Seidemann wrote that he approached a girl reported to be 14 years old on the London Underground about modelling for the cover, and eventually met with her parents, but that she proved too old for the effect he wanted. Instead, the model he used was her younger sister Mariora Goschen, who was reported to be 11 years old.[7] Mariora initially requested a horse as a fee but was instead paid £40.[7][8]
The original cover art for the album depicted a nude ten-year-old girl,[11] with a shattered glass effect obscuring her genitalia. The image was designed by Steffan Böhle,[12] who was then the product manager for the West German branch of RCA Records.[10] Francis Buchholz was the bassist for the band and, in an interview conducted in early 2007, recollects that the model depicted on the cover was either the daughter or the niece of the cover designer.[13] The photograph was taken by Michael von Gimbut.[14] The band's rhythm guitarist Rudolf Schenker offers the following description of the circumstances behind the album cover:
We didn't actually have the idea. It was the record company. The record company guys were like, "Even if we have to go to jail, there's no question that we'll release that."
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1 xxxxxxxxx9xxxxxxxxx 2019-02-27
There's an alarming amount of pedo shit on album covers.
1 Tippy_Toms_Shitlogs 2019-02-27
Blind Faith (UK release) is pretty much the apex.
1 yoko_awwnaww 2019-02-27
1 Tippy_Toms_Shitlogs 2019-02-27
Thanks pedo album cover fact bot!
1 yoko_awwnaww 2019-02-27
also the cover for the Scorpions “Virgin Killer”
We didn't actually have the idea. It was the record company. The record company guys were like, "Even if we have to go to jail, there's no question that we'll release that."
1 i69withmarion 2019-02-27
It's a shame Nirvana - Nevermind never tickled his fancy, he could have followed in Kurt's footsteps too.
1 ManAndGodAndLion 2019-02-27
The album DOA by Throbbing Gristle came with some pedo calendar. The band got death threats over it I think.
1 Donnerpartytwink 2019-02-27
There was music inside that picture?
1 LiterallyCaligula 2019-02-27
Saw it on eBay a few years ago actually, going for $50.
1 jjfrunkiss 2019-02-27
korn had a child abduction on their first album cover. I guess at least they weren't trying to be artsy with it, just brass tacks pedoing
1 xxxxxxxxx9xxxxxxxxx 2019-02-27
The song "Daddy" from that album was originally written from the perspective of an adult who was getting ready to rape a child.
1 BoardroomBimmy 2019-02-27
Age.
1 Tippy_Toms_Shitlogs 2019-02-27
Blind Faith (UK release) is pretty much the apex.
1 i69withmarion 2019-02-27
It's a shame Nirvana - Nevermind never tickled his fancy, he could have followed in Kurt's footsteps too.
1 ManAndGodAndLion 2019-02-27
The album DOA by Throbbing Gristle came with some pedo calendar. The band got death threats over it I think.
1 jjfrunkiss 2019-02-27
korn had a child abduction on their first album cover. I guess at least they weren't trying to be artsy with it, just brass tacks pedoing