I include this cover, not because it is awful, but because the story behind this collection of classic jazz nose-harmonica stylings remind me of such an excruciatingly sad story. In the annals of nose harmonica players, Ignatz Topolino is usually the first entry. He was a genius. Grown men would weep at his rendition of […]
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Excruciating Album Cover Art — Mike Terry
You take one look at this and think, “hey, I didn’t know that Terry Jones had a twin separated at birth — how ironic that they share a name and enjoy sitting at a piano in unconventional modes of dress.” But alas, the tale is much more interesting than that. Mike Terry, is, according to […]
Excruciating Album Cover Art — Boned
Okay, somebody’s been watching Spinal Tap over and over and over, and thought, “hey, there is a fine line between clever and stupid, and let’s see if we can manage a standing broad jump over that line with electric guitars stuffed down our taught, bulge-revealing pants.” Frightening really. Glory in this AC/DC-like band’s debut album, […]
Excruciating Album Cover Art — Mr. Bat Sings
“Can’t sleep, clown will eat me.” –Bart Simpson I always used to think one of the silliest phobias was coulrophobia — the fear of clowns — until I saw this album cover. This thing is terrifying. I mean, it just reeks of menace! Mr. Bat is wearing some kind of traditional Pagliacci-type of outfit, and […]
Excruciating Album Cover Art — Fancy (Raving Queen)
You may not be aware that Fancy (born Manfred Alois Perilano), was a popular Euro-dance, Synth-Dance artiste in the mid-to-late 80s. You may not be aware that Euro-dance, Synth-Dance were once popular forms of musical expression. I certainly wasn’t until my eyes were assaulted by this cover and I just had to know if it […]
Excruciating Album Cover Art — Let Me Touch Him
This masterpiece from The Minister’s Quartet is not so terrible. It’s more a problem of context, really, than anything else. Clearly, they are referring to Jesus, and what could be more natural than a man of the cloth wanting to “touch” the Savior and Messiah — metaphorically, you pervs! Of course, here at The Skwib, […]