It's not necessarily the artist that appears on your album cover.
Consider some of the most iconic covers in the history of rock music. None of these depict band or solo performances. The red-lipped woman on the cover of Cars' self-titled debut was Russian-born model Natalya Medvedeva. She was only 17 when she moved to Los Angeles, and she quickly landed a cover star job.
A boy with blue eyes and angel wings graces the cover of Van Halen. 1984 He was a real kid named Carter Helm, who reportedly kept trying to eat the candy cigarettes he was asked to pose with. It turned out to be the best.Children on the cover of Smashing Pumpkins Siamese Dream Ari Renger and Lysandra Roberts were also real.
“We wore cute dresses with angel wings, ate lemon heads, and enjoyed Rocket Pop popsicles from an ice cream truck that happened to pass by during the shoot,” Langer told Setlist in 2018. told .fm. Any 7 year old will love it. ”
Or, as in the case of Rat, the help of family and friends was called upon. out of the basement. The actress on the cover is Tawny Kitaen, who was dating Ratt guitarist Robin Crosby at the time.
Find out more in our list of 40 Famous Album Cover Stars below.
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Someone else is spotlighting these covers.
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