ALBUM COVERS
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The work of H.R. Giger is immensely powerful. Giger's amazing cover for 
Emerson, Lake and Palmer's album Brain Salad Surgery portrays a Gothic 
touch that could fit any heavy metal band at any time.

Giger's cover, Koo Koo , for Debbie Harry is tremendously sensual, building 
on the image she developed as a rock 'n' roll Marilyn Monroe long before anyone 
else tried it. Debbie Harry's sexuality was hidden rather than blatant and that's 
continued here with a fabulous extension of her image.

Jimmy Page, November 1990

Excerpt from the Introduction to the book published in conjunction with
The Record Art Collection Limited Edition Rock "n" Roll Art Prints

A NOTE FROM H.R. GIGER ABOUT HIS ALBUM COVERS

Of the, approximately, 20 records on which my artwork has been seen over the last 30 years, very few were created, specifically, for album covers. The first one, ever, was for a band called Walpurgis in 1969, then Emerson Lake and Palmer's "Brain Salad Surgery" in 1973, Debbie Harry's "Koo Koo" in 1981, and a series of "lip" paintings which I made for ELP in 1986, that the group, finally, used on a CD they released in the mid 1990s. The last cover I, actually, painted as a commission was Steve Stevens & the Atomic Playboys in 1989. All the others paintings, including the sculpture used for Carcass’ “Heartwork”, 1993, I made for myself, many years before, which the bands, later, licensed for their own use after seeing them in my books.

ALBUM COVER PHOTOS

Unfortunately, there have also been many small bands over the years, presumably fans of mine, who had appropriated my artwork for their album and CD covers. I find it very disappointing that, even today, 
it continues to happen. But, through the Internet and the help of the many vigilant fans who help me guard against such unauthorized use of my art, I always hear about it, sooner or later, and my agent and
my lawyers are glad take care of it. There are always a few such cases pending and, for the violators of my copyright, it will, now, cost a lot more than if they had first contacted me, through my agent, to ask for my permission.

H.R. Giger 


Emerson, Lake and Palmer
Brain Salad Surgery
1973

Emerson, Lake and Palmer
Brain Salad Surgery
inside cover - 1973

Floh de Cologne
Mummies
1974

Debbie Harry
The Jam Was Moving
1981

Debbie Harry
Koo Koo
1981

Debbie Harry
Koo Koo
inside cover - 1981
     

Island
pictures
1977

Necronomicon
H.R.G. - J.J.Wittmer
1975

Oser, Weber, Bürder
Johanni Wants Three Dead
1980
     

Steve Stevens
Atomic Playboys
1989

Sacrosanct
Recesses for the Depraved
1991

SFX - Museum Vol. 4
Laserdisc
1981

Carcass
Heartwork
1993

Atrocity
Hallucinations
1990

Magma
Attahk
1978

Danzig III
How the Gods Kill
1992

Celtic Frost
To Mega Therion
1985

pankow
Freedom for the Slaves
1987

Walpurgis
(first album cover ever designed by H.R.G.)
back and front cover
1969

The covers Debbie Harry: Koo Koo, 1981, and Emerson, Lake and Palmer:
Brain Salad Surgery, 1973, were chosen as two of the top 100 best covers of the
century by Rolling Stone Magazine.

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