview, for some hindsight from Klaus Flouride: http://www.markprindle.com/flouride-i.htm http://www.markprindle.com/flouride-i.htm East Bay Ray and D.H. Peligro don't speak quite as directly about the band's break-up, but their interviews and perspective are interesting too: http://www.markprindle.com/peligro-i.htm http://www.markprindle.com/peligro-i.htm http://www.markprindle.com/east-i.htm http://www.markprindle.com/east-i.htm

beefman 12y ago

My favorite part of the story involves the band's visit to Giger's house. Emerson used the bathroom and found the toilet was a sculpture, consisting of many hands reaching up. "You had to sit on these hands to do a shit."