I always thought that Ted Nugent´s ”Weekend Warriors” album had one of the coolest covers of all time. It was done by artist Jeff Cummins, originally commissioned for a piece in the French publication Oui and when Nugent saw it he wanted to use it as his next cover. Jeff Cummins has also done covers like ”Live… In The Heart Of The City” (Whitesnake) and ”Straight Between The Eyes” (Rainbow). When I spotted Shawn Fulford´s Babymetalized version of this classic art I thought it was brilliant. Here is his take on this art.
Ted Nugent – ”Weekend Warriors” Babymetalized
”Hmm. First off, I think Ted Nugent is a pretty controversial character, I do not support him and his world view. I do like his hunting and using what you hunt, no waste (trophy hunting is garbage however in my opinion). I also think “Stranglehold” is one of the most badass tunes ever! Musically Ted is hit or miss for me, I like a number of his songs but he never reeled me totally in. Unique guitar player though, he loves the Gibson Byrdland. As for the album cover, the picture of Moa is a screen grab from a video, I had noticed watching it that in a split second Moa was in a similar pose as on “Weekend Warriors”. So I got the screen grab. I wish I had a better resolution photo, would have worked better. That is why I did it twice, hoping it looked better, but both are OK. I had to try and copy the painted look of the WW cover as well, so that helped a little. I do not think a lot of Babymetal fans know much about Ted Nugent. Probably for the best” (Shawn Fulford, aka “futon”).
(Classic Rock Calendar: September 1978)
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