However, the controversy that erupted over H.R. Giger ‘s Penis Landscape , included as an insert with the album, dwarfed the notoriety of its music. The artwork caused a furor with the newly formed Parents Music Resource Center (PMRC). In December 1985 a teenage girl purchased the album at the Wherehouse Records store in Los Angeles County . The girl’s mother wrote letters of complaint to the California Attorney General and to Los Angeles prosecutors . In June 1986, members of the band, along with other parties involved in the distribution of Frankenchrist , were charged criminally with distribution of harmful matter to minors. The store where the teen actually purchased the album was never named in the lawsuit. The criminal charges focused on an illustration by H.R. Giger , titled “Work 219: Landscape XX” (also known as Penis Landscape ). Included as a poster with the album, Penis Landscape depicts nine copulating penises and vaginas.
PMRC controversy over Penis Landscape
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