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A Reminder: You Only Have A Few Days Left To Vote In The Final Round Of The Worst Album Cover Of The Year Tournament

The battle royale between Ted Nugent and Satellite Party ends Monday at noon ET. That's a little less than three days from now, and if you've waited months to help decide the "winner" of our tournament, now's the time when every vote counts. Plus don't forget that you can also still decide who takes home third place, Megadeth or Helalyn Flowers. Voting for the bronze medal winner will also close Monday at noon. More »

12:30 PM on Fri Dec 28 2007
By jharv
375 views, Comment

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The Worst Album Cover Of The Year Tournament: The Final Round

And now, the poll that has been weeks in the making: Idolator's Worst Album Cover Of The Year Tournament final. And what a showdown it is! Ted Nugent vs. Perry Farrell. Crappy script fonts vs. crappy script fonts. An ominous-looking shadow vs. blatant abuse of drop shadow. Women-as-meat misogyny vs. some weird concept of a party in space that I don't have the time to lay out in detail right now, but that does have Nuno Bettencourt on its guest list. An oddly placed guitar vs. an oddly placed wife. Which is truly the worst, though? That's up to you to decide. Voting is after the jump; polls will stay open until noon ET on Monday, after which we'll send a Spirograph to the "winning" label's art department. More »

9:00 AM on Thu Dec 27 2007
By mjohnston
2,413 views, 18 comments

Latest by science vs romance: there are no winners here. still, perry's "art" is more offensive than the nuge by a nudge. more »

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The Worst Album Cover Of The Year Tournament: The Polls Are Still Open, Even If You Want To Close Your Eyes

Our Worst Album Cover Of The Year Tournament is counting down to its inevitable close, but those of you who actually had off on Monday may have missed your chance to vote in our semifinals. The last four covers standing are above—ain't that tableau a beaut?—and we'll be holding their respective polls open until 11:59 p.m. ET, so get voting! Only you can help create a world in which Dave Mustaine and Perry Farrell—or the chick on the Love Grenade cover and Helalyn Flowers' metal-hungry duo—fight for the title of 2007's biggest aesthetic horror show.

Semifinal 1: Ted Nugent vs. Megadeth: Vote here.
Semifinal 2: Satellite Party vs. Helalyn Flowers: Vote here.

Semifinal bracket [PDF]

10:00 AM on Wed Dec 26 2007
By mjohnston
338 views, 4 comments

Latest by telophaser: Even though it's my favorite, I move to disqualify the Nuge. Thanksgiving's over. more »

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The Worst Album Cover Of The Year Tournament Brings A (Semifinal) Tear To Our Eyes

You know, last week I really thought dark horse Helalyn Flowers might actually go all the way in our tournament, but then I woke up this morning and saw who they were up against in the semifinal round. There's no way this Satellite is gonna crash now. Perry F. and crew will go on to tussle with the Nuge in the final round for the real bloodletting. Still, I'm actually a little sniffly over Helalyn's (presumed) loss, but maybe you will prove my pessimism wrong by voting for the scrappy goth duo that no one expected would come so far. More »

1:00 PM on Mon Dec 24 2007
By jharv
1,189 views, 14 comments

Latest by Tenno: @Lokimotive: Does anyone know someone from this band, even like someone who just likes them, I just want the fan take on that cover, like it's secret message? more »

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The Worst Album Cover Of The Year Tournament Is Under Attack By The Photoshopped Purple People Eaters

The final battle in our Bad Photoshop bracket is dominated by a certain color, but which pukey purple powerhouse will go on to be crowned the winner? Personally, my bet's on Perry Farrell payload of pure puce poo-poo, one of the few covers in our tournament that can make the vile violet of Blake Lewis' Audio Daydream look pleasing to the eye. More »

2:00 PM on Thu Dec 20 2007
By jharv
1,407 views, 26 comments

Latest by BakerStreetSaxSolo: yeah but, the Satellite Party cover knows it's bizarre, it's purposefully wacky. This guy Blake looks so earnest!, you can see he's genuinely searching for some profound meanings in the stars (or he's just sniffed a surprisingly nasty fart). Blake more »

Avert Your Eyes: It's The Worst Album Cover Of The Year Tournament's Elite 8

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The Worst Album Cover Of The Year Tournament Advises You To Put On Some Sunglasses

We turn now to the "Bad Photoshop" bracket of the Worst Album Cover Of The Year Tournament, which should probably be temporarily named the "My Eyes" bracket in honor of the aesthetic travesties facing off in this installment of the contest. Yiiii! In one corner, we have Satellite Party's Ultra Payloaded, which shows that Perry Farrell's facility for titling albums is almost as bad as his ability to not abuse the drop shadow. And in the other, we have Britney Spears, who continues her quest to be the queen of Google News with the blink-and-you'll-be-blinded cover of Blackout. Which deserves to make it on to the next round? Vote after the jump! More »

