LoadedNightraiN Posted November 5, 2012 Share Posted November 5, 2012 (edited) Nov. 5, 1987 2012, 11:55 AM ESTWENNControversial posters advertising Guns N' Roses' upcoming Las Vegas residency have been taken down after campaigners said they glamorized rape.Axl Rose's band is performing a series of shows at the Hard Rock Hotel in Sin City until the end of the month, and the concerts have been advertised with an image of a woman who appears to have been sexually assaulted under the city's famous "Welcome" sign. The picture appeared on posters, billboards and in newspapers, sparking outrage among anti-sexual abuse campaigners.Hannah Brook, executive director of The Rape Crisis Center, tells the Las Vegas Review-Journal, "This type of advertising is simply unacceptable. Not only for just the victims and the message of violence it brings, but also for the community in general. This is not the type of message we want to portray to tourists that are coming to our city. We want them to know it's a safe place to come, and by putting a message out there with Las Vegas above it is concerning."Bosses at the Hard Rock Hotel have now issued an apology and modified all of the advertisements. A statement from the company reads, "Hard Rock Hotel & Casino regrets that the Guns N' Roses advertising for their current shows has offended any member of the community. The resort has decided to further modify the art and began the process of changing the materials (on Friday)." The band's shows kicked off at the Hard Rock Hotel on Halloween.http://music.msn.com...spx?news=773099 Edited November 5, 2012 by LoadedNightraiN Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
saber_ Posted November 5, 2012 Share Posted November 5, 2012 Fascists. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SONOFABITCH Posted November 5, 2012 Share Posted November 5, 2012 I think it was the depiction of the yanked downed undies that did it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LoadedNightraiN Posted November 5, 2012 Author Share Posted November 5, 2012 (edited) I think it was the depiction of the yanked downed undies that did it.But they did have the edited version as well... Have those been changed too? Edited November 5, 2012 by LoadedNightraiN Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kula2006 Posted November 5, 2012 Share Posted November 5, 2012 This can only happen in the US.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Estranged Reality Posted November 5, 2012 Share Posted November 5, 2012 This can only happen in the US....to be fair, there's a reason that image was banned as the original cover art.if these ads were placed in areas where kids could see them, then i can understand taking them down. but i think most adults - especially people who were alive when the record came out - would recognize it as a nostalgia thing, a reference to the old album cover, rather than something designed to deliberately offend (though that may have been the case in 1987!). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dimitrisaxl Posted November 5, 2012 Share Posted November 5, 2012 25 years later and nothing has changed... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kula2006 Posted November 5, 2012 Share Posted November 5, 2012 This can only happen in the US....to be fair, there's a reason that image was banned as the original cover art.Of course but thats been 25 years ago. In europe some people would also complain about it but wouldnt have any effect like removing all this ads Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
volcano62 Posted November 5, 2012 Share Posted November 5, 2012 This can only happen in the US.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gunsguy Posted November 5, 2012 Share Posted November 5, 2012 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
volcano62 Posted November 5, 2012 Share Posted November 5, 2012 Fuck political correctness Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Satanisk_Slakt Posted November 5, 2012 Share Posted November 5, 2012 They should never have ruined the Appetite artwork to start with. It's a disgrace that this was used to promote Axl and his current employees, not to mention how horrible they made it with all the Vegas stuff in the picture. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bansidhe Posted November 5, 2012 Share Posted November 5, 2012 Tragic. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SONOFABITCH Posted November 5, 2012 Share Posted November 5, 2012 I agree with SS. Why not show the friendly Chinese Democracy bicycle? It is fun for the entire family. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jeez Posted November 5, 2012 Share Posted November 5, 2012 This can only happen in the US.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dalsh327 Posted November 5, 2012 Share Posted November 5, 2012 They should've put a violated red panda up there. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HisRoyalSweetness Posted November 5, 2012 Share Posted November 5, 2012 controversy was the whole point of the image anyways. they couldnt' have asked for a better outcome. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Roush Posted November 5, 2012 Share Posted November 5, 2012 This can only happen in the US....to be fair, there's a reason that image was banned as the original cover art.Of course but thats been 25 years ago. In europe some people would also complain about it but wouldnt have any effect like removing all this adsPlease, the Aussies banned Californication, and the new Mortal Kombat game. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris 55 Posted November 5, 2012 Share Posted November 5, 2012 controversy was the whole point of the image anyways. they couldnt' have asked for a better outcome.totally. It was all planned from the getgo. So much free publicity for the shows now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Satanisk_Slakt Posted November 5, 2012 Share Posted November 5, 2012 Of course but thats been 25 years ago. In europe some people would also complain about it but wouldnt have any effect like removing all this adsPlease, the Aussies banned Californication, and the new Mortal Kombat game.Not saying you're wrong or anything, but Australia is pretty far from Europe. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest RonMexico82 Posted November 5, 2012 Share Posted November 5, 2012 Fuck political correctnessThey should never have ruined the Appetite artwork to start with. It's a disgrace that this was used to promote Axl and his current employees, not to mention how horrible they made it with all the Vegas stuff in the picture.I agree with SS. Why not show the friendly Chinese Democracy bicycle? It is fun for the entire family.All of this +1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kbirdie76 Posted November 5, 2012 Share Posted November 5, 2012 This can only happen in the US....to be fair, there's a reason that image was banned as the original cover art.if these ads were placed in areas where kids could see them, then i can understand taking them down. but i think most adults - especially people who were alive when the record came out - would recognize it as a nostalgia thing, a reference to the old album cover, rather than something designed to deliberately offend (though that may have been the case in 1987!).To be fair, this is art. To be more fair, it's been a quarter of a f*&!$n century since it was first put out (and pulled).Fascism. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jimb0 Posted November 5, 2012 Share Posted November 5, 2012 Awesome. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Estranged Reality Posted November 5, 2012 Share Posted November 5, 2012 This can only happen in the US....to be fair, there's a reason that image was banned as the original cover art.if these ads were placed in areas where kids could see them, then i can understand taking them down. but i think most adults - especially people who were alive when the record came out - would recognize it as a nostalgia thing, a reference to the old album cover, rather than something designed to deliberately offend (though that may have been the case in 1987!).To be fair, this is art. To be more fair, it's been a quarter of a f*&!$n century since it was first put out (and pulled).Fascism.It's art, but it's being used to sell a product, and being shown in public places.I'm all for artistic freedom, but I see film as art too, and there are plenty of films I wouldn't advise to be shown in public areas. This is hardly fascism.But as HRS pointed out, this is just getting them more publicity, so... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Roush Posted November 5, 2012 Share Posted November 5, 2012 Of course but thats been 25 years ago. In europe some people would also complain about it but wouldnt have any effect like removing all this adsPlease, the Aussies banned Californication, and the new Mortal Kombat game.Not saying you're wrong or anything, but Australia is pretty far from Europe.I meant to quote the post saying "only in America does stuff like this happen". Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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