i believe this is the year of the rip-off

[goatschool]

aka Avi, don't feel so bad:

this is ripoff #2 2k5 for me:

original, circa 1997:

 

[Helm]

'mexican gore mafia' completely does not fit in that theme, what were they thinking?

 

[mindspell]

This sucks. If at least they tried to modify it even in the slightest.... I guess it could be considered an hommage

 

[minxnim]

i am going to stab whoever made that ripoff in the back of the neck with a pencil (VERY WELL SHARPENED)

 

[exciar28]

amanda's comment's so terrifying:

(amanda at the rear)

 

[goatschool]

hahahahahaahah exciar #1!!

 

[minxnim]

haha holy shit i look SO TOUGH in that picture. but really i'm only mean to people, NEVER ANIMALS.
nix email me who this culprit was stat. i want to put a curse on them.

 

[azal]

so freakin lame.

someone fart in this dude's mouth.

 

[goatschool]

in all fairness, the original layout utilized an image that was shamelessly ripped from an old hong kong horror movie (and an altered image on the inside, from a japanese film), but the rest/layout was unique.

anyhow here's the site/label (mexican)

i sent an email and stuff, but don't expect anything out of it.

the real aggravation is that they're selling tshirts with that imagery.

 

[minxnim]

what jerkoffs. they're getting a curse.

 

[goatschool]

appreciated

 

[Josh Seipp]

fuckin a I will attempt a curse as well

maybe an email too

that's fucking BULLSHIT

 

[minxnim]

actually nick if it's ok i was going to just like, send them an email like 'nice obvious rip on a previous record cover weirdos' is that ok?

 

[goatschool]

that's fine! the only thing that scares me is that these are the mexican gore mafia and for all i know they may unleash the SPAM.

perhaps do it from a secondary email?

xoxoxoxoxoxoxxoxoxo

 

[minxnim]

hm ok yea i will do it from my work email

hah

 

[minxnim]

also um their site has a message board

 

[xfer]

what a fuck-a-row, to channel King

 

[xfer]

nick can you show us the original image you derived yours from?

 

[avi]

fuckin' a that sucks.

it's one thing to borrow something off from a different field, but that's a serious straight-up rip.

fwiw, the guy who ripped off my code totally apologized and was a gentleman about it.

 

[minxnim]

avi, that's good. he actually admitted he did it? that's pretty rad, most people won't admit when they make mistakes.