Dead Kennedys Frankenchrist Virus 45 w/ HR GIGER POSTER SEALED
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Dead Kennedy's "Frankenchrist", Alternative Tentacles (Virus 45) 1985
EXTREMELY RARE ALBUM!!! STILL SEALED
This auction is for a SEALED album BEFORE the band was sued and forced to remove the "offensive" poster (artwork by H.R. Giger). The poster insert caused much controversy and the band entered a lengthy legal battle over censorship.
You can read more about the legal battle here: https://qz.com/210900/the-obscenity-trial-that-made-h-r-giger-an-icon-for-punk-rock-and-free-speech/
VERY FEW copies still exist, and EVEN FEWER have never been opened!!
Taken from the Wikipedia Entry:
Controversy
The album was a subject of controversy because of a poster inserted in the original record sleeve. The poster, H. R. Giger's Landscape #XX, or Penis Landscape, was a painting depicting rows of penises and vulvae. Vocalist Jello Biafra was brought to trial for distributing harmful matter to minors, and though the case did not result in a conviction, his Alternative Tentacles label was almost driven to bankruptcy. It was only through the support of fans that the label was able to stay alive. Biafra gained attention as a champion of free speech, and was subsequently one of the most active opponents of the Parents Music Resource Center.
Frankenchrist's front cover itself depicts a Shriners parade, featuring Shriners members driving miniature cars, wearing their distinctive red fez hats.[1] The four Shriners members pictured in the photograph sued Dead Kennedys in 1986.[2] The image was originally photographed and published by Newsweek in the 1970s, a decade before the Frankenchrist usage by Dead Kennedys and Alternative Tentacles in 1985.[2]
Note: I keep all my records in a climate controlled environment to prevent any mold or moisture build up from happening. All of the vinyl records are inspected by me, they are from my own personal collection that I have built up over the past thirty years.
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