15 famous bands accused of ripping off album artwork - tributes, parodies or theft?
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I did a video recently, where I made note of the similarities between the cover of Iron (I-earn) Maiden’s Powerslave album, from 1984, and the cover of Earth, Wind and Fire’s album, All n All, from 1977. I thought it would be fun to check out other examples of bands that were accused of stealing album cover ideas from other bands. Were these parodies, tributes, or ripoffs? Some of them may have been coincidences. Decide for yourself.
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This is a re-upload. There were a couple errors in the original version, which I fixed. The only part that sucks, is that the original viewer comments were lost. My apologies for that. Enjoy!
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I wondered what happened. Had the tab w/ this link open for a few & when I got back to it a message saying "This video is unavailable" popped up. I thought you'd been busted by THE MAN,
You haven't got a copy of Meet The Residents, Frank?! Trust me, you'll love it.......;)
Shout at the devil may have tipped a hat to the Beatles as it also contains a cover of 'helter skelter'
I've seen Sticky Fingers album in Sweden, but when you opened it you could see his hard c.... :)
The covers of Kiss Destroyer and Manowar Fighting The World were actually made by the same artist. A guy named Ken Kelly.
Great artist... RIP
He died.That is my name also.Loved seeing my name on Destroyer!
Just came to the comments to make this same comment 🤘
Kiss was the trend setter for rock bands in the 80s
Also Love Gun was done by Ken Kelly.
The Phil Collins But Seriously cover was done earlier by Peter Hammill in 1983 for his album Patience, even using similar handwriting. What makes it even more a coincidence is that Collins and Hammill were signed to the Charisma label in the 70's with their respective bands, Genesis and Van Der Graaf Generator.
I'm old enough to remember when the Sticky Fingers LP was in store racks back in the day. I thought it was so cool that an actual, working zipper was part of the cover. The protective plastic wrap around the LP was completely torn around the zipper area because people couldn't resist zipping and unzipping it. The cover itself had begun to tear from all the "use." I was very young and completely oblivious to the innuendo going on. My mom came over to where I was and I showed her the cover in all my enthusiasm. She was none too pleased... 🤣😂
My mom had that record. She removed the zipper so it wouldn't hurt the other records. I told her if i was her I would have just put it in the front of the stack. It's okay for one to be out of alphabetical order.
I think it goes without saying that The Beatles Abbey Road cover had the most tributes/parodies of all time. Along with The Beatles Sgt. Pepper’s, which Zappa And The Mothers did a complete parody of its entire record sleeve/gatefold a year after The Beatles on We’re Only In It For The Money.
I think the Crue - Shout At The Devil alternate cover is an homage to the Beatles, but we would need the Crue to confirm that fact. On that very album they cover Helter Skelter (though that is from a different Beatles album)
I believe they slapped it together quickly because of controversy lol but i think maybe Nikki or one of the members was like what if we paid homage to the Beatles since w have a cover of them
The funny thing about the Hole-Olivia Rodrigo incident is that the Hole cover seems like a tribute itself -- to the Brian De Palma movie Carrie.
You could do an entire video just on album covers featuring fan back wicker chairs!
Great vid Frank. One of the first ones that came to mind for me is Van Halen's 5150 and Slave album from 1977. Two musclemen trying to hold up that same huge silver ball.
Good call! I wasn't familiar with the Slave album, but just looked it up.
The muscle man is Atlas. It's a classic mythology iconography.
Hotlegs (later became 10cc with the addition of Graham Gouldman) released Thinks: School Stinks in 1971. The cover was an English school desk. Two year later Alice Cooper released Schools Out with a very similar Sleeve artwork.
The punk band, Sloppy Seconds, has an album called Destroyed and the cover is modeled after Kiss - Destroyer.
Sloppy Seconds... out of Indianapolis 😊
My favourite band Gentle Giant ended their album - the debut one - with the rendition of the British National Anthem. In 1970. 5 years before Queen. Also, there are obvious musical and vague lyrical similarities between the Gentle Giant's 1978's song "Giant For A Day" and Queen's 1991's "I'm Going Slightly Mad". Up to this day I still have no idea whether any members of Queen had ever been aware of the existence of the band Gentle Giant and their works - but still, such are the similarities looking likely like two cases of ripping off.
Speaking of album covers, no doubt at all about GG's debut album's cover being a direct answer to the cover of King Crimson's debut album. To an extent, an antagonist rip-off, if you like.
