Mötley Crüe, Dr. Feelgood (Cover)

 I can’t recall now why we dropped the idea. All those drugs have taken their toll on my memory,  laughs the bassist. One theory put forward at the time was that the notion of Allister Fiend holding a syringe was just a little too close to home especially for Nikki Sixx, who was struggling with heroin addiction.  Whatever the truth for the switch, it was decided that famed tattooist Kevin Brady, then working at Sunset Strip Tattoo Parlour in LA – should be brought in to do the artwork alongside an illustration by Master Of Puppets artist Don Brautigam […] The design – a rock version of the caduceus, which is used as a symbol of medicine in the US – quickly became an iconic image. Brady also overhauled the band’s logo, giving it a more contemporary feel for the late 80s…

—TeamRock