ĭumile and KMD's recorded debut came on 3rd Bass's song "The Gas Face" from The Cactus Album, followed in 1991 with KMD's album Mr. A&R rep Dante Ross learned of KMD from the hip hop group 3rd Bass, and signed the group to Elektra Records. He then moved with his family to New York and was raised in the city of Long Beach, New York on Long Island.Īs Zev Love X, he formed the group KMD in 1988 with his younger brother DJ Subroc and another MC called Onyx the Birthstone Kid. 1.4 Guest appearances, production, and instrumental workĭumile was born on Januin London, England, the son of a Trinidadian mother and Zimbabwean father.The album art pays a slight tribute to many iconic images of the Beatles with their covers for A Hard Day’s Night and Let It Be. The four-square image of the animated characters that make up Gorillaz comes to life on the cover of Demon Days. Nonetheless, it’s a pretty eye-catching image. That, or a girl who got stuck in a star exhibit during a field trip to the Air and Space Museum. This album has always looked like a strange recreation of a Renaissance painting done by aliens trying to understand art history. Mellon Collie And The Infinite Sadness by the Smashing Pumpkins Its cohesive chaos allows for the viewer to find something new and bizarre almost every time they look at it. There is no album on this list more recognizable than Green Day’s 1994 punk masterpiece, Dookie. The Art Of Drowning by AFIĭone in the same style as their All Hallow’s EP, The Art Of Drowning artwork by Alan Forbes brings whimsy to the macabre. Rather than use dark colors to depict their brooding artist, Alesana opted for sepia tones to illustrate their best-selling record. The Emptiness tells the story of an artist gone mad after the death of his beloved. The hanging heart has become synonymous with the Used, but also shows that sometimes simplicity can go a very long way. Inspired by the tragic story of the two lovers depicted throughout the tracks of this album, Gerard Way designed the album artwork for My Chem’s second full-length, which makes this creepy cover art even cooler.
Three Cheers For Sweet Revenge by My Chemical Romance Trading in trees for skeletons, Romano brought to life some of Chiodos’ most iconic images. If the style from Tracing Back Roots looks familiar, it’s because any fan of Chiodos has seen Paul Romano’s work before. Continuing with their ever-present plant motif, the image of the man becoming a tree fits beautifully with the overall theme of the record. Paul Romano has designed every album cover for We Came As Romans, but Tracing Back Roots is by far the most interesting. The style might also seem familiar, since the man who designed it, Dan Mumford, has done album artwork for Miss May I, Parkway Drive and many other acclaimed metalcore artists.
Homesick, with its eerie trees and lurking spiders, is probably ADTR’s most memorable album cover. Here are the top 20 illustrated album covers. Artists go into these decisions knowing the image will follow them throughout their careers-it will be turned into T-shirts, posters, backdrops and even tattoos.While many artists have used photography or typeface to create their album artwork, other bands have gone for a more surrealist approach. Choosing album artwork must be one of the most difficult parts of finalizing a record.
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