This has nothing to do with the survey, but I feel compelled to point out the fact that some have argued that the banned G 'n R artwork depicts the robot preparing to assassinate the looming, red-hued creature in the sky as retribution for committing the rape. The reverse has also been posited: that the creature is preparing to kill the robot rapist in some sort of celestial retaliation. Either way, it's probably just nerdy metal fans trying to justify misogyny, but I've always had an inexplicable fascination with the artwork. I'm always looking for a girlie T on Ebay with this art--a predictably futile search. And I call myself a feminist. Sheesh.

Unsolicited trivia: the Appetitie for Destruction GnR cover is from the Robt. Williams painting of the same name from the late 1970s, which was also the cover and name of a book Williams did that collected his art. I asked him about this at his Roq La Rue signing last year and he said GnR never paid him a penny for the use of that art. He told me he made lots of oral agreements with what he called "gutter punk bands" at that time for use of his art in fliers and album covers, but when GnR made it big he asked for money and they told him the exposure was good enough. He was pretty pissed off. I asked him if he ever thought about litigating and he said he's not that kind of guy and hates having to talk to lawyers. He also said he thought Axl Rose was a girl when he first saw him.