Rock band album cover ban echos Spinal Tap incident

An “overtly sexual” advertisement for a rock band which featured a semi-naked model leaning back in a pose “suggestive of an orgasm” has been banned.

Rock band album cover ban echos Spinal Tap incident
Wed, 25 Jan, 2012 - 19:30

An “overtly sexual” advertisement for a rock band which featured a semi-naked model leaning back in a pose “suggestive of an orgasm” has been banned.

The poster, for comedy metal band Steel Panther, showed the woman with her eyes closed and one hand on her crotch while two silver balls dangled between her legs.

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