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yes this cover annoys,i don't know were they get the idea from.the scorpions are an evil band.

One sad 1981 evening I was watching Solid Gold, as I did every week. The show was a perfect snapshot of culture as the era of Disco faded into an uncertain mess of rock ballads, new wave, and R&B. With hosts like Andy Gibb, Dionne Warwick, and Marilyn McCoo, and regular performers like Wayland Flowers & Madam (the gay ventriloquist with an old lady puppet), it was an assault on the senses. Of course, the sexy Solid Gold Dancers were the main reason I watched. As an evening alternative to American Bandstand, it offered acts with more primetime appeal to lip sync their latest hits, with performers as diverse as Bucker and Garcia ("Pac-Man Fever") to Elvis Costello appearing on the show.

But even my 11 year old sensibilities were put to the test when I saw an "all new band" that was ready to take America by storm. Someone apparently thought The Village People was a great enough gimmick to copy with sports players instead of gay blue-collar types, so they came up with...The All Sports Band. The sheer ridiculousness of it was overwhelming. You had a baseball player, kickboxer (who apparently was a hockey player in concept, but was switched when they realized skates would be pretty hard to wear onstage), race car driver, football player, and boxer. Apparently after a long day of playing their respective sports, they wanted to rock out a little.

The song was a forgettable tune called "Jet Set" and they were a sight to behold as they played. The football player strummed his guitar while wearing his pads (with no jersey...to please the ladies), and the boxer played drums within a cute little boxing ring setup. And by cute I mean "hella gay". He even played drums WITH HIS GLOVES ON!

They never toured, and "surprisingly" never released another album. In fact, interest in the album they did release was so low, that it hardly shipped to stores. Most copies that exist are promo editions that were sent to radio stations.

One for all the Tottenham fans... i knew Glenn Hoddle was a bit deluded but this was rediculous.

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Originally Posted by candymoan

very interesting title..

i like that one

yes, night rocker is definately one of the worse covers ever. TG had a special of worst covers and it was on it

also this one

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Originally Posted by Glice

I always think this seems like it belongs to a rubbish metal album, rather than being one of the finest moments of early 80s post-punk (or whatever)

Does anyone remember that Simpsons episode where (I think) Otto shows a tattoo (on his back?). I think it's supposed to be an imitation of this cover.

I tried to find a picture... If I do, I'll post it.

Otherwise, correct me if I'm wrong...

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Originally Posted by A Thousand Threads

oh god, i hate this cover

this was dissapointing

Really? I love the No Star artwork, plus its changable with the inserts. and lee did it on ms paint so its legendary!

Now i think about it the billion suns artwork's shit.

The font used for the title is bad enough with this one..

Pookie, that's a fuckin' cool cover.

Edited: Seriously fuckin' cool. I now consider it one of my favourite album covers of all time. Look at the detail!

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Originally Posted by Norma J

Pookie, that's a fuckin' cool cover.

Edited: Seriously fuckin' cool. I now consider it one of my favourite album covers of all time. Look at the detail!

I just think it's so (unintentionally) funny.

I suppose I can't seperate the cover from the album and the time.

It came out when I worked in a record shop and the manager played it constantly. And even though Jeff Beck has made some good albums, this isn't one of them.

Another thing was that it came out in 1989, the same time I was listening to bands like Mudhoney, Nirvana & Big Black. And this was just so opposite to everything I liked in an album cover!

The epitome of 1980'2 "classiness" - yeech:

Too complicated and the writing is too small... oh yeah, and the band are shit...

Looks like an old patchwork quilt... band are alright tho...

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Originally Posted by Jico

But, sadly, the plot to get them crushed under a train was not entirely successful.

Which hole is that crucifix penetrating?--It's sometimes difficult to differentiate at this angle. If it's in her box, well, that was done in the movies years ago. If it's up her arse, however, then it's extremely cool.