I never see Mannequin Beach on lists of remarkable album covers. Maybe that's because this album cover is so mind-blowing that nobody can decide whether it belongs on the "best album cover" list or the "worst album cover" list.
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Holy Shit!
What the fuck! Is this a thrash album?
The guys were a local punk band I grew up with In Lincoln, Nebraska In the late 80's Great band and some great times. Their 2 demo tapes are much better than the lp imho.
Here's the story, I lived with Dan, the guitar player when they were recording this. Dan had this idea for road kill on the cover, so we went out looking for some nice, plump, juicy carcass. We finally found this rabbit, but it was too intact for Dan's taste, so I rolled over it again to create the yummy entrails and voila!
The pig fetuses from the back are from the bass player's biology lab.
Actually, not having heard the cited demos, looking back this band was pretty freaking great. I'm listening to the vinyl LP right now and it's great!
Hey Chris. We may have met way back in the day in Lincoln. I lived in the "beach house" when they practiced in the basement. I still have their first two tapes (and yelled some background vocals with some other house-mates). I break out the LP from time to time. Just thought I'd say hey since I just stumbled upon your post from years ago. Take care. Bob.
Hi Chris,
Do you have mp3s of the demo tapes? I used to have a cassette of one a very long time ago, but a tape head ate it. It would make my century to get a digital copy of that stuff. Please contact me and we can work something out.
Oops forgot my email: mb@samrowe.com
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