The cover of the new "Iron Maiden" album "The Book of Souls" will probably not win a beauty prize, as the nasty likeness of "Eddie", the band's well-known zombie-like mascot, adorns the front. Deep red eyes in black eye sockets, menacingly bared teeth, blood that has clotted on the neck are apparently too much for parents in Berlin-Kreuzberg. Concerned about their children, they pasted over an advertising poster showing "Eddie". Apparently, the worried parents felt so disturbed by the sight of Eddie that they quickly pasted a huge piece of paper over the album advertisement. That's not all: they also made a clear appeal to those responsible:
There are several kindergartens and a primary school in the immediate vicinity," the message said. And further (to give the whole thing more expression, written entirely in capital letters): «SO THIS POSTER HAS NO POSITION HERE!
However, the action of the self-proclaimed "moral guardians" did not have long-term success. A few hours later, the oversized notes were torn off again - and so Eddie was seen again in all his ugliness. We thought the days of such warnings were long gone for good, obviously not...
(via Henning Onken)
Iron Maiden is my church
MAIDE RULES !!
sometimes you can only think ... WTF