4 Album Covers : The Exploited Beat The Bastards

The Exploited. One of the heaviest and amazing punk bands every to exist producing songs like Sex And Violence, Punks Not Dead, Blown To Bits and Sid Vicious Was Innocent. All songs that contribute to the punk rock style of the 70s and today. They made a brilliant early album called Beat The Bastards which contributed to their success.


One thing I liked about the album cover when I first saw it was obviously the skulls because of how amazing they looked with bone Mohawk's coming out of their head. It really appealed to me as no one had really done that or thought about it before. The idea for the album cover was illustrated and thought up by lead singer Wattie Buchan a very loud and punk Scotsman who has a large hatred for Margaret Thatcher. 




The background really contrasts with the bright red font that is the exploited logo and caught my eye straight away which was already a good sign. It is absolutely fantastic and worth a view. Another thing I like is the idea that Wattie had of the sharp bone teeth protruding from the skulls mouth it really caught my eye and sent chills down my back because of how edgy and scary looking they are which connotes to the aggressiveness of The Exploited as a band, their views and the punk lifestyle they live.


The colour in the background works well as it is a murky colour of green and grey and looks like a sort of fog or mist which is quite rarely seen on punk albums as they are normally really bright and hectic and all over the place but this one seems to capture the nice and mysterious background put still manages to capture the horrible and extreme punk attitude with the bleached bone coloured skull which the sharp bone teeth protrude from the mouth of it.