10 Fascinating True Stories Behind Iconic Music Album Covers

10. Dookie - Green Day (1994)

The cover and indeed title of Green Day's major label debut, 1994's Dookie, was inspired by something just a little bit gross. Whilst on tour before the album's release, the band were suffering from, shall we say, stomach and bowel issues from the result of eating so much processed and spoiled food.

As a result, the title and artwork created by artist Richie Bucher features a massive pile of, well, dookie, behind the albums title. Also on the cover are several monkeys and dogs flinging lots of this dookie at each other. Originally to be titled Liquid Dookie, that was deemed too gross by the band's record label so was toned down to just Dookie.

Aside from the slightly disgusting title and element of the artwork, the cover does contain slightly more wholesome elements. The rest of the sleeve is a tribute to the East Bay area in San Francisco, California, where the band grew up, being gloriously blown to pieces by a dog in a fighter jet. Also among the guest list on the cover are whole host of crazy characters including cavemen and a rather large Elvis Presley.