the Knockoff Project

October 10, 2003 4:36 AM

The Knockoff Project. Album cover homages and rip-offs.
posted by jimmy (12 comments total)

The site design is surely a knock-off of bluerobot, but that seems to be OK, as the owner of bluerobot says Please feel free to borrow, steal, abduct, and/or torture the documents contained in the Layout Reservoir. (I know because I nicked the same source for my site too)
posted by Pericles at 5:19 AM on October 10, 2003

I was about to flip out over the omission of "London Calling" but never fear for it is on the second page!
posted by mcsweetie at 5:53 AM on October 10, 2003

Wee, they have the Melvins solo albums that they did in tribute to KISS on there.

Awesome link!
posted by angry modem at 6:13 AM on October 10, 2003

Cool link. I've always thought the cover of Weezer's first album owed a lot to The Feelies.
posted by kirkaracha at 6:43 AM on October 10, 2003

The compiler missed Jill Sobule's regrettable double-ripoff of Saul Bass' work for Saint Joan and Man with the Golden Arm.
posted by blueshammer at 8:10 AM on October 10, 2003

cover connections, one, two, three, four, five. oh and some here too. (selflink)
posted by dabitch at 8:29 AM on October 10, 2003

hmm. metafilter above, how did that get there? woopsie. sorry.
posted by dabitch at 8:31 AM on October 10, 2003

[This is good.]

Thanks, jimmy, this is a personal favorite subject of mine.
posted by soyjoy at 9:40 AM on October 10, 2003

The cover of the lastest Ween album is knockoff of this 70's board game.
posted by eastlakestandard at 9:54 AM on October 10, 2003

Personal favorite:

Sarah Vaughan and James Brown

Seperated at birth?!?!?
posted by milnak at 10:42 AM on October 10, 2003

this is good.
posted by car_bomb at 11:57 AM on October 10, 2003

Milnak - great catch! ditto eastlakestandard - I like the board game illustration better.
posted by dabitch at 5:49 AM on October 12, 2003