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Virgin Killer is the fourth studio album by the German rock band Scorpions, released in 1976 by RCA Records. It was the band's first album to attract attention outside Europe. [ 3 ] The title is described as being a reference to time as the killer of innocence . [ 4 ]
Scorpions –Virgin Killer. German rockers Scorpions knew exactly how provocative they were being with the Steffan Böhle-designed cover for 1976’s Virgin Killer, which depicts a naked 10-year ...
Scorpions – Virgin Killer (1976) This cover featured a photo of a naked prepubescent girl, with her pubic area partially obscured by a "cracked glass" effect. Her pose and the title Virgin Killer added to the image's notoriety.
The original version of the album cover--photographed by Michael von Gimbut [5] was censored for clearly showing the cover model's exposed breast [6] hanging down towards the guitar. Later releases blacked out the breast so that it is not visible. This is the first of many Scorpions album covers to have been censored.
Lovedrive is the sixth studio album by the German rock band Scorpions, released in 1979.Considered by some critics to be the pinnacle of their career, [1] Lovedrive was a major evolution of the band's sound, exhibiting their "classic style" that would be later developed over their next few albums.
the cover was not banned in the traditional sense, as it was never declared illegal. It was in fact released, uncensored (as shown in Virgin Killer.jpg), only to be recalled from distribution after numerous complaints and at least one incident of mass vandalism of on-shelf albums by a customer. Then it was re-released with a different cover.
The album cover was created by Storm Thorgerson of the design firm Hipgnosis and, as with earlier Scorpions album sleeves, courted controversy. However, unlike several of their previous album sleeves the controversy did not result in the cover being replaced with an alternate sleeve. Recalling the cover photo, Thorgerson remarked, "That one was ...
1. Apollo Is an Indiana Native. The singer’s parents immigrated to the United States from Mexico, and they raised Apollo and his three older siblings in Hobart, Indiana.