10:00 AM on Mon Dec 17 2007
By mjohnston
1,171 views, 18 comments

Latest by Lucas Jensen: @Tenno: Piss Christ is a pretty cool piece, really. more »

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The Worst Album Cover Of The Year Tournament: Welcome To A Very Expensive, Very Purple Bash

It's a new day, so let's put politics aside and move on to the "Bad Photoshop" bracket in Idolator's inaugural Worst Album Cover Of The Year tournament. In one corner, we have the No. 8 seed, Jennifer Lopez's $60,000 ode to the power of sparkles. And in opposition, we have Perry Farrell's Satellite Party, which shows that Mr. Farrell's computer-art skillz are almost as good as his taste in guests. Whichever one wins, we know one thing: Staring at the above one-two punch means that our field of vision is going to be tinted purple for at least the next six hours or so!

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10:00 AM on Tue Dec 4 2007
By mjohnston
1,731 views, 26 comments

Latest by Lucas Jensen: I just want to point out again that these are two execrable album TITLES. "Brave"? "Ultra Payloaded"? Yeesh. more »

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50 Cent's Latest Collaborators Not Really Helping Elevate His Status

Oh, 50. We know you want to get a lot of exposure before Curtis' Sept. 11 release date, and we're sure that the idea of doing a song for ESPN's Saturday night college-football telecasts seemed like a good way to pump up your "brand awareness" among the jock-jam crowd. But with things being so precarious for you these days, maybe you should be a little bit more careful about who you're working with next time, because both Kelly Rowland—whose long-delayed Ms. Kelly, while passable, is sliding down the charts and Satellite Party aren't exactly beacons of success this year, you know? What the heck inspired this—an extra-classy Photoshop from Perry? More »

10:32 AM on Tue Aug 14 2007
By mjohnston
3,851 views, 4 comments

Latest by Riddler: I preferred the Bubba Sparxxx theme. HATED the Big & Rich. That was a weekly automatic mute. more »

We hear that former Extreme guitarist Nuno Bettencourt has left Satellite Party, Perry Farrell's WTF-list project that went straight from the flash mobosphere to the cutout bins. Related: Today's news flow has had a rather strong resemblance to my still-in-my-closet collection of videotapes containing old Dial MTV and Headbanger's Ball episodes. (Anyone know if LA Guns did anything newsworthy in the past 24 hours? Because that would really cap the day.)

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We're Not The Only Ones Recycling Satellite Party

Don't ask why, but we haven't been able to shake the first-week sales tally of Satellite Party's recently dumped Ultra Payloaded: 8,000 copies. Really! 8,000! Zamfir Goes To Zanzibar sold more than that. More »

4:34 PM on Tue Jun 12 2007
By Brian Raftery
1,414 views, 15 comments

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Perry Farrell Will Not Be Guesting On "Rock Star" Anytime Soon


Those of you who have heard Satellite Party, the new flashmobbed-up project from Perry Farrell, have probably been wondering one thing: "Why did Jane's Addiction break up?" (Okay, that probably comes to mind after "Huh??," but still.) Well, Farrell places the blame squarely on the menace of reality television: More »

3:00 PM on Fri Jun 1 2007
By mjohnston
1,089 views, 8 comments

The Last Word: Wait, So This Satellite Party Nonsense Is Actually Happening? Every week, we round up the all-important, all-summarizing last sentences of the biggest new-music reviews. Today's entry is the Satellite Party's Ultra Payloaded, which makes contact with spaceship Earth today:

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Perry Farrell Throws A Satellite Party In A Bio-Dome

We had to post about the first video from Satellite Party, the Perry Farrell project in which the former Jane's Addiction frontman flaunts his ability to entice a motley crew of guests, if only because of the split-second shot around 30 seconds in, where guitarist Nuno Bettencourt looks like he's on the verge of turning into Glenn Danzig (perhaps in the follow-up clip, he'll sprout a pair of "Her Black Wings"). Is this the dark side of going green coming to light? More »

5:35 PM on Wed May 2 2007
By mjohnston
338 views, 8 comments

Latest by Stymie: I just had the Sattellite Party Player going on the web site...its like everything else since ritual...one toe tapper the rest is filler. more »

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Perry Farrell Can't Contain His "Hollywood Homicide" Fandom

As part of his non-stop campaign to get every single celebrity in the world to join his new band, Satellite Party founder Perry Farrell holds a press conference with actor (and apparent pledge-drive volunteer) Josh Hartnett. Next week, Perry goes after Tea Leoni, John Amos, and OMC. More »

2:17 PM on Wed Jan 31 2007
By Brian Raftery
70 views, Comment