The record company guys were like, ‘Even if we have to go to jail, there’s no question that we’ll release that.’ On the song ‘Virgin Killer,’ time is the virgin killer.

Shame on me - I should have done everything in my power to stop it,” former band guitarist Uli Jon Roth told Classic Rock Revisited in 2006.įor his part, Rudolf Schenker, blamed the band’s former record company, RCA Records, for this aesthetic choice. Back then I was too immature to see that. “Looking at that picture today makes me cringe. Over the years, members of Scorpions have spoken out several times about the controversial “Virgin Killer” artwork. The music press was also not particularly indulgent about the project, with Cracked magazine naming it the worst album cover of all time. The cover of “Virgin Killer” was censored and replaced by a picture of the six members of the band in some countries. According to the German hard rock band, it was supposedly a representation of the loss of innocence. One such offering is the artwork for the Scorpions’s fourth album, “Virgin Killer.” This features a 10-year-old girl completely naked, posing in a suggestive way. Rock music often courts controversy, as have some of the genre’s album covers. This is a more acceptable version of the album cover, compared to the original work deemed pornographic We'll see if that happens, as West doesn't seem to be bothered by possible ramifications. Everything has been so commercialized now.' The Los Angeles Times on Sunday spoke to an unnamed source who indicated that the debate over the artwork was between West and his label, Island Def Jam, and it was just that - a debate, and not a full-blown ban, but West was 'strongly' urged to use alternate art. West later tweeted, 'In the '70s album covers had actual nudity. West revealed the art here, via Twitpic, with the caption 'Banned in the USA!!! They don't want me chilling on the couch with my phoenix!' It's unclear who allegedly banned the art from the United States.

This time, West is drawing ire over the cover art for his new album, 'My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy.' The illustration, by painter/sculptor George Condo, depicts a nude West (with a jarring expression on his face) gripping a bottle while being straddled by a naked, winged woman who appears to possess very sharp teeth.

The controversial Kanye West is at it again.

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