The Mothers of Invention - an American rock band from California that served as the backing musicians for Frank Zappa. More
Weasels Ripped My Flesh - an album by The Mothers of Invention, released in 1970. More
Rzzzzz! - the sound of a Schick electric shaver, advertised in 1953.
The Weasels of Invention - the name of the band combined with the title of the album.
Mothers Ripped My Flesh - the title of the album combined with the name of the band.
Measels - Weasels with the "W" inverted.
Others - Mothers with the "M" omitted.
Here's the original album cover art design.
No. 30, Rolling Stone, The 100 Greatest Album Covers; No. 49, Music Radar, The 50 Greatest Album Covers of All Time.
Cover art illustration by Neon Park. Album produced by Frank Zappa. Bizarre, Reprise 1970.
Frank Zappa recruited artist Neon Park to create a subversive image based on a cover story from the September 1956 issue of Man's Life, a Men's adventure
magazine. The magazine's cover story depicts a shirtless man being attacked by numerous weasels, above the caption "Weasels Ripped My Flesh". After
showing Neon a copy of the magazine, Zappa inquired, "This is it. What can you do that's worse than this?" Neon's answer was to craft a parody of
an advertisement for Schick brand electric razor based on the "Weasels Ripped My Flesh" theme. The record company released the album
despite its reservations about the album cover. Full article
The two images that inspired the cover art by Neon Park: the September 1956 cover to
Man's Life magazine (left) and a 1953 Schick electric shaver ad (right).
(A) Didja Get Any Onya - Directly From My Heart To You - Prelude to the Afternoon of a Sexually Aroused Gas Mask - Toads of the Short Forest - Get a Little
(B) Eric Dolphy Memorial Barbecue - Dwarf Nebula Processional March & Dwarf Nebula - My Guitar Wants to Kill Your Mama - Oh No - The Orange County Lumber Truck - Weasels Ripped My Flesh