The Dead Milkmen's album Metaphysical Graffiti is a good parody. It has a cheap toy replica of the LZ cover, and to show that they are deconstructionists, on the back cover, there is a toy building is demolished by a toy wrecking ball attached to toy crane. "Anderson, Walkman, Buttholes, and How!" and " Do the Brown Nose " are standout tracks if you're not one for joke bands. Fun video. Thanks.
Getting back to Physical Graffiti, the Rolling Stones video "Waiting For A Friend" opening sequence has Mick Jagger sitting on the steps of that building waiting for Keith Richards to show up...
Is that true? I remember that video, if true, that's freakin' awesome.
@rustybear5125 if you ever watched "Pop Up Videos" it was one of the things mentioned
And Jimmy did some studio work with the Stones...
Frank, great video. You got the name right for tenament buildings for Led Zeppelin's "Physical Graffiti." That said those buildings are known as "Brownstones" in New York City.
The cover of Rancid's "...and out come the wolves." is actually a tribute to Minor Threat's first EP where Ian MacKaye is sitting on a small set of steps with his head on his knees. For Rancid's cover it is Lars Frederiksen doing the exact same pose.
Alec MacKaye
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Interesting, I have always heard it was Ian. Thanks for the info.😎👍✨
Fun video. For another one, Frank Zappa and The Mothers of Invention's We're Only In It For The Money, I guess satirizes would be the right word here, The Beatles Sgt. Pepper cover.
That's a great cover.
The Mothers DID get sued over the cover art. That’s why the second run (“We’re Only In It For The Money”), the inside gatefold became the outer cover and vice versa.
@@georgeprice4212 I honestly didn't know that. I'm guessing things got resolved at some point because the copy I have has the parody cover.
There were all sorts of complaints about the cover to Joe's Garage saying Zappa should not be in black face 😜 it was oil and garage was in the title but no Zappa was a racist, probably the least racist guy there is ♠️
@@ackerjawaka4742 honestly, I think the reason why nobody really said anything about “Joe’s Garage” was people knew Zappa wasn’t racist. And besides, most garage repair people do often have grease or oil on their faces at some point.
I don’t see how Iron Maiden Powerslave would be a rip off of a 70’s Motown band unless Derek Riggs was influenced by that scene.
Several years ago, the Rock Hall had a tribute to the Clash. It was incredible to be in the presence of Joe Strummer’s guitar - where I could see every detail of the instrument, just as Joe left it. Plus, in the same space, I could see the remains of the actual destroyed bass from the London Calling cover.
So I will leave this comment again lol. I love the fact that you mentioned the EW&F album.
Calling them rip-offs is a stretch. Perhaps “inspired by” would be a better term. And after seventy years of covers, nothing is completely original.
I literally just saw the art to that Earth.Wind and fire album recently while on Spotify.And thought the exact same thing.
Australian band 'TISM' have parodied many album covers throughout their career. Their parodies include Dark Room by The Angels, For Those About to Rock by AC/DC, The White Album by The Beatles and pretty much any album cover from Yes.
tism are a great band, their yes spoof is their best cover imo
Hey buddy. I’m hoping you can help me out. I thought you mentioned it but I can’t find it. There was Grim Reapers Fear No Evil with the grim reaper on the motorcycle smashing through the stained glass window. There’s ANOTHER band out there that has virtually the same drawing. Do you know what band/album that is? I’ve seen it several times but now I can’t seem to find it. THANK YOU for your help!!
System of a Down's debut album and George Harrison's "Living in the Material World" are very similar...also , has anyone else noticed that the new kia logo looks strikingly similar to the nine inch nails logo?
Check out the vinyl cover of Danzig 2 - Lucifuge and compare it to the debut Doors album cover 😎
Canadian Hard Rock act Kradle has a compilation CD titled Standing On The Edge that definitely reminds me of Motley Crue's Shout At The Devil. The vinyl edition has a different pic that , now that I think about it , resembles the band shot in Too Fast For Love
Being as their sound is also similar I'm assuming it's more than a coincidence.
The Melvins duped the Kiss solo albums from 1978.
huey lewis and the news sports - is almost identical to doctor feelgood be seeing you
I didn't know about that one - crazy!
The sleeve to the *Morcheeba* album _Big Calm_ emulates that of the 1966 *Ray Conniff* compilation _Hifi Companion._
Hey man. Isn’t there an album that has the same drawing as Grim Reaper’s Fear No Evil, with the grim reaper smashing through a window on a motorcycle? Thanks!!!!
