Helnwein'd

The Austrian-Irish artist Gottfried Helnwein did the memorable album cover for the Scorpions 1982 Blackout LP. That I knew. What I learned was, he also did that 1987 satire of the Edward Hopper painting Nighthawks. Helnwein included Humphrey Bogart, Marilyn Monroe, James Dean, and Elvis Presley in his and called it Boulevard of Broken Dreams. It became a popular poster. The Scorps' cover also adorned many a dorm wall. And that is indeed a self-portrait, NOT the teutonic mustachio'd rhythm guitarist Rudy Schenker in the picture, although he does do the imitation in the video! Video bonus: Klaus Meine in little blue underpants.