05-13-2014, 11:06 AM
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HR Giger, dead at 74
The man responsible for the creatures from Aliens, and various other nightmares, died in Switzerland.
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Swiss artist H.R. Giger, who designed the creature in Ridley Scott's sci-fi horror classic Alien, has died at age 74 from injuries suffered in a fall, his museum said Tuesday.
Sandra Mivelaz, administrator of the H.R. Giger museum in Gruyeres, western Switzerland, told The Associated Press that Giger died in a hospital on Monday.
Giger's works, often showing macabre scenes of humans and machines fused into hellish hybrids, influenced a generation of movie directors and inspired an enduring fashion for "biomechanical" tattoos.
"My paintings seem to make the strongest impression on people who are, well, who are crazy," Giger said in a 1979 interview with Starlog magazine. "If they like my work they are creative ... or they are crazy."
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http://www.cbc.ca/news/arts/h-r-gige...t-74-1.2640867
along with his movie work, he also was responsible for some great album covers, like Brain Salad Surgery by Emerson Lake and Palmer:
and To Mega Therion by Celtic Frost (poss. NSFW):
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05-13-2014, 11:14 AM
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That last album cover is .... interesting. Is provocative the right word?
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05-13-2014, 11:21 AM
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Originally Posted by MolsonInBothHands
That last album cover is .... interesting. Is provocative the right word?
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provocative or blasphemous, either would work. Now spoilered.
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05-13-2014, 11:32 AM
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Don't spoiler it on my account. LOL. I just thought that would be an interesting conversation topic, over beers. Drunken religion discussions are my favorite!
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05-13-2014, 11:36 AM
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I liked his work, but a lot of it was repetitive in nature.
Definitely one of the more influential popular culture artists throughout the 80s and 90s though.
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05-13-2014, 11:42 AM
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My roommate and I used to have a huge book of his drawings. Was good to look at while listening to industrial music.
Always wondered what was going on in his mind.
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05-15-2014, 12:35 PM
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How about his poster included in the Dead Kennedys' Frankenchrist album?
I'm not going to post it, because it's legitimately NSFW, but feel free to look it up for some truly controversial art work.
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05-15-2014, 12:36 PM
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I'm curious to see what his headstone will look like.
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05-15-2014, 12:37 PM
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His Alien design is timeless.
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05-15-2014, 05:13 PM
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Craig McTavish' Merkin
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Originally Posted by Mass_nerder
How about his poster included in the Dead Kennedys' Frankenchrist album?
I'm not going to post it, because it's legitimately NSFW, but feel free to look it up for some truly controversial art work.
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Yeah, it's so NSFW Jello Biafra was brought up on obscenity charges.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jello_B...ty_prosecution
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05-16-2014, 10:48 AM
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