Hmmmm.... Good question. I'm not sure, but maybe someone will see this and know.
I'm with you on Destroyer. It's just about as perfect an album cover as it can be!
Great artwork - I love it.
Great video Frank!
Very insightful!
Keep up the content - my wife and I always enjoy your videos!
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Awesome! Thank you!
Macabre’s Sinister Slaughter pays tribute to The Beatles’ Sgt. Pepper’s album by doing the cover with serial killers & themselves. Pretty cool if you’re into that sort of thing.
Kiss "Dynasty" also has the four face look similar to the "Let it be" album
The single cover to Björk's Violently Happy and the North American version of Britney's ...Baby One More Time also feature similar poses.
Comedian Pat Cooper also parodied “Whip Cream”. Instead he’s sitting in a ton of spaghetti.
Great Video; I actually like the tribute covers. I think it's really nice, & it's sad if the original bands get offended by it. They should feel complimented.
I'm not sure I'd call it a rip-off or even an homage, but I did notice a similarity between the first doors album cover, and the 2nd Danzig album cover.
Van Halen's OU812 album cover is very similar to the Meet The Beatles album cover. Instead of the faces in a straight row, the 3 faces are in a diagonal row, with Alex Van Halen's face over to the right on the OU812 album cover. That's a great homage, if Van Halen were really paying homage to the Beatles. The OU812 album cover is my favorite album cover. ♥️
The countless black albums. Minor Threat/ Rancid - ...And out come the wolves. I can attest to Sticky Fingers ruining the vinyl. It warped the hell out of mine, had to buy.a reissue with the 2D cover and now I use my old one as art to hang up lol
My parents had the Herb Albert album, which is now in my collection. As a kid I worried I shouldn't look at the cover.
And you know the story?
That woman was 4(or something) months pregnant when that was done.
@@tompatchak8706 No I didn't know.
Same here. I used to sneak a peek once in a while.
Didn’t you already upload this video earlier today?
Yup... there were a couple errors that I fixed.
David Bowie - Aladin Sane and Steven Wilson solo album to the bone is another example… SW dog is named Bowie.
Beatles White Album abd Foo Fighter latest album, another example.
Metallica Black Album and ACDC Back in Black…
Another good one you could have included is Stormtroopers of Death's "Bigger Than the Devil" album cover, which is a tribute to Iron Maiden's "The Number of The Beast".
Also used on Porn Flakes: Number of the Beef.
The rabbit hole for comedy/parody covers is massive and probably should be a separate video.
Weird Al would be half the vid.
That album title made it a meta-parody, being as it was mocking what John Lennon said about the Beatles being "more popular than Jesus".
@@GoonSquadLifeMember the cover of The Number of the Beast has Satan with a giant "Eddie"(Iron Maiden's mascot) pulling his strings like a puppet master. So the "Bigger than the Devil" cover art is the same image but with an even bigger Sargent D(SOD's mascot), pulling Eddie's strings, who is pulling Satan's strings..
@@williamcozart8158 Reread my earlier reply: The joke behind that S.O.D. album was also in the TITLE, as a parody of John Lennon's controversial statement about the Beatles' fame. I know all about Maiden, I had NOTB back in '84, among others.
@@GoonSquadLifeMember I read it
Great video! But I'm surprised you omitted Beatles' Sgt. Pepper vs the Stones' "Satanic Majesty's Request..."🤷♂
You had Soul Asylum on the list, but you missed another Minnesota band, The Replacements, Pleased To Meet Me was a nod to Elvis' GI Blues.
After Awhile, There Is So Much You Can Do With An Album Cover.
I remember having the motley crue on lp gatefold and that was not the cover but those pictures inside, the cover was matt black, motley crue in red top of the cover and shout at the devil on the bottom! And the satanic star and circle around it printed in a clear gloss finish in the centre of the cover!!!
Imagine Jimmy, Robert, John, and John Paul digging a Jose Feliciano album over at Jimmy's crib and saying "Lets pay homage with an album cover".
:)
*All very funny, I agree you should ask for permission. In media there is so much theft. People steal my vids and music and upload it onto other platforms as there own without even changing the title of the work they stole from me. I like the Herb Albert best, good for Herb*
zappa’s “we’re only in it for the money” and the sgt. pepper album
I think the Beatles didn't have their name on Let It Be because by that point just seeing their faces was enough to know exactly who they were.
