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Fun Stuff => BAND => Topic started by: Will on 27 May 2009, 19:39

Title: Bad album art redux: A challenger approaches!
Post by: Will on 27 May 2009, 19:39
I know we've had threads like this somewhere in the past, but I can't be bothered to use the search function.
Besides, a truly spectacular mess such as this debacle
(http://thesuperficial.com/2009/05/27/0527_brooke_hogan_redemption_00.jpg)
deserves a thread of its own.

Amazingly, Brooke has actually managed to outdo her father for terrible cover art. So I guess she's got that going for her...
Title: Re: Bad album art redux: A challenger approaches!
Post by: JD on 27 May 2009, 20:35
(http://img265.imageshack.us/img265/8299/wwwthugcom.jpg)

Pretty silly looking if you ask me.
Title: Re: Bad album art redux: A challenger approaches!
Post by: Dazed on 27 May 2009, 20:37
(http://www.totaldiatribe.com/img/worstcover2.jpg)
Title: Re: Bad album art redux: A challenger approaches!
Post by: Ballard on 27 May 2009, 20:39
Quote from: Zombiedude on 27 May 2009, 20:35
Pretty silly looking if you ask me.

what the fuck are you talking about this is the best album cover.

every album cover that is not this one is doing it wrong.
Title: Re: Bad album art redux: A challenger approaches!
Post by: a pack of wolves on 27 May 2009, 21:00
(http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y130/L_Dopa/renaissanz.jpg)

(http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y130/L_Dopa/Big_Bear_Doin_Thangs_Album_Cover.jpg)

Sadly these are the only two images by the absolute masters of record design Pen & Pixel (http://www.penandpixel.com/) that I could find easily (for some reason I can't get an image location to download them off the site). You can see possibly even better ones on their site, Mr. Stinky, Lil Pimp 'N' and Jigga Red are of particular note. They are truly unassailable.
Title: Re: Bad album art redux: A challenger approaches!
Post by: Ballard on 27 May 2009, 22:50
Quote
A: It was a win-win situation for both the company and the artist…

S: Correct. Exactly. And then it just started topping itself, so you would put out a album with, let’s say, one Bentley, one Ferrari, three pitbulls and two hoes… Well, the next guy comes up, he’s like “I want six hoes, five Bentleys !” and you can see how it just exploded into the over-the-topness that occurred.
Title: Re: Bad album art redux: A challenger approaches!
Post by: MrBlu on 27 May 2009, 23:15
Quote from: Zombiedude on 27 May 2009, 20:35
(http://img265.imageshack.us/img265/8299/wwwthugcom.jpg)

Pretty silly looking if you ask me.
I used to think that was unique and cool.
Title: Re: Bad album art redux: A challenger approaches!
Post by: Johnny C on 27 May 2009, 23:40
That interview makes it clear that the Pen & Pixel who own that website are not the Pen & Pixel responsible for Big Bear's album cover.
Title: Re: Bad album art redux: A challenger approaches!
Post by: a pack of wolves on 27 May 2009, 23:53
True, it's a shame the originals aren't still around, pumping out the photoshopped masterpieces. The guy who's taken over the name is at least keeping the aesthetic alive. I found the blog they mention that has an enormous amount of Pen & Pixel classics, it's pretty stunning to wade through: http://ffm713.skyrock.com/
Title: Re: Bad album art redux: A challenger approaches!
Post by: spoon_of_grimbo on 29 May 2009, 11:14
(http://img20.imageshack.us/img20/4356/metallicadm.jpg)

look at the area around the coffin-shaped hole and try to think of anything other than "badly trimmed pubic area."


and then there's this, the vinyl version of NOFX's "Heavy Petting Zoo," entitled "Eating Lamb."  It is pretty funny though...
(http://img20.imageshack.us/img20/6129/nofxeatinglamb.jpg)

Title: Re: Bad album art redux: A challenger approaches!
Post by: rynne on 29 May 2009, 11:39
Quote from: Will on 27 May 2009, 19:39
(http://thesuperficial.com/2009/05/27/0527_brooke_hogan_redemption_00.jpg)

Amazingly, Brooke has actually managed to outdo her father for terrible cover art. So I guess she's got that going for her...

I hope the dude at the airbrush kiosk in Brooke's mall got a nice commission for his work.
Title: Re: Bad album art redux: A challenger approaches!
Post by: Inlander on 29 May 2009, 20:25
Yeah, he's really managed to highlight her ribs nicely.