Question 740

The cover art of one of the songs of the band X shows Y being murdered. This image, though intended as a lighthearted play on Y's nickname as the "X", managed to cause a minor stir in local newspapers. When Derek Riggs was asked about the artwork, he said that he'd originally drawn the cover featuring another woman being murdered, inspired by the line in the song "I never killed a woman before but I know how it feels", but when he took the art to the band they asked him to change it to include Y. Of the incident, he said, "they wanted me to make it look like Y, because she was called the X, but I didn't even have a photograph of the woman!" He wound up having to contact Y's Public Relations people, who then sent him a photo of her.


Identify X and Y.

Answer: X: Iron Maiden who had this album cover for their single Sanctuary which showed Y: Margaret Thatcher being murdered.