Guns N Roses: Appetite For Destruction
Posted by Rob on 31 July, 2007
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Although this great album has a very simple but iconic cover of the 5 band members skulls placed on a crucifix, it was the bands second option after the first cover proved to be to controversial. The original cover was created by artist and Juxtapoz magazine founder Robert Williams. The artwork titled ‘Appetite for Destruction’ depicted a robot rapist about to be punished by a metal avenger. After MTV refused to play any of their videos the band compromised and moved the offending cover to the inner sleeve. I guess with MTV being the big make or break stepping stone for most bands around the 80’s and early 90’s and especially with Headbangers Ball being one of the most popular shows on MTV during the heyday of Metal and Hard Rock, it could have potentially been career suicide for the band. But for me i still think the second cover is more iconic.
Guns N Roses: Appetite For Destruction
Ash:
The cross one is much better.
# 31 Jul 07 at 6:19 pm
Mr.Joshua:
I heard GnR on a pirate radio station in L.A. a week before “Appetite” came out. The day it came out I picked up the record, yeah those big flat black things. Soon after I thought they had another album out because I saw the “cross” cover on a tape. At that point I realized that my bitch’n Album was bound to be a classic. So the original record cover is framed and hanging. You’d be surprised how many people don’t know about the o.g. cover.
# 03 Nov 07 at 6:52 pm
axl rose:
you know where you are???
YOU IN THE JUNGLE BABYYYYYY
YOU GONNA DIEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEAAAA
GREATEST FUCKING ALBUM EVER
# 08 Nov 07 at 11:33 pm
Wolf:
I’ve found the original at a fleamarket dirt cheap!
# 10 Nov 07 at 1:13 am
Lukin:
It’s easier to find the original cover on vinyl than the “banned” cover with the crucifix, so I don’t really think there are alot of peopel who don’t know that there are two different covers. I guess they just think that the raoe-cover is the vinyl and the cruscifix-cover is the CD.
# 16 Nov 07 at 6:42 am
junior:
slash axl duff
# 18 Nov 07 at 3:47 am
Mrs Duff Mckagan :D:
GUNS N FUCKIN ROSES !!!!!! LOVE THEM FOREVER… ROCK ON
# 06 Mar 08 at 9:20 pm
gnr:
my michelle is a funny song
# 13 Mar 08 at 4:02 pm
alx rose slash steve:
best band ever all 5 alblums when does chinees democracy come out?
# 13 Mar 08 at 4:12 pm
zzzz:
nice . I love this band : Guns N` Roses
# 20 Mar 08 at 8:08 am
Bob:
I agree that the second is the more iconic, it also is more relevant to the title of the album. The robot has the appetite for destruction, both do apparently so it is compounded by the powerful image of the woman lying helpless and obviously defiled on the ground. As if she were a part of their appetite; destroyed.
# 21 Mar 08 at 6:01 am
austin:
dude you guys have sweet songs me and my band just played your guys song sweet child o mine at a birthday party and all of us are 12 years old and so am i , i am vocalist/guitar it took me a while to learn that song well see ya
P.S you guys kick ass
# 03 Apr 08 at 5:43 am
GnRrox:
all i gotta say is G N’ R is the best band there is and Appitite for Destruction is the best album ever made
# 05 Apr 08 at 11:06 am
ucihakay:
good
# 08 Apr 08 at 5:29 pm
Andy:
austin, you are a retard
# 20 Apr 08 at 1:45 pm
Axl Roses' Gurl:
i love axl rose to death he’s hotter than hell!! apetite is the best album ever and i love it to death! i just don’t like with the recording romp on rocket queen! (the ignorant sounds at the end)
# 04 May 08 at 11:54 pm
pedro:
guns a melhor banda de rock do mundo!!!!
# 07 May 08 at 12:29 pm
GNR to the soul:
The origional cover deplict an artist viewing of appitite for destruction; that the robot is causing destruction to the woman selling the mini-bots and the monster leaping from behind the fence is going to devour the robot because he is destruction: Appitite for destruction
# 14 Jul 08 at 10:30 am
ben:
iv got the original banned cover of appetite, the one with the girl that has bin raped. herd that its a collectors item.
its up for sale if anyone wants it
contact me on my myspace
cheers
# 31 Aug 08 at 4:40 am
Drake:
Hehe, I love how Slash and Duff are smokin joints on the crucifix’d one.
# 19 Sep 08 at 4:58 am
dan Mee:
Appetite’s album artwork is HORRIBLE IMHO. but it is the best album of the late 80’s.
# 08 Oct 08 at 4:49 am
Ernest:
Of course the artwork created by Robert Williams is far better than the other one. There’s nothing wrong with the crucifix, but the second cover represent GNR and their theme much much better.
# 25 Oct 08 at 4:52 pm
Ana Carolina:
Hehe i have the original album=) someone gave it to me years ago=)=)=)i love it and i truly love G.N`R. BEST BAND EVER!!!!
# 22 Dec 08 at 8:06 pm
Bob Loblaugh:
Urb fNibble sHuR4f kneeB fEen FU*KIN’ GUNZ N roZez Rulz! snort All U all need ta no GNR iz da bes roc band EVER! fneeb kurble goo shneebe poot. boon RULZ!
I R got good talks.
Oh, and as always, fine art from Robert Williams. Loved his Zap comics artwork.
# 31 Dec 08 at 6:23 pm
Elly:
that’s Slash & Izzy smoking and they’re not joints but rather Marlboros which they were well known for always having, would be cool if it were joints but, nope…
# 26 Mar 09 at 2:38 am
philip mc kay:
The cross is the best logo, cause this is the greatest rock album ever!, and it should have rightfully been at no.1, but that’s the way people voted. It’s so colourful and iconic, rock on!!
# 21 Apr 09 at 5:01 am