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Post by Shevy on Aug 23, 2004 0:26:40 GMT -5
Rumor has it that the Humanure cover may be banned shortly...  Yay! Censorship! I'm glad I don't have to actually spend time raising my kids...society and media will do it for me! |
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Post by 1:( on Aug 23, 2004 13:23:34 GMT -5
Like any kid young enough to be bothered by that album cover would be listening to Cattle Decapitation anyway.
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Post by sc00ts on Aug 23, 2004 13:48:24 GMT -5
The cover with the skinned, severed cow's head is ok though?!
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Post by Shevy on Aug 24, 2004 1:46:23 GMT -5
They should just change the cover to a bowl of Beeferoni or something.
Censoring art is bullshit. Just because some stuffy group of conservatives that learned about artistic expression from a text book in college thinks it's shocking doesn't mean it should be banned altogether.
I can appreciate their reasoning of not wanting a child to see something like that when browsing for Celine Dion, but that's not Cattle Decap's problem. Market the CD in a thin cardboard sleeve.
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Post by toddhascrabs on Aug 24, 2004 4:50:21 GMT -5
I love how these guys are vegans. That just makes it so much btter for me.
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Post by unclemeat on Aug 25, 2004 2:45:34 GMT -5
Let me guess:some group with teh word "Family" in it
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Post by unclemeat on Aug 31, 2004 8:06:53 GMT -5
CATTLE DECAPITATION: 'Humanure' Album Cover 'Censored' - Aug. 30, 2004
San Diego extreme metallers CATTLE DECAPITATION have posted the following message on their official web site:
*We've been given the option to change the ['Humanure'] album cover and we're doing it. We’ve received too many complaints that people are unable to find the album and that is something we wanted to defeat by signing with Metal Blade. We knew it had to incorporate the current original artwork somehow as well as to put across a message. We're going to go with the image that's on the back of the current layout. It's just a barren wasteland that (now in hindsight, cryptically) symbolizes the ill effect of censorship as well as the fallout left by the apocalypse known as humanity. Void of flavor and life. Exactly the way this world will be when it cures itself of this disease. The positive things to come out of this? Now nobody will be able to complain that they can't find what we think is our best record to date as well as more focus on the music and the lyrics. The original cover has been released (though it will now be limited edition) so at least it exists somewhere and the vinyl version on Deep Six Records will still have the original cover. We're really not concerned with 'grossing people out', our music deserves more than that and the lyrics do a fine job of that already.
"We suggest that if you don't have 'Humanure' already, get it. This change will take place as soon as the printers can belt out the new copies. After that the original version will be deleted. And it's by far our best release yet.
"To any possible sceptics: It's death metal. If we were all about money and album sales we wouldn't have given our lives to this kind of music. Don't try. We’re on tour constantly busting our asses so the record needs to be in stores.
"Who to blame? I wish it was as simple as 'The PMRC.' After Janet Jackson revealed her mammary glands(complete with surrounding tissue and piercing) on national TV, the FCC has tightened the noose on the entertainment industry, forcing chain stores and countless others to pay more attention to this kind of thing. Fear. Having ultra Christian/right-wing conservatives running our country doesn't help much either. Get out there and vote, people.
"The original cover art by Wes Benscoter will always be available for viewing at our website http://www.cattledecapitation.com."
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Post by Shevy on Aug 31, 2004 8:25:56 GMT -5
Something I found strange in that statement...
We're really not concerned with 'grossing people out', our music deserves more than that and the lyrics do a fine job of that already
If this were the case, I would be interested to hear why they chose to kick off the beginning of "To Serve Man" with a downright disturbing actual clip of a man getting his throat slit. I've always considered that nothing more than shock value garbage which detracts from an otherwise decent song...something that tries to make their album the controversial buzz of the week.
Between they extremity of the music, the lyrics, and their album covers...don't say you're not concerned with "grossing people out", because I simply don't buy it! They're beginning to sound like a band embarassed about the success they've been having.
It's okay to sell tons of records, play with mainstream bands, and make lots of money...but don't try to pass yourself off as a band not concerned with adding a layer of shock to your style.
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Post by 1:( on Aug 31, 2004 18:10:39 GMT -5
I saw this on LP today at the music store with the uncensored cover, and was thinking of buying it just because of the fact that the cover wouldn't be around forever. But then I thought to myself, "Do I really want to waste my money on something I've never heard?"
So I bought this stuff:
Mastodon - Leviathan(just came out today)
Backstabbers Inc. - While You Were Sleeping
Bela Fleck and the Flecktones - s/t
Insult - I think this one's also self titled
Cryptopsy - None So Vile
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