Ween covered laughing Leonard cozens greatest hits album cover
Some of these ideas are just so obvious, its just a matter of who did them first, not if they were ripped off.
I know I’ve probably bought these guys up before but there’s a kids band called the imagination movers, and like most kids bands, they have like a country song about brushing your teeth, a rap song about cleaning your room. You know things like that that get kids moving and get kids listening to music.
Their background is in like sky and punk, but they dabble in all kinds of genres.
They have a song called sock puppet, which has the melody and beef of brass monkey from the Beastie Boys in the middle of it, which is super awesome because my kids know both those songs.
And their album licensed to move is a cover that looks just like the Beastie Boys but it’s instead of a real airplane. It’s a paper airplane because kids like paper airplanes.
That's cool - I just looked it up.
@@Channel33RPM cool huh?
My kids have kind of aged out of imagination movers, but we when we get together with the younger nieces and nephew as well always blast him because those kids don’t wanna hear you know Judas Priest or metallica just yet I’ll play along until they’re ready and when they’re ready, you know, teach them the way
I believe the clash said that since the Elvis record that put rock n roll in to the mainstream had him playing a guitar, then a picture of smashing one would be the death of rock n roll. They wanted London calling to be the last rock record.
Frank Zappa We’re Only in it For The Money & Sgt. Peppers Lonely Hearts Club Band.
the cover of ween's "chocolate and cheese" is similar to the queens of the stone age debut which came out a few years after.
for a more blatant copy of the chocolate and cheese cover, see falling in reverse's "just like you".
The Dead Milkmen- Metaphysical Graffiti for sure.
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A friend of mine is getting back into collecting and listening to vinyl.
He’s a mid 40s dude and had someone we were when he was younger but sold them all of course
And I told him you can’t be taken seriously as a record collector without without at least four copies of the Herb, Albert album
Haha - yes, it's true!
Why is that? I’m not a collector yet, but I do like watching these videos.
@@AntonXul I actually have a good stack of vinyl but I like watching other peoples videos too because it’s kind of fun to see what other people have
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Yeah it is fun. My why question is to why you need 4 copies of the Herb Albert album? I’m confused about that.
@@AntonXul oh it’s a joke. But actually, there is a record store somewhere that has a whole wall of that album like different languages, different prints, different years different pictures all that stuff.
Tove Lo Lady wood
Madonna Like a Prayer
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Female versions of Sticky fingers and the Mötley Crüe one ?
Check out Ween's The Pod and the Best of Leonard Cohen.
great list, I can't say that all of these ones are necessarily famous or not, but Sloppy Seconds Destroyed was another take on that Kiss cover worth checking out, Cecilia und die Sauerkrauts did a variation of that Herb Albert that was pretty entertaining. Chaos Uk short sharp shock and Michelle shocked short sharp shocked are very similar. I'm pretty sure Miley Cyrus cover for plastic hearts is way too similar to the Plasmatics to be coincidence
Just a few things to say here...
Another one that has a similar pose to the Bjork and Britney Spears album is 2pac's "Are You Still Down - Remember Me?" album
I assume that Courtney Love did not know the difference between an "Ah ha I won" and an "Oh my ..." expression
I think GWAR might have parodied the KISS/Manowar album art
Oh yeah - most single and album artwork to "Weird Al" Yankovic albums are parodies - but that is too obvious
Didn't Depeche mode did a cover album similar to black sabbath s born again if I'm mistaken ?
Yes, the used the original image of the baby.
I apologize if this was already mentioned:
Van Halen's "OU812" is similar to the "Meet the Beatles" album
And Metallica's "Black Album" is also a rip-off of Spinal Tap's "Smell the Glove"
Joe Jackson's Body and Soul - Sonny Rollins vol 2; Rod Stewart's Body Wishes - Elvis Presley's Gold Record 2 (50, 000, 000 Elvis fans can't be wrong)
The Earth Wind and Fire album cover was meant to be a cultural statement and was continuous in four frames inside and out. The Iron Maiden lp, though somewhat similar had a demonic image and edge to it. This is in contrast to the positive spirituality that EWF projects.
Demonic? Gimme a break...the Bible speaks of satan and demons also.
1:50 well, the clash did the same thing to elvis, elvis debut album was the original with black and white photo with green and pink letters, a little ironic that mick jones sue...
