Queen - Another One Bites The Dust

Large American chain stores, especially K-Mart and Wal-Mart in the South, did not like the album. They were against the cruelty of the rape scene and returned the album to Geffen's distributors. In Britain, the ubiquitous network of W. N. Smith "banned selling the album, and even Virgin Megastore on Oxford Street in London refused to release it. This was followed by wild turmoil at Geffen Records and emergency meetings with the band. Axl claimed that he offered the original picture just for fun, because he could not come up with anything better, and was very surprised when the label agreed to it. Then the label’s art director noticed a new large tattoo on Axl’s right arm - a Celtic cross with skulls around the edges. He suggested placing it on a new cover. Axl agreed, the tattoo was redrawn,and a picture of Williams migrated to the inner cover of Appetite. The original release was withdrawn, and in September copies with a new design appeared on store shelves.