rather ripped cover: a change in direction

doctor dan · 04.24.2006, 11:22 AM

i may be mistaken here, but it seems rather ripped is the first one of their major album releases for a while that seems to use artwork that was designed specifically for the record. most of them (apart from maybe ejt&ns and washing machine) have used selections of artworks, or works done by their friends. is this again perhaps symbollic of a commercial slant to the record, or am i delving too deeply into it? at any rate, id like to thank the band for introducing me to the work of gerhard richter and mike kelly...

silverfreepress (sdasher) · 04.24.2006, 11:39 AM

I don't think its a commercial slant, I mean its not a pretty cover its a hard core cover but hell that's subjective hard core can be pretty to people just as puppies can be.

I think it brings more attention to the music it being a in house cover. For reviews. No ink will be spilled talking about any other artist other than the four responsible for the music

and i'm also wouldn't be surprised if theres an alternate cover with a candid picture of Dan Rather of cbs, drunk. Rather, Ripped so to speak.

ok maybe not, maybe

I don't this cover is less artistic than any other before it just cuz its two tone. Look at Psycho, Hitchcock only needed black and white. Who's is the artist for RR?

alyasa · 04.24.2006, 11:47 AM

is that black lace on a blood red background? with 'Rather Ripped' in red superimposed over a black hole, ripped out of the lace? It is, isn't it?

FruitLoop · 04.24.2006, 12:21 PM

yeah but...

i got into richard pettibon thanks to the goo art
i got into richard kern thanks to the youth
though not mike kelley, that was through paul mccarthy

anyway sometimes their artwork makes you discover artists that take a significance in yr life. not sure about rather ripped though. we'll see....

alyasa · 04.24.2006, 01:18 PM

it seems almost perversely sexual...

AllHandsOnTheBigOne · 04.24.2006, 02:29 PM

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Originally Posted by alyasa

it seems almost perversely sexual...

Really? I think it's more violent than anything.

Sheriff Rhys Chatham · 04.24.2006, 02:38 PM

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Originally Posted by AllHandsOnTheBigOne

Really? I think it's more violent than anything.

i agree

Everyneurotic · 04.24.2006, 02:41 PM

hardcore cover my ass.

well, it probably looks "hardcore" to the fall out boy/good charlotte crowds...

punk doesn't mean lazy and uninspired

this is probably their blandest cover ever

Everyneurotic · 04.24.2006, 02:42 PM

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Originally Posted by FruitLoop

...i got into richard pettibon thanks to the goo art...

he's name is raymond pettibon, not richard

PAULYBEE2656 · 04.24.2006, 03:04 PM

i like the artwork tho. its kinda..... post something. but yeah i get what everyone is saying. i liked the first rumoured cover, the one with the eye make up mirror....

selkcip · 04.24.2006, 03:07 PM

i like that it's basic, but the style (industrial fasion) of it is kinda gay

HairwayToSteven · 04.24.2006, 03:11 PM

I think the cover is pretty bland. Kind of a let down really.

selkcip · 04.24.2006, 03:22 PM

i like that it's no indication of what the album sounds like. if it is in fact the official cover

AllHandsOnTheBigOne · 04.24.2006, 06:00 PM

Whatever, it's an album cover. Stick a cartoon nurse on it and people will lap it up.

alyasa · 04.25.2006, 12:04 AM

It does seem to denote a certain atmosphere of violence... Especially with all the ripping... Maybe the violence is more of the emotional nature? Violent, passionate emotions?

I ripped your heart out from your chest/replaced it with a grenade blast...

That's from Incinerate...

Everyneurotic · 04.25.2006, 12:07 AM

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Originally Posted by alyasa

...I ripped your heart out from your chest/replaced it with a grenade blast...

That's from Incinerate...

so this is sonic youth's emo album

alyasa · 04.25.2006, 02:25 AM

Maybe it's Sonic Youth's emo-transcendental album

holy-reverb!! · 04.25.2006, 03:13 PM

its anything but "emo"

FruitLoop · 04.25.2006, 04:36 PM

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Originally Posted by Everyneurotic

he's name is raymond pettibon, not richard

Hey, thanks for the heads up. Probably a freudian slip on Richard Kern. Or Terry Richardson... funnily enough I got to see 2 of his art at the Statens Museums for Kunst last weekend.

Cooley · 04.25.2006, 05:56 PM

Steve: "Hey, Thurston...some of these guys on the message board say they don't like the new album cover."

Thurston: "Oh, yeah?"

Steve: "You think we should change it?"

Thurston: "What?"

04.24.2006, 11:22 AM	#1
doctor dan bad moon rising Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: bath spa, uk/ nottingham, uk Posts: 157	i may be mistaken here, but it seems rather ripped is the first one of their major album releases for a while that seems to use artwork that was designed specifically for the record. most of them (apart from maybe ejt&ns and washing machine) have used selections of artworks, or works done by their friends. is this again perhaps symbollic of a commercial slant to the record, or am i delving too deeply into it? at any rate, id like to thank the band for introducing me to the work of gerhard richter and mike kelly... __________________ IT FIT WHEN I WAS A KID
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04.24.2006, 11:39 AM	#2
silverfreepress (sdasher) the destroyed room Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: NYC Posts: 588	I don't think its a commercial slant, I mean its not a pretty cover its a hard core cover but hell that's subjective hard core can be pretty to people just as puppies can be. I think it brings more attention to the music it being a in house cover. For reviews. No ink will be spilled talking about any other artist other than the four responsible for the music and i'm also wouldn't be surprised if theres an alternate cover with a candid picture of Dan Rather of cbs, drunk. Rather, Ripped so to speak. ok maybe not, maybe I don't this cover is less artistic than any other before it just cuz its two tone. Look at Psycho, Hitchcock only needed black and white. Who's is the artist for RR?
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04.24.2006, 11:47 AM	#3
alyasa invito al cielo Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: Singapore Posts: 3,791	is that black lace on a blood red background? with 'Rather Ripped' in red superimposed over a black hole, ripped out of the lace? It is, isn't it? __________________ Sab Kuch Tick Tock Hai
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04.24.2006, 12:21 PM	#4
FruitLoop children of satan Join Date: Mar 2006 Posts: 323	yeah but... i got into richard pettibon thanks to the goo art i got into richard kern thanks to the youth though not mike kelley, that was through paul mccarthy anyway sometimes their artwork makes you discover artists that take a significance in yr life. not sure about rather ripped though. we'll see....
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04.24.2006, 01:18 PM	#5
alyasa invito al cielo Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: Singapore Posts: 3,791	it seems almost perversely sexual... __________________ Sab Kuch Tick Tock Hai
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04.24.2006, 02:41 PM	#8
Everyneurotic invito al cielo Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Mexico Posts: 15,713	hardcore cover my ass. well, it probably looks "hardcore" to the fall out boy/good charlotte crowds... punk doesn't mean lazy and uninspired this is probably their blandest cover ever __________________ Richard Clayderman found alive and still bland! Repo Man has all night! Photographic evidence of Monosodic's existance! New Kiddieriot shit after all! Never too late to share fave rex from the year before! David Keenan is a douchebag! Ron Asheton missed!
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PAULYBEE2656 invito al cielo Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: wexford, rep of ireland Posts: 6,930	i like the artwork tho. its kinda..... post something. but yeah i get what everyone is saying. i liked the first rumoured cover, the one with the eye make up mirror.... __________________ myspace facebook *twitter*
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04.24.2006, 03:07 PM	#11
selkcip bad moon rising Join Date: Apr 2006 Posts: 197	i like that it's basic, but the style (industrial fasion) of it is kinda gay
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HairwayToSteven children of satan Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Iowa. Posts: 266	I think the cover is pretty bland. Kind of a let down really.
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04.24.2006, 03:22 PM	#13
selkcip bad moon rising Join Date: Apr 2006 Posts: 197	i like that it's no indication of what the album sounds like. if it is in fact the official cover
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AllHandsOnTheBigOne children of satan Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Where? Posts: 378	Whatever, it's an album cover. Stick a cartoon nurse on it and people will lap it up. __________________ Boys go to jupiter to get more stupider Girls go to mars, become rock stars
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04.25.2006, 12:04 AM	#15
alyasa invito al cielo Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: Singapore Posts: 3,791	It does seem to denote a certain atmosphere of violence... Especially with all the ripping... Maybe the violence is more of the emotional nature? Violent, passionate emotions? I ripped your heart out from your chest/replaced it with a grenade blast... That's from Incinerate... __________________ Sab Kuch Tick Tock Hai
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04.25.2006, 02:25 AM	#17
alyasa invito al cielo Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: Singapore Posts: 3,791	Maybe it's Sonic Youth's emo-transcendental album __________________ Sab Kuch Tick Tock Hai
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holy-reverb!! children of satan Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: toronto Posts: 270	its anything but "emo" __________________
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Cooley empty page Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Vermont Posts: 15	Steve: "Hey, Thurston...some of these guys on the message board say they don't like the new album cover." Thurston: "Oh, yeah?" Steve: "You think we should change it?" Thurston: "What?"
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