There's a few ripoff of Herb Albert's Whipped Cream and Other Delights... I picked up one from Goodwill called Pat Cooper Spaghetti Sauce and Other Delights.
I would have said that The Dead Milkmen's Metaphysical Graffiti owes more to Zep's Physical Graffiti. I'm sure that Frank Zappa probably paid for Only In It For The Money's resemblance to Sgt Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band.
Mother's Of Invention's 1967 (or 1968) We're Only In It For The Money was a parody of (or a rip-off of) The Beatles Sargent Pepper's Lonely Heart Club Band cover
Elvis/the Clash: Siniestro total, an Spanish humor punk rock band in their single "minha terra galega", with a bagpiper hitting the floor with his bagpipe.
Sticky fingers: Accept balls to the wall also looks very much like this one.
Also there is a ton of "Sgt. Peppers" parodies
KISS Love Gun and GWAR Lust in Space album covers.
I love that Residents album
I was surprised you didn't mention KISS Alive II in comparison with the Beatle Let it Be. I guess it's because they put the four images on the back instead of the front?
There some weebish albums I can think of right now. Unlucky Morpheus - Rebirth is a direct reference to Angra - Rebirth, same name and everything. Again Unlucky Morpheus - Faith and Warfare is Steve Vai - Passion and Warfare. Last Battalion - Obizen is Meshuggah - Obzen. HMHR Club - Squeal Idol Festival is Helloween - Keeper of the Seven Keys Part 1. Though I guess all of them are more on the parody side
The album "the in sound from way out" from Perry Kingsley and the album "the in sound from way out" from the Beastie Boys.
ELP’s Tarkus (1971) and Judas Priest’s Defenders of the Faith (1984)… AC/DC’s Powerage (1978) and Ted Nugent’s Scream Dream (1980)
Check out The Lashes - Get It album from 2006. Add it to the list of albums that look like The Rolling Stones' Sticky Fingers.
Phil used the close up of his face on almost every album he released.
Check Lady Gaga’s 2009 The Cherrytree Sessions against Missing Persons’ 1982 Spring Session M. Actually, check also Lady Gaga’s outfits with Dale Bozzio’s 1980’s looks
His channel logo looks like jazz queen
Hmmmm.... never thought of that, but I get it.
@@Channel33RPM thanks for replying! Enjoyed the vid btw
The Dead Milkmen's Metaphysical Grafitti uses a similar cover to Led Zep's. It is probably a bit of a parody since that seems to be the direction of the band.
That man o war cover goes hard af!
Recent Pink Floyd's Wish You Were Here was copied by Metro Boomin's Heroes and Villains album sleeve. Dream Theater's album with the guy on tightrope nicked from Supertramp's ...Famous Last Words...
With the rolling stones and motley crue one Against Me! Had a similar album cover
Van Halen's "OU812" looks similar to "Meet The Beatles!"
VERY similar!
That's a good call... when I was editing this video, I thought of inserting it, but I will next time.
Like Courtney Love has never seen Carrie…
Look at Fresh Cream by Cream and On Time by Grand Funk Railroad. Almost the exact same cover, and it came out in the same year.
That one album from Imagine Dragon, looks close to Pink Floyd's Darkside of the moon album
Courtney Love getting offended because someone has homages her album cover seems odd, as if she knows absolutely nothing about the culture or history of rock 'n' roll. Many of the earliest rock 'n' roll records were referencing other records, and rock has been doing variations on the same thing ever since.
Sloppy Seconds Destroyed album is a parody of the KISS album as well. Better than the Man-O-War one
🎶The Residents!!! 🎶
Left out the Dead Milkmen’s Metaphysical Graffiti. 😂
Don't know it, but I love that name (Metaphysical Graffiti). I will check it out!
It's not stealing ! It's paying homage.
I would have left the errors in & do a pinned comment explaning rather than re-uploading
I was going back and forth. When you re-upload, you definitely lose that initial momentum. Ultimately though, I hate errors, and pinned comments are easy to miss.
@@Channel33RPMI totally get where you are comimg from & I guess pinned commentd can be misssed keep up the great videos Keep on spinning bud
You missed Dead Milkmen’s ”Metaphysical Graffiti”
Good one for part 2.
Bob Seger's Live Bullet and Kid Rock's Live Trucker look the same.
Van Halen Van Halen and Steeler with Yngwie