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Sunday, 15 June 2014

Heavy Metal Cover Girls: Bombshells

 Back in WW2 USAAF bomber crews were famous for decorating their aircraft with pinup art. Given the nature of the profession, it's not too surprising that sneaking a bomb into the picture was quite common.
Picture courtesy of Wikipedia

   Heavy Metal/Hard Rock bands love sexy women and love stuff that goes bang. Does it surprise anybody that they continue the artistic tradition? 
 Or if you want to put it another way: Certain bands saw the idea, thought "Cool" and nicked it.

 Tora Tora -Bombs Away (USA 2010)

sexy woman riding a bomb


 You know how I normally put snarky comments underneath these? I'm not going to do that this time around. There's only so many ways I can reword "She's riding on a bomb. Doesn't she realise how dangerous that is?" after all.

Bangalore Choir - On Target (USA 1992)

album artwork woman riding a missile

I find it interesting that it seems to be mainly Hair Metal/Sleaze Rock bands that go in for this trope.
Wonder why?

 Grand Slam - Rhythmic Noise (Japan 1990)

Rock album art cowgirl and bomb


Sgt. Roxx - Weapon Of Miss Distraction (USA 2009)

bettie page art riding a bomb
Ironically, the smallest, least intimidating bomb here. 
Still, bonus points for the Bettie Page clone. 

Dirty Diamonds - Let's Get Loud (Ireland 2013)

Rock album art woman and bomb


Gurd - Never fail (Switzerland 2011)

woman riding a bomb pinup

You know what I said earlier about how it's mostly Hair Metal bands thast like to stick girls & bombs on their cover? Here's the exception to the rule. If you fancy a bit of thrashing check this out:



The Scams - Bombs Away (Sweden 2012)

Wow. She's really having fun, isn't she? 

That's all folks. 

3 comments:

  1. Military pin ups are classic. One can never ho wrong here!

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    1. Glad you liked them, old chap.

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