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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 (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.
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 ...
In 1976, the Scorpions released Virgin Killer, the album cover of which featured a nude prepubescent girl behind a broken pane of glass. The cover art was designed by Stefan Bohle, who was the product manager for the West German division of RCA Records, [15] their label at the time. The cover brought the band considerable market exposure as ...
The album cover photography was taken by Michael von Gimbut; [2] his third Scorpions album cover commission. Like their previous two albums, Taken by Force caused controversy with its cover art which again resulted in the artwork being replaced in most markets with an alternative cover using photographs of the band members.
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 ...
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.
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.