Forgotten Early 80's Hardcore Punk Album Cover?
 

There's this early 80's hardcore album with an all-black cover, and a hand drawn crappy skull and crossbones looking thing on the cover in grey. It was also featured among many others in the opening credits of SLC Punk!, but I'm having trouble remembering the title or the band. I don't think I've heard any songs in particular from it but I wish to after I find out what it is.

Can anyone help me out?

OK, so I looked up SCL Punk! and found it on youtube. I came across this in the opening credits, but only problem was the top part was clipped.

http://i.imgur.com/dIjmaLs.png?1

Greg Littlewood was the film's cinematographer. The clipped text says "Director of Photography".

Greg Littlewood - IMDb

So what you're telling me is that it's not a hardcore album cover, or the hardcore album cover Tristan Geoff is looking for?

Not at all. I was just trying to help you decipher the clipped text. Anyway, I did some digging. Every card in the intro is an edited version of an existing album, and with Greg's, I think he stuck his name, and the skull, on one that was edited of all distinguishing features. Or maybe it was on the blank front of the Big Beat '82 UK version of The Damned's Black Album, who knows?

http://cdn.discogs.com/1cPhe8m8pgB2D...-1712.jpeg.jpg

The point is, nobody seems to know which album it is. Even when someone pretty knowledge in Punk lists the albums in the opening credits, they tend to skip over that one (for example: https://answers.yahoo.com/question/i...8065828AAitr1J). It's just not unique enough to identify without a doubt, from what I can tell.

Good luck, though. Here's some good footage of the opening credits, if you need it: SLC Punk (1998) — Art of the Title

Yup. That's what I'm looking for alright. Like the others stated, this isn't the album title. The cast and crew were placed onto various albums of this era.

If anyone can look into this and find what band that actually is it'd be a big help, I've looked all I could for it. I do know that I've seen the real tirle before but have no clue where.

Also, the drawing is definitely part of the cover, that much I remember. The rest was shopped in like the other covers in the opening.

i've always assumed that was some Flipper album i've never seen....

i looked hard for anyone who may have made a list of all the albums in that opening and seriously cannot find one....which is honestly very surprising

Thanks for your effort. I might resort to contacting one of the producers, if tge results go on like this for much longer.

Isn't there a smart phone app where you can take a picture of something and it'll find it for you on the internet? idk I ran out of ideas and only grasping at straws.

Searched high and low, and still nothing. It's definitely going to be tough to find, but when we do eventually track it down, it'll be a glorious victory. :yeah:

If you rotate it 90 degrees clockwise it almost looks like XTC but I'm pretty sure they were never punk.

Maybe we could drag that image into the google search by image thing. I'm on mobile so I can't do this atm.

I did that first thing.
Found nothing.

Ah. This is proving to be very difficult.

Anyone know how I can contact one of the crew for SLC Punk? This is really starting to bug me. Might be sorta difficult now, as they're probably busy with the upcoming release of the sequel.

It's called Google. I tried, no luck.

Okay, so, I got a reply from the director on twotter:
https://mobile.twitter.com/JAMMNDINO...34702681710593

By Jove Watson. I think you solved case of the mysterious album cover, old chap. Good show.http://i37.tinypic.com/rkyjk8.gif

I could've swore I saw this one with an actual band name, but I guess I was mistaken or it was a similar looking one. Sorry for all this, and thank you all SO MUCH for helping, I'm really grateful we finally solved this mystery.

And thanks, Deadchannel, for getting in contact with the director for me.

We solved this already remember? The album cover was created specifically for the film credit roll. Thanks but that's not it.

You, sir, are unbelievable.

I know, but I couldn't resist.

^ ftfy :p:

You ****er....beat me to it once again!

:pimp:

Janszoon ... you're unbelievable.