What’s Iron Maiden Album Art Doing on a Motley Crue Shirt?

A Motley Crue shirt being bought by Crue’s official web site, and by Hot Topic, bears an especially shut resemblance to Iron Maiden’s iconic paintings for The Number of the Beast. The satan caricature from The Number of the Beast seems to bear a hanging resemblance to the satan character positioned within the pentagram from Motley Crue’s Shout on the Devil album cowl.

There are noticeable similarities between the Motley Crue shirt and Iron Maiden’s paintings from 40 years in the past. The satan’s pose is similar, as is the position of the arms, legs and tail, whereas the correct hand is making the identical “puppet strings” gesture as The Number of the Beast. The pitchfork from the Maiden satan has been changed by an impaled cranium on the Crue shirt, whereas the Crue satan has been given fangs as a substitute of regular human enamel.

Even the musculature within the shoulders and left leg are an identical, and naturally, the background smoke and the hearth on the toes of the satan can each be discovered on the unique Number of the Beast cowl. Though there appear to be some minor changes, the satan characters are strikingly comparable.

The shirt, as of this posting, is featured in Motley Crue’s official net retailer. An outline reads, “The Mötley Crüe Shout At The Devil Vintage Pentagram Tee features an illustrated design complete with the iconic pentagram. The tee reads ‘SHOUT AT THE DEVIL’ and is finished with the classic Mötley Crüe logo at the top.” No point out of Iron Maiden is made.

The shirt on Hot Topic’s web site is named “Motley Crue Shout at the Devil Boyfriend Fit Girls T-Shirt.” Like Crue’s web site, no point out of Iron Maiden is made.

Of course, it is unknown how this shirt design got here to be or if Iron Maiden or the unique artist had been concerned, however because the shirt is an formally licensed piece of merchandise, Motley Crue groups had been virtually definitely concerned in approving the design.

Loudwire has reached out to Motley Crue and Iron Maiden and for remark on the similarities.

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