Behind the Covers

Deftones

1 album cover in our archive

Deftones is featured in Behind the Covers' archive with 1 album cover from the 1990s. Released on Maverick Records, the artwork sits in the alternative tradition. Each cover is documented in our archive with design notes covering photography, controversial, portrait, fisheye lens. Below you'll find the full story behind each Deftones cover — designers, photographers, label history, and the visual choices that defined the release.

Around the Fur by Deftones — album cover art

Around the Fur (1997)

A provocative fisheye-lens photograph taken spontaneously at a Seattle condo during the album's recording sessions. The image of Lisa Hughes in a jacuzzi became one of the most iconic alternative metal covers of the 1990s.

Label
Maverick Records
Designer
Kevin Reagan
Photographer
Rick Kosick
Genre
Alternative
Decade
1